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People who donate more than $50 to the Children's Cancer Group will receive a ------- T-shirt.

William suggested ….. to the cinema. 

Two years ago, some of the athletes ................. school to pursue a professional career or the Olympics.

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

That competition was sponsored by the host country.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

Name some famous football players in the world.

By the time Mr. Greenfield returns from his business trip, the company's new policy ..................

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Experts say that a rise in property values in the Bedford area will be the ------- outcome of the increase in local population.

Because most of his colleagues were away on a company picnic, Mr. Ho had to complete the client research report by ............. over the weekend.

Every motorbike must be equipped with a _________ mirror.

The trainer presented many exciting and innovative marketing strategies for the new product, which lefl the management team feeling ..................

 She is looking _______ a new place to live because she does not want to depend _______ her parents any more.

Those boys took a long ladder______.

Ms. Pains has given the sales manager her ................. that the new clothing line will be ready for launch by February 1.

The Dawson Car Company’s first convertible model has received negative ................  from many car critics.

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Offering rooms that can ____________   about 40 persons, Bean's Playpen is ideal for small parties and events.

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

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Gigantica Studio’s new action movie has some scenes which may be inappropriate for  ___________ under the age of 15.

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.

Just after Poe’s death, his reputation as a writer was better —–.

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The city of Myerstown plans to turn an 80-acre  __________________  of land near Weller River into a public park next year.

............ the workload is very high at the moment, all the team members are optimistic that they will be able to finish the required work on time.

Don’t _____ to any conclusion before you know the full facts.