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You can't sit on the __________ any longer—you need to choose who of these two we need to fire

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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Greenpeace works to promote awareness of the dangers that _________________ our planet today.

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I’ll ___________ going to Scotland until you’re well enough to look after yourself again.

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 ……. The Charges found themselves 7-0 down

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The oil industry is working to meet clean air requirements. (CLOSET)

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American _______ the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions. "I think Mai ____ do exercise regularly in order to keep her body in good shape."

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I deeply regret ________ to her so severely yesterday. She was badly hurt

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It is essential that no unauthorized persons ------ into the building once it has been locked by the security personnel

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Police said the thieves were obviously well acquainted ________________ the alarm system at the department store

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These days, most young people would like to look for ____ the jobs rather than secure ones

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Though a great deal of money had -------, the project was a failure

Martin Luther King devoted his life to the ____ of voting right for black people.

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Crane operators must check that all moving parts of the machine are fastened -------- before use.

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The furniture  were more expensive than we had thought

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Claire paid $7 for her lunch, _______ she had thought it would cost

------- proficiency in German would be of much help, it is not a requirement for the advertised position.

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:

Adversely affected by the Embargo act of 1808 western farmers directed their anger at the British.

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________ he was driving thirty miles per hour above the speed limit at the time of the accident will count against him

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Hillsdale Fabrics’ ------- collection of leathers was imported from Italy.