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

He seems to make the same mistake over and over again

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Not only the painting method but also the colors has aroused the interest of art critics

MY BEST FRIEND
I have several good friends but I (1) ________ that my best friend is Ellen. We (2)________ friends with each other since we were very young because she (3)________ next door to me. We have always been in the same class at school, although she has always been much cleverer than me. I don't mind (4)________, because she often helps me with my homework! Anyway, I've always been better at sport than she is. I always (5)________ her at tennis and she doesn't like that. In fact, she hates losing at anything and gets very annoyed if she does. That's the only thing that I don't like about her. Otherwise, she has (6)________ humour and she's always making me laugh. We get on very well together, although occasionally we've had arguments - usually about silly little things. Ellen and her family moved to another district last year but I still see her a lot. We're planning to go on a trip around Europe next summer, I'm really (7)________ to it because I think we'll have a lot of fun and see exciting places. Of course, it's going to be hard -to afford such a wonderful and exciting trip and so we're both going to get jobs and try to (8)________ enough money for it.
(7).........................

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

Before starting __________    for this company, I spent a year _______ .

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The defeated candidate gave a ____________ speech in which he congratulated his rival

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Donell and Franklyn Investments promises incomparable loyalty and ------- to its clients

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

Almost all the students were confusing because Ms. Kelly’s explanation was unclear.

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After ________ the contract, please sign both copies and mail one copy back to us at the address provided

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To test his theory, the chemist ____ an experiment.

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

Few businesses are flourishing in the present economic climate.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Ursula’s judgment was so astute that she was able to assess the teacher’s personality after only a couple of minutes of conversation

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Two years in a strange country _______________ like a long time for lonely people

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They have heard the news from her, _______ ?

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After eluding arrest for sixteen years, the _____________ mobster was finally caught by police.

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Whenever you are the ------ person to exit a room, please turn off the lights

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

Names of the people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity.

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Claire paid $7 for her lunch, _______ she had thought it would cost

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"I simply haven't got time to deal ____________ the problem today, " she said brusquely

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“What did Maria ask you?”“She asked me ____ I had ever been abroad.”

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There is tremendous __________ pressure among teenagers to dress a certain way

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

I don’t really go in for winter sports very much.