115. We -------- all employees to wear formal business attire when meeting with clients in the office.
(B) require
(C) confirm
(D) include
(A) monitor
125. The digital advertising campaign has generated ------- interest in the clothing line.
(A) substance
(B) substances
(D) substantially
(C) substantial
109. The Delmar Highway Department ------- an online list of current road closures
(B) maintains
(D) is maintaining
(A) maintenance
(C) maintaining
110. ------- reducing staff, management made the decision to decrease administrative bonuses.
(D) Namely
(B) Whether
(A) Rather than
(C) Just as
102. Ms. Lan Le will complete------- internship at the George Cake Shop next week.
(C) hers
(A) she
(D) herself
(B) her
111. At the panel discussion, Ms. Yang made a ------- argument for environmentally responsible business practices.
(B) convincing
(A) convince
(C) convinced
(D) convincingly
120. Sookie Choi’s latest children’s book is being ------- by Chung-He Park.
(D) illust
(B) illustrated
(A) illustrating
(C) illustration
127. A label on each box should indicate the production date as well as the place of ------- of the contents.
(B) safety
(A) importance
(C) foundation
(D) origin
107. Olayinka Boutique ------- hosts special shopping events for members of its loyalty club.
(A) occasion
(D) occasionally
(C) occasional
(B) occasions
124. ------- he is now retired, Mr. Matilla is able to pursue his hobby of woodworking.
(A) During
(B) Therefore
(C) When
(D) Because
116. ------- Ms. Chang nor Mr. Kao received the e-mail outlining the project proposal.
(B) None
(A) Both
(D) Whoever
(C) Neither
101. Kanelek Limited and Evensohn LLC have entered a strategic partnership to ----- their market share
(D) increase
(A) increased
(B) increasing
(C) increases
103. Our ------- is responsible for performing quality-control reviews during production.
(D) dividing
(B) division
(C) divisive
(A) divided
118. Neither of the ------- in the debate was willing to take a stand on the riverfront development controversy.
(A) politicians
(B) politicize
(C) political
(D) politically
126. All employees should back up crucial data ------- switching over to the new software system on August 5.
(D) so
(C) what
(A) before
(B) of
121. The Stoneport Gallery is hosting a ------- next week to showcase the works of sculptor Fabrice Pepin.
(B) society
(D) reception
(A) scene
(C) formality
119. Skymills Insurance------- grew from a small business to a midsize company with 350 employees.
(A) quick
(B) quickly
(C) quicker
(D) quickest
113. The primary ------- is whether the cost of the car repair is reasonable considering the amount of labor involved.
(A) method
(B) relation
(D) source
(C) concern
112. All temporary workers should contact Ms. Fierro to ------- an identification badge.
(C) gather
(A) combine
(D) approach
(B) obtain
105. Every Thursday the Lifelong Reading Club meets to ------- novels written by local authors.
(D) dictate
(C) perform
(A) create
(B) discuss
130. The Ortimate 3 home theater system is Hyong Electronics' most------- priced configuration.
(A) closely
(D) absolutely
(B) sparsely
(C) reasonably
128. Ms. Jha assured the client that ------- would deliver the contract that afternoon.
(A) he
(B) she
(D) herself
(C) hers
123. All employees are expected to behave ------- when they are traveling on company business.
(C) responsibility
(A) responsible
(D) responsibleness
(B) responsibly
108. For homeowners seeking to reduce their electricity bills, the energy-saving ideas in this brochure should be ------- .
(B) immediate
(C) helpful
(D) perceptive
(A) lengthy
104. Because of a mechanical failure in the production facility, Fizzy Bottlers will be closed ------- further notice.
(B) through
(D) until
(C) except
(A) around
106. Hiring an------- for Ms. Tsai must be our top priority, as her workload has increased.
(D) assistance
(C) assisted
(B) assistant
(A) assist
122. Mr. Soto will run 5 kilometers every other day in order to ------- for the Leesburg Corporate Challenge half marathon.
(C) wait
(B) listen
(D) train
(A) translate
114. Norvo Financial has built an ------- client base in a short period of time.
(D) impresses
(A) impressive
(C) impressively
(B) impress
117. In case of inclement weather, employees are encouraged to work ------- rather than travel to the office.
(D) closely
(A) carefully
(B) remotely
(C) eventually
129. During negotiations, management appeared ------- to the idea of increasing the staff's wages.
(A) agree
(C) agreeable
(D) agrees
(B) agreement