No. 1 Tim made a presentation to the managers that was one and a half hours -------. (A) long (B) ago (C) time (D) fast No. 2 The human resources director is ------- temp workers for the three-day sales event at ABC Department. (A) repeating (B) reclining (C) recruiting (D) recreating No. 3 A doctor told Carmen to take a leave of ------- because she was under too much stress at work. (A) absence (B) incense (C) offense (D) pretense No. 4 A new high-rise will be built at the site where an old school once -------. (A) stands (B) standing (C) stand (D) stood No. 5 Three ----- ten people voted against the bill. (A) by (B) of (C) out of (D) about No. 6 Mr. Norton was offered ------- for all expenses including flight tickets after he came back from the business trip. (A) investment (B) settlement (C) reimbursement (D) expenditure No. 7 Many officials at the ministry are skeptical about ------- from private sector. (A) recruit (B) recruiter (C) recruited (D) recruitment No. 8 Kyoto is famous ------- old temples and shrines and is attracting more foreigners recently. (A) to (B) from (C) for (D) at No. 9 We are very ------- to announce the appointment of Carrie Moore to the position of Chief Operation Officer. (A) please (B) pleased (C) pleasant (D) pleasing No. 10 The landlords benefited substantially from the continuous rent ------- in 1980s, when many people came to the area in search of work. (A) grow (B) grew (C) growth (D) grown