8. Most people
A. have
B. spent
the holidays with their families.
C. joined
17. The new arrangement of machines on the factory floor
advantages over the old arrangement.
C. makes
A. is
D. passing
D. has
B. takes
9. Her department brought in the most profits;
she was promoted
before the other managers.
18. Exporters
the high tariffs would hurt them.
A. feared
B. against
C. did not want
D. acted against
A. therefore
B. nevertheless
10. Obtaining a patent for an invention can be
A. a retracted
B. a hardened
11. Mrs. Prashar can always tell when her husband
hands start to shake.
A. will have drunk
B. had drunk
C. namely
D. in addition
process.
C. a lengthened
D. an extended
too much coffee because his
C. is going to drink
D. has been drinking
12. The conference room was in use, so the meeting was held
A. anywhere
C. somewhere
B. elsewhere
D. everywhere
13. Some people have a
to overwork.
A. tension
C. tending
B. tendency
D. tendon
14. Most,
not all, of this report was written by Ms. Cribari.
A. of
C. and
B. if
D. or
15. We were presented with severe challenges,
we managed to
record improved results.
A. besides
C. unfortunately
B. next
D. yet
16. With the arrest of the third suspect, the police announced that the case was
A. shut
C. full
B. closed
D. up
a number of
19. The program is not doing as
A. well as
B. good as
20. There is a radio antenna
the staff hoped.
C. worse
D. fine
top of the Empire State Building in New York City.
A. at
C. of
D. in
B. on
21. Job descriptions allow both prospective and current employees_
expected of them.
A. to know
B. and know
22. Companies were asked to
A. invite
B. submit
23. A credit line for the client was
A. asked
B. helped
C. knowledge of
D. knowing
bids for the project before November 15.
24. Many of the women in the office spent
latest proposals.
A. her
B. their
25. The committee will
A. talk
B. agree
C. renovate
D. eliminate
by a loan officer.
C. decided
D. approved
what is
lunch hour discussing the company's
C. hers
D. theirs
about the program at lunch.
C. accept
D. discuss