Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s): In some rural areas, women and girls are forced to do most of the housework.

The discover of gold and silver in the rugged mountains of Nevada in 1858 attracted many fortune-seekers to that area

New laws should be writing to accommodate changes in our society.

 If I were offered the job, I think I ________ it.

As you come to each town, however small, you will see a sign which states the name of the town and how many inhabitants does it have.

It was Mary Anderson, an amateur invention, who first patented windshield wipers for automobiles.

Choose the best answer: 
When I called them yesterday, they told me that they were going to the movies........................ .

Everyone who has traveled across the United States by car, train, or bus are surprised to see such a large expanse of territory with such variation among the lifestyles of the people.

Find the ONE among the underlined and marked A, B, C, D in each of the following sentences that needs correcting:

Sound is carried from the eardrum to the nerves so as to we can hear it.

A majority students in this university are from overseas.

I dropped out of college after one term and went on traveling around the world instead.

For the past five years, Iceland has been in the first rank of educational achievement and ____ in women's economic conditions.

In the United State, the Cabinet consist of a group of advisers, each of whom is chosen by the President to head an executive department of the government.

The firstly naval battle of the Revolutionary War was fought off the coast of Machias, Maine, in June 1775

Choose the best answer:

Do you think that Hue Imperial is ___________ preserved?

That he take this course _    very certain.

Choose one word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D that best complete the preceding sentence:

We understood him __________ he spoke very fast.

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

You really saw a UFO, __________?

Floods, earthquakes and other natural disaster happen all over the world, causing death and material damage.

So far most a million different species of insects have been identified and named.

After talking in Copenhagen yesterday, the secretary of state returning to Washington