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14. Eva got herself a job as a(n) , but quit after a few weeks, deciding that it was dull. Your answer(s) Correct answer(s)
receptionist receptionist
15. A(n) for the local police said, \disorder but generally everything went well.\ Your answer(s) Correct answer(s)
spokesman spokesman
Vocabulary Task 2
1. There is no time to mention their names one by one, but I would like to thank them all for what they taught me about life.
Your replacement: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) by name by name
2. When everyone else is off work and goes home around 7 p.m., the manager is still working hard.
Your replacement: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) in high gear in high gear
3. People knew or pretended to know a lot about him, but he happened to be a little different from what they thought.
Your replacement: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s)
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turned out turned out
4. Sometimes it seems that researchers are merely picking the patterns that fit their theories, and this is no good.
Your replacement: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) At times At times
5. There may be several interpretations about what the committee's discussion means.
Your replacement: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) as to as to
6. Many of the problems they are facing are the result of poor management. Your replacement: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) stem from stem from
7. A survey has revealed that women directors work more hours than their male colleagues, but still earn 20% less.
Your replacement: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) put in put in
8. Part of the program included talks prepared by the professors about
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modernism in literature.
Your replacement: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) on the subject of on the subject of
9. If the alarm gets no response, the timer goes ahead and switches off for the sake of safety and economy.
Your replacement: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) in the interest of in the interest of
10. The sooner a virus is reported, the sooner we can study procedures to isolate it and prevent its spread.
Your replacement: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) work on work on
11. She left the art college at the age of eighteen and joined a band. Your replacement: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) dropped out dropped out of
12. Try as he might, he could not succeed in getting back up to the position as CEO.
Your replacement: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) claw his way claw his way
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13. The most successful companies on the Internet are those that use the web to close the gap between what a company provides and what their customers want to get from it.
Your replacement: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) expect from expect from
Banked Cloze
Your answers Correct answers 1. evolution evolution 2. mushroomed mushroomed 3. ignorant ignorant 4. impact impact 5. retains retains
6. commercial commercial 7. charity charity 8. employing employing 9. modernizing modernizing 10. empire empire Cloze
Your answers Correct answers
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1. from from 2. afford afford
3. popularize popularize 4. introduced introduced 5. personal personal 6. throughout throughout 7. considered considered 8. dramatic dramatic 9. adopted adopted 10. attended attended 11. hired hired 12. passion passion 13. devices devices 14. registered registered 15. hung around hung around 16. designing designing 17. commercial commercial 18. persuaded persuaded 19. raising raising
20. came up with came up with
Comprehension Task