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____________ are employees' medical expenses covered by the corporate medical insurance, but so are those of their spouses and children.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: If it ________ been for his        carelessness,  he would have finished the work.

The manager ______ the store before I arrived. 

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Ms. Kimberley was asked to find out which gallery displays the works   ________ are shown in the book of paintings.

The world’s first computer ........... by the University of Pennsylvania in 1946.

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The Airport Trust Fund is the  ____________  funding source for federal aviation programs.

In some cases, Mary is thought not to be ............... her sister.

 - “Can you take the day off tomorrow?”

- “Well, I’ll have to get  ................ from my boss.”

The trouble with Jean is that she is ................ with sport!

I wish I ________ to him. Now it is too late.

 It was late, so we decided .............. a taxi home.

William was as .................  as a cucumber when the hash punishment was meted out to him by the judge.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Because of his disease, the doctor advised him to abstain from alcohol and meat. However, he seems not to follow this advice.

 If he is in trouble, it is his own fault; I personally wouldn’t ............. a finger to help him.

United Parcel Service (UPS) believes that its employees should give the firm a fair day’s work for a fair’s day pay. The package delivery firm seems willing to give more than a fair’s day pay. But in (35) ____, UPS expects maximum output from its employees. Since 1920s, the firm’s industrial engineers have been studying every detail of every task (36) ____ by most UPS employees. From their studies have come time and motion standards that (37) ____ how those tasks are performed and how long they should take. Drivers, for example, are expected to walk to a customer’s door at a speed of exactly three feet per second. They are told to knock as soon as they get there, rather than (38) ____ time looking for a doorbell. Work engineers are (39) ____ riding with drivers, timing everything from stops at traffic lights, to wait at customers’ doorway, to stairway climbs, to coffee break. And they are not (40) ____ to pointing out the occasional inefficiency. Additionally, supervisors ride with the least good drivers, noting how they work and constantly (41) ____ them until their work is up to standard. The (42) ____of all this work engineering is efficiency, and UPS has been called one of the most efficient companies anywhere. It's also a highly profitable company. Most drivers take the regimentation in stride: many show (43) ____ in meeting the UPS standards each day. Others, however, feel that they are constantly being pushed, that it is impossible for them to (44) ____ at work. UPS officials claim that the standards provide accountability. And, they say, employees who work according to UPS standards should feel less tired at the end of the day.
(41).........................

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The shipment was  ___________  on time every week, and it was for this reason that the procurement team continually awarded contracts to the same company.

Why is he always ................ the subject of money?

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  …….  a detailed plan, the project was doomed from the start.

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I'd like to speak to the person in ____ please.

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Payments to the Wendell Lake Association will be considered late _________   they are received after January 1.

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It became _____________ that Ms. Henderson was considering from her position when she began getting sick from work-related stress.