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101. Other competitors will be watching this
company's new venture with its Asian partner
-------- in order to see if this project pays off
and follow suit if it turns out to be successful.

(A) close
(B) closely
(C) closure
(D) closing

102. The company -------- funds for a new research
on the relation between sales and consumer
buying habits so that it could come up with
the innovative marketing strategy reflecting
the latest trends in consumer spending.

(A) trespassed
(B) permeated
(C) designated
(D) allocated

103. Foreign credit card holders -------- from the
automated teller machine in Asia 10 years ago
but they are now required to update their
card to meet the international standards to
use their cards in Asia.

(A) could withdraw
(B) withdraw
(C) will withdraw
(D) have withdrawn

104. -------- the samples of the nearest they have
in stock to the enclosed samples nor other
substitutes have been delivered though we
enclosed our latest catalogue and price list
covering the complete line of our products.

(A) Nor
(B) Neither
(C) Each
(D) All

105. The opinion of focus group is -------- to the
companies which applied for membership of
the international market research association,
so many have joined it before marketing their
products on a large scale.

(A) affordable
(B) procedural
(C) strategic
(D) accessible

106. As the traditional distribution structure has
been changed significantly be the new
distribution channel, the tourist industry is
-------- capitalizing on the Internet marketing
boom.

(A) barely
(B) inherently
(C) assertively
(D) overwhelmingly

107. The second largest steel company auction
aborted because all five bidders had failed to
comply with the -------- demands in auction
conditions set by the auction management
office of the steel company.

(A) inordinate
(B) inordinately
(C) inordinacy
(D) inordinated

108. The subsidiary of the insolvent general trading
group went bankrupt due to the problems in
its charge -------- caused by excessive
amounts of debt guarantees to its troubled
sister firms.

(A) recession
(B) account
(C) inhalation
(D) premium

109. If your company is ready to purchase #6385,
please let us have your confirmation by return
mail followed by your indent, and your order
will leaved the place of shipment shortly--------
at 3:00 pm.

(A) thereafter
(B) later
(C) fast
(D) once

110. -------- the strong domestic demand is
keeping inventories in wholesale in good
shape, the jobless rate has not decreased due
to the gloomy business warning indicators
released a month ago.

(A) In spite of
(B) Since
(C) However
(D) Even if

111. If the value of the property bought in credit
-------- below the value of what's owed in the
near future, it will result in mounting defaults,
leading to the massive chain bankruptcy
among its affiliates.

(A) had dropped
(B) dropped
(C) drops
(D) will drop

112. The company's export promotion -------- is
shipping out all of its items to all markets as
long as they are sold there, regardless of the
export forecast about the industry in those
markets.

(A) modification
(B) validation
(C) coincidence
(D) strategy

113. -------- the event is in progress to fit its
completion day in with the scheduled one,
foreign investors showed their reluctance to
commit to investment pushed by the
executives of our company.

114. The International Advertising association is
newly checking -------- the ads on the new
medium as most of the companies are
promoting their products through web sites
and employing cyber models in advertisement
spots on web.

(A) with
(B) through
(C) in
(D) out

115. The plan to take over Chinese food
companies is considerably -------- for the
German cereal maker, which has run a joint
venture with local food processors for more
than a decade in Chinese market.

(A) feasible
(B) feasibly
(C) feasibility
(D) feasibleness

116. The company succeeded to -------- the U.S.
and European markets and earned a better
chance of competing in those markets, but it
would likely to be cancelled out by the
decrease in domestic demands.

(A) egress
(B) come
(C) access
(D) deter


117. The president of the bank is --------to be
given a piece rate as the bank's net interest
margin between lending rates and borrowing
costs has been widening, leading to the
significant increase in its net profit.

(A) comprehensive
(B) eligible
(C) available
(D) proper

118. As all kinds of its products gained popularity,
-------- of its famous product line is openly
being done all over the world and the illegal
imitations are easily available at any shopping
street.

(A) reproduction
(B) cancellation
(C) stipulation
(D) multiplication

119. That the consumer demands in the domestic
market has become -------- means
consumers are starting to return from
curtailing their spending owing too the murky
business outlook.

(A) stable
(B) stably
(C) stability
(D) stableness

120. The electronics manufacturer decided to
separate its thin film transistor liquid crystal
display division as a separate entity but
experts considered the decision as --------
risky.

(A) exceed
(B) exceedingly
(C) exceeding
(D) excess

121. Mr. Niles, who had previously worked at a
venture firm, was able to raise more than $7
million to get his own business started, thanks
to being considered to be as -------- as his
father.

(A) success
(B) succeed
(C) successfully
(D) successful

122. Increased deregulation of the education
services market allows capital to flow into the
most lucrative sector, which has -------- a lot
behind for the past twenty years, leading to
the education servicing boom.

(A) lagged
(B) looked
(C) remained
(D) inflicted

123. Your prompt forwarding will be highly
appreciated because our company is in
immediate need of the products on the list
you enclosed, and we hope customs --------
will not put these items on the contraband list.

(A) relocation
(B) renewal
(C) sludge
(D) official

124. A portion of the money going to the
government-run national laboratories --------
to the private sector, where it promises a
bigger payoff since the private sector became
highly activated.

(A) shifted
(B) shift
(C) has shifted
(D) will shift

125. A strike threatened by more than 24,000
unionized workers of the ailing card company
can be averted -------- any time if unions
agree on layoffs after marathon talks with the
senior executive officers.

(A) by
(B) in
(C) with
(D) at

126. While some enterprises aim to dig for smaller
niche markets in the main stream industries,
many other start-ups are still creating new
industries where -------- find great potential.

(A) it
(B) they
(C) these
(D) their

127. The ratings agency has released the annual
credit rate of the 1,000 major companies
throughout the country since it began its first
service in 1970, and its valuation basis is well
known to be -------- unbiased.

(A) fairly
(B) fairness
(C) fairing
(D) faired

128. The columns the president of the company
has contributed to the company newsletter
and several weekly magazines have been well
received -------- his new angle on corporate
culture created a sensation.

(A) since
(B) after
(C) that
(D) because of

129. The third largest stationary manufacturer has
-------- made every effort to revise the prices
of the particular items which are in high
demand in order to offer us the most
competitive prices.

(A) professionally
(B) relatively
(C) consistently
(D) highly

130. As a part of the safety reinforcement policies,
the company decided to suspend -------- to
the inside information including all the
confidential documents, which had been
partly available to the employees concermed.

(A) development
(B) access
(C) admission
(D) passageway

131. I am informing that the postal money order of
twenty dollars to cover my subscription
together with the registered parcel mail
charges -------- to arrive in a few days and
hope you to send written confirmation when
you receive them.

(A) in supposed
(B) are supposed
(C) have supposed
(D) supposed

132. As the Chief Executive Officer, you will be
-------- responsible for developing new
products and services and also for further
developing our company management's
strong profile in the market.

(A) fulled
(B) fulling
(C) full
(D) fully

133. Although their financial statements for the
past three years indicated that their net profit
has been on a steady rise, there has also
been a steadily -------- concerns about their
future outlook.

(A) grown
(B) growing
(C) grew
(D) grow

134. Having found your advertisement in the
November 19 issue of the Seoul Daily, we are
approaching you to have an account open
with you and we also hope you to -------- our
executives on your new services.

(A) adopt
(B) instruct
(C) brief
(D) incur

135. As your shipment was proved to be delivered
late, your company is supposed to stand the
-------- for this delay and additional shipping
and handling charges should not be added to
orders.

(A) lack
(B) insurance
(C) damage
(D) destruction

136. Our company had been dealing with the listed
firm. now in question, for over 20 years until
its plant recently became -------- due to the
severe conflict between labor and
management.

(A) confident
(B) deviated
(C) effective
(D) inoperative

137. It was proved that not a single mistake had
been found in the process of delivery so far,
but we will trace our dispatch thoroughly and
inform you of the result as soon as possible if
there is-------- problem.

(A) the
(B) few
(C) even
(D) any

138. The government -------- to keep the fixed
prices on publications by taking a bold step to
stop the illegal price cutters from selling
books at cut rates on the Internet, but the
measure turned out to be fruitless.

(A) added
(B) intended
(C) exposed
(D) deflect

139. The human resources department succeeded
in finding a suitable person for the position by
posting such a detailed advertisement --------
required qualifications of an advanced
university degree in economics with special
knowledge on econometrics.

(A) including
(B) includes
(C) inclusion
(D) exclusive

140. The main agenda of the conference which is
scheduled to be held on coming Friday will be
about whether the -------- retirement system
should be abolished or not, so executives are
trying to define their position.

(A) mandatory
(B) applicable
(C) approachable
(D) cognizant

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101. Most of the companies benchmarking our
company -------- with the projects of
outsourcing their online services, which would
support the base of human resources that
would be their competitive edge.

(A) initiated
(B) generated
(C) commenced
(D) inserted

102. The members of the international fiber
association called a news conference to
announce a set of support measures --------
aimed at expanding research and
development in the developing countries.

(A) collection
(B) collectively
(C) collective
(D) collect

103. Reaching an agreement to merge two
companies which have been in business
separately in a short period of time is known
as one of the most -------- job even for the
experts in business negotiations.

(A) mounting
(B) demanding
(C) limiting
(D) descending

104. Investment experts are speaking of the
opportunity to run the convenience store,
which is the mot innovative retail store in the
industry, -------- the once-in-a-lifetime
chance to make profits.

(A) as
(B) than
(C) with
(D) on

105. The new product which has several minor
drawbacks that might upset consumers in not
supposed to be on the market until they are
cleared but orders in advance for --------
already piled up.

(A) it
(B) they
(C) their
(D) its

106. The company didn't -------- to cheat at its
accounting report, but one of the auditors
who inspectied its financial books discovered
that there was a serious error in its financial
documents which couldn't be overlooked.

(A) reveal
(B) resolve
(C) intend
(D) restructure

107. The results can be highly variable, but certain
classes or categories of files may seem to be
-------- approximately to the same degree due
to the technical problem even if they are not
supposed to be.

(A) infuriated
(B) expanded
(C) clogged
(D) compressed

108. Exports -------- by the end of next year
thanks to the growth of the semiconductor
industry although there has been underlying
concern over problems in the domestic market.

(A) had tripled
(B) tripled
(C) triple
(D) will triple

109. The local bank which had been doing
business with our company for more than
twenty years informed us that they decided to
resolve loans by more than a month in order
to ease our financial problem -------- their
reach.

(A) to
(B) within
(C) through
(D) in

110. Everyone with the written guarantee of the
2000 model sold in December -------- to
check into the alleged defects, following
complaints by its users that this model has
brake troubles.

(A) is advised
(B) are advised
(C) have advised
(D) advises

111. We plan to install a new computer system to
enhance efficiency in telecommunications
with our customers, so please -------- sure
that you shut all the software you are working
on when you leave the office.

(A) to make
(B) make
(C) making
(D) are made

112. The association of the Korean banks told at
the news conference that they advocated
-------- the loss-making state-run banks and
a decisive action should be taken to reform
them.

(A) privatize
(B) privatization
(C) privatizing
(D) to privatize

113. Presentations need -------- out with some
skills to get the audience to understand
precisely what a speaker want to convey, for
most of the presentations are for giving
information.

(A) to carrying
(B) being carried
(C) to carry
(D) to be carried

114. Today's shoppers, of -------- the owners of
online retailers should be afraid, are more
keen about the quality of the services or
goods they are offered than those of any
other time.

(A) they
(B) whom
(C) whose
(D) which

115. The real estate agency closed down its
business because it was discovered to break
the law which says every real estate agency is
supposed to report all types of real estate
-------- to the government body.

(A) violations
(B) interchanges
(C) barters
(D) transactions

116. Our supplier had never made mistakes in
shipment, but the delay was due to the
lengthy procedures required by the authorities
because our order was the first -------- large
shipment to the domestic market.

(A) such
(B) as
(C) one
(D) too

117. Foreign investors -------- ever have
recognized the potential in this industry but
many of them will be attracted if the company
succeeds to quantify such potential of the
industry.

(A) hardly
(B) scarcely
(C) so
(D) even

118. The company has -------- the latest
conspicious trends in the domestic market to
create a niche market which the large
corporations were not able to fill.

(A) suppressed
(B) scrutinized
(C) gauged
(D) incurred

119. -------- its biggest competitor announced it
made profits for the last two quarters, the
second largest cosmetic company said it was
expecting worse results than previously
predicted.

(A) Although
(B) Unless
(C) Therefore
(D) However

120. As the former president of the company
continued acquiring various companies,
engaging in many different industries, the
main business of the company has --------
been changed.

(A) inconsistently
(B) sternly
(C) modestly
(D) eventually

121. The installation program of the closed-circuit
television, which was newly introduced for an
antitheft purpose, is -------- with the video
conferencing software, so we have no choice
but remove one of them.

(A) recognizable
(B) irretrievable
(C) incongruous
(D) reductive

122. The jeweler who -------- handled high-priced
accessories has recently decided to boost its
sales by introducing new low-priced models
tailored to the decreased purchasing power of
local customers.

(A) adequately
(B) inherently
(C) primarily
(D) presumably

123. Our customer relations department has
received so many complaints that we had to
announce that we would conduct the public
recall of all the new product -------- and
replace their engines in question.

(A) unconditioned
(B) unconditional
(C) uncondition
(D) unconditionally

124. The legendary family, which has run the most
powerful fashion corporation, stacked the
deck in its favor so -------- when they took
over a few fashion houses that they still
exerted absolute power in the industry.

(A) subtly
(B) subtle
(C) subtilize
(D) subtlety

125. Mr. North's acumen could be seen when he
rescued his company by finding an
appropriate partner for a merger --------
deciding the right time to make inroads into
the European market successfully.

(A) so
(B) when
(C) either
(D) or

126. The new scanner, which boasts the best
resolution in the world, is quite difficult to use
but easy to break down, so it should be
operated -------- caution and under the
instructions in the manual.

(A) to
(B) of
(C) with
(D) in

127. The manager and his assistant were told to
look into the matter -------- they found out the
proposed equipment would fit our needs and
budget, so the final judgement was
suspended for the time being.

(A) now that
(B) which
(C) whether
(D) whose

128. Ratings for the latest soap opera would have
slackened off -------- the network had
employed a veteran producer and reorganized
the whole broadcasting hours to meet the
new trends of TV viewers.

(A) if
(B) unless
(C) because
(D) that

129. As it promises to give satisfactory earnings
back to the investors with a -------- product
of a high premium, investors who are currently
eval‎uating real estate investment
opportunities are advised to consider the site.

(A) on
(B) with
(C) in
(D) by

130. The more activated domestic manufacturers'
investment in facilities is, the -------- they
spend on operating costs and development of
new products, the latest trend study shows.

(A) low
(B) most lowest
(C) lower
(D) lowest

131. We checked the contents after receiving the
order and discovered twelve sets of books
whose paper was seriously creased were not
good enough to be sent to local bookstores,
but we had to wait because they were --------
out of print.

(A) temporariness
(B) temporary
(C) temporarily
(D) temporize

132. While both companies are not opening the
details of their merger project to the press, the
-------- proposal is said to be agreed at the
coming conference by the executives of both
companies.

(A) innovated
(B) motivated
(C) revised
(D) unbiased

133. Neither lack of communication and leadership
skills -------- the poor business showings he
made in the past have not tarnished his
reputation, which was achieved through being
a laborious worker.

(A) nor
(B) especially
(C) never
(D) and

134. The advertisers who want to expose their
products or services in a large way in short
period of time usually contract with a
broadcasting station for -------- periods of
time or sponsor specific programs.

(A) specification
(B) specifies
(C) specifying
(D) specified

135. The president of the company was having a
hard time deciding who to promote to the vice
president, for he could not find anyone -------
the opportunity to show his or her managerial
ability successfully.

(A) usable
(B) to use
(C) to using
(D) used

136. The sales manager spoke so --------
at a brief business review he made at the
general meeting that what the attendees could
see was only the slide showing last year's
turnover of $350,000.

(A) quietly
(B) reflectingly
(C) evidently
(D) fluently

137. Although the mobile communication industry
has grown in quantity, --------all the mobile
telecommunications operators are suffering
from subscription fees in arrears and
excessive advertising expenses.

(A) even
(B) little
(C) most
(D) almost

138. The nation's largest oil refiner has been the
most excellent performer in the oil refinery
industry for most than a decade and the
-------- have been equally divided among its
shareholders.

(A) conversions
(B) contractions
(C) investors
(D) proceeds

139. The computer hardware industry has
expanded the facilities investment during the
last two quarters, -------- the hardware
businesses are unlikely to turn their sales into
black nest year.

(A) since
(B) yet
(C) after
(D) provided that

140. The injection of new funds will help us to
upgrade our existing facilities, build new labs
and give support to young researchers who
can provide the medical solutions for the
-------- and the handicapped.

(A) of olds
(B) older
(C) elderly
(D) elderliness