After Mariana _______ her exam, I _______ her out to eat.

Vincent Van Gogh is a famous painter from the 19th century. Van Gogh's paintings are sold at very high prices (1) ______many collectors want his paintings. But unfortunately, when he was (2) ______, he did not have a happy life.
Van Gogh was from a poor family in Holland and lived (3) _______his life at home. He lived a rather sad and (4) _______ life. He drew things that he could see (5) ______ around the quiet town of his parents' home or outside his window. This is why he painted things (6) _______the sky, his room and even himself. 
Van Gogh once cut off his own ear after drawing a picture of himself. He cut it off to (7) _______ the person that said the ear in Van Gogh's painting was not correct. It was very (8) _____ him to do such a thing.
Van Gogh was also (9) _________a crazy man. He really (10) ______become crazy, and was sent to a mental hospital. Sadly, he killed himself when he was just 37.
(7)...........................

_________ in large quantities in the Middle East, oil became known as black gold because of the large profit it brought.

The _______ is increasing faster and faster.

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 US troops are using much more sophisticated weapons in the Far East.

It .............dark. Shall I turn on the light? 

Detroit is renowned for the _____________ car

When __________ to explain his mistake, the new employee cleared his throat nervously

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

 Man:”I heard you have a part in the school play tonight.” Woman:”Yes, and I’m on pins and needles.”

You need to figure out how many calories you need in a day and how many you actually ______.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Upgrades to the order –tracking database will allow staff to process customer purchases more……….

Choose the best answer:

That man over there seems ............ for someone.

A survey by the French army in 1881 ______ that among the 387 men, there were 1,333 designs.

 The children are __________ with watching the same programme every day. 

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I want to congratulate you ....... the contest.

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They ....... next to each other at the lecture this morning.

The point of Phobia Awareness Week is to highlight the difficulties that many people face in everyday situations. It is important to (1) _____ between a fear and a phobia. It's (2)______usual for all of us to have our own peculiar fears, for example being anxious around snakes or nervous about flying. However, only a very small proportion of US actually have a phobia of these things. When these fears begin to (3) _____ you embarrassment or you feel that your life is being disrupted then you would be wise to (4)_____ treatment for what could potentially be a phobia. By far the most (5) _____ phobia and potentially the most disruptive is agoraphobia. The word derives from Greek and (6) _____ means 'fear of the marketplace' but we apply it today to describe a distressing (7) ______ in which people avoid going outside because of the awful feelings of anxiety that arise. Treatment of phobias usually consists of the patient (8) _____ behavioural therapy during which they gradually get used to being near the object or the situation that causes them fear. Drugs may be (9) _____ to treat anxiety and many people opt for alternative therapy such as acupuncture or hypnosis to help them come to (10) _____ with their fear and conquer it.
(9)....................

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Office supplies are stored in the copy room,___________ the fax machine.

The chairman of the board is not                   ; he has been married for 2 years.

 The Internet ---- computer users easily to connect to other computers and information stores wherever they ---- across the world. 

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:

The situation seems to be changing minute by minute.