After .............. performance reviews of all the intems, the HR director will make a final decision about who will be offered the full-time position.

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The speaker at the Westicon Literature Seminar told an  ____________  story that had the entire audience laughing in enjoyment.

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: 

Those companies were closed due to some seriously financial problems.

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Most of the conference participants arrived an hour ago, but the keynote speaker is ___________ on his way.

................. to the year before, Happy Bakings’ sales more than tripled due to its award- winning brownies.

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Ms. Davies could only hear  ___________  of what was discussed since the restaurant chosen for the meeting was so noisy.

People in NY are healthier because they walk a few blocks every day since the roads are .................... crowded with cars and taxis.

It is raining __________ .

When applying for a certain job, you'll be at an advantage if you have hands-on experience.

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The  ___________  reason a new security gate was installed is that the old one had been damaged by the storm.

She made a list of what to do ______ forget anything.

The child was told to _____ for being rude to his uncle.

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

There were so many members of the political party who had gone against the leader that he resigned.

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Edmonton Supply is _______   to extend a discount when customers place a minimum order for 1,000 units of the camping accessories.

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We sometimes go away from the city to the countryside for a ______ of fresh air.

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Students stopped _________ when their teacher came in.

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.

When Poe wrote for magazines, he —–.

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

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Please  __________________  our Web site to find unique recipes made with Hahm food products.

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He knows where the boy was hiding but he didn't let...............

She had to pass all her exams, or _____ she would not have a holiday.