Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions.

My brother has become a bit of a couch potato since he stopped playing football.

 

On the  ................ , this has been a very successful year for us.

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 copperhead, a snake that strikes without warning, is considered more dangerous than the rattlesnake.

Where _____ your sister born? 

Choose the best answer among A, B, c or D that best completes each sentence:  Man is killing …….all the fish in the sea.

Choose the best answer:
I’ll take the new job whose salary is fantastic.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.

The motivations for the birth of ASEAN were the desire for a _______ environment.

Fiona .......... to John's birthday party last night.

Choose the best answer:
Around 150 B.C. the Greek astronomer Hipparchus developed a system to classify stars according to brightness.

You have tea for breakfast, _________ you?

He lost his _________ on hearing the new.

“I’m _____ to listen to your pathetic excuses,” she said.

“Did you enjoy your holiday?” – “Yes, we had …………”

 I'm sorry. I didn't mean _______ you by saying that

Identify the error in each sentence: 

Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, disappeared on June 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.

Thanks to an effective advertising ............. in the 1880s, cigarette smoking became widespread.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the answer that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined word(s) in the sentence

We_________here in 1993. We_________ here for a long time now.

Choose the best answer  A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  You should always fill ……your tank when it gets down to a quarter full.

You’ll feel sorry afterward ............  you do it carefully.

There should be an international law against ..........

Choose the suitable word to fill in each blank. 
The future role of women can be looked at more optimistically. Nowadays, there seems (1)_________ recognition of the vital role women play in society and more status is given to women. Overall, excellent progress has been made (2)_________education. This has played a powerful role for women self-esteem. It demonstrates women’s intellectual abilities to gain expertise in the field of their choice. However, this progress has still to be reflected in the job market. Since a more educated society is good for industry and society (3)_________a whole, it is even more urgent for women to gain an acceptable status in their profession. The message is that women have the ability to change their roles and that they will demand to have the means to do it. It is (4)_________ accepted by the new generation of young men and women that co-operation and mutual aid are far more productive than the divider camp of men and women. Society is changing and with it the role of men and women. In many fields women have come a long way from just their roles as mothers and homemakers. They no longer think that children rearing and home management are their (5)_________duties
(5).....................