Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: 

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

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Two items in Ms. Burke's order were out of stock, so her invoice was adjusted -----.

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The diagram on this page shows an  ______________  of the anticipated electricity usage at the new facility.

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Tours run every day, but there may be ----- availability on weekends.

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Justin’s Packaging company   ___________    receives returned products because the new machine that they purchased has been creating problems for the past couple of months.

The______polluted atmosphere in some industrial regions is called "smog"

It is very kind of you .............. me a hand.

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The goal of the committee was to evaluate the company's bylaws and offer  _____________  for improvement.

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Sarah and her colleagues enjoyed a  ____________  day together at the city park.

Suzy________ her brain, and finally found the answer.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  My sister am used to ______ up early.

Choose the best answer of the four choices to complete each of the following sentence: The number of competitors who take part in the Olympic Games increases every year. 

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The Nikko Hotel is ____________   located within five minutes' walk of the subway station.

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Mr. Son had studied  _____________  for six years before he created his first Web site.

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest: corridor, enormous, mystery, separate 

it’s really hard to ______ on less than a million VND a month

It is high time we .................. something to protect our environment .

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.
(3).........................

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New employees will be asked to wear temporary badges  _________  their official identification cards are issued.

He looked at me as if I ................. from the moon.

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Under the  _________  of new CEO Hiro Takashi, Toy & Joy Ltd. tripled its revenues.