Most children nowadays prefer watching TV ________ reading books.

The elevator is not running today. It is ________ order.

John ...........  to walk home if Sara hadn’t given him a lift.

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:

Helen Keller, blind and deaf from an early age, developed her sense of smell so finely that she could identify friends by their personal odors.

People thought that maybe his novel might one day be turned into a film and become a Hollywood ______.

Choose the word or phrase — a, b, c or d — that best fits the blank space in the following passage. 
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is a (1)_____ agency of the United Nations established on November 16 1945. Its stated (2) _____ is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, and culture in order to(3 )_____ universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and the human rights and fundamental freedoms (4) ____ in the UN Charter. It is the heir of the League of Nations' International Commission on Intellectual Cooperation. UNESCO has 193 Member States and 6 Associate Members. The organization is (5) ___ in Paris, with over 50 field offices and many specialized institutes and centres throughout the world. Most of the field offices are "cluster" offices (6) ___ three or more countries; there are also national, and regional offices. UNESCO (7) ____ its objectives through five major programes: education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and communication and information . Projects (8) ____ by UNESCO include literacy, technical, and teacher-training programes; international science programes; the promotion of independent media and freedom of the press; regional and cultural history projects, the promotion of cultural (9)____; international cooperation agreements to secure the world cultural and natural heritage ( World Heritage Sites ) and to (10) ___ human rights.
(2)...................

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:

Those who advocate for doctor-assisted suicide say the terminally ill should not have to suffer.

 They.....be away for the weekend but I am not sure 

Choose the best answer:
I dislike ………………… in line.- So do I. That’s why I prefer ……………….. at night when there are fewer people.

All applications to courses at tertiary institutions are made through UCAS, a central agency ................ UK universities and colleges of higher education.

When I got my case back, it had been damaged ..........   repair.

A keystone species is a species of plants or animals ________ absence has a major effect on an ecological system.

She came in covered in mud, so I bathed her and .................... her in new clothes.

The ________ at the football match became violent when their team lost.

 You will have to work hard if you want to ___________. 

No one can decline the ................. of the Alaska wildness.

Cigarette smoking can             a loss of appetite.

When he retires at sixty, he'll get a very good________.

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

Although more and more companies are beginning to accept bitcoins, the percentage of purchases made using bitcoins is minuscule compared to other online payment methods.

His lack of qualifications was taken as a sign of a .................. youth.

In this course, students receive .................... in the basic English grammar.e