Choose the best answer:

Do you have difficulty .................. a flat to rent?

Trees are among the biggest and longest-living things on Earth, some dating back longer than the oldest buildings. But _______ being nice to look at, trees also play an important role in improving the quality of our lives.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction: 

When you realized you may have difficulty arranging last month’s conference, you should have told me so that I could have gotten more people to volunteer.

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Two thousand volunteers ……… the Illiteracy Eradication campaign this year.

All students.................hand in their assignments by Friday at the latest.

Yesterday I … in the park when I saw Dick playing football. 

Read the passage and choose the best option to complete each blank. 
Singapore has a highly developed market-based economy (1) _______ historically revolves around extended trade. Along with Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan Singapore is one (2)_______ the Four Asian Tigers. The economy depends heavily on export, refining, imported goods, especially in manufacturing. Manufacturing constituted twenty six (3) ________ of Singapore’s GDP in 2005. The manufacturing industry is well –diversified into electronic petroleum refining chemicals, (4) _______ engineering and biomedical sciences manufacturing. In 2006, Singapore produced about 10 percent of the world foundry water output. Singapore’s the busiest port in the world in terms of tonnage shipped. Singapore is The world’s fourth largest foreign exchange trading centre after London, New York City (5) _______ Tokyo
(2)............................

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. 
What is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and what is its purpose? The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a multilateral organization which was (1) _____ to give Southeast Asian states a forum to communicate (2) _____ each other. Since the region had a long colonial past and a history of endemic warfare, there has never been much peaceful and constructive (3) _____ between kings, presidents and other officials. A neutral forum was, (4) _____, a very useful development for all of those countries. ASEAN was formed as a result of the Bangkok (5) _____ of 1967 and initially had five members: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, (6) _____ Philippines and Singapore. Brunei (7) _____ joined in 1984 after it had won independence from Britain. Vietnam became the seventh member of the group, officially joining in 1995. (8) _____ several years of negotiation, Myanmar and Laos joined in 1997 and the final member of the ten, Cambodia, joined in 1999. The only (9)__ state in Southeast Asia which is not a member of ASEAN is now East Timor. It is still (10) _____ vulnerable and fragile to be able to participate for the foreseeable future.
(7)..........................

His village was completely _____ in the earthquake.

 The weather this summer is really __________. 

The workers............to go on strike when the management ........... their demand for higher wages. 

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

…………his appointment as our head of accounting services, Paul Robinson was working as a high-powered merchant banker in London.

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: 

Although my brother is sometimes mischievous, he is well-behaved on the whole.

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.
(10)...........................

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She is preparing for the university entrance ...............

Freya Stark (1893- 1993) was an extraordinary woman who ventured into (1) ____ areas where few Europeans had ever (2) ____ foot. Born in Paris, brought up in Italy, and educated in London, she was already multilingual before deciding to learn Arabic (3) ____ the end of 30. She traveled (4)____ through Greece, Italy and Cyprus. However, her passion was for exploring ancient lands of the Middle East. She was determined to make contact with the tribes that populated the area before their traditional (5) ____ of life vanished forever. She led expeditions into the most dangerous areas and despite the risks (she was even thrown into a military prison on one occasion), she always returned safe and (6) ____. During her travels, she completed a (7) ______ across the Valley of the Assassins, famous not only for its rough terrain but (8) ____ for its murderous inhabitants, and followed in the (9)___ of Alexander, the Great. In her long career she produced maps, discovered lost cities, and worked as a spy and propagandist, although it is as a travel writer that she is best remembered. She died at the age of 100, (10) ________most women of her generation in more ways than one.
(9).........................

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

Its…………into Brazil has given Darrow Textiles Ltd. an advantage over much of its competition.

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

In her latest article in Earthbound Science Journal, ecologist Mei Ling offers a ------ ----- review of Paul Winthrop's research on drought resistance. 

Since...................,I have heard nothing from him.  

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

The company's expansion into South America will___________the creation of more than 100 jobs.

 He must be very hungry. He ................ anything in three days.