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Our mission is to advance the health of Koreans ____________   the development of safe and effective new drugs.

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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After she _____ at the hospital for 2 years, she_____ to give up the job yesterday. 

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Flockworks, Inc., recently made a slight ------- to its Web site design to improve its punctuality.

She may look half asleep, but I can assure you she is ...........  awake.

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The agreement  _________  states that Amy Dyer will be the general contractor for the Hibley project.

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

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He's just so flexible. He'll adapt to any situation.

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________ Sahara of ________ Africa is the world's largest desert.

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A sink that is overflowing will take -------over items such as a broken closet door because it’s an issue that directly affects health and safety.

The Maritime Provinces lie along the Atlantic  _______.

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.

Some experts believe that the functions of the print media will be replaced by audio or visual media.

The manager ______ the store before I arrived. 

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Signs that provide directions to the taxi stand ___________    throughout the airport terminal.

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Ms. Morgan recruited the individuals that the company _____________  for the next three months.

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The ______________   of the disease can be significantly slowed by taking the medicine developed by Dr. Toft's team.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: I ask Mary to run the office while I’m away….. I know I can depend on her.

 I will give you this book ______ I meet you tomorrow. 

The_______ of living here, of course, is that it is expensive.

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The Parks and Recreation Department offers ______________   opportunities for volunteers to improve the community.

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The price of organic foods is expected to rise _____________    over the next several years because of an increase in demand.