I couldn't cut the grass because the lawn mower ....... a few days previously. 

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Mr. Tanaka decided to resign, because a significant drop in customer satisfaction has had an adverse impact on sales…………

 Laos and Myanmar were admitted _______ ASEAN in 1997.

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

Unemployment is a massive problem for the government at the moment.

Trees are among the biggest and longest-living things on Earth, some dating back longer than the oldest buildings. But _______ being nice to look at, trees also play an important role in improving the quality of our lives.

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When you are ........ orbit, you will be able to walk  ............. the wall.

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Since they moved to their new house, they …… their son every year.

(John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1917-1963) the 35th us President (1961-1963). He was the country's youngest president and the first Roman Catholic ever ____ (1) ____, He was___(2)____known informally as Jack Kennedy and JFK. His wife was Jackie Kennedy. He won a medal for____(3)____during World War II, and was elected to the us House of Representatives (1947-1953) and then___(4)___ the us Senate (1952-1960).
Kennedy's greatest success___ (5) ___President was in___ (6) ___the Cuban missile crisis and his worst failure was over the Bay of Pigs incident. He worked ____ (7) ____his brother, US Attorney General Robert Kennedy, to support the civil rights___ (8) ___. He was murdered in Dallas, probably by Lee Harvey Oswald, in one of the most shocking events in us history. Some people believe that others were responsible for his murder, but ___ (9) ___has ever been___(10)___proved. Kennedy's book, Profiles in Courage (1956), won a Pulitzer Prize.
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."
John F Kennedy
(6)........................

The gang robbed three banks in the same city and all at about the same time. Not……….., they were caught by the police during the fourth attempt. 

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People in Japan call ......... .

In my information, a person travelling alone sometimes meets with unexpected hospitality, and this trip was no ________.

Jack ................... the door. 

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In addition, she………..the Regional Vice President  in the day-to-day operations of this rapidly  growing operation.

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Dear Ms. Hsu 

We are writing to inform you that your Brisbane Independent Daily Herald subscription  rate is about to change from $18.75 per month to $21.00 per month. We regret any  financial burden this may place on our subscribers, but ------- our rising operating costs,  we find the change unavoidable. 

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City Council member Elena Torres was asked to identify ways to………unnecessary expenses from the Howell City budget.

Sailors came back from these islands with pictures of Christ on their backs and from then on, tattooing _____ in popularity. 

Read the passage and choose the best option to complete each blank. 
Singapore has a highly developed market-based economy (1) _______ historically revolves around extended trade. Along with Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan Singapore is one (2)_______ the Four Asian Tigers. The economy depends heavily on export, refining, imported goods, especially in manufacturing. Manufacturing constituted twenty six (3) ________ of Singapore’s GDP in 2005. The manufacturing industry is well –diversified into electronic petroleum refining chemicals, (4) _______ engineering and biomedical sciences manufacturing. In 2006, Singapore produced about 10 percent of the world foundry water output. Singapore’s the busiest port in the world in terms of tonnage shipped. Singapore is The world’s fourth largest foreign exchange trading centre after London, New York City (5) _______ Tokyo
(2)............................

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The old school doesn’t _____________any more. It was torn down in 1972. 

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She was very angry about my saying. She ...... me.

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Please note that any changes to your reservation should be made at least three days prior to your............... at the hotel.

 The children are __________ with watching the same programme every day.