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:

John stayed at home from work yesterday because he was feeling under the weather.

Identify the error in each sentence: Until the invention of the telephone, skyscrapers were not consider very practical

Marta being chosen as the most outstanding student of her campus made her parents very happy.

Someone who has ever tried to pick up spilled Mercury will disagree that this element is hard to handle.

Do you think what people have smoking less and less?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

A. interview B. processor C. essential D. compliment

Disease is not as widespread than before because better preventive vaccine and vastly improved nutrition.

Most pines grow rapidly and form slim, tall trunks that are ideally for lumber.

The prices of homes are as high in urban areas that most young people cannot afford to buy them.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Mary was sick. She didn’t leave the meeting until it ended.

It was in 1971 that transatlantic supersonic transportation became commercially availabilitt.

The Italy mint makes frequently coins from cheap alloys that are worth far less the value stamped on them.

Elizabeth explained during the meeting that it was a .................. of what should have priority.

It was Vitus Bering, the Danish sea captain, who discovered Alaska on its voyage to Russia in 1741.

You have to use a magnifying glass so that to see some of the minute details.

It is estimated that at least a million meteors have hit the Earth’s land surface, which is only 25 percentage of the planet.

I was such nervous that I didn’t think I would pass the exam.

The police officer lectured the children for ten minutes about the dangers to throw stones, but then let them off with a warning.

Reading ___________ an integral role in enhancing knowledge and relaxing.

Some methods to prevent soil erosion are plowing parallel with the slopes of hills, to plant trees on unproductive land, and rotating crops.

In "The Lawless Roads", Graham Greene __________ the people of Mexico by describing them in a highly patronizing manner.