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Nowadays, a number of parents still have preference for boys ____ girls

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Don’t read too much ____ her leaving so suddenly –she probably just had a train to catch

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The house felt terribly cold ______ the fact that the central heating had been on all day

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 No sooner had we started …………… the rain came.

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“Please don’t misunderstand me. I just want to pay you a (n)________”

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He is ______________ than me, so it’s certain that he will achieve more success than me

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions:  A bat uses a sonar device to (orient itself) to its surrounding world

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Only in the last few years ______ to use home computers.

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You needn’t ________________ to go shopping -jeans and a T-shirt are fine

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Some people fell it’s their moral ___________ to help the poor

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___________ he tried, his father didn’t let him run the company.

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Criminals often ________________ in these empty apartments where the police have difficulties in finding out

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Most critics agree that rather little _________ done by the artist after his illness has any great value

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Solar energy is not widely used ______ it is friendly to the environment

Find mistake: The videodisc has the capacity to store thousand of visual images

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the undelined part that needs correction in each of the following questions: 

Her husband (A) asked her (B) son what (C) did he want (D) for his birthday.

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My mother puts a (n) _______________ seat in my house to relax at the weekend.

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Bill has a real _________ for looking after handicapped children

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:

You should praise yourself for having achieved such a high score in the graduation exam.

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She worried _____ about her exams and couldn’t focus on her revision.

If I had known you were in hospital, I ___________ to see you.