It is alleged that mothers and grandmothers spoil the children by ..................  their mistakes.

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 If you cannot implement your pollution prevention plan in the time allotted, you can request an  _________  of the time period specified in the notice.

Those flowers are _     _everywhere is a sign of spring.

After a  ....................  match, the team from Chia emerged as the winner.peted

Have you ever been to _______ British Museum. 

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The clerk said that ________________   fifteen customers had been waiting outside the store for it to open.

Quick! Someone call _____ police. I need help right now. 

A housework robot on the other hand, has to do several different  ways of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope with all the different shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments, cats and dogs.  ________, there have been some developments recently.

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

You should go to your dentist for regular .................

Some scientists say that there are enough resources to _    8 billion people.

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The yearly reviews are used to evaluate each employee’s performance and give specific ideas on what they can do to improve their performance  _________  the next year.

I_______ George on my way home.

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.
(41).........................

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The new president has ______________  to pick up where the previous CEO left off.

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Barrell Foods, a wholesale distributor of fresh produce,    more than 100 grocery stores in northern Scotland.

Buy me a newspaper on your way back,     ?

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.
Notwithstanding some members' objections, I think we must go ahead with the plan.

 I didn’t take up his recommendation as he sounded so  .................

Acid rain is thought to be the worst pollution problem of all. It has _________ aquatic life by turning many lake into lifeless bodies of water.

 - I think the main problem in this area is the lack of a good bus service.

- You’re right. You've hit the ................ on the head.