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Betty can speak French ________ than Nancy

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The speakers will be on the radio talk show -------- their views on energy issues in North America

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I often spend the weekend ___________ badminton with my elder brother

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Who ________________ at the door?

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There is coffee in the break room for anyone who ------- a cup before the meeting

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We are impressed by his _________ to help us with the hard mission.

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After having chickenpox as a child, I am susceptible to getting an ____________ of shingles since the virus is already in my system

The management has authorized wage increase for all ______.

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I have been waiting for you……………

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Kanelek Limited and Evensohn LLC have entered a strategic partnership to ------- their market share

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Many customers have remained faithful to Kristiansen Electronics ---------- the years because of our excellent customer service

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Our new website allows ------- to keep track of all orders

MY BEST FRIEND
I have several good friends but I (1) ________ that my best friend is Ellen. We (2)________ friends with each other since we were very young because she (3)________ next door to me. We have always been in the same class at school, although she has always been much cleverer than me. I don't mind (4)________, because she often helps me with my homework! Anyway, I've always been better at sport than she is. I always (5)________ her at tennis and she doesn't like that. In fact, she hates losing at anything and gets very annoyed if she does. That's the only thing that I don't like about her. Otherwise, she has (6)________ humour and she's always making me laugh. We get on very well together, although occasionally we've had arguments - usually about silly little things. Ellen and her family moved to another district last year but I still see her a lot. We're planning to go on a trip around Europe next summer, I'm really (7)________ to it because I think we'll have a lot of fun and see exciting places. Of course, it's going to be hard -to afford such a wonderful and exciting trip and so we're both going to get jobs and try to (8)________ enough money for it.
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

Certain types of bacteria that grow on decomposing plants produce a shimmering luminescence, an eerie light called “foxfire”.

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

The teacher testified to the boy’s honesty when he was accused of stealing from another student. (27 p275)

A. believed in    B. doubted    C. confirmed    D. ensured

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Of course I'm coming since I don't want to _______________ on all the fun!

We ____ the kittens carefully and sold them for a good profit.

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Employees ------- several departments  have been encouraged to minimize costs

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The manufacturer ------ the warranty on its latest camera models by twelve months

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She _________a good chance of passing her exam if she works hard

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............. three months, the marketing   department holds seminars to keep the staff  up-dated on sales trends