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Many married women in the survey said they lacked time to ____ an interest

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Instead of simply punishing them, the system encourages offenders to ________________ their behavior

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I............. to drink coffee now

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He ____ the umbrella in his right hand trying to keep his balance

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She had never expected to be offered the job. She was really.........when she was offered it.

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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One way to find a great ________ is to check with a ________

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------- opening a bakery, Mr. Laxalt had worked in the food industry for fifteen years

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_______ she cause any problems, _______ me immediately

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Ms. Kwon made it absolutely ------- that hiring decisions require her approval.

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We have ------- amended the contract with the supplier to ensure that there will be no more late deliveries

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions. "This warning sign indicates that people ____ step on the grass."

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I really believe that you should let your son ________ his own decisions; he is certainly old enough ________ so

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

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:

Adversely affected by the Embargo act of 1808 western farmers directed their anger at the British.

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Biologists have introduced a global list of endangered and vulnerable animal species.

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The _________________ between the two warring countries will not cease until one side is defeated or they agree to a ceasefire

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Robin: “Could you fill it up, please?
Brian: “_______”

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Over the past year and a half, the NatureServe Network ____ amazing things such as discovering precious lost species.

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The tomatoes we ate at their house were home- ________

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Oshka Landscape Supply revenue is highly ------- on seasonal sales