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Eugene Rivera, who negotiated an agreement between the two firms, reported that the details would be settled ------- the next several days.

She wanted ____ home, but her boss made her ____ until the work has finished. 

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: This milk has …….. sour. 

In the Middle Ages, England _______ war on France.

By tomorrow, the car _____ by me.

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 Our village has no running water, which is _______ .

Ms. Gibson is reviewing a thesis that deals with the ................ of this year's marketing strategy.

The boy always does his homework before class __________ be the teacher.

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Frankly, I’d rather you ______ not involved in the case.

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In response to the feedback that her manuscript was too lengthy, author Dawn Wentz  ___________  the number of pages.

Ms. Jims was asked to be the keynote speaker at the grand opening ............. for the new children's hospital on Saturday.

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Tung isn’t used to __________ in those bad conditions.

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Schilling Investors Group has not------ found a suitable candidate to replace Mr. Macmillan, who resigned two weeks ago.

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Is this the first time that you ............to this country?

We have to suffer from traffic congestion and pollution every day.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: 

The politician promised to be candid, but we wondered.

The design of the proposed project is one of the criteria (that) the committee will evaluate ................ determining the recipient of the state grant.

The ____ for this position starts at thirty thousand euros per year.

Although Edgar Allan Poe is recognized as the originator of the mystery story genre and as a master of the short story, literary critics and the general public have debated the extent of both his genius and his madness since his death in 1849. Poe rose from destitute beginnings as an orphan to a childhood of relative comfort when a wealthy businessman took him in. As a young man, however, he descended through poverty and mental illness to an early death at the age of forty. In his short career, he produced dozens of poems, stories, and critical essays that reflect his brilliant creative intellect.

At twenty, Poe moved to Baltimore to live with his impoverished aunt and her daughter, where he eventually married his fourteen-year-old cousin, Virginia. Poe was obviously devoted to his young wife, and idealized images of her appear in many of his female characters. It is difficult to suppose, however, that they had a close relationship, since she was many years younger than he was and chronically ill with tuberculosis. Although Poe wrote for various newspapers and magazines during this time, making great strides in literary criticism and developing his short-story style, he achieved no monetary success.

His sensitive personality and a hereditary tendency to neurosis contributed to a tragic mental decline; however, this only seems to have reinforced the brilliant imagery and fascinating morbidity that he achieved in his tales. Many critics speculate that Poe also suffered from alcoholism and opium addiction. The fantastical quality of his work earned him a devoted posthumous following in France, but he was generally disparaged by his American contemporaries.

When Poe wrote for magazines, he —–.

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------- Logan Home Appliances' annual promotion is now underway, the store is far busier than usual.

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Does Tommy like hamburgers? - Yes ............He eats them almost everyday.