______ saying was so important that I asked everyone to stop talking and listen.     

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He said that his father had cut down on the number of print newspapers and magazines.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  These fences help to …… wind damage to the crops.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions: 

The loss of his journals had cuased him even more sorrow than his retirement form the military six years earlier.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  As an orphan, he ….. earn his living alone.

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Frank’s wallet is lying on the coffee table. He _____ it here last night.

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The journalist refused to disclose the sourse of his information.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
People’s fingernails and toenails, according to a recent study, are nowadays growing more quickly. Research (35) _____ out at the University of North Carolina indicates that the speed at which human nails are growing has increased by (36) _____ 25 per cent over the last 70 years. The results of the study show that the (37)_____ human fingernail now grows about 3.5 mm a month, (38) _____ just 3 mm seven decades ago. Toenail growth, (39) _____ only about 2 mm per month, was also up on the figure (40) _____ in a similar survey done 70 years ago. Researchers (41) _____ the rapid increase down to changes in lifestyle, particularly the greater awareness of the importance of regular exercise and a healthy diet. This, they point out, is in (42) _____with similar trends in the height and weight of present-day adults. Interestingly, it appears that nails have a propensity to grow fastest (43) _____ warmer conditions, with the quickest growth rate among young people, and men. The fastestgrowing nail is on the middle finger while that on the little finger is (44) _____ the slowest, at only a fraction over 3 mm each month.
(44)..............................

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Smoking is bad for your health. You had better .................... it up. 

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There was a car accident yesterday. If Lisa had gone out, she…………die now.

The authority has made a lot of great efforts ________ endangered species.

The idea of  building a  ................... with human intelligence is not only ambitious butalso highly unconventional.

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions. "Nylon is a ______ fibre, the use of which has helped more people to have cheaper and more colourful clothes to wear."

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Veronica broke the school rules so many times that the headmistress finally had no alternative but to expel her.

Humus is formed during soil microorganisms decompose animal and plant material into usable elements by plants.

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You are bound to find information on the stock market crash of 1987 in the newspaper ________ .

Contamination and global warming have driven many species of animals and plants _______ the threat of extinction.

Nuance: “Is there anything I can do for you, sir?” - Rue: “_______.” 

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined bold word(s) in each of the following questions: 

The year 2000 can be considered as a milestone for the hearing-impaired as the Nippon Foundation launched a disability support project.

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I was reading the book last night before I went to bed. I never took it out of this room. It's ______ be lying around here somewhere. Where ____ it be?

What a heavy fog we have! I’m sure our flight will surely fall behind _____.