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By the time Ms. Venarde joined the staff, she ------ in a similar capacity for many years already

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Robots may be equipped ____ the equivalent of human senses such as vision, touch, and the ability to sense temperature.

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The first draft resolution __________ yesterday; it __________ long before the beginning of the meeting

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The difficult driving conditions ____________ several accidents.

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Nobody in this team plays________ Trung.

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____________ Bobby often ____________ physics experiment after school?

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Employees must return to ------ work stations immediately after the lunch break

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Because Gerald had an _________________ upbringing, he was shocked by the way his wealthy college friends wasted money

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Library is a collection of books and other informational materials made available to people for reading, study, or reference. The word library comes (31)_________liber; the Latin word for "book". (32)_________, library collections have almost always contained a variety of materials. Contemporary libraries maintain collections that include not only printed materials such as manuscripts, books, newspapers, and magazines, (33)_________audio visual and online databases. In addition (34)_________ maintaining collections within library buildings, modern libraries often feature tele-communications links that provide users with access to information at remote sites.

The central mission of a library (35)_________to collect, organize, preserve, and provide access to knowledge and information. In fulfilling this mission, libraries preserve a valuable record of culture that can be passed down to succeeding generations.

                                                                                                                            From "Library (institution) " by Richard S. Halsey et al.

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Don't bother me while I .....................the exercise

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:

Mary couldn’t stand it anymore. She decided to speak her mind.

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I may have allowed my personal feelings to creep ___ when I gave that job to my brother

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I wish we __________ to this football match, then we __________ in the middle of all these hooligans now

In the last hundred years, traveling _______ much easier and more comfortable.

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The truth is that they ________________ no more than a token number of women to managerial jobs

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Despite the fact that the new…………was developed by MIN Communications, its parent company received all the credit for it

At first he didn’t agree, but in the end we managed to bring him ____ to our point of view.

Such characters as fairies or witches in Walt Disney animated cartoons are purely________.

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The ------- initiative aims to provide public transportation for commuters living in the outer suburbs

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The Aznet Foundation is offering three $5,000 grants to entrepreneurs with the most ------- business ideas

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City ------- hope to get the necessary   permits to build a twenty-story office   building on Minerva Street.