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The new mayor, Evan Woolley, gave a ------ speech to thank everyone who had voted for him.

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The diagram on this page shows an  ______________  of the anticipated electricity usage at the new facility.

The experience from an adventurous expedition to a rainforest will broaden your horizons and teach you new skills.

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Job Network kindly requests that all registered users their full contact details to their profiles  _______  they can be provided with timely updates.

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Our company has  __________  been stronger or better positioned for sustained, profitable growth than it is today.

I must tell you about my _     when I first arrived in London.

If we don’t protect and preserve endangered species, there .................. a loss of biodiversity.

Where have you been? You were .................  to be here half an hour ago.

In much of the world, a handshake is the  __________ form of welcoming and greeting someone.

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All managers are asked to explain the ------ of the reduction in sales last quarter.

In big cities, the exhaust fumes build _________ and pose a health hazard to human beings.

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I wanted to go a more ________ route across Montana.

United Parcel Service (UPS) believes that its employees should give the firm a fair day’s work for a fair’s day pay. The package delivery firm seems willing to give more than a fair’s day pay. But in (35) ____, UPS expects maximum output from its employees. Since 1920s, the firm’s industrial engineers have been studying every detail of every task (36) ____ by most UPS employees. From their studies have come time and motion standards that (37) ____ how those tasks are performed and how long they should take. Drivers, for example, are expected to walk to a customer’s door at a speed of exactly three feet per second. They are told to knock as soon as they get there, rather than (38) ____ time looking for a doorbell. Work engineers are (39) ____ riding with drivers, timing everything from stops at traffic lights, to wait at customers’ doorway, to stairway climbs, to coffee break. And they are not (40) ____ to pointing out the occasional inefficiency. Additionally, supervisors ride with the least good drivers, noting how they work and constantly (41) ____ them until their work is up to standard. The (42) ____of all this work engineering is efficiency, and UPS has been called one of the most efficient companies anywhere. It's also a highly profitable company. Most drivers take the regimentation in stride: many show (43) ____ in meeting the UPS standards each day. Others, however, feel that they are constantly being pushed, that it is impossible for them to (44) ____ at work. UPS officials claim that the standards provide accountability. And, they say, employees who work according to UPS standards should feel less tired at the end of the day.
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To ____________   your safety, please keep your hands inside the carriage throughout the ride.

Although the conditions weren’t ideal for a walk, we decided to ............... a go of it.

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Because the weather was warmer than usual this summer, the crops _________  a few weeks early.

They're planning to ____ down their operation in Greece and concentrate on Eastern Europe.

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Paper copies of information on the company's Web site are ___________   at all of our branches.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

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We pay for the tickets as Josie won them in a competition.

 It was late, so we decided .............. a taxi home.