Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following question

Last Saturday the representatives of three classes of my school took part in the annual final English Competition organized by our English teachers.

Since no more information has been released, the game will probably not come out this year ................ even next year.

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

The public speaking course presents trainees with opportunities ---------- themselves in front of a group.

After 15 years as a fashion designer, Mr Jacobs will quit his job to pursue an .............. career in public relations.

We have beautifully fumished apartments that are fully ................ with the latest appliances, and the electric bill is included in the rent.

The bill for the power and electricity in our building can now be paid ............. through the Internet.

Would you mind …..the door? 

Why did she avoid …... you? 

 ….............., Mrs Pike took the baby in her arms.

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The financial figures released by Tsai and Wu International ____________   only to expenses from the month of July.

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

Once staff has had training in the new accounting software, they will be prepared to work _____________

Apply for an online membership at Sales Mart today and receive coupons that allow you to save ....................... 20 percent off many of our items.

The majority of Web pages are available to _______ who can access a computer that connects to the Internet.

A: "Could you tell me how to get to the nearest post office?”

               B: “__________”

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

The customer service department has seen a _________________   decrease in the number of complaints over the past year.

When Larry left Google, he was given a golden_______.

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.

When Poe wrote for magazines, he —–.

In every initial session, .................. seminar participant is expected to give a short self-introductory presentation.

A university education is of course important but it is essential that all employees undergo a period of intensive ________.

You need to cut _____ the onions into small pieces before cooking them.

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

Mr. Norris will  __________  take Friday afternoons off if he has to travel a long distance during weekends.