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Nearly two-thirds of the company's current employees will be ______ to retire within five years

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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"He is talking to your father", She said to me.

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We expected her at nine but she finally ________ at midnight

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Scientists are hoping for a _________________ in the search for a cure for cancer

The enclosed documents summarize -------changes to the existing overtimeregulations.

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People wearing carnival costumes ------ the streets of Rio de Janeiro

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:

Her physical condition was not an impediment to her career as a singer. She has won a lot of prizes.

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Demand for the Waterlace running shoes was so high that the store owner set a ------- of two pairs per customer

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This is a picture of a _______ cab

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People _____________ all trees along the streets at this time two years ago

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"Can I take a friend to the party?" Hung asked me

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The man was barely ___________ and took a long time to write his name.

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For thousands of years, man has gazed up at the beckoning stars and dreaming of flight toworlds beyond his own.

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Since they are without direct supervision, field managers are expected to be able to find solutions to simple problems by ____

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For a ------- time, Marco Bank is offering first-time customers a $100 bonus when they open an account.

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I admired her for being confident _______ her age

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He was a gentle man ___________ nature, but he would suddenly fall into a depression and lose all confidence in himself

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I know you want to buy a new TV with your bonus, but you should really save that money for a __________ day

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Look! That plane ________________ toward the airport. It is going to land

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In Mr. Brothet's performance review, the department supervisor wrote that he worked extremely ------- and always finished his assignments on time