Most babies will grow up to be as clever a their parents.

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:

All classifications of human societies and cultures are arbitrary.

Mary found it hard to concentrate on her work because the noise.

All the schools throughout of the country underwent the educational reform.

Seven decibel, which is a unit of relative loud, is the smallest amount of change detected by the human ear.

Unlike many writings of her time, she was not preoccupied with morality.

Choose the best answer:

Have you tried .......... that bottle with hot water?  That is very funny.

He had so a difficult exercise that he couldn’t do it.

You promised her a letter; you ought to_______ days ago.

Choose the best answer:

How are you? I haven’t seen you ............... ages.

That lecturer, his name I have forgotten, is very well-known.

It is becoming totally difficult to grow enough to feed the world’s rapidly increased population.

Prejudice is a set of rigid and   ..........  toward a particular group that is formed in disregard of facts.

Mr Kent is on time for everything. How _____ it be that he was late for the opening ceremony? 

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: She always has her head ….. in a book.

If a person were to look up from the bottom of a deep well, he will be able to see stars in the middle of the day.

The fossil remains of much extinct mammals have been found in the tarpits at Rancho La Brea in Los Angeles.

Identify the error in each sentence: 

After rising the flag to commemorate the holiday, the mayor gave a long speech. 

According to many educators, television should not become a replacement for good teachers, and neither are computers.

Our house has been redecorated last week. You can still smell paint when you enter and the wallpaper has a striking contrast with the floor.

It’s time you went home, but I’d rather you stay here.