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.

There is a world of difference between love and marriage. While love belongs to emotion, marriage means a lot of bonds and responsibilities.

If you like asking, there’s a ski .............  under an hour’s driving from Madrid.

I'm searching for websites offering career advice so that I can ____ a plan. 

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Last year, the young chemists contributed  _______________  to the development of a new adhesive.

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___________ concerns about its side effects, it was acknowledged that Bupropion could help smokers to stop smoking.

I’m afraid we no longer sell that model of laptop because we had .................. a lot of complaints.

It can be a very  __________ surprise if you expect to shake hands and get a kiss or a hug instead. 

Some scientists say that there are enough resources to _    8 billion people.

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When you return an item by mail, be sure the receipt is   ______________ to the request form to expedite processing.

He locked the doors  ............  be disturbed when he was studying for his exams.

What ............... can be drawn from the experiment of two American physicists, Clinton Davisson and Lester Germer?

After we _____ our work, we ____ for lunch.

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Mr. Liu's long list of awards can be attributed to his skills  ____________  a designer.

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It started to rain hard; ______,  we decided to stay at home to watch TV.

Over three hundred workers were made redundant because they had to ____ one factory.

Extinction means a situation ............ a plant, an animal or a way of life stops existing.

These two provinces are Canada’s business and  _______ heartland.

 A _______ is a landscape or region that receives very little precipitation.

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As anticipated, when Flowers, Inc. reduced its prices, the Hawes Garden Center did ____________.

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The manager was pleased that his team had made a significant  ____________  to the fundraising event.

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The seminar room's seating capacity is ------ forty, so Professor Lim's presentation should be delivered in the auditorium.