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

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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Please accept our ................. congratulations on your promotion!

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest: comprise, sandy, circle, northern

The head teacher loves  Literature. She ................. significance to reading classical novels by great writers like Charles Dickens or Leo Tolstoy.

That hotel is so expensive. They ______ you sixty pounds for bed and breakfast.

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In the modern world of scarce resources, there is an  ____________  need to ensure that environmental health interventions are innovative, effective and proven to work.

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Commercial real estate is mostly purchased------ real estate investors.

Many  _______ receive the first two years (freshman and sophomore years) of postsecondary education at community colleges before pursuing a bachelor's degree at a four-year institution. 

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We went to see many ............ places in Ha Noi last year.

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Mr. Hoon, the managing director of PHM, Inc., was pleased to hear that the project would be completed much  _____  than he had expected.

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___________ the new shop has only been open a week, it has already started to outperform the old one.

“ Jenny’s always wanted to get to the top of her career, ................ ?” “Yes, she’s an ambitious girl”.

Extinction means a situation ............ a plant, an animal or a way of life stops existing.

Some scientists say that there are enough resources to _    8 billion people.

 I _____ the book by the time you come tonight. 

Electronic devices are becoming ________ common in educational environment.

He was so mean that he could not bear to ................. the smallest sum of money for the charity appeal.

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They .................... go to Nha Trang in summer.

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It is critical that the employees understand ------ it is important to follow health and safety precautions at all times.

It can be a very  __________ surprise if you expect to shake hands and get a kiss or a hug instead.