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TOEIC tests level 19 / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 19

Business

Q1 I was pleased to receive your response to my proposal but there are one or two points that need ........

(a)    notification (b) certification (c) clarification (d) signification

notification

n. act of notifying

certification

n. endorsement, accreditation

clarification

n. explanation, making clear

signification

n. meaning, sense; importance, consequence; indication, act of pointing out, act of signifying

Q2 A report has just been ....... that gives details of the causes of this trend towards informality in the business

sector.

(a)    published (b) directed (c) opened (d) held

Q3 According to the ....... in the report it is clear that employees under the age of 35 prefer to dress casually at

work.

(a)    seeking (b) searching (c) findings (d) probing

Q4 Thirty years ago this kind of informality would not have been ........

(a)    withheld (b) endured (c) suffered (d) tolerated

withheld (withhold)

v. hold back; restrain, keep in check; retain, deduct; refrain from giving

endure

v. suffer without complaint, tolerate; continue on in spite of difficulty

suffer

v. feel pain, experience loss or harm, endure misfortune; be punished; tolerate, endure; stand, bear; allow, permit

tolerate

v. bear, suffer, endure; permit, sanction, indulge

bear on / bear with / bear down

bear on 

 have to do with "This information may bear on this case."

bear with 

be patient "Please bear with me while I fill out the paperwork."

bear down

try harder, bite the bullet If you bear down a little, you can graduate this year.

bear down

move forward in a threatening manner

Q5 All employees are kindly requested to ....... from smoking in the presence of customers.

(a)    stop (b) restrain (c) refrain (d) restrict

stop

v. halt; cease, quit; close, plug; block; hinder, impede; prevent; delay; pause during a journey

restrain

v. curb, hinder; arrest, take away one's liberty; repress, subdue

refrain

v. abstain, forebear, restrain oneself, desist

restrict

v. limit, regulate, constrict, curb

Q6 The meeting went on for three hours and as a result there was no time left to discuss all the topics on the

........

(a)    list (b) index (c) contents (d) agenda

agenda

n. schedule, outline of things to be done

Q7 There's really no point in hoping to add important topics right at the end of the meeting under the heading of

any other ........

(a)    the heading of business (b) the heading of work (c) the heading of activity (d) the heading of tasks

Q8 The chairman was obliged to bring the meeting to a ....... because a fire broke out in the adjoining room.

(a)    cessation (b) standstill (c) stopping (d) halt

cessation

n. stopping, ceasing

halt

v. stop, pause; cause to stop; hesitate, be uncertain

n. temporary stop, standstill; break or pause in a march or journey

adj. crippled, lame (Archaic)

Q9 It is absolutely essential that the clerk takes care to ....... any decisions that have been reached during the

meeting.

(a)    take care to time (b) take care to minute (c) take care to detail (d) take care to measure

minute

adj. minute tiny, extremely small; trivial, petty; specific; accurate, precise

n. unit of time equal to 60 seconds, 1/60 of an hour; moment, unspecified short amount of time; memo, protocol, memorandum

v. minute : record the proceedings of a meeting; make a memorandum

adj. of a minute or minutes; occurring in a minute; instant

 > minute v [Tn] make a note of (sth) in an official memorandum; record (sth) in the minutes (minute¹ 4) 将（某事）载入备忘录或会议记录: minute an action point, comment, etc 记录一行动要点、评语等 * Your suggestion will be minuted. 你的建议将记录在案.

Q10 As so few members had turned up at the meeting, it was decided to ....... it until further notice.

(a) delay (b) wait (c) postpone (d) hold

delay 

v. postpone, hinder; linger, move slowly

wait

n. staying where one is; expectation; ambush; member of a choir that sings on Christmas

v. remain in a location until a specific occurrence; be ready or available; work as a waiter; work as an attendant; postpone

postpone

v. put off to a later time, delay; defer, put off until later, stay

hold 

v. have in one's hand; include, contain; keep, save; restrain; maintain, support, believe; direct, arrange; possess

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n. grasp, grip; handle, something to grip; influence, effect; order to delay or postpone something; stronghold, secure fortified place; storage space in the hull of a ship