Drexel’s Paints imports most of its watercolor-related products .................. from England.

Automobile mechanics ................ have not kept up with these changes have left or been forced out of the industry.

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.
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The new manager................. very strict rules as soon as he had taken over the position.

............ the recent economic recession, high-tech venture firms keep growing in size, hiring numerous college graduates with degrees in engineering.

As the attendees of the conference were taking their respective seats, the coming ............... crowded.

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Quest Airlines allows registered members to accumulate mileage points --------- they buy a plane ticket.

Verizen’s new mobile phone has proven to be the most .................... model on the market due to its numerous useful application programs.

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The accounting department revised estimates for expenditures after --------- the news that the budget would be changed.

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Tachibana Pharmaceuticals’ new method of ______________   chemical solutions will increase efficiency in the laboratory.

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As I have just had a tooth............ , I am not allowed to eat or drink anything for three hours.

Timekeepers will soon have their incentive completion reports ............. employees can check whether they have completed their required hours.

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I often take part ..................social activities every weekend.

____ calculations have shown that the earth’s resources may run out before the end of the next century.

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_______ is the technology of sending signals and messages over long distances using electronic equipment, for example by radio and telephone.

He showed me a photo of the museum _________ I had visited some months before.

After spending his childhood on a farm without electricity, he had difficulty .............. to city life.

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The Russian tennis player is confident that she can  ______  defeat her opponent by a wide margin.

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Ms. Mitchell is looking for an apartment -------- a train station so that she will not need to commute by car.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following question.

To become a librarian, you need to be really well-organized.

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Local water quality is   ______________ to improve once the sewage treatment center is upgraded.