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:

Many new graduates take a part – time job and barely make ends meet every month.

We can enjoy live programmes through  .................. satellites.

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.

About 15,589 species (7,266 animal species and 8,323 plant species) are now considered ____ risk ____ extinction.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. "Animation involves a wide range ____ technical and artistic skills."

Many young people travel all over the world, and do all kinds of jobs before they ______ .

Although the patient’s condition is serious, she seems to be out of ..................

During the boss’s ............... his assistant took over.

Choose the underlined words that need correcting: 

The bus will be leaving on five minutes so you’d better hurry up.

Police are warning the public to be on the  ................ for suspicious packages.

Scientists and engineers have invented devices to remove ................ from industrial wastes.

Choose the best answer:

I can’t go out tonight ............. I am short of money.

 __________ the cold weather, my family still managed to go for a pinic.

Nam: “Hello, I’d like to book a room for the nights of the 18th and 19th.” Milan: “_______” 

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

Many parents may fail to recognize and respond to their children's needs until frustration explodes into difficult or uncooperative behaviour.

 She has just bought a new bicycle, ………… she? 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
People’s fingernails and toenails, according to a recent study, are nowadays growing more quickly. Research (35) _____ out at the University of North Carolina indicates that the speed at which human nails are growing has increased by (36) _____ 25 per cent over the last 70 years. The results of the study show that the (37)_____ human fingernail now grows about 3.5 mm a month, (38) _____ just 3 mm seven decades ago. Toenail growth, (39) _____ only about 2 mm per month, was also up on the figure (40) _____ in a similar survey done 70 years ago. Researchers (41) _____ the rapid increase down to changes in lifestyle, particularly the greater awareness of the importance of regular exercise and a healthy diet. This, they point out, is in (42) _____with similar trends in the height and weight of present-day adults. Interestingly, it appears that nails have a propensity to grow fastest (43) _____ warmer conditions, with the quickest growth rate among young people, and men. The fastestgrowing nail is on the middle finger while that on the little finger is (44) _____ the slowest, at only a fraction over 3 mm each month.
(35)..............................

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_______ team sports require cooperation.

She expects people ....her, but she never helps anyone! 

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

------ reviews for Leonard Atwood's new book were very positive, orders for the novel were lower than the publisher had expected.

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

Because Jack defaulted on his loan, the bank took him to court.

Animals classified as CR on the conservation status scale are in danger of__________