New safety standards that were approved last month .................. that all workers only stay within the restricted construction areas when they are wearing protective eyewear.

I couldn't believe that they were brothers. They were as different as __________.

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“There’s no need to stand on ceremony. _______in.” said a disembodied voice from the kitchen.

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You should concentrate on what the interviewer is saying and ______ a real effort to answer all the questions the interviewer asks.

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

Steeltop's machinery is solidly built and will operate   ____________ for years without the need for costly maintenance and repairs.

Nowadays there is plenty of good  ________available for young children, and of course, seeing plenty of books in use about the house will also encourage them to read.

Before you can enter the building, you must show ........................ your passport and your airline ticket, so have them ready.

I can’t read when I am traveling. It makes me ______ sick. 

 Did you notice someone --------- the room last night? 

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  It was the kind of accident that  nobody _____ really to blame for. 

The presentation given by the head of judicial affairs was very long but very ..............

The information below is being provided in response to .............. requests for teleconference referrals.

- A: “John got married again.” - B: “Really? Who _____?”

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He felt his space had been ______ when his father came to stay.

Although Edgar Allan Poe is recognized as the originator of the mystery story genre and as a master of the short story, literary critics and the general public have debated the extent of both his genius and his madness since his death in 1849. Poe rose from destitute beginnings as an orphan to a childhood of relative comfort when a wealthy businessman took him in. As a young man, however, he descended through poverty and mental illness to an early death at the age of forty. In his short career, he produced dozens of poems, stories, and critical essays that reflect his brilliant creative intellect.

At twenty, Poe moved to Baltimore to live with his impoverished aunt and her daughter, where he eventually married his fourteen-year-old cousin, Virginia. Poe was obviously devoted to his young wife, and idealized images of her appear in many of his female characters. It is difficult to suppose, however, that they had a close relationship, since she was many years younger than he was and chronically ill with tuberculosis. Although Poe wrote for various newspapers and magazines during this time, making great strides in literary criticism and developing his short-story style, he achieved no monetary success.

His sensitive personality and a hereditary tendency to neurosis contributed to a tragic mental decline; however, this only seems to have reinforced the brilliant imagery and fascinating morbidity that he achieved in his tales. Many critics speculate that Poe also suffered from alcoholism and opium addiction. The fantastical quality of his work earned him a devoted posthumous following in France, but he was generally disparaged by his American contemporaries.

Just after Poe’s death, his reputation as a writer was better —–.

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Patients undergoing a complete medical examination are asked __________   eating solid food for 12 hours prior to their appointment.

Please visit the showroom in our store, as our catalogue only lists a fraction of the ............... that are available to our customers.

Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: 

The life boat rescued the crew of the sinking ship

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They weren't speaking to each other, but I think it's ______ now.

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There will be powerful network of computers which may come from a single computing _______ that is worn on or in the body.

Choose a suitable word or phrase (marked A, B, C or D) to fill in each blank.

Many places _____ our city are heavily polluted.