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Please note that the swimming pool will be closed for the rest of the week  ______________  extensive renovation work.

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In fact, there are many people who would ------ shop for groceries on weekdays than on weekends.

It was the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525__________ purposely crashed the plane into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board

A factor robot  ________ one task endlessly until it is reprogrammed to do something else.

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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.

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The people ....... live next door keep having all-night parties.

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__________ the poor weather, the annual staff picnic will be postponed until next Friday.

None of US has ever  ................ of cheating in class.

Right now, Jim______ the newspaper and Kathy______ dinner 

It was ............. an interesting speech that everyone stayed till the end.

My brother had his camera .............. from his car in the office car – park.

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Market analysts forecast a  ______________  in profitability in the industry the next financial year.

The latest addiction to trap thousands of people is Internet, which has been  ______ for broken relationships, job losses, financial ruin and even one suicide.

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Unless another  __________  applicant is found, Mr. Johns will be transferred to the office in China.

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

They protested about the inhumane treatment of the prisoners.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: I guess I’m a soft touch. I just lent Jane some money for lunch….. she never paid me back my last loan.

What measures have been ........... to control traffic jam at rush hours?

Anna needed some money, ________, she took a part-time job.

Seaward of the continental shelves lies the Arctic Basin proper, which is subdivided  _______ a set of three parallel ridges and four basins (also known as deeps). 

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Notwithstanding some members' objections, I think we must go ahead with the plan.

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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