For the successful completion of this project, active interaction with resources ...................... inside and outside the firm will be needed.

Please contact us today so that we may begin .............. candidates to interview for your available positions.

Three weeks after Ms. Kanes was hired , ............... had to move to Singapore.

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.

What does the author claim strengthened the imagery of Poe’s tales?

I found it difficult to follow what was __________ because of the noise from the engine room.

Failure to deliver your merchandise ................... the estimated delivery date will give customers the right to cancel their order without written consent.

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Koester Company records all incoming customer calls with the  ________  of ensuring inquiries are handled appropriately.

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Bob has a bad lung cancer and his doctor advised him to.......... smoking.

The members of the Red Cross were dedicated their whole life to _____ the sufferings of human beings.

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The scheduled meetings for Augustus Manufacturing’s staff were spaced far enough __________ to allow employees to complete their usual tasks.

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 the following question.

Most, not to say all of the employers want to look for candidates with punctuality, so make sure you make a positive impression on them by showing up on time for the interview.

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----- of the new employees were able to attend the orientation.

Designers are experimenting with a new material ________ flexibly with lightness.

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Due to construction delays on Maplewood Avenue, employees will ________________   need to find alternate routes.

Li has _________; he loves cakes, chocolate, ice-cream - anything which is sweet.

We saw our favourite ballet ______ at the theater last night. 

I prepared ______ on holiday. 

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Participants will be given ample time after the presentation to  ___________  any concerns they may have about the marketing plan.

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Album sales for rock band Trifecta have been low ______________   their concert tickets have been selling out.

Who do you consider ______ responsible for the accident?

Every culture has its own (1)_____ list of behavior that is acceptable. Every society (2)_____ has its taboos, or types of behavior that are considered a violation of (3)_____ manners. If you travel to (4)_____ country, on business or vacation, it is really (5)____ to learn some of that country’s customs so that you (6)_____ insult the local people there. The word “taboo” comes from the Tongan language and is used in (7)_____ English to describe verbal and non-verbal behavior that is forbidden or to be (8) _____. In spite of people’s common thought, taboos are not universal and they tend to be (9)_____ to a certain culture or country, and usually form around a community’s values and beliefs. (10)_____, what is considered acceptable behavior in one country may be a serious taboo in another.
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