2. TOEIC VOCA PRACITCE - SECOND

Question 1

1. Almost every travel agency has faced increasing market ______ to lower the service price owing to the competition.
   1) pressure
   2) strategy
   3) department
   4) press

Answer 1

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Question 2

2. Citizens need to use renewable energy sources in order to not only conserve energy but to improve energy _____.
   1) deficiency
   2) shortage
   3) efficiency
   4) registration

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Question 3

3. Retail prices are expected to increase next year amid _____ of the continuing economic recession.
   1) indicative
   2) indications
   3) indicating
   4) indicates

Answer 3

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Question 4

4. The _____ conference of the candidates in the upcoming presidential election will air on the radio tomorrow morning.
   1) press
   2) pressure
   3) pressing
   4) pressed

Answer 4

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Question 5

5. All Target Super Center employees will have to work ______ hours this holiday season.
   1) extending
   2) extended
   3) expanded
   4) expanding

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Question 6

6. This is to remind you that the conference hall for the November 3rd presentation is only big enough to _______ 300 people comfortably.
   1) accomplish
   2) acclaim
   3) accompany
   4) accommodate

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Question 7

7. Rig-Light Systems has finally decided to _____ the concept of the automatic packaging system instead of the less efficient packaging-by-hand method.
   1) engross
   2) entitle
   3) embrace
   4) embarrass

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Question 8

8. Since we have prevailed in difficult times like these before, we will not attach much significance to the _____ economic situation.
   1) unstable
   2) stable
   3) promising
   4) growing

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Question 9

9. Customer’s truthful comments are vital to this company’s development, so please do not hold ____ any criticisms you may have.
   1) back
   2) up
   3) good
   4) true

Answer 9

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Question 10

10. The third annual Foreign Teachers Forum was a great experience for ______ and participants equally.
    1) exhibits
    2) exhibitors
    3) exhibitions
    4) exhibitor

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Question 11

11. The financial planner specified that 20 percent of the monetary resources would be _____ to agricultural cultivators.
    1) allocated
    2) registered
    3) entitled
    4) allowed

Answer 11

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Question 12

12. The inventory department must have a bigger warehouse, since its current one is filled to ____, and more shipments are expected next week.
    1) responsibility
    2) capacity
    3) ability
    4) reliability

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Question 13

13. Cash is the ______ method of payment when shopping in local markets and stores.
    1) preferred
    2) preferring
    3) preferable
    4) preference

Answer 13

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Question 14

14. The planning department has just publicized plans to ______ the headquarters from Passau to Buchen in late May.
    1) locate
    2) relocate
    3) transport
    4) trasmit

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Question 15

15. Among UVEXS Inc.’s achievements ____ a budget surplus of 13 percent for the last year.
    1) are
    2) is
    3) were
    4) be

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Question 16

16. Optometrists recommended staying away from repeated and prolonged exposure ____ cold weather to prevent dry and itchy eyes.

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Question 17

17. The plant has acquired reliable generators to avoid any interference in manufacturing in the event of a power _____.
    1) efficiency
    2) acknowledgement
    3) failure
    4) authority

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Question 18

18. Every manager must let their team members know about the restrictions ______ by the spring season business strategy.
    1) exposed
    2) implemented
    3) imposed
    4) admitted

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Question 19

19. With the aim of obeying ______ federal guidelines, Soma Automotive subjects its car models to rigorous crash testing and safety checks.
    1) lenient
    2) stringent
    3) strange
    4) generous

Answer 19

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Question 20

20. Small businesses’ profits are often ______ of the recent economic situation.
    1) proud
    2) reflective
    3) consist
    4) dispose

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Question 21

21. Plans for building _____ include a new parking garage, waiting room and nursery for employee’s children.
    1) expansion
    2) extension
    3) compassion
    4) detention

Answer 21

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Question 22

22. Jarred Fleet won his sixth ______ Writer’s Guild Award by writing the most renowned articles on global warming.
    1) retrospective
    2) prospective
    3) continual
    4) consecutive

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Question 23

23. The chairman of the board at NelNet Industries attributed last quarter’s high level of productivity____ its newest equipment.

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Question 24

24. Positioned at the top of the hill in the center of town, the Prime Osborne Convention Center is one of the most ______ located public venues in the city.
    1) happily
    2) agreeably
    3) slightly
    4) nearly

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Question 25

25. Very few tourists are _____ enough to find the endangered cockatoo in the trees.
    1) alert
    2) reflective
    3) distracted
    4) reasonable

Answer 25

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Question 26

26. ______ a few errors, Mrs. Baldwin’s plan to build a new parking structure at Waterford Lakes Town Center will most likely be approved.
    1) Although
    2) Despite
    3) Because
    4) Due to

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Question 27

27. The entrances to the post office are about to be modernized to meet the ______ for handicapped persons.
    1) conference
    2) require
    3) requirements
    4) recognition

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Question 28

28. During times when it is difficult to get work, a lot of job seekers _____ on their less obvious skills and qualifications and search for companies in different areas.
    1) carry
    2) draw
    3) put
    4) search

Answer 28

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Question 29

29. Next Monday, an extensive marketing promotion is going to be initiated in Britain for Under the Clouds, a highly _______ new biography from the U.S.
    1) anticipated
    2) anticipating
    3) anticipation
    4) anticipate

Answer 29

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Question 30

30. Recent graduates who joined the writing course strongly believe that their employment prospects are much more _____ than before.
    1) prospective
    2) reflective
    3) promising
    4) respective

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Question 31

31. Tickets to Zora’s debut concert had _____ been on sale for an hour before they were completely sold out.
    1) hardly
    2) already
    3) almost
    4) hard

Answer 31

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Question 32

32. All sales representatives coming back to the office following an appointment with a customer need to ______ all orders received promptly.
    1) file
    2) commit
    3) get
    4) give

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Question 33

33. When authorizing a bank loan, all constructions must check to make sure that customers are ______ registered.
    1) considerably
    2) approximately
    3) scarcely
    4) properly

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Question 34

34. If you would like to ______ this order to your card, you need to enter your card number and three-digit security code.
    1) discharge
    2) execute
    3) charge
    4) activate

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Question 35

35. The _______ event of the business forum was a lecture given by the newly- appointed general manager.
    1) culminating
    2) cultivating
    3) proliferating
    4) accumulating

Answer 35

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Question 36

36. Renovating the company’s break room cost over five hundred thousand dollars, but the outcome was well _____ the expense.
    1) worth
    2) worthy
    3) worthwhile
    4) valuable

Answer 36

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