SKILLS FOR THE TOEIC® TEST: LISTENING AND READING

PART 6: TEXT COMPLETION

Directions: Read the passages. Four answer options are given below each of the
incomplete sentences. Choose the best answers to complete the sentences. Mark (A), (B),
(C), or (D).

Questions 141-143 refer to the following e-mail.

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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]

Subject: Car
Hi Larry,

I hope everything is going well with your business. I’m writing to ask if you would do me a
tremendous favor. A client will be visiting from out of town tomorrow. W e have meetings and
appointm ents planned at several different locations around the city, and I was expecting to
use my car to get to them. Unfortunately, it broke down yesterday and is now at the garage.
The says he can’t have it repaired and readv for me until sometime next week.
1 4 1 . (A) mechanic
(B) mechanical
(C) mechanism
(D) mechanistic
So I was wonderina if I could vour car tomorrow. I would Dick it ud at vour house in the
1 4 2 . (A) lend
(B) give
(C) loan
(D) borrow

morning and bring it back to you by early evening. I would even drop you off at the subway station
so you could aet to work. Please me know if vou can help me out. I would qreatlv
1 4 3 . (A) to let
(B )lets
(C) let
(D) letting

appreciate it.
Thanks,
Marina
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 READING PRACTICE TEST: PART 6

Questions 144-146 refer to the following instructions.

Store Return Policy

You may return your purchase to the store for a complete refund at any time and for any reason
__________ 60 days of the purchase date. You must return your purchase in
144. (A) without
(B) within
(C) during
(D) while

__________ original packaging, and you must include all parts. Returns must be accompanied
145. (A) it
(B) its
(C) their
(D) yours

by the receipt as proof of place and date of purchase. Any item that is obviously used or
mishandled or that is missing parts is not returnable. You may choose to receive your refund in
the form o f __________ cash or store credit. Please direct any questions about this policy
146. (A) either
(B) both
(C) also
(D) nor
to the store manager.

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SKILLS FOR THE TOEIC® TEST: LISTENING AND READING

Questions 147-149 refer to the following article.

The City Council voted yesterday t o __________ ten million dollars in additional funds
147. (A) disprove
(B) reprove
(C) approve
(D) improve

to expand parking in the downtown commercial district. Shoppers and m erchants__________

148. (A) agree
(B) equal
(C) same
(D) alike

have long been complaining about the lack of adequate parking downtown. “It simply drives
customers away,” said Charlene Pembroke, spokesperson for the Downtown Merchants
Association. “It hurts our bottom line.” A recent poll sponsored by the association showed that
more and more shoppers are choosing to spend their tim e and dollars in suburban malls rather
than fight for parking spaces downtown. Pembroke expressed__________ with the decision
149. (A) satisfaction
(B) satisfactorily
(C) satisfactory
(D) satisfy

of the City Council. “On behalf of the mem bers of the Downtown Merchants Association, I thank
the City Council for finally showing some sense,” she said in an interview yesterday.

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 READING PRACTICE TEST: PART 6

Questions 150-152 refer to the following memo.

Interoffice Memo
To: All staff

From : P. Jenkin s, O ffice M a n a g e r

S u b je ct: O u t o f th e office

I will be out of the office for all of next week. In my absence, any questions regarding office procedures
shou ld__________ to my assistant, Mary Stevens. She will also have the key to the supply c lo s e t

150. (A) d ire c t

(B) d ire cted
(C) b e d irec te d
(D) are d irectin g

an d c a n __________ yo u w ith a n y o ffice su p p lies you m a y need during this time. If you have been

151. (A) instruct

(B) pro vid e
(C) require
(D) a rra n g e

contemplating any large purchase orders, I ask y o u __________ until my return on August 1 0 .1will be

152. (A) w a it
(B) w aitin g
(C) to w a it
(D) m a y w a it

happy to assist with ordering at th a t tim e.

T h a n k you.

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