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AWL 5B
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Question 1 |
I saw the original ___ of the film.
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A  | economy |
B | range |
C | depth |
D  | version |
Question 2 |
A red rose is a ___ of love.
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A | consultation |
B | sphere |
C | symbol |
D | labor |
Question 3 |
Sara specialized in ___ in order to understand the human mind.
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A | psychology |
B | typology |
C | geography |
D | geology |
Question 4 |
Our ___ is to finish the work on time.
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A | report |
B | range |
C | currency |
D | target |
Question 5 |
The government makes most of its ___ with taxes.
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A | accommodation |
B | revenue |
C | resolve |
D | resource |
Question 6 |
The guards always ___ the building's entrances.
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A | rescind |
B | itemize |
C | propose |
D | monitor |
Question 7 |
The ___ of our sales shows that our business is improving.
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A | trend |
B | compliment |
C | trick |
D | parallel |
Question 8 |
She started using her driver's ___ at the age of 16.
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A | enhancement |
B | license |
C | enticement |
D | achievement |
Question 9 |
The package is in ___ from the US to Mexico.
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A | transit |
B | diversity |
C | communication |
D | transgression |
Question 10 |
In this office, the ___ of men to women is 8 to 1.
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A | principal |
B | ratio |
C | scheme |
D | cycle |
Question 11 |
I don't have any ___ about what happened at the meeting.
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A | release |
B | entrance |
C | infrastructure |
D | notion |
Question 12 |
Our bodies can ___ us for only a few days without water.
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A | contribute |
B | sustain |
C | project |
D | isolate |
Question 13 |
She made a ___ note to buy fruit at the store.
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A | discounted |
B | public |
C | menial |
D | mental |
Question 14 |
Our life is mostly ___, so we have few worries.
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A | significant |
B | recent |
C | stable |
D | subtle |
Question 15 |
He's worried that the manager will ___ the proposal.
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A | convert |
B | anticipate |
C | submerge |
D | reject |
Question 16 |
The class was set up to ___ students towards a life in business.
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A | assuage |
B | orient |
C | infer |
D | transcribe |
Question 17 |
I like to write notes in the ___ of my book.
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A | subordinate |
B | legislation |
C | conversion |
D | margin |
Question 18 |
His main ___ is to succeed in school.
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A | facility |
B | academy |
C | applause |
D | objective |
Question 19 |
Many single mothers are helped by ___.
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A | welfare |
B | home |
C | performance |
D | health |
Question 20 |
The police cannot find the ___ suspect in the crime.
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A | printed |
B | automatic |
C | significant |
D | prime |
Question 21 |
She has a special ___ of singing and dancing.
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A | bond |
B | genre |
C | style |
D | insight |
Question 22 |
Jim is bright, ___ his brother had a hard time at school.
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A | whereas |
B | insofar |
C | whereby |
D | therefore |
Question 23 |
Our teacher was sick yesterday, so she sent a ___ to class.
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A | executive |
B | mechanism |
C | substitute |
D | president |
Question 24 |
She has a different ___ about the situation.
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A | persuasion |
B | subsidy |
C | peer |
D | perspective |
Question 25 |
We must ___ our business plan to save money.
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A | layer |
B | pay |
C | modify |
D | fire |
Question 26 |
We will ___ all possible leads in order to sell this product.
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A | categorize |
B | pursue |
C | resent |
D | confuse |
Question 27 |
Her ___ condition needs immediate attention.
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A | medical |
B | over |
C | sworn |
D | concrete |
Question 28 |
The phone ___ was damaged by the flood, so we cannot make calls.
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A | contract |
B | bill |
C | style |
D | network |
Question 29 |
The police used ___ and careful thinking to solve the case.
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A | prison |
B | criminal |
C | distortion |
D | logic |
Question 30 |
This watch is more ___ than the clock on the wall.
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A | contrite |
B | assured |
C | precise |
D | hurried |
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