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Question 179 to 180 refers to the following e-mail.
TO: Sales Department Members
FROM: David Collins
SUBJECT: Monthly Results
The numbers are in and I am proud to inform
you that our total sales for the period of
September 1st through September 30th
amount to $400,000.00, which represents a
10% increase over our sales for the preceding
period.
You have achieved the goal we established in
the first week of September, and you are all to
be highly commended for your achievement.
Congratulations!
179. What is this e-mail mainly about?
(A) Sales plan
(B) Compliment to sales amount
(C) Comparison of total sales
(D) Sales Meeting
180. The word "preceding" in Paragraph,
Line 3 is closest in meaning to
(A) previous
(B) latter
(C) prosperous
(D) flourishing