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: 

Constant correction of speaking „errors’ by a teacher is often counter-productive, as student may become afraid to speak at all.

 

Burning 250 or 500 calories per day can make a big _____ . 

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A quarter of something ......................

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How do you say the following score? “1-0”.

Vincent Van Gogh is a famous painter from the 19th century. Van Gogh's paintings are sold at very high prices (1) ______many collectors want his paintings. But unfortunately, when he was (2) ______, he did not have a happy life.
Van Gogh was from a poor family in Holland and lived (3) _______his life at home. He lived a rather sad and (4) _______ life. He drew things that he could see (5) ______ around the quiet town of his parents' home or outside his window. This is why he painted things (6) _______the sky, his room and even himself. 
Van Gogh once cut off his own ear after drawing a picture of himself. He cut it off to (7) _______ the person that said the ear in Van Gogh's painting was not correct. It was very (8) _____ him to do such a thing.
Van Gogh was also (9) _________a crazy man. He really (10) ______become crazy, and was sent to a mental hospital. Sadly, he killed himself when he was just 37.
(3)...........................

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

My parents’ warnings didn’t deter me from choosing the job of my dreams.

Necessity is the ______ of invention.

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Pronesti Ltd. paid £500 million to ……… the profitable computer software firm XBR Technologies.

The weather is truly__________ today.

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Dear Ms. Hsu 

We are writing to inform you that your Brisbane Independent Daily Herald subscription  rate is about to change from $18.75 per month to $21.00 per month. We regret any  financial burden this may place on our subscribers, but ------- our rising operating costs,  we find the change unavoidable. 

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Yesterday I ...... to a furniture store, I bought a new lamp there.

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:

Do you know that Jim has started painting as a hobby?

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We saw many beautiful birds _______ in the lake.

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It ……..  that many people are homeless after the flood.

Why ................at me like that? What’s the matter?

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:

Our science teacher always reminds us to be succinct when writing down data so that only the important information is recorded.

__________ tired after a long hard day, the marketing expert decided to call it a day and went home.

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It is estimated that no more than 200 Siberian tigers ...... in the wild.

ASEAN economic cooperation _______ many areas, such as agriculture, industry, services, transportations, and tourism

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The annual report indicates significant growth_____________the past several years.

She .............................German for two years.