Life expectancy has increased a great deal in spite of modern science and technology.

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

The ages of the two children put together was equivalent to that of their father

Chemical compounds with Barium, Cobalt, and Strontium are responsible to many of the vivid colors in fireworks.

Choose the correct answer:

She only reads books for ___________.

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

Do you think what people have smoked less and less?

A progress has been made toward finding a cure for AIDS.

Jame Dickey’s first poem was published during he was still a senior in college.

Reading book requires you to focus _____ what you are reading for long periods.

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:

We ought to keep these proposals secret from the chairman for the time being.

From the four words or phrases (A,B,C or D), choose the one that best completes the sentence.

Being a teacher, I shop at stores which offer a …….. to teachers.

One tenth of _____ thousand is _______ hundred. 

Psychologists at the University of Kansas has studied the effects of the color of a room on people’s behaviors.

The wood of the rosewood tree is used to do time musical instruments.

If I were like you, I’d spend a bit more and buy the hardback version of the book.

Jim didn’t have a house and a car, for he was jobless for a long time

The sister Grimm intended their fairy tales to be studied by scholars of German history and not to enjoy as simple stories by children

In human beings, as in other mammal, hairs around the eyes, in ears and in the nose prevent dust, insects, and other matters from entering these organs.

 I would love to be able to _____ my children in the country. 

Identify the one underlined word A, B, C or D that must be changed for the sentence to be correct: 

A prolific writer, even when he was teaching a number of classes, Harry Crews never achieving popularity among the masses.

It is necessary that the director will sign all the copies, not just the top one.