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: 

In the early days of baseball, the game was played by young men of means and social position.

............. research team is an effective way to prepare for class preparation of social studies such as history, geography, literature and economics.

Whether it's English  ...........  mathematics, at Exeter we call our classes Harkness classes and our teachers Harkness teachers.

The doctor said to Mr. Black that if he ate lots of fatty food, he  ............. increase his chance of developing heart disease.

Don't forget to say goodbye to the ___________ before leaving the office. 

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: 

It takes her 20 minutes to get ready. 

They have plenty of time, so they need not _______.

You __________to spend more time in the library.

Everybody seems to feel tired of watching the same commercials on TV every night, ___________?

What’s your _______? – I’m Vietnamese. 

______ 1900, water polo has been in the program of the Olympic Games.

The elaborate bridal costumes of the coastal Indians are ................... from mother to daughter.

His advice, I would never have got the job ................

The interviewer started off_________ why I wanted the job.

Identify the error in each sentence: It was in 2006 when (A) she got (B) married to (C) a well-known (D) movie star

The goalkeeper also has one___________ that other players do not have: he or she cannot cross the half-distance line.

The more _______ and positive you look, the better you will feel. 

Identify the error in each sentence: From the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, technology has developed too much that people begin to think that there are no limits to what we can achieve

Never in my life _    this kind of food.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

 When I want to have my hair cuts I often go to the hairdresser’s.

The vice-president is going to __________ the president at tonight’s fundraiser, as the president is out of the country.