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: 

The trouble with Frank is that he never turns up on time for the meeting.

You're 18! You ................... to be able to look after yourself by now.

I _________ to get through to Jackie for days now. Either she's away or her phone's out of order.

Only three of the students in my class are girls; ................ are all boys.

Having read this book, _    

Mrs. Smith demanded that the heater _    immediately. Her apartment was freezing.

These facts may be familiar  ..........   you.

We like their …... 

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

As well as being a necessary life-saving skill, swimming also (26)________us with a source of great pleasure and relaxation. Swimming, as well as other water sports like diving, surfing or just floating on your back, are some of the best ways to have (27)________and keep fit at the same time. Water sports are enjoyable for people of (28)________ages and even babies can learn to swim.

For elderly people or (29)________with physical handicaps, swimming provides gentle, yet effective exercise. Swimming for fitness and recreation has been popular (30) ________the earliest times, for instance in ancient Egypt, Greece and Roma. Swimming competitions developed in the nineteenth century and swimming races were (31)_______ in the first of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. Now water sports are (32)________ all over the world and most towns have at least one swimming pool.

Most water sports - swimming, surfing and water-skiing, etc, take (33)________on the surface of the water, but scuba divers explore deep below the waves.

There they can find fascinating sea creatures and strange rockformations. Some archaeologists are divers. (34)________search the seabed for wrecks of ships sunk hundreds of years ago which (35)________ objects that show how people lived in ancient times.

(26)________

Local authorities should find ways to limit the use of private cars and encourage city_____to use public transport.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: “ ……… the plan …….. ?” “No, it ……  now.” “How long…... it…..?

If a defender interferes with a free throw, holds or sinks an attacker who is not in possession, he is ____________ from the game for twenty seconds.

Most modern buildings have underground …… lots. 

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

Canoeing is the activity of paddling a canoe for the purpose of recreation,sport, or transport.

Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

 Mrs Brown had prepared a ........ meal with six courses to celebrate our arrival.

If your last writing ................ 7, you .............  yourself a place at a university of business administration now.

The party …. twenty bottles from various parts of the house yesterday

I don’t like this flat. I think I _________ happier if I _________ in a house in the country. 

I still remember  .............   off his extraordinary childhood with lots of hardship.

Choose the best answer:
Ask Mum for permission to go out now. She looks like she’s in a good mood.

Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

I didn't ........ that such a simple matter could become a complicated as it has.