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The finance director noticed that the reports ___________   had submitted to the board were not the final version.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

______ the whole, Japanese cars are very reliable and breakdowns are rare.

I found it difficult to follow what was __________ because of the noise from the engine room.

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Improvements in irrigation technology throughout the region were followed by ------- gains in corn production.

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Mr. Aromdee will prepare a dish from ------ hometown of Bangkok.

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Brilla Boutique staff may refund a custome's clothing purchase ________   after a customer has presented a receipt.

The manual .................... covers multiple topics including safety and loss control, vehicle policy, and work hours.

Children shouldn't be ______ to adult.

Although Edgar Allan Poe is recognized as the originator of the mystery story genre and as a master of the short story, literary critics and the general public have debated the extent of both his genius and his madness since his death in 1849. Poe rose from destitute beginnings as an orphan to a childhood of relative comfort when a wealthy businessman took him in. As a young man, however, he descended through poverty and mental illness to an early death at the age of forty. In his short career, he produced dozens of poems, stories, and critical essays that reflect his brilliant creative intellect.

At twenty, Poe moved to Baltimore to live with his impoverished aunt and her daughter, where he eventually married his fourteen-year-old cousin, Virginia. Poe was obviously devoted to his young wife, and idealized images of her appear in many of his female characters. It is difficult to suppose, however, that they had a close relationship, since she was many years younger than he was and chronically ill with tuberculosis. Although Poe wrote for various newspapers and magazines during this time, making great strides in literary criticism and developing his short-story style, he achieved no monetary success.

His sensitive personality and a hereditary tendency to neurosis contributed to a tragic mental decline; however, this only seems to have reinforced the brilliant imagery and fascinating morbidity that he achieved in his tales. Many critics speculate that Poe also suffered from alcoholism and opium addiction. The fantastical quality of his work earned him a devoted posthumous following in France, but he was generally disparaged by his American contemporaries.

Just after Poe’s death, his reputation as a writer was better —–.

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Mercer Incorporated carefully goes over

------- its customer surveys and market research before making important decisions.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: …….. industrial Products can be made from soybeans.

Teachers complain that more of their time is taken up with _______than with teaching.

You'll only be allowed a certain number of minutes for each section, so it is very important that you use your time _______.

Jimmy, dressed in jeans and a black leather jacket, arrived at the party _____ his motorbike.

Most Americans eat three meals (1) ______ the day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Breakfast begins between 7:00 and 8:00am, lunch between 11:00 am and noon, and dinner between 6:00 and 8:00 pm. On Sundays "brunch" is a (2) ______ of breakfast and lunch, typically beginning at 11:00 am. Students often enjoy a "study break" or evening snack around 10:00 or 11:00 pm. Breakfast and lunch tend to be light meals, with only one (3) ______. Dinner is the main meal. 4) ______ breakfast Americans will eat cereal with milk which are often mixed (5) ______ in a bowl, a glass of orange juice, and toasted bread or muffin with jam, butter, or margarine. Another common breakfast meal is scrambled eggs or (6) ______ omelet with potatoes and breakfast meat (bacon or sausage). People who are on (7) ______ eat just a cup of yogurt. Lunch and dinner are more (8) ______. When eating at a formal dinner, you may be overwhelmed by the number of utensils. How do you (9) ______ the difference between a salad fork, a butter fork, and a dessert fork? Most Americans do not know the answer (10) ______ But knowing which fork or spoon to use first is simple: use the outermost utensils first and the utensils closest to the plate last.
(9).......................

Artist Jonas Mings .................... a colorful folk-art methods using broken dishes, cups, and bowls.

One of the most important  _______ of a standardized test is time.

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Because of the heavy rain, today the meeting will be held .............until next week

Find the mistake: Many optimist (A) people have made predictions (B) about the positive impact (C) of the increasing mechanization on human life (D).

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As it has been  __________  60 business days since the purchase date, Branson Outlet will not allow an exchange or refund.

Due to the restaurant's seating policy, diners waiting at Salsa’s Seafood Restaurant can only be seated ................. the entire party has arrived.