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Our Web site includes a voice-over function that   ___________ people with reading difficulties to place online orders.

At present, the rate of economic growth is very satisfactory, but _____ when foreign competition makes itself felt, this will not be the case.

If a match has extra time, a single goal decides the result - this is called a ____ goal.

One remedy is to pump limestone into the acidic lakes. _________, it is not possible to do this on a large enough scale to save all the lakes.

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.
(44).........................

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 Dong Suk Kim’s promotion was approved after the sudden  __________  of the company’s chief executive officer.

We'll buy everything you produce_________it's reasonable.

Oil is essential for ........... manufacture of .............. plastics.

The room got ................ when the teacher started the lesson.

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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Mr. Albrecht's ____________   in repplying the HR director's e-mail demonstrated that he was highly interested in the position.

.............. had the curtain been raised than the light went out.

The politician tried to arouse the crowd, but most of them were ................... to his arguments.

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

I____ in the US for one year, but I still find it difficult to communicate with the American. 

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The name of the desert comes ……...…. the Arabic word ṣaḥrāʾ, which means "desert."

I suppose I found it hard at my new school because I just ................... to the situation.

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He didn't attend the lesson, __________he could not do his homework.

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That’s .............! . I’m pleased that you work very hard.

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Three great stretches of sandy deserts almost circle the center of Australia.

China is one of the most     _ populated areas in the world.