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

Around 150 B.C. the Greek astronomer Hipparchus developed a system to classify stars according to brightness.

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The usage of the device was …………… more difficult than I had thought

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Companies should examine the environmental effects of …………… activities

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The board of directors voted _______ a 25% pay increase in their salaries

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Inasmuch as we are interrelated altogether, whatever the sales representatives promise the customers will directly _______ those in the Customer Service Department

Rewrite the following sentences with the meaning unchanged.

Her father is planting two trees in the garden now.

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Tina is always understanding, patient, and sensitive when helping her friends to their problems.

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the following word(s).  "teenagers"

Identify the word or phrase – A, B, C or D – that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.

For years the group has been campaigning an inquiry to hold into the accident.

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 "We're still looking for Thomas" - "Hasn't he_____ yet?".

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Mr. Tanaka is …………… of dealing with unexpected problems in the office

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Gold_____ in California in the nineteenth century

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In spite _______, the baseball game was not cancelled

The machine .....................on by pressing this switch.

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…………… concerns over weak sales, the company cannot come up with effective solutions

She made her son  ______the windows before he could go outside to play with his friends.

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When the installation process is ........ and an "OK" screen appears on the computer, please remove the last CD and click "reboot"

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

I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. "He became ______ as a professional writer at the age of 20."

Choose the best option among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: His kindness did not ….. unnoticed by his staff.

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I am writing ....... behalf of Mr. William tc inform you of the alteration in the date of our upcoming meeting in Tokyo