All applicants must ............... a full CV with their job application before October 1st .

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It’s raining heavily, ............... I can’t go out.

Sales of the Chinese toys dropped ____sharply when the TV news reported that high levels of toxic lead had been found in painted toys.

The crowd cheered as the goalkeeper deflected the ...........................

Nobody took any  .................. of the warning and they went swimming in the contaminated water.

The widespread use of pesticides and herbicides has led to the ................ of groundwater in many parts of the world.

At the___________________ level, you can join three-year or four-year colleges.

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------ who wants to reserve a conference room for a meeting can simply e-mail Ms. Bloomberg in administration.

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He thinks that ................ on the internet is a waste of time.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
People’s fingernails and toenails, according to a recent study, are nowadays growing more quickly. Research (35) _____ out at the University of North Carolina indicates that the speed at which human nails are growing has increased by (36) _____ 25 per cent over the last 70 years. The results of the study show that the (37)_____ human fingernail now grows about 3.5 mm a month, (38) _____ just 3 mm seven decades ago. Toenail growth, (39) _____ only about 2 mm per month, was also up on the figure (40) _____ in a similar survey done 70 years ago. Researchers (41) _____ the rapid increase down to changes in lifestyle, particularly the greater awareness of the importance of regular exercise and a healthy diet. This, they point out, is in (42) _____with similar trends in the height and weight of present-day adults. Interestingly, it appears that nails have a propensity to grow fastest (43) _____ warmer conditions, with the quickest growth rate among young people, and men. The fastestgrowing nail is on the middle finger while that on the little finger is (44) _____ the slowest, at only a fraction over 3 mm each month.
(35)..............................

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions. "Nylon is a ______ fibre, the use of which has helped more people to have cheaper and more colourful clothes to wear."

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

Two small toy manufacturers consolidated to form a new business.

When I borrowed his book, he was angry as if he_____ the most precious thing in this world.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

She wrote me a vicious letter.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

His career in the illicit drug trade ended with the police raid this morning.

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He can’t get home .............. he has the ticket.

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The computer has dramatically affected ______ photographic lenses are constructed.

I ________the garden. No sooner had I finished watering it than it came down in torrents.

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We will be there ........... 5 o’clock early .............. the morning.

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The Smiths enjoyed the ........... atmosphere in Viet Nam.

 Choose the best answer among A, B, c or D that best completes sentence: The panda’s …. habitat is the bamboo forest.