Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. "Animation involves a wide range ____ technical and artistic skills."

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
People’s fingernails and toenails, according to a recent study, are nowadays growing more quickly. Research (35) _____ out at the University of North Carolina indicates that the speed at which human nails are growing has increased by (36) _____ 25 per cent over the last 70 years. The results of the study show that the (37)_____ human fingernail now grows about 3.5 mm a month, (38) _____ just 3 mm seven decades ago. Toenail growth, (39) _____ only about 2 mm per month, was also up on the figure (40) _____ in a similar survey done 70 years ago. Researchers (41) _____ the rapid increase down to changes in lifestyle, particularly the greater awareness of the importance of regular exercise and a healthy diet. This, they point out, is in (42) _____with similar trends in the height and weight of present-day adults. Interestingly, it appears that nails have a propensity to grow fastest (43) _____ warmer conditions, with the quickest growth rate among young people, and men. The fastestgrowing nail is on the middle finger while that on the little finger is (44) _____ the slowest, at only a fraction over 3 mm each month.
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The lecture is followed by a 15-minute discussion session.

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The tour guide gave assurances and said that the group would not depart for its destination until everyone was definitely _____   the boat.

Many modern medicines are derived _______ plants and animals.

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A/ an ____ species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming extinct.

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions. " I didn't meet him right away ____ he had to talk to his boss first."

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

There is growing concern about the way man has destroyed the environment.

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Do you enjoy ................ English.

Indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Lifelong learning can also help amend some of the weaknesses of the education system.

Shakespeare asserts the right of women to  .............  and independence.

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Not only men and women do have many differences, but they also have many similarities.

 The teacher says we …………..to keep silence in class 

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We all welcome the government's initiative to boost lifelong learning.

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Author Sylvia Feldman  ________  for a Publishers Guild Award for her best- selling nonfiction novel, 21 Ravens.

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Asking the ____ questions can be more important than having the answers.

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(A)There was (B)a very interesting news (C)on the radio this morning (D)about the earthquake in Italy. 

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

My first impression of her was her impassive face.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined bold word(s) in each of the following questions: 

In Africa, many children die from not having enough food.

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We'd better speed up if we want to get there in time.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  They prayed that their daughter …… be lucky again.