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:

At last, we succeeded in persuading those boys and girls to join our picnic.

The International Red Cross helps to ensure respect for the human being, and to prevent and relieve human .................

Last nights concert did not _______ our expectations.

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Today's online world is full of opportunities for all of us to ____ our own learning path.

Yuri Gagarin was the first person ________into space. 

The teacher always  .................... that the students make an outline before writing the complete essay.

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Ms. Johnson_______________    a feasible solution to the customer's network problem.

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:

The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.

I’d like to make ____for crashing your car. Let me pay for the repairs.

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: 

Our parents join hands to give us a nice house and a happy home

I’m sorry but I assure you that I had no intention ____________ offending you.

 I ……difficulty in finding a suitable job

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Doctors advise people who are deficient __________ vitamin C to eat more fruit and vegetables.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  My mother permitted me to go out at night. She said, “You…… go out tonight

Indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The plans should remain flexible to accommodate changes in students' needs and circumstances.

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.
(39)..............................

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------ the terms of his employment contract, Mr. Allen receives 1.5 times his regular pay rate for overtime hours.

Women usually don’t shake hands when being  ......................

What a heavy fog we have! I’m sure our flight will surely fall behind _____.

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You will become ill ....................  you stop working so hard. 

All rubbish and sewage has to be _________ treated before being discharged into seas and rivers.