The ................. booklet contains information regarding services that are available through Harpers Cleaning Service.

 How about --------- a drink?

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

The most striking technological success in the twentieth century is probably the computer revolution.

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

--------- the recent economic upturn, unemployment is on the decline as more and more businesses are hiring full- time employees.

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There are several places where residents face the threat of _______ every day.

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The student is quick .............. understanding what the teacher explains.

After ................. reviewing blueprints for the new R & D laboratory, the construction consultant made a few adjustments in order to comply with government safety regulations.

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

Notices   ____________ residents of possible power outages were mailed out a week before crews began work on the power lines.

The man asked me how ______ to the airport. He said he had to ______ the 9.00 plane to Paris

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.

According to the author, critics disagree about —–.

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First Canadian National Bank charges a commission when cash ______________   from its machines by non-customers.

One .................... outcome of the current economic recession is that the growth of merger activity will slow down.

Choose the best answer among Ạ, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: We have ……. great progress in controlling  inflation.

 His doctor advised him---------, but he found it impossible................. his habit. 

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There were  ___________  malfunctions with the agency's updated software, so management decided to use the old version temporarily.

We saw our favourite ballet ______ at the theater last night. 

Deforestation________devastative floods in many parts of the world.

I know you weren’t enjoying yourself, but you shouldn’t have  _____it; that was rude.

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Is it a compulsion that the scheme............ next Friday?

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following question

Last Saturday the representatives of three classes of my school took part in the annual final English Competition organized by our English teachers.

_________ of all the staff, I would like to wish you a happy retirement.