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No matter how often I explain it, he doesn't seem to ______

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We ________ advantage of the downturn in real estate sales to get a good deal on a house

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Mr John .....................this book several times

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Police have not ____________ the possibility that the man was murdered

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While she _________ for her sister outside the supermarket, someone _________ her handbag.

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Ms. Budrow was promoted after  -------group recorded the highest revenue growth for the year

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Giffords Global Investors Magazine experienced its highest numbers in ------- sales in the last quarter

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A special luncheon will be held in honor of the sales department, which has ------ monthly sales goals

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:

A number of programs have been initiated to provide food and shelter for the underprivileged in the remote areas of the country.

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Rowena ______ for joy when she heard that she’d won the first prize

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New advertisements for Vitamax 700 will be created to ------- to potential customers in Southeast Asia

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China is the country with __________ population.

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What is that noise? What ________________?

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After she found out about his latest relapse with drugs, she decided it was best to leave him for good and all. 

This is the first time I have attended such an enjoyable wedding party.

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Mr. Zhang was ------- that he would be promoted to Senior Marketing Manager the following month

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The school was closed for a month because of serious _______ of fever

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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All of our savings have gone down the ______ ever since Jack had his little gambling spree in Las Vegas

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We can give you some medication to help take the ________ off the pain

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There has been an increase in the number of websites and anonymous letters on the Internet which have been ….  of the government’s policies