Part 6 TOEIC - n°1

TEXT 1- Starting from next month, street parking in the city center will be free. City council members chose .......the use of parking meters downtown by a unanimous vote.

• being discontinued

• discontinuing

• to discontinue

• discontinues

Rising wages are needed for city workers to check parking meters and issue tickets, so the practice is no longer .......

• economize

• economically

• economy

• economical

Officials hope the change will also .........development of the downtown area by encouraging more visitors, many of whom are shoppers from out of town.

• adopt

• give

• multiply

• promote

The change will go into effect on April 1, though the meters won't be removed immediately..........

• Signs will be posted to notify motorists

• Traffic updates can be requested by text

• The parking fee is considered reasonable

• Please pay your parking fines promptly

TEXT 2- The members of the finance team have .....examined the budgets for our branch and, through their meticulous work, determined that there is significant shortfall.

• urgently

• adversely

• thoroughly

• solely

.......this discovery, we must reduce operating expenses by minimizing overtime hours.

• Because

• Due to

• Consequently

• Rather than

Please try to get all of your work ..... within the usual business hours.

• completes

• completed

• completion

• completing

In cases where overtime work cannot be avoided, it should be approved in advance by a department head. ....... Thank you for your cooperation.

• Please send in your detailed budgets as soon as possible

• Most employees prefer working on Saturdays over working on Sundays.

• This applies to both sales and administration employees.

• The additional payment has been deposited in your account.

TEXT 3- Dawsonville in Motion, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting healthy lifestyles, ....... a Well-Being Festival for Saturday, August 18.

• Having organized

• would have organized

• is organizing

• being organized

The group wants to raise ......of the methods for preventing heart disease and other conditions.

• awareness

• funds

• interest

• standards