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TOEIC Part 6 | Text Completion: Invitation 06

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Problem 1 ・ Question 1 / 4

You are cordially invited to the annual Riverside Business Association Networking Dinner, which will take place on Friday, September 12, at the Grand Meridian Hotel. This year's event will (1) more than 200 professionals from a wide range of industries across the region. The evening will feature a keynote address on emerging market trends, (2) by a series of informal networking sessions. Guests will also enjoy a three-course dinner prepared by our award-winning culinary team. (3), please note that seating is limited, so early registration is strongly encouraged. To confirm your attendance, kindly complete the online form no later than August 29. We (4) forward to welcoming you.

Which word best fits in blank (1)?

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The auxiliary "will" is followed by the base form, so "bring together" is correct — the sense is gathering more than 200 specialists.

Problem 1 ・ Question 2 / 4

You are cordially invited to the annual Riverside Business Association Networking Dinner, which will take place on Friday, September 12, at the Grand Meridian Hotel. This year's event will (1) more than 200 professionals from a wide range of industries across the region. The evening will feature a keynote address on emerging market trends, (2) by a series of informal networking sessions. Guests will also enjoy a three-course dinner prepared by our award-winning culinary team. (3), please note that seating is limited, so early registration is strongly encouraged. To confirm your attendance, kindly complete the online form no later than August 29. We (4) forward to welcoming you.

Which word best fits in blank (2)?

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This is a passive participial construction meaning the keynote is succeeded by networking: "followed by ~" means with ~ coming after.

Problem 1 ・ Question 3 / 4

You are cordially invited to the annual Riverside Business Association Networking Dinner, which will take place on Friday, September 12, at the Grand Meridian Hotel. This year's event will (1) more than 200 professionals from a wide range of industries across the region. The evening will feature a keynote address on emerging market trends, (2) by a series of informal networking sessions. Guests will also enjoy a three-course dinner prepared by our award-winning culinary team. (3), please note that seating is limited, so early registration is strongly encouraged. To confirm your attendance, kindly complete the online form no later than August 29. We (4) forward to welcoming you.

Which word best fits in blank (3)?

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Information is being added to the description of the event so far, so "additionally" fits. The contrastive "nevertheless", the simultaneous "meanwhile" and the conditional "otherwise" all fail to suit the context.

Problem 1 ・ Question 4 / 4

You are cordially invited to the annual Riverside Business Association Networking Dinner, which will take place on Friday, September 12, at the Grand Meridian Hotel. This year's event will (1) more than 200 professionals from a wide range of industries across the region. The evening will feature a keynote address on emerging market trends, (2) by a series of informal networking sessions. Guests will also enjoy a three-course dinner prepared by our award-winning culinary team. (3), please note that seating is limited, so early registration is strongly encouraged. To confirm your attendance, kindly complete the online form no later than August 29. We (4) forward to welcoming you.

Which word best fits in blank (4)?

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A present-tense predicate is needed for the subject "we", and "look forward to ~" is the set phrase for anticipating something.

Problem 2 ・ Question 1 / 4

Bright Future Technologies is pleased to invite you to the grand opening of our new Innovation Center on Thursday, October 3. The celebration will begin at 10:00 A.M. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony (1) by guided tours of our state-of-the-art research facilities. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet our engineers and learn about the (2) projects currently under development. Light refreshments will be served throughout the day. Because parking near the venue is (3), we recommend using public transportation whenever possible. If you plan to attend, please (4) us by September 26 so that we can prepare accordingly. We look forward to sharing this exciting milestone with you.

Which word best fits in blank (1)?

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The past participle "followed" carries the passive sense that a tour comes after the ceremony — the "followed by ~" pattern.

Problem 2 ・ Question 2 / 4

Bright Future Technologies is pleased to invite you to the grand opening of our new Innovation Center on Thursday, October 3. The celebration will begin at 10:00 A.M. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony (1) by guided tours of our state-of-the-art research facilities. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet our engineers and learn about the (2) projects currently under development. Light refreshments will be served throughout the day. Because parking near the venue is (3), we recommend using public transportation whenever possible. If you plan to attend, please (4) us by September 26 so that we can prepare accordingly. We look forward to sharing this exciting milestone with you.

Which word best fits in blank (2)?

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An adjective is needed to modify the noun "projects", so "innovative" fits.

Problem 2 ・ Question 3 / 4

Bright Future Technologies is pleased to invite you to the grand opening of our new Innovation Center on Thursday, October 3. The celebration will begin at 10:00 A.M. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony (1) by guided tours of our state-of-the-art research facilities. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet our engineers and learn about the (2) projects currently under development. Light refreshments will be served throughout the day. Because parking near the venue is (3), we recommend using public transportation whenever possible. If you plan to attend, please (4) us by September 26 so that we can prepare accordingly. We look forward to sharing this exciting milestone with you.

Which word best fits in blank (3)?

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The natural reason for recommending public transport is that parking is in short supply. "Spacious", "convenient" and "available" all contradict that recommendation, so "limited" is correct.

Problem 2 ・ Question 4 / 4

Bright Future Technologies is pleased to invite you to the grand opening of our new Innovation Center on Thursday, October 3. The celebration will begin at 10:00 A.M. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony (1) by guided tours of our state-of-the-art research facilities. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet our engineers and learn about the (2) projects currently under development. Light refreshments will be served throughout the day. Because parking near the venue is (3), we recommend using public transportation whenever possible. If you plan to attend, please (4) us by September 26 so that we can prepare accordingly. We look forward to sharing this exciting milestone with you.

Which word best fits in blank (4)?

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"Notify us" means to let us know; it takes a person as its direct object and suits a request to confirm attendance. "Inform" normally needs "of" or a that-clause, "remind" takes "to", and "announce" cannot take a person as its object.