will be held either in Room 402 _________ in must be __________ by the end of this week. Room 501. (A) belonged (A) or (B) practiced (B) and (C) received (C) not (D) arrived (D) but 108. Mr.Montrose’s _________ in his job search 102. The restaurant will _________ for two days has resulted in employment offers from three later this month for remodeling. companies.
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(B) build (B) persisted (C) close (C) persistently (D) invite (D) persistence 103. The advertising budget is divided 109. Ms. Vialobos has reported that the new _________ among the three divisions in the mobile telephones are the lightest _______ to marketing department. be purchased by the department. (A) equal (A) ever (B) equals (B) before (C) equality (C) quite (D) equally (D) well 104. Mr. Fullham’s investments in small start-up 110. Orders ________ the weight limit are companies have doubled _________ value in subject to additional shipping fees. just over five years. (A) exceed (B) exceeded (A) they (C) exceeding (B) their (D) excessive (C) them 111. Mr. Wong will travel to the management (D) themselves seminar in Singapore on _________ . 105. Printer cartridges can be found in the supply cabinet _________ the file folders (A) he (B) himself (A) at (C) him (B) from (D) his own (C) with 112. According to an informal survey, the sales (D) along goal set by the management team seems 106. Solar power is being heavily promoted as a _________ to most of the staff. clean and ________ source of energy. (A) realist (B) realism (A) renew (C) realistic (B) renews (D) realistically (C) renewal (D) renewable 113. Because the packaging machines (A) by __________ break down on the assembly line, (B) beyond factory officials have decided to replace them. (C) for (A) repeat (D) since (B) repeatedly 120. By the time the magazine article on home (C) repeated security devices ________ on the newsstands, (D) repetition the pricing information was already outdated. 114. Workers are ________ against entering the laboratory without protective clothing and (A) appears masks. (B) appeared (A) cautious (C) will appear (B) caution (D) appearing (C) cautiously 121. After December 13 customers will be asked (D) cautioned to place their orders online ________ use the 115. Ms. Gupta wishes to ________ the terms mail order form. of her employment contract before signing it. (A) deprive (A) so as (B) respond (B) in case (C) modify (C) rather than (D) assure (D) provided that 116. Highway 140 is not _________ by Exit 2A 122. Bylar Corporate Furnishings is the due to road construction. ________ office-furniture vendor for several of the area’s largest corporations. (A) occupied (B) accessible (A) prefer (C) exposed (B) preferred (D) possible (C) preference 117. Mr. Thomas and Ms. Vasquez ________ to (D) preferential work together on the market research project. 123. Science Gadgets, Inc., supports every (A) assigned product it sells __________ and will gladly offer (B) assigning a refund for any purchase a customer is (C) will assign dissatisfied with. (D) have been assigned (A) conclusively 118. Because of its __________ for outstanding (B) factually customer service, Mei’s Hair Salon is the most (C) unconditionally popular business of its kind in the area. (D) steadily (A) approval 124. A quarterly survey _________ by Car Trade (B) estimation magazine shows that customers prefer fuel- (C) probability efficiency over size or price when purchasing a (D) reputation new automobile. 119. Market researchers reported that (A) performed customers were most impressed _______ the (B) performs Vestra Coffeemaker’s delayed-start function. (C) had performed (D) to perform 125. Ferrelli Steel has _________ in talks with (C) implications Montag Fabrics to purchase part of its (D) implicating manufacturing business. 131. Guests are asked to register at the front (A) involved desk _________ entering the main lobby. (B) engaged (C) demonstrated (A) upon (D) maintained (B) about 126. Patent laws guarantee that Halperin (C) in order to Engineering, Inc., has _________ rights to the (D) whoever technology it developed for robotic surgical 132. Mr. Tomita was pleased that Ms, Arai was devices. ________ to adjust her schedule at the last (A) responsible minute in order to revise the financial report. (B) feasible (A) busy (C) manufactured (B) willing (D) exclusive (C) changed 127. The Culver Award is given annually to an (D) timely individual or organization that demonstrates 133. There is a ________ to the number of ________ in the field of public transportation. people that can take the cable car to the top of the mountain. (A) innovate (A) limit (B) innovation (B) container (C) innovative (C) presence (D) innovatively (D) restraint 128 . __________its main competitor, the 134 . __________ the search committee offers ergonomic chair Doctor Rao the position of Professor of Sociology will depend on a vote of its members. offered by Well Designs is lightweight and (A) Whether comes in a variety of colors. (B) After (A) In contrast to (C) Although (B) By way of (D) Until (C) Instead of 135. It is widely believed by medical (D) So as practitioners that a nutritious, well-balanced 129. Several ________ have been made to the diet increases energy and ________ . layout of Banham Library’s Web site. (A) revisions (A) alert (B) processes (B) alerts (C) considerations (C) alerted (D) concepts (D) alertness 130. The Parks and Recreation Department is 136. Management believes that stagnant sales meeting to discuss what _________ the of the Pondhopper luggage line is a result of the extensive sewer work will have for the outdoor __________ advertising campaign that was summer concert series in Evergreen Park. launched last quarter. (A) implicated (A) inadequate (B) implicate (B) rare (C) intended (D) trained 137. The number of visitors to the Hannaford Museum of History has _________ to exceed the goal set for this year (A) often (B) always (C) yet (D) sometimes 138. The MNS Railroad’s most ________ passenger route runs through the White Mountain region and the Still River valley. (A) picture (B) pictures (C) picturing (D) picturesque 139. The store_________ charged Ms. Han’s credit card twice for the same purchase but quickly corrected its error. (A) uniformly (B) potentially (C) inadvertently (D) functionally 140. Due to a rise in revenue, the Easthampton town council has decided to increase ________ for community programs that have not traditionally received much financial support, (A) preservation (B) sharing (C) appraisal (D) funding