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The environmental protection plans submitted to the council were developed by various organizations working ------- of each other

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Although she lives in Tokyo, she _________ the Royal Palace

I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _______ to play.

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

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The Ambury Prize recognizes research that is notable for its ------- and innovation

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The bomb _______ went out this morning caused a lot of damage

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:

His performance stood head and shoulders above the rest.

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You'll be at a _____________ playing tennis against someone as skilled as Katie.

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He _________ at college at that time last year.

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I'm sorry I haven't returned your calls. It's just that lately I've been totally snowed ___________with work and looking after the kids

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________ do you live? -- I live in Tokyo

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After raising $45 million last year, Yamamoto Technologies is now ------- Seattle’s best-funded companies

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She had to hand in her notice ________ advance when she decided to leave the job

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After the physics lesson, the children know that water ____ at 100 degrees C

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Salesmen may make untrue statements to try to __________ you to buy the product

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According to a survey ------ by the Fielding Institute, advertising on the Internet accounted for 10% of total advertising

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…………the city council has approved the urban renewal project, we need to recruit several new workers

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At this time last night while people were talking to each other, he __________ his book

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Without speaking other word, I stared at the ridges of sand in the moonlight.

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Who will pay for the coach if almost two fifths of the passengers________ a free ride?

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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