Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 26

Communication Skills

The first question we might ask is: What can you learn in college that will help you in being an employee? The school teach a (25) ____many things of value to the future accountant, doctor or electrician. Do they also teach anything of value to the future employee? Yes, they teach the one thing that it is perhaps most valuable for the future employee to know. But very few students bother (26) ____it.

This basic is the skill ability to organize and express ideas in writing and in speaking. This means that your success as an employee will depend on your ability to communicate with people and to (27) _____your own thoughts and ideas to them so they will (28) _______understand what you are driving at and be persuaded. Of course, skill in expression is not enough (29) _______itself. You must have something to say in the first place. The effectiveness of your job depends much on your ability to make other people understand your work as they do on the quality of the work itself.

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In the formal interview, it is essential to maintain good eye _____ with the interviewers.

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All the students are obliged to pass the entrance examination in order to attend the university.

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Several measures have been proposed to ______ the problem of unemployment among university graduates.

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the following questions.

The patients ______ with the new drug showed better signs of recovery than those receiving conventional medicine.

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It is reported that two people were seriously injured in that accident.

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The crowd cheered as the goalkeeper deflected the ______.

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The room is too dark. You’d better need ____ a bright color.

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If you are at a loose end this weekend, we will go to the cinema.

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He will tell us the truth when he ______.

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Kate completed her higher education. She then decided to travel the world before getting a job.

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The completion of the bridge has been held _____ owing to a strike.

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We have no time left, so please ________ an end to our discussion here.

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I hadn’t understood (A) his directions; however (B), I asked him (C) to repeat what he’s said (D).

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There is a lot of information on the Internet, but it is difficult to know how much of it ______enough to trust is.

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I have bought _____ new scarf which matches ____ sweater Hoa gave me as birthday presents last Sunday.