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Researchers must sign in at the visitors registration table upon ___________   the Briston Literary Archive.

When he started that company, he really went ................ It might have been a disaster.

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 Employees who paid for a business expense with their personal funds are ____________   under the regulations.

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: 

A pessimistic person always sees things on the dark sides

Andrew was ________ enough on becoming a professional singer and he didn’t want to listen to anybody else’s advice.

Right now, Jim______ the newspaper and Kathy______ dinner 

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We will make a final decision about changing the landscaping of the property after reviewing the _____________   costs.

 Many  students receive the first two years (freshman and sophomore years) of postsecondary education at community colleges  _______ pursuing a bachelor's degree at a four-year institution.

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The official decision made by the judge must be based  ______________  on the evidence presented.

 It was late, so we decided .............. a taxi home.

He couldn’t stop to chat with her because he was really ________ for time

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Management has approved additional funds for the budget, which means we can  ________  the expense for placing a new advertisement.

The disaster has caused ................ damage to the area.

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The Family Store  ____________  closed on November 31, 2012 while we revamp the store and reopening again in 2013.

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.
(4).........................

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The government has given hugely increased budgetary allocations to the various  ___________  under its control.

You ........... so many accidents if you drove more slowly.

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Make sure you lock away all personal belongings in the lockers provided to ensure they are kept _________.

 I need ______ new computer. I'm going to the electronics' store to pick one out today. 

The fire ............... to have started in the furnace under the house.

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Employee relations are being _________   strained following the announcement that holiday entitlements will be reduced.