No. 1 Jeff was surprised to ------- that one of his colleagues had been fired while he was on leave. (A) find (B) think (C) told (D) saw No. 2 The manufacturer takes back any ------- items that are found in the shipment. (A) less (B) worse (C) missing (D) faulty No. 3 It required a lot of ------- to open new shops in those major cities at the same time. (A) orders (B) effort (C) purposes (D) hesitation No. 4 Mr. Cobb will quit the company he worked for more than six years and ------- his own business. (A) be (B) open (C) pay (D) complete No. 5 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. 6 It is said that Mr. Penny's wife, who was the vice president of the company, died ------- a cancer. (A) in (B) of (C) by (D) on No. 7 Mr. Fiat, a prominent investor, has stepped ------- to save the company from going out of business. (A) in (B) by (C) beside (D) out No. 8 Many officials at the ministry are skeptical about ------- from private sector. (A) recruit (B) recruiter (C) recruited (D) recruitment No. 9 The designer was ------- to create a better website for that language school. (A) hire (B) hired (C) hires (D) hiring No. 10 Because the meeting with the client was rescheduled, Mike had to make the document in a ------- time. (A) limit (B) limiting (C) limits (D) limited