He is sleeping in his mother’s house this week as he .................. his house painted.

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

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All invoices should reach Accounts by the 25th  ______________  payments can be made in the next month’s pay run.

We often take this small road home to avoid heavy ______on the main streets.

The boys proposed that their group leader ________ a camping trip.

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Thanks to Ms. Perry’s tireless campaigning, education ___________   as the central issue of the city council election.

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 In response to student demand, online educational opportunities have increased  ____________  in the past decade.

If a match has extra time, a single goal decides the result - this is called a ____ goal.

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She told him she had spent all her savings but he didn’t bat an eyelid.

This definition is obviously very broad, but a narrower one would exclude _______ much.

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Even though your vehicle information may be on file with the Parking Services office, a valid permit must be ________  displayed in your vehicle.

What ............... can be drawn from the experiment of two American physicists, Clinton Davisson and Lester Germer?

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.
(42).........................

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If you live in this small town, you ...... earn much money.

Older people_________ a large proportion of those living in poverty.

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______________ by poor weather conditions, the sailing team missed out on setting a world record.

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According to the latest news, HRT, Inc. is preparing for the  _____________  of a major new product.

 Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: He…… an expedition to the North Pole in the early of the 20th century.

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That’s .............! . I’m pleased that you work very hard.

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Our senior consultant, Marc Allen, is always looking for new opportunities, and his analytical and independent nature enables him to take on new and exciting______________.

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The leaky faucet has been repaired, so visitors may ________________   use the first- floor restroom.