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As anticipated, when Flowers, Inc. reduced its prices, the Hawes Garden Center did ____________.

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In ____________   with lack of exercise and high stress, poor dietary habits can cause significant health problems such as heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes.

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---------- that insulation has been replaced, that building is much more energy- efficient.

I didn’t mean to lose my temper with you. I just got ______away for a minute.

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.
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Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: The sky was grey and cloudy…..,  we went to the beach.

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The Meteorological Department forecasts that there will be ________   two inches of rain between tonight and Sunday morning.

Working in over 150 countries, UNICEF  ...........  children with health care, clean water, nutrition, education, emergency relief, and more.

My boss has a reputation for being such a slave-driver!

Don't touch the cat. It may_____ you.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  What time do you expect Tom to he home? I must talk to him. I usually go to bed around ten, but tell him to call me tonight ……it’s past midnight.

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Beginning on August 9, travelers who visit the Banff Visitors Center will be charged a fee ------ parking their cars.

Only 300 for that laptop? That’s a real .................. !

The Master Gardeners Club had to-------- its monthly meeting because the community center's conference room was double-booked.

I am going to the party too, so ____me.

What measures have been ........... to control traffic jam at rush hours?

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By  ______________   offices in London, Paris, and Madrid, Sedgehill Ltd. has continued its growth into markets overseas.

The company I'm working for at the moment is planning to expand, so they're ____ new staff.

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_____________ a national holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday will also be a holiday.

Finally, Amy decided to quit her job as she couldn't stand doing the same things days in days out. It's so monotonous!

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Thanks to pictures taken by satellites, deserts have not ________ a mystery in our time.