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He recognized Mr. Hunter as an old business ______ from his years in banking

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In conferences, speakers ____ the audience mainly in English.

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The book for my English courses costs 25 dollars

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Mathematics _______________ my favorite subject

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The price of crude oil used to be a great deal lower than now, wasn’t it?

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Knowing Irene as I do, I was certain she would protest about ________ for the defeat

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Have you ever chosen to travel ________ at the last minute?

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Our request for permission to travel met with/received a flat/point-blank (= complete) ________________ from the authorities

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I can't promise a _________________ cure, but I think we can improve things.

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The company is renegotiating its finances after struggling to ____________ the rent on its properties

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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The first-class cabins are by far the best way to travel on these cruise boats, but you pay an ______ and a leg for them

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We try to do what is best for our customers in _____________ of the quality of our products

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

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:

The US troops are using much more sophisticated weapons in the Far East.

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I’d rather she _______ her little boys come into my room

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She claimed that the government had only changed the law in order to ____________ their critics

The city is really fascinating. It's _________.

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At first, she was trained to be ____ scriptwriter, but later she worked as ____ secretary.

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Nordel Park will open for the season once average daytime temperatures reach-----15 degrees

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Straight Theaters is proud to announce record earnings for the third quarter, far exceeding ------