Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

The library is running a budget ____________   , but the Board of Trustees is still expecting a tough year.

I don’t feel like  _____ home; what about _____ out for a walk?

She is ............... than her sister.

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

The layout of the retail stores will be rearranged so that the shopping experience can be ------ aligned with consumers' shopping behavior.

At times, it is difficult to tell what sort of greeting  ___________ is followed.

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

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: After my brother _____ to his house, he read a book.

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Ms. Huyn is reviewing the training manual to see if updates ___________

Choose the best answer:
His new yacht is certainly an ostentatious display of his wealth.

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If you would like to apply for the position, it is  ________  that you submit your application before the end of the month.

The Master Gardeners Club had to-------- its monthly meeting because the community center's conference room was double-booked.

Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.

He can not afford a new computer.

Surprisingly, however, psychologists  ______ that most victims are middle-aged housewives who have never used a computer before.

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: 

He takes his dates to intimate restaurants where there is candlelight.

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The contractor has a fiffteen-percent ------ in business after advertising in the local newspaper.

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Audio-One is so ___________   about the quality of its products that it offers a money-back guarantee for all items.

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

King Pin's customers  ________  to paying for services on a monthly basis, so they were disappointed when they were told to pay up front.

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.
(43).........................

Mario has now ............... to the point where his English is almost fluent.

Every day I _________up at 6 o’clock, _______breakfast at seven o’clock and_______for work at 8o’clock 

_________ , we tried our best to complete it.