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.
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Our senior consultant, Marc Allen, is always looking for new opportunities, and his analytical and independent nature enables him to take on new and exciting______________.

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The weather is hot in Vietnam ...................

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Any customers _______   n buying the new X-10 series phone need to wait until next month.

At present, the rate of economic growth is very satisfactory, but _____ when foreign competition makes itself felt, this will not be the case.

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The new landscaping in the front of the building makes a much more positive ------ on visitors.

Conservation, sustainable use and protection of natural resources including plants, animals, mineral deposits, soils, clean  _______, clean air, and fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas.

Are they _________ students? 

 Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  Phong is a keen skier. He spends all winter…….

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In the  ___________  the sales teams do not achieve their objectives, no bonuses will be awarded.

Tom told me he _____ call me at the airport when I ______. 

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Despite having some problems with the sound system during the performance, the concert was an ------------ experience for everyone.

I don’t feel like  _____ home; what about _____ out for a walk?

We have bought some .................

Be clever to visit Westminster Abbey, one of Britain’s famous_______.

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The shipment was  ___________  on time every week, and it was for this reason that the procurement team continually awarded contracts to the same company.

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Monthly wages are paid on the first day of each month _____________   travel expenses are reimbursed on a weekly basis.

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The Family Store  ____________  closed on November 31, 2012 while we revamp the store and reopening again in 2013.

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____________ the poor weather, the annual staff picnic will be postponed until next Friday.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: Raw meat must be ……. separate from cooked meat.

Factory chimneys give _________ smoke that contains sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide.