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

We left New York when I was six; so my recollections of it are rather faint.

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

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.
(6).........................

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

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

 I didn’t take up his recommendation as he sounded so  .................

There is ................. to be a serious energy crisis in the next century.

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He pretended not to see his supervisor and went on working.

Gavin_______ the idea of dividing the rooms in half.

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The Trails Store will  ____________  add a section for hiking equipment.

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Vice President Ramos will not make ------- decisions until more feedback has been gathered.

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Once the plant is  _____________  operational, it will become the largest car manufacturing facility in North America.

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Perend Trail's new hiking boots will be available in brown ______________   black leather.

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After conducting  ___________  research, we are convinced that Icy System is the best insulation product on the market.

The Chinese______ spaghetti dishes for a long time before Marco Polo______ back to Italy 

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The Planning Department recommended ------- the new branch in a residential area away from downtown.

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 If you are the last person in the office at night, please  ___________  that the copier is turned off before you leave.

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The landlord raised the monthly rent for the first time in several years, and -----------so.

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 Ministry of Education and training of Vietnam has declared a decree on the new educational program paving the way for foreign educational co-operation and investment.

I didn't mean to leave her name off the list; it was an......................

Working in over 150 countries, UNICEF  ...........  children with health care, clean water, nutrition, education, emergency relief, and more.