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

Naomi Takeda was not able to attend the meeting last Tuesday, but Claire Marsters gave her a__________of the discussion.

Another common superstition is that it is unlucky to open an umbrella in the house - it will either bring  misfortunate to the person who opened it or to the whole ______.

Do you remember Daisy? I ran __ her at the Fair yesterday.

The product was ________by the car manufacturer because of the faulty accelerator pedal.

As he made no _______to our quarrel, I assumed he had forgiven me.

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 use of lasers in surgery has become relatively commonplace in recent years.

Most people ...........being disturbed while they ............

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: 

This new magazine is known for its comprehensive coverage of news

Colleagues normally use the family names, and title - for example 'Doctor' or 'Professor', so you shouldn't use first names ______ a person asks you to.

Choose the best answer:

What an excellent student she is! She almost has no ……… the exercise.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. 
The Philippines, officially known (1) _____ the Republic of the Philippines, is (2) _____ in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine (3) ____ 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, sharing borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country with a population approaching 90 million people. Its national (4) _____ is the 37th largest in the world with a 2006 gross domestic product (GDP) of over 117.562 billion USD. There are (5) _____ 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide. The Philippines became a Spanish colony in the 16th century and an American territory at the (6) _____ of the 20th century. The Philippines won independence from Spain in 1896. The Philippines (7) _____ its independence from the United States on July 4, 1946 after World War II. Spanish was (8) _____ official language of the Philippines until 1973. Since then, the two official languages are Filipino and English. The Philippines had cultural ties with Malaysia, Indonesia, and India in the ancient time, and trade (9) _____ with China and Japan as early as the 9th century. The late 1960s and early 1970s its economic development was second in Asia, (10) _____ to Japan. The Philippines is a founding and active member of the United Nations and is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)/ The Philippines is also a member of the East Asia Summit (EAS) and an active member in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
(10)........................

Choose the best answer:

She quickly looked into her bag. The money .......!

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.
(7).........................

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

At this time, we are__________to exhibit any of your photographs in the shop. 151.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: It is _____ to fail a difficult exam than not to take it at all.

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

I’ll never understand this,______________hard I try!

Use the word at the end of each gap to form a new word with which to fill the gap: 
‘It is simply this. That Space, as our __(1)___ (MATH) have it, is spoken of as having three dimensions, which one may call __(2)___ (LONG), Breadth, and __(3)___ (THICK), and is always definable by __(4)___ (REFER) to three planes, each at right angles to the others. But some philosophical people have been asking why THREE dimensions ___(5)__ (PARTICULAR) - why not another direction at right angles to the other three?-and have even tried to construct a Four-Dimension geometry. Professor Simon Newcomb was expounding this to the New York Mathematical Society only a month or so ago. You know how on a flat surface, which has only two dimensions, we can represent a figure of a three _(6)____ (DIMENSION) solid, and _(7)____ (SIMILAR) they think that by models of three dimensions they could represent one of four-if they could master the perspective of the thing. See?’
(4)..................

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Neither Lan or (A) her friends care (B) about the (C) coming exam (D).

Choose the best answer:

…………….. Grappa?

The seemingly simple act of exchanging business cards is more complex in Japan because  the business card represents not only one's identity but also his _______ in life.

The company management decided to ........... more workers to meet the production schedule.