He was so ill that he could not _______ his final examination and cancelled it to the next year.

You will spend at least one year working abroad ......... you can find out how things operate overseas.

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

The exceptional_______________is just one of Kinden’s many attractive features

The confidence trickster _________ the old lady out of her life savings

Choose the best answer:
They ……………………….that swimming is interesting.

Because not food is as nutritious for a baby as its mother’s milk, many women are returning to the practice of breast feeding.

________the distance was too far and the time was short, we decided to fly there instead of going there by train.

Time For A Change Liza Cooke works (1) ________ VSO, a voluntary charity organization. For the last three years she (2) ________ English in a primary school in a small village in Nigeria. Before that she lived with her parents in a (3) ________ house in Croydon, and worked in an office in north London. Her life changed dramatically after she decided to join VSO (4)________ volunteer worker.
I used to travel to work every day by train. The journey would take (5) ________ forty minutes and an hour. Now it only takes me a few minutes. I used to work in a large office with about thirty other people. Now I teach classes of up to fifty children. I still work (6) ________ - well, more of less. The classroom has walls but no windows! I used to hate my office job. It was so boring. But teaching is so different - I really enjoy it. 
Of course, working in an office and living at home (7) ________ that I had a lot of free time. I would go out every night of the week and enjoy myself. I never stayed at home. Now I find I have hardly (8) ________ free time, but I don't mind. I seem to spend most of my free time doing volunteer work
(3)...................................

Choose the best answer.

I hate_______ personal questions by nearly acquainted friends.

Our review committee recently found that in 55 out of 80 villages, water systems have been severely damaged. Therefore, there’s an..................... need for expanding the distribution of bottled water and sanitation systems

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

Delemarle’s profits are expected to rise_________over the next ten years as the company begins to offer new services abroad.

Passengers will get to their destination on time................... our departure time is a little late due to a mechanical problem.

The boat was sailing north when a terrible storm ______ . 

Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one

Barry continued to smoke even though we had advised him to quit.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: 

Parents interpret facial and vocal expressions as indicators of how a baby is feeling. 

Mary and her sister just bought two new winters coats at the clearance sale.

The waiter is talking to a man in a restaurant.

Waiter: “  ................   ”

Man: “No, I’m full already.”

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

The challenges of maintaining quality control must be taken__________account before production can be increased.

Mary always takes great care............... her children.

 Everything_________turned out to be imaginary. 

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

Not long_____________leaving the Nisklen company, Mr. Saito began working at a government agency.