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We discussed the issue all day; ________, we could not come to a final conclusion.

 

My mother knows the traditional _____ of the Southwest.

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The Ministry of Education and training of Vietnam has declared a decree on the new educational program paving the way for foreign educational co-operation and investment.

As a big country, it has many different  _______.

Are they _________ students? 

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It’s great that you can practise English with ____________ speakers.

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Poet Yoshino Nagao will read from her latest ------ collection at Argyle Library on Friday.

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Perend Trail's new hiking boots will be available in brown ______________   black leather.

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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In the past, the trip______ very rough and often dangerous, but things______ a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years 

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During the peak season, it is  _______________  to hire additional workers for the weekend shifts.

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Employees are encouraged to attend a training session  ____________  to their jobs at least every three months.

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Market research informs you of what your competition is doing and   _________ it allows you to plan your strategy.

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It was midnight, ______ they closed the restaurant and went home.

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Following weeks of   __________ , James Enterprises formally announced that it was going to acquire TSR, Inc. for $4.9 million.

 You are allowed to go to the party  ................  you don’t stay out too late. Remember to be back here no later than 11.30 p.m.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

The situation got out of hand when the festival organisers couldn't foresee that the mob would get angry because they were stopped from taking the offerings.

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 each of the following questions: 

I am at a loss to how you are going to pass your subjects without studying. All you do is to play video games all day.

She has the determination that her brother ...................

Of 30 countries inspected for airline safety, only 17 received a _________bill of health.

What ............... can be drawn from the experiment of two American physicists, Clinton Davisson and Lester Germer?