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

The announcement of John Stanton's retirement was not well received by most of the staff members, but Leslie, his long time friend and colleague, was extremely …….to hear that Mr Stanton will now be able to enjoy some leisure time.

Mark the 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:

Unless I miss my guess, your computer needs a new hard drive.

Why is it that many teenagers have the energy to play computer games until late at night but can't find the energy to get out of bed  ________ for school?

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When you ........ here at this time tomorrow, I ...... the room.

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

Dear Mr. Chandra,

I’m responding to your request to put some of your photographs on display in our coffe shop. Thank you for sending us the samples. Your work is clearly______, and we particularly like your photographs of business in Cheltenham.

You can ride an exercise bike while you are watching television ______ you can take the stairs instead of the elevator.

His funny story is so __________ that we can't help laughing. 

_______ I visit him, we talk about politics a lot.

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The next stage in the development of television is ...............TV.

He thinks you are ___ your time looking for a job in this town. There’s not much to do here.

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:

No vehicle weighing over 3.5 tons is allowed on this bridge, according to traffic signs placed at both ends of the structure

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 ______.

Mary and John are meeting at the cinema.

Mary: "Hi, John. How are you?" John: " ................. . And you?"

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2007 was the 40^th anniversary of the _______ of ASEAN.

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

Current job ……. at Elite Insurance Company have been posted on the internal Web site and on major Internet job-search sites.

A notice __________ today's special events is posted on the bulletin board. 

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When I was at secondary school, the boy next to me ....... in class.

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Would you please ........... him speak about the new plan?

When the first child was born, they .............for three years

All this changed with the growth of factories and industry in the nineteenth century, first in Europe and  ______. In the USA.

The next step is to add exercise_____ you can raise the number of calories you can consume per day.