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Ms. DeSoto ------- all employees to come to last week’s budget meeting even though only officers were obligated to attend

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:

They were unable to detect the problem with the airplane’s engine.

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He got good marks at his exams because he spent almost his time ___________his lessons

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The newspaper has been an ------- in the number of subscribers who read the online version

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The company's establishment of an on-site child care center is intended ------- encourage new parents to return to work

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Garstein Furniture specializes in functional products that are inexpensive ---------- beautifully crafted

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By the time Ms. Okada ------- in Incheon for the sales meeting, she had already completed preliminary negotiations by telephone

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Federal _________________ prepare to set stricter rules for cars and fuel.

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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Every teacher at this school ______ patient

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The special sale on clothing at the Aberdeen Mall ------ next Sunday

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I think Jake wishes he __________ to keep the family home, but such a big house with land costs a lot to maintain

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Betsy Riley will seek support from ------- volunteers for our revised museum tours

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All temporary workers should contact Ms. Fierro to ------- an identification badge

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Without any ______________ clients, the survival of the small firm did not look promising

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The disease can be caused by a variety of viruses, bacteria, and other small organisms that ________food or water

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Being laid off was a blessing in _______________ – within a month I got a much better job

______ in a recent science competition, the three students were awarded scholarships totaling $21,000.

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She may want to argue, but it takes two to ________ and I won't stoop to her level

It is generally believed that "Men make _______ house and women make _______ home".

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_______on several different television programs, the witness gave conflicting accounts of what had happened