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:

Unless I miss my guess, your computer needs a new hard drive.

 

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I would like to express my gratitude ……. my family and teachers.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

The strong smell of garlic seemed____________to the whole flat.

Her father ............... when she was a small girl. 

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: 

I have a vague recollection of meeting him when I was a child.

The 8th ASEAN Science and Technology Week is now being _______ in Manila from 1 to 11 July 2008.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

I'm not leaving _______ I get an apology from you.

A surprising number of popular spectator sports, for example football or baseball, ______ in Europe or the USA in the nineteenth century. 

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

We bought this house because it is close____________the school.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

A 15 percent increase in worker……..at the Isis Corporation is largely due to a recent investment in 25 new packaging machines.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

My favourite Greece_____________is stuffed tomatoes.

Freya Stark (1893- 1993) was an extraordinary woman who ventured into (1) ____ areas where few Europeans had ever (2) ____ foot. Born in Paris, brought up in Italy, and educated in London, she was already multilingual before deciding to learn Arabic (3) ____ the end of 30. She traveled (4)____ through Greece, Italy and Cyprus. However, her passion was for exploring ancient lands of the Middle East. She was determined to make contact with the tribes that populated the area before their traditional (5) ____ of life vanished forever. She led expeditions into the most dangerous areas and despite the risks (she was even thrown into a military prison on one occasion), she always returned safe and (6) ____. During her travels, she completed a (7) ______ across the Valley of the Assassins, famous not only for its rough terrain but (8) ____ for its murderous inhabitants, and followed in the (9)___ of Alexander, the Great. In her long career she produced maps, discovered lost cities, and worked as a spy and propagandist, although it is as a travel writer that she is best remembered. She died at the age of 100, (10) ________most women of her generation in more ways than one.
(10).........................

Personnel changes within the marketing department …………no surprise, as it completely failed to meet the target on the most recent project.

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We ...... take our vacation last week, but we canceled it because of the weather.

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I don’t have a computer. I wish I _________ a new one.

They have to make _______ there are enough goods on the shelves for customers to buy, they need to be able to re-order before stocks run out, to decide which things are selling well and so on.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

The researchers then_________the test subjects’ reactions. Factors like memory retention and 

I’m afraid ……….is hard to find round here.

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: 

We have to remember is that we have to give people a leg up to succeed in this society and that’s not something we ought to be embarrassed about.

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

The loan is interest-free, which (A) means that you will only pay the fee listing (B) on our website, with no (C) extra payment in the form of (D) interest.

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:

Although we argued with him for a long time, he stood his ground.