Even though the actors did quite a poor job of bringing the book to the stage, the ……was of the highest quality.

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:

The politician tried to arouse the crowd, but most of them were indifferent to his argument.

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When he left school, my brother decided to ..... a priest instead of studying language.

 The children are __________ with watching the same programme every day. 

She’s decided not to work overseas after all. In any ____ , she doesn’t like cold weather.

Health is something we tend to (1) ___when we have it. When our body is doing well, we are hardly (3)____of it. But illness can come, even (2)______we are young. In fact, childhood has been a very susceptible time. Many diseases attack children in particular, and people know very little (4)______ to cure them once they struck. The result was that many children died. About a century ago, (5)__________, scientists found out about germs, and then everything changed. The (6)_____ of many diseases was found, and cures were developed. As this medical discovery spread, the world became (7)______ safer for children. The result is that (8)___________a hundred years ago, the average man lived for 35 years, nowadays, in many areas of the world, people can (9)______ to live for 75 years. And what do we expect by the year 2020 ? Undoubtedly, medical science will continue to (10)______ . Some people will be able to avoid medical problems that are unavoidable today.
(5)............................

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I missed two assignments. I must make them up by the end of this week.

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

Kyung Bin Yi has been praised for her role in security several_______ contracts for Dwyer Industries’ fledgling mobile-computing division.

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The airport shuttle____________every hour from the hotel’s front entrance.

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Brunei Darussalam was _________  second member state after Singapore to ratify the Charter on 31 January 2008.

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She insisted ..... him wearing the red cravat.

Peter … for her wife’s letter since last Friday. Now he hasn’t received yet. 

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: 

Even as a child Thomas Edison had a very inquisitive mind; at the age of three he performed his first experiment.

You must be freezing - why don’t you sit by the fire and_____ up a bit.

However, some graduates actually like the idea of ______ a career in teaching English long-term, and there are numerous courses at various levels of teaching, from the fast-track TEFL to a diploma or masters.

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People in Japan call ......... .

Trees are among the biggest and longest-living things on Earth, some dating back longer than the oldest buildings. But _______ being nice to look at, trees also play an important role in improving the quality of our lives.

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A processing fee of $3.00 will be added to............... received by telephone.

Whenever my little sister …, all of us will run to her. 

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

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

The quality- control process will be revised due to the large number of product flaws……… reported.