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The Parks and Recreation Department offers ______________   opportunities for volunteers to improve the community.

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We would like to discuss this problem honestly and ____________   at the next staff meeting.

.............. electricity you use, ...................  your bill will be.

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: 

The nominating committee always meet behind closed doors, lest its deliberations become known prematurely.

People believe there is a _________ between the two crimes.

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They said that they ................. their house.

This leather bag is a real bargain! It's ________ cheap!

The plice spokesman said he was ................ to believe that the arrested man was the serial killer they had been looking for.

 ______ I was working in the garden, John was repairing the washing machine.

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Who is responsible ____ dealing with complaints?

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To ________ a desert is a dangerous activity which requires careful preparation for risks.

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Barrell Foods, a wholesale distributor of fresh produce,    more than 100 grocery stores in northern Scotland.

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Crescent is now producing packaging with a high speed machine capable of producing 20 million units a year, and so starting to realize the

------- potential of the firm’s innovation.

Although they ———————, they did not lose heart.

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Mrs. Lindon has ________ that she is unable to get a job.

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Sometimes customers are impressed with how ___________   our staff members are regarding the products we sell.

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.
(41).........................

It is_______ that the word ‘chess’ comes from ‘shah’, the Persian word for ‘king’ and that ‘checkmate’

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Due to the strike at the World Library in Cleveland, the conference that was to be held there has been _____________.

Last month, Mr.  Donald Trump,     is the president of the US, visited   Vietnam and had a wonderful time in this country.

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The instructions   _____________ above each washing machine serve as references to customers.