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 1923 earthquake in Japan killed about 200,000 people and left countless wounded and homeless.

 If she were not afraid of flying, she  .............  far a lot.

Choose the correct option:

A football match is divided_________ 2 rounds.

When we arrived here, the others _    

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: 

Although they had never met before the party, Jim and Jane felt strong affinity to each other.

 I can’t hear every word in her lecture. I wish she would  ..............

Their …. is always good. 

They’re not trustworthy. don’t think we should _________ into any agreement with them.

Identify the error in each sentence: 

The freshman failed to follow the advice of his senior that he studied hard and not go out too much.

The _______ of the moon for the earth causes tides.

Her brother told me she was going to study abroad, _    ?

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)________

Helen has gone out and she will not be ..............    till midnight.

To  absorb more oil  from spring rolls, we can use materials like  ...............   newspaper to wrap them after frying.

Unlike men, women are not ________ in physical control as in emotional control.

Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is ....................  ; if it was destroyed no amount of money could ever replace it.

Her son a bit spoilt, he always wants to be the centre of _______.

Choose the correct answer to complete each following sentence by circling A, B, C or D. 

Ms. Rakel's new Stockholm office tower is sure to be recognized as a highlight of ----- architecture.

Her husband is very kind. He always cares  ................  her and never puts all of the housework her.

Identify the error in each sentence: Willa Cather is known (A) for My Antonia and another (B) novels of the (C) American frontier (D

Hopefully more diseases will be _____ in the near future.