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Both a poem and a short story_________been written by a famous author.

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 employee's claim of being out with the flu did not seem very plausible because he returned from sick leave with a deep tan.

MY BEST FRIEND
I have several good friends but I (1) ________ that my best friend is Ellen. We (2)________ friends with each other since we were very young because she (3)________ next door to me. We have always been in the same class at school, although she has always been much cleverer than me. I don't mind (4)________, because she often helps me with my homework! Anyway, I've always been better at sport than she is. I always (5)________ her at tennis and she doesn't like that. In fact, she hates losing at anything and gets very annoyed if she does. That's the only thing that I don't like about her. Otherwise, she has (6)________ humour and she's always making me laugh. We get on very well together, although occasionally we've had arguments - usually about silly little things. Ellen and her family moved to another district last year but I still see her a lot. We're planning to go on a trip around Europe next summer, I'm really (7)________ to it because I think we'll have a lot of fun and see exciting places. Of course, it's going to be hard -to afford such a wonderful and exciting trip and so we're both going to get jobs and try to (8)________ enough money for it.
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Unemployment and inner city decay are inseparable issues which must be tackled together.

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I really believe that you should let your son ________ his own decisions; he is certainly old enough ________ so

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The use of flash photograph is ---- in this building

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I was rather quiet as I didn't feel I had much wisdom to ___________ on the subject

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Working so many hours of overtime to meet the deadline has left the design staff feeling -------

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This year Mr. Yamamoto has made five trips to England to meet ------- new customers there

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On Thursday, the technician will be on Sratus Road ------- two gas stoves.

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She lost her driving _____________ when she was caught drink-driving.

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The personnel department requires that all ______ be interviewed at least three times before a hiring decision is made

Peter tried his best and passed the driving test at the first _______

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In many developed and developing countries, life ___________ has greatly increased over the last two decades

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What started as a casual discussion flared up into a heated debate because both of them had an _______ to grind

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Before the storm, there was an _____________ demand for food supplies that left many stores empty

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The man_________books now is his uncle.

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While some aspects still confuse me, I found the movie …... would recommend that anyone watch it

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My son decided to learn how to play the drums. I know it's going to drive me up the ___________ but I have to support his dreams

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The army _______________ eliminated this section of the training test

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“I’m poor! Nobody ________________ me.” “I know a person who _______ you. It’s me.”