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1. It is illegal to ______ candidates based on gender or ethnicity.

(A) profile
(B) profiling
(C) profiled
(D) will profile

2. Jane’s doctor asked her to _________ everything she ate for a week.
(A) records
(B) record
(C) recording
(D) recorded

3. I’m really pleased that my health plan provider is paying for my gym
membership as a way to __________ its concern for my health.
(A) emphasis
(B) emphasize
(C) emphatic
(D) emphasizing

4. I don’t want to _________ you, but there is a phone call waiting for you at
the front desk.
(A) distractedly
(B) distractible
(C) distraction
(D) distract
5. I don’t want to pressure you, but you need to _______ the reporter who will
cover the mayor’s race this year.
(A) chosen
(B) choosy
(C) choose
(D) choice

6. The most effective way to treat illness is to _________ it from ever

occurring.
(A) prevention
(B) preventable
(C) preventing
(D) prevent

7. After a hard day at work, we like to _______ to soothing music.

(A) relaxation
(B) relaxes
(C) relaxing
(D) relax

8. We have been asked to _______ to the proposal by the end of the month.
(A) responsive
(B) response
(C) respond
(D) responding
9. I don’t know how to _______ my taste in music.
(A) categorize
(B) categories
(C) categorical
(D) categorically

10. Food critics are also expected to __________ a restaurant’s service and
atmosphere.
(A) judge
(B) judges
(C) judging
(D) judgment

11. My friends have urged me to _______ my tastes to include more classical

music.
(A) broad
(B) broadly
(C) broaden
(D) broadened

12. There isn’t much time left to _______ before the play opens.
(A) rehearsals
(B) rehearse
(C) rehearsing
(D) rehearsed
13. Even if you pay cash, you need a credit card just to _______ to a hotel.
(A) check in
(B) checks in
(C) checking in
(D) checked in

13b. I decided not to __________ my trip since I felt so tired by the time I
finished my business meetings.
(A) extended
(B) extent
(C) extensive
(D) extend

14. It is easier to __________ making reservations if you are specific about

your requirements.
(A) deal in
(B) deal from
(C) deal out
(D) deal with

15. When it’s time to __________ the flight, an announcement will be made.
(A) boarded
(B) boarding
(C) board
(D) boarder
16. Would you like to __________ your meal with an after-dinner drink?
(A) complete
(B) completed
(C) completely
(D) completion

17. I can’t figure out which ingredients the chef used to __________ this dish.
(A) flavored
(B) flavorful
(C) flavors
(D) flavor

18. One decision with tax returns is whether to ___________ itemizing in favor
of the standard deduction.
(A) give up
(B) giving up
(C) gave up
(D) given up

19. George decided to _______ his business trip by a few days so he could do
some sightseeing.
(A) length
(B) lengthen
(C) lengthy
(D) lengthened
20. The Small Business Administration will help you to arrange to
___________ money to start a business.
(A) borrow
(B) borrowed
(C) borrowing
(D) borrower

21. It is now legal to ______ a generic brand drug for a prescription medicine
if you have the patient’s consent.
(A) substitute
(B) substituted
(C) substituting
(D) substitution
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22. The association’s members were asked to ______ for the special session
well in advance because space in the lecture hall was limited.
(A) register
(B) registration
(C) registering
(D) registrar
ask SO to do sth:
23. A consultant must adhere carefully to his contract if he wants to ______ a
good business reputation.
(A) establish
(B) establishment
(C) established
(D) establishing

24. Sometimes it is difficult to ___________ of bad investments.

(A) pull up
(B) pull out
(C) pull at
(D) pull to

25. The goal of marketing is to ______ customers, to persuade them to buy a

product or service.
(A) attract
(B) attractive
(C) attraction
(D) attractiveness
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26. Most merchants are happy to find any way to _____ their customer base.
(A) expand
(B) expanding
(C) expansion
(D) expanded
27. To _____ disruption, buyers should order well ahead of need.
(A) minimum
(B) minimal
(C) minimize
(D) minimally

28. Sometimes office policy doesn’t allow the company to _____ less expensive
supplies when they are available from someone other than a preferred
provider.
(A) obtain
(B) obtained
(C) obtaining
(D) obtainable

29. Would you like me to ______ how to use that elevator?

(A) demonstrate
(B) demonstration
(C) demonstrative
(D) demonstrator
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30. I’d like to ______ this issue with you, but I don’t have time today.
(A) exploratory
(B) exploration
(C) explorer
(D) explore
31. All employees are encouraged to ______ a percentage of their earnings to
the retirement fund.
(A) committed
(B) commit
(C) commitment
(D) committing

32. Our company policy used to ______ that male employees keep their hair
short, but that policy was considered sexist.
(A) mandate
(B) mandates
(C) mandated
(D) mandatory

33. In order to ______ our lead in the market, we’ll have to find a cheaper
source of industrial supplies.
(A) maintainable
(B) maintain
(C) maintaining
(D) maintainability

34. I don’t want to ______ matters, but have you considered using color to
make your brochure stand out?
(A) complicate
(B) complication
(C) complicated
(D) complicating
35. To ______ the best and the brightest, companies have to be willing to pay
well.
(A) recruit
(B) recruits
(C) recruiting
(D) recruitment

36. Any applicant is wise to ______ an interview with a note or a phone call.
(A) follow after
(B) follow behind
(C) follow up
(D) follow with

37. Senior employees are often asked to ______ office procedures.

(A) verbally
(B) verbalize
(C) verbal
(D) verbalizing

38. Human Resources tries to ______ employees’ understanding by offering

workshops twice a year.
(A) reinforce
(B) reinforcing
(C) reinforced
(D) reinforcement
39. In order to ______ your e-mail messages, you must type in your password.
(A) access
(B) accessible
(C) accessed
(D) accessibility

40. As a precaution, it’s wise to __________ someone in your family to make

health care decisions for you in case there is a time that you cannot.
(A) designation
(B) designate
(C) designator
(D) designated

41. My doctor has decided to ________ the amount of medication I am taking.

(A) limit
(B) limited
(C) limiting
(D) limits

42. It is as fast and efficient to _________ with your pharmacist as with your
physician.
(A) consult
(B) consulting
(C) consulted
(D) consultation
43. Rapid Books has the payroll solutions every company needs, allowing
users ____________ invoices in three easy steps.
A) sent
B) have sent
C) sending
D) to send

44. Our project-based mentoring approach enables executives with limited time
__________ junior staff.
A) to counsel
B) should counsel
C) counseling
D) counseled
enable SO to do sth: giúp
ask/request SO to do sth: hỏi/yêu cầu
help SO do sth: giúp
encourge SO to do sth ( khuyến khích)
Urge SO to do sth ( thôi thúc)
be pleased to to sth ( vui)
Be reluctant to do sth ( do dự)
be hesitate to do sth ( do dự)
have SO do sth = get SO to do sth ( nhờ)
Have Sth + V3ec(done) = get Sth + V3ed ( nhờ)

45. The Springly Energy marketing team is working hard ------------------ our
latest products.
A) promote
B) to promote
C) promoted
D) were promoting

46. During an interview, it is important to ______ your weaknesses in a way

that shows you are working to improve them.
(A) presentation
(B) present
(C) presentable
(D) presenting

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47. Your résumé shows you have ______ a great deal in your last position.
(A) accomplish
(B) accomplishment
(C) accomplished
(D) accomplishing

48. She has ______ so much time and energy to the project that her name
should appear on the award.
(A) contributes
(B) contribution
(C) contributed
(D) contributor
49. After we have ______ all of the necessary documents, we will begin our
analysis of the data.
(A) compile
(B) compiled
(C) compiling
(D) compilation

50. The suppliers have ______ the terms of our agreement and are now our
supplier of choice.
(A) fulfilling
(B) fulfillment
(C) fulfilled
(D) fulfill

51. The account manager has ______ a tremendous amount of wealth in a

very short time.
(A) accumulated
(B) accumulation
(C) accumulating
(D) accumulates

52. I’ve already __________ what the last table of guests ordered.
(A) forget
(B) forgetful
(C) forgotten
(D) forgetfulness
53. Several companies have already _____________ bids to paint logos on our
delivery trucks.
A) submit
B) submission
C) submitted
D) submitting

QUÁ KHỨ HOÀN THÀNH

54. After reviewing the schedule, I realized we had not ______ enough time for
the software training.
(A) allocate
(B) allocated
(C) allocating
(D) allocation

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55. The letter from our accountant ______ that our petty cash spending was
almost equal to budgeted items.
(A) mention
(B) mentioned
(C) mentioning
(D) mentionable
56. Gladys _______ her reservation by calling in advance.
(A) confirmation
(B) confirmed
(C) confirming
(D) confirmative

57. It __________ me that our company is not willing to look for an alternative
to our current health insurance plan.
(A) concern
(B) concerned
(C) concerns
(D) concerning

58. Office policy does not __________ employees to leave the office for medical
appointments.
(A) allow
(B) allowing
(C) allowable
(D) allowance

59. _________ visits to the dentist are necessary for maintaining good dental
health.
(A) Regularly
(B) Regular
(C) Regulate
(D) Regulates
60. In any news medium, the only news is what the editor _________ is news.
(A) decide
(B) decides
(C) decision
(D) decisions

61. My dentist always _________ me to floss more regularly.

(A) encouraging
(B) encouragement
(C) encourages
(D) encourage

62. The Internet _________ information faster than any other medium.
(A) disseminate
(B) disseminates
(C) dissemination
(D) disseminating

63. I love this chef’s cooking style, which __________ so many different tastes.
(A) incorporation
(B) incorporates
(C) incorporating
(D) incorporator
64. The symphony members _______ to travel abroad only once a year.
(A) prefer
(B) preferable
(C) preference
(D) preferential

65. Georgette _______ to stop subscribing to the newspaper because she felt
the quality of the reporting had deteriorated.
(A) decision
(B) decided
(C) decides
(D) decisive

66. _______ is one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy.

(A) Entertained
(B) Entertainment
(C) Entertain
(D) Entertainingly

67. The waiter __________ that the customer would enjoy the duck.
(A) predict
(B) predicted
(C) predicting
(D) prediction
68. Let me point out the features of our service that __________ our airline
from our competitors.
(A) distinguishably
(B) distinguishable
(C) distinguishing
(D) distinguish

69. Many airlines ___________ courtesy discounts to senior citizens.

(A) extend
(B) extending
(C) extension
(D) extensive

70. Some travel agencies ___________ on a very tight budget.

(A) operating
(B) operation
(C) operates
(D) operate

71. The new car rental company ________ me to try them by offering a
discount coupon toward my next rental.
(A) tempted
(B) tempting
(C) temptation
(D) temptress
72. Sylvia’s family _______ with her in the station until she was ready to
board the train.
(A) remains
(B) remainder
(C) remained
(D) remaining

73. As soon as John __________ his luggage, he went outside to look for a taxi.
(A) claim
(B) claimed
(C) claimant
(D) claims

74. The desk clerk __________ the change in gate numbers at least an hour
ago.
(A) announcement
(B) announcing
(C) announcer
(D) announced

75. Some people always ___________ for the easy way out.
(A) opt
(B) option
(C) optional
(D) options
76. Even though the restaurant looked expensive, Pat __________ to order her
meal without asking about the prices.
(A) daring
(B) daringly
(C) dared
(D) dares

77. The buyer __________ with a nod of his head that he was placing a bid on
the property.
(A) indicates
(B) indication
(C) indicated
(D) indicator

78. The procedure ________ a slight problem, but the doctor assured us not to
be alarmed.
(A) detected
(B) detect
(C) detection
(D) detectable

79. Sarah wants to return her dress to the store because it ________ too easily.
(A) wrinkles
(B) wrinkly
(C) wrinkle
(D) wrinkling
80. I __________ health insurance as an indispensable job benefit.
(A) regardless
(B) regardful
(C) regarding
(D) regard

81. Even as they _______________ through the hundreds of pages of

supporting material, the committee was still not convinced that the project
was justified.
(A) progression
(B) progressed
(C) progresses
(D) progressive

82. Sue always ___________ so hard on her work that she forgets where she is.
(A) concentrated
(B) concentrates
(C) concentration
(D) concentrating

83. When we ___________ a loan, we found very good terms.

(A) take out
(B) took out
(C) taken out
(D) taking out
84. The office ______ samples of its products.
(A) display
(B) displayed
(C) displaying
(D) displayable

85. I ______ some savings in my bank account before I made any investments
in business.
(A) building up
(B) buildup
(C) built up
(D) build

86. If we _____ the damaged merchandise from the inventory, our figures will
accurately reflect what we have on hand.
(A) subtract
(B) subtracting
(C) subtracted
(D) subtraction

87. Marketers must avoid making promises they can’t keep while they ______
the quality of their product or service.
(A) demonstrate
(B) demonstration
(C) demonstrative
(D) demonstrable
88. This program is used to scan résumés and search for key words that
______.
(A) match
(B) matched
(C) matching
(D) will match

89. As promised in our last meeting, this contract ______ you with the best
prices.
(A) provide
(B) provides
(C) provision
(D) provider

90. You need to consider how many new sales you ______ in comparison to
how many standing clients put in orders.
(A) generator
(B) generated
(C) generating
(D) generation

91. She ______ the warning that the hard drive was full, and consequently
they were unable to save the test data.
(A) ignore
(B) ignored
(C) ignoring
(D) ignorant
92. Here at Vanguard Buying Club, ----------------------- help members find quality
merchandise at the lowest possible prices.
A) us
B) our
C) we
D) ourselves

93. A record number of appliance ------------------------- came into the Port of

Reece last month.
A) shipments
B) shipping
C) shipment
D) shipped
a number of+ Ns + V nhiều
the number of + Ns + Vít
A nhiều nhiều
The nhiều ít

94. If ----------------- are not satisfied with an item, return it for a full refund within
30 days of purchase.
A) you
B) your
C) yours
D) yourself
95. Mr. Khana made a phone call yesterday during which he
--------------------------- for the delay in the shipment of the clothing order.
A) to apologize
B) apologized
C) apologize
D) will be apologizing

96. Please contact the product distributor, not the retail store, if ----------------- need
replacement parts.
A) your
B) you
C) yourself
D) yours

97. When the bank president retired, the common --------------- was that the vice
president would take over.
A) assume
B) assumption
C) assuming
D) assumable

98. Mr. Hodges ------------- that volunteers sign up to assist with the Hannock
River cleanup by Friday.
A) requesting
B) to be requested
C) requests
D) to request
99. The annual report will be ready after __________ make the necessary
revisions.
A) I
B) me
C) myself
D) my
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100. The office manager finally ______ why the new software wasn’t working
properly.
(A) figured in
(B) figured for
(C) figured out
(D) figured about

101. No one is sure what will happen to the company when the president
finally ______.
(A) retires
(B) retirement
(C) retired
(D) retiree
102. Hard work and ______ will help you move up the corporate ladder.
(A) dedicated
(B) dedicates
(C) dedication
(D) dedicated

103. So many well-qualified people ______ for the position that we won't be
able to make a decision for several weeks.
(A) apply
(B) application
(C) applicant
(D) applied

104. According to the department head, ------ are ready to begin work on the
Arbomey Bridge project.
(A) us
(B) we
(C) our
(D) ours

105. Several water stations ------ along the route of next week’s marathon.
(A) being installed
(B) will be installed
(C) to install
(D) installed
106. Dr. Cho will visit the Teledarr Lab during the annual open house, since
______________ may not have another chance to see it.
A) hers
B) she
C) her
D) herself

107. We ______________ that you bring a portfolio of work samples to the

interview.
A) was asking
B) having asked
C) ask
D) asks

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108. Yong-Soc Cosmetics will not charge for items on back order until
__________ have left our warehouse.
A) them
B) they
C) themselves
D) their
S = items on back order
109. The legal department ----------------- revisions to the amendment last week,
and Ms. Koehler sent it to the corporate group for review.
A) completed
B) completes
C) will complete
D) is completing

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110. We ______ adhere to the store’s policy of only specially ordering
products that have been paid for in advance.
(A) strictness
(B) strict
(C) strictly
(D) strictest

111. Because Ms. Garcia enjoys creating charts and graphs, her supervisor
------ asks her to make materials for presentations.
(A) fequent
(B) frequents
(C) frequenting
(D) frequently

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112. The applicants who ______ will be flown to the corporate office and
interviewed there.
(A) qualification
(B) qualify
(C) qualifying
(D) qualifies

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113. When a problem ______ frequently, it is time to reexamine the process.
(A) recur
(B) recurrence
(C) recurring
(D) recurs