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The economic recovery is just beginning to _________________ hold now

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My mother enjoys _________ traditional food for our family, especially at Tet holiday

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It's a shame the candidate allowed himself to __________ the handle like that during the debate, since it undermines a lot of the really solid arguments he'd been making up to that point.

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A generation ago, no one could have predicted that computers and the Internet would be as ______ as they are today

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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__________ ethnic group has the larger population, the Tay or Ede?

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Ms. Miriam is getting ready to go on ------ business trip to Japan

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:

In contrast to her husband, she is a very down-to-earth sort of person who manages to control his wild ideas.

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Stocks in the company have ____________ for the third straight week in a row

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She was the very ________________ of the prim English woman

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…... today, Wednesday February 28, 2006, Bill Stone is responsible for all phases of corporate finance

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To appeal to younger consumers throughout Asia, the sportswear company is shifting its marketing tactics ------

Doctors advise people who are deficient_______vitamin C to eat more fruit and vegetables.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Library is a collection of books and other informational materials made available to people for reading, study, or reference. The word library comes (31)_________liber; the Latin word for "book". (32)_________, library collections have almost always contained a variety of materials. Contemporary libraries maintain collections that include not only printed materials such as manuscripts, books, newspapers, and magazines, (33)_________audio visual and online databases. In addition (34)_________ maintaining collections within library buildings, modern libraries often feature tele-communications links that provide users with access to information at remote sites.

The central mission of a library (35)_________to collect, organize, preserve, and provide access to knowledge and information. In fulfilling this mission, libraries preserve a valuable record of culture that can be passed down to succeeding generations.

                                                                                                                            From "Library (institution) " by Richard S. Halsey et al.

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The campaign aims to dispel the ____________ that AIDS is confined to the homosexual community

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We _____________ along under constant poverty when I was a kid, so I've learned to really appreciate the things I have now

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Look! A man _________________ after the train. He wants tocatch it

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The team coach was forced to _________ to stop the two athletes from coming to blows

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He _______ books for poor children for years

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

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Electrolux introduced the Trilobite in 2001. Since then, the company has made 200 improvements to the vacuum, which relies on an ultrasound system to navigate around objects as it cleans.