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Midterm 1332
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Government should improve the _____ of investment policy and regulations in order to retain current investors and attract new ones. | transparency |
| Stop _____ your new office layout plan _____ colleagues! It is really impractical, costly, and even ridiculous | bounce off |
| Iran appeared to pull back from confrontation with the West over its nuclear program, _____ a visit by UN inspectors to Iran's new uranium enrichment plant. | paving the way for |
| The government has so far refused to _____ its new tax policies, though it has aroused strong controversies among taxpayers. | spell out |
| The Union warmly advocated the new company policy that allows people to work from home, or _____. | telecommute |
| It is true that _____ offer certain advantages - stability, experience, and reliability. Yet this workforce remains largely untapped in our country. | mature workforce |
| Sorry, Martin. Could we just _____? I'm afraid raising budget is not in our meeting agenda. | get back on track |
| David always _____ any support from his colleagues _____, and most of them soon turned against him. | took for granted |
| Almost one in six of the Australian workforce has been with a company for less than 12 months. The _____ is even lesser with high-income earners. | employment tenure |
| Enriching a few giants at Wall street at _____ of the community - the common taxpayers - has caused frustration and demonstration outbreak over the country. | the expense |
| We are now on the way to _____ many industries which previously belonged to the State. | privatize |
| We are still concerned about the number of 'zombie' businesses - businesses that are only able to _____, but not fund expansion. | service debt |
| A German company _____ with a Swiss firm to develop the products. The R&D staff of both companies worked very efficiently, indeed. | collaborated |
| Due to current gloominess of the market, this recently completed de-luxe housing project will surely require several years for private investors to _____. | recoup investment |
| Supporters are struggling to keep the doors of these schools open, and _____ as their survival is threatened. | passions run high |
| Every customers are looking for _____; they expect good product or service which corresponds to their expense. | value for money |
| Located in a _____ building, his office gives an image of unsuccessful business and therefore hardly catch any customer attention. | decrepit |
| The government expects that its new transparent procedure and tendering and bidding will help private investment _____ these capital-intensive infrastructure projects. | flood into |
| Different from other conventional ways of investment into infrastructure projects, PPP is now considered as a new form of _____ between public and private sectors. | collaboration |
| I'm afraid your presentation is too long. Don't you think it should be _____ to better focus to the points? | reworked |
| The creation of a _____ market for schools run for profit would be the obvious outcome of their reckless plans | full-blown |
| Decision _____ makes it harder for customers to choose one thing, and to be pleased with their purchase. | overload |
| Giving your customers decision _____can make them less, not more likely, to buy your products. | overload |
| The most important strategy for coping with information _____ is to simply relax and not worry about missing the opportunity. | overload |
| India's stock market is plunging and capital is flooding out of the country, making India facing a _____ financial crisis | full-blown |
| Ending the carbon tax and moving to _____ emissions trading is the right thing Australia should do now. | full-blown |
| Earlier this season Arsenal's Jack Wilshere got a two-match sanction for a hand _____ aimed at City fans. | gesture |
| It was sickening that such a well-known footballer would make such an abusive and hateful _____ in front of tens of thousands of spectators. | gesture |
| Today universities should make their autonomy compatible with their inevitable interdependence and be _____ to the society to which they serve. | accountable |
| Any organization that operates for the public should be fully _____. | accountable |
| The National Security Agency must be more _____ to the US public about its operation following the leak of bulk data collection. | accountable |
| Climate scientists should not be political _____. | advocates |
| Aid dropping in Senegal as donors become more risk- _____. | averse |
| After the global economic crisis donors are becoming more risk- _____ as they are being afraid of being criticized back home." | averse |
| Lawson told the reporters that she is conflict-_____ and uses cookery to bring harmony. | averse |
| As pensions soak up ever larger sum, there will be less public expenditure for _____ schools and jails. | decrepit |
| Schools in poorer, _____ areas will receive funding ahead of other schools around the country. | decrepit |
| Rupert Murdoch says Australia needs to _____ high immigration to add dynamism to the economy and enhance its human capital. | embrace |
| Many people _____ the bad stuff, turning crisis into business opportunity. | embrace |
| There is understandably much doom and gloom about the prospects for effective _____ action to tackle global poverty | multilateral |
| The UK was the first donor to assess the value for money of _____ organizations such as the Asian Development Fund, the World Bank's International Development Association and the International Labour Organisation. | multilateral |
| They have lessened the administrative burdens and costs for _____ organizations by joint assessments. | multilateral |
| Contracts will need to be 15 years at least to attract the major capital-_____ projects. | intensive |
| China's latest investment has been directed partly at capital-_____ areas of manufacturing where western exporters would have hoped to have a clear playing field. | intensive |
| The trend of outsourcing labor-_____ jobs to graduate-rich wage-poor economies such as India has declined in recent years. | intensive |
| The recent report about the _____ rate among newly trained teachers reveals that nearly 40% of university-trained teachers drop out of the state system within six months. | attrition |
| Fifty volunteers leaving in the first year is the surprisingly high _____ rate. | attrition |
| There is an issue of _____ rates of beginning teachers: 48% dropping out from public system in ten years, of which 55% expecting to work in another industry. | attrition |
| There is a recruitment and retention crisis in the teaching profession. | retention |
| Prof Les Ebdon said universities and colleges are working harder to ensure students complete their study, increasing its _____ rates. | retention |
| Although Android had the largest share of buyers, iPhones had the better _____, with 78% of those who activated a new phone staying with Apple's offering, while only 67% of Android buyers remained with it. | retention |
| As more sellers have returned to the market, house buyers have a greater selection of properties to choose from and more _____ power with which to bid down asking prices. | bargaining |
| A new "crowdsourcing" website is using the collective _____ power of its members to negotiate deals on utilities, landlines, mobiles and broadband. | bargaining |
| Increased numbers of homes on the market have given buyers more _____ power. | bargaining |
| Using its _____ power over foreign supermarkets, India has halted the arrival of the world's biggest retailers like Tesco, Walmart and Carrefour. | bargaining |
| Giants such as Tesco or Wal-Mart usually use their global _____ power (often squeezing wages in poor countries) to charge prices too low for small shopkeepers to compete with. | bargaining |
| Employers want to keep their workers' wages and _____ power to a minimum, but need their customers to have money to spend. And that can only happen if workers can negotiate decent pay. | bargaining |
| As the economic gap narrows in the years ahead, the supply of _____ workers willing to uproot themselves and head for the UK is likely to slow. | footloose |
| Bosses now need to know how to motivate secretaries and put equal emphasis on personal appreciation, encouragement and job _____. | enrichment |
| Millions need a better welfare system as job _____ is a thing of the past. | security |
| As unemployment in Europe is now one of the biggest challenges facing the Union, many workers are now wondering about their job _____ over the next two years. | security |
| New research shows that more than a fifth of the social case sector are worried about job _____. | security |
| British households feel more confident about their finances than three years ago thanks to more job ______, but the squeeze on pay continues | security |
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