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

To absorb a younger workforce, many companies offered retirement plans as

incentives for older workers to retire and make way for the young ones who earned lower salary.

Bill Gate’s ___ in donating large sums of money towards welfare activities is remarkable.

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________ a research team is an effective way to prepare for class preparation of social studies such as history, geography, literature, and economics

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You'd better..........these exercises carefully

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The merchandise at Logan's Clothing requires -------- at the beginning of each season

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He scored his first goal of the match three minutes after the ____________

MY BEST FRIEND
I have several good friends but I (1) ________ that my best friend is Ellen. We (2)________ friends with each other since we were very young because she (3)________ next door to me. We have always been in the same class at school, although she has always been much cleverer than me. I don't mind (4)________, because she often helps me with my homework! Anyway, I've always been better at sport than she is. I always (5)________ her at tennis and she doesn't like that. In fact, she hates losing at anything and gets very annoyed if she does. That's the only thing that I don't like about her. Otherwise, she has (6)________ humour and she's always making me laugh. We get on very well together, although occasionally we've had arguments - usually about silly little things. Ellen and her family moved to another district last year but I still see her a lot. We're planning to go on a trip around Europe next summer, I'm really (7)________ to it because I think we'll have a lot of fun and see exciting places. Of course, it's going to be hard -to afford such a wonderful and exciting trip and so we're both going to get jobs and try to (8)________ enough money for it.
(4).........................

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My grandfather has a/an.........clock

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Our new website allows ------- to keep track of all orders

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While she _________ for her sister outside the supermarket, someone _________ her handbag.

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Prethart Tool Company has created a more    ------- drill than its previous models

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The newly elected mayor has put _______ a number of plans for dealing with the housing crisis in the city

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Let’s take her some pizza and Coke. I’m sure she will be tired when we get home, because she _________ the flat all afternoon

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Conference attendees who found our presentation very ........... may review its slides by downloading them from our Website

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After the celebrity was put in jail for beating his wife, many of his former supporters cut ties and refused to be _____________ with him

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Her father’s a well-known author, but she’s an excellent writer in her own _____________

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The power failure resulted in many of the underground trains ________ for up to one hour

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Belden Hospital’s chief of staff meets regularly with the staff to ensure that procedures -------- correctly

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The test group found the illustrations in the appliance users' guide to be highly  -------

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Tralim Consulting's annual profits are expected to ------- exceed €5 million

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We _________ to the judo club twice a month.