Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks from 15 to 19
About 50 or so kinds modern plastic are made from oil, gas, or coal-non-renewable natural resources.  We (15)___ well over three million tons of the stuff in Japan each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away .A high proportion of our animal consumption is in the (16)____ of packaging and this constitutes about seven percent by weight, of our domestic(17) ____ . Almost all of it can be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling industry is growing fast. The plastics themselves are extremely energy - rich – they have a higher calorific(18) ____ than coal and one methodn of “recovery” strongly (19)____ by plastic manufacturers if the conversion of waste plastic into a fuel
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Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentence. "______ she was tired , she agreed to give me a hand with the clean-up."

All the ______ shots from Silicon Valley were invited to meet the president.

She is looking____ a new place to live because she does not want to depend ____ her parents any more. 

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Have you________that audio from the website yet? I can’t find it in any folders.

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You need a ________who has special training to sort out your financial issues

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The primary causes of species extinction are habitat________, commercial exploitation and pollution.

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The more you have tried to edit the article, _________________

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There are times ____________ I wonder why I do this job.

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You can count the number of times she’s offered to buy me a drink on the ________ of one hand

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Solar energy is not widely used ______ it is friendly to the environment

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The carbon dioxide gas given ____ by the fermenting vat was known as “fixed air”

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My mother asked me ____

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Her father bought her _________ when he went on holiday in Singapore last week.

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

The nominating committee always meet behind closed doors, lest its deliberations become known prematurely.

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The residents living in this area were warned not to be extravagant with water __________ the low rainfall this year

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When my daughter was a baby, I noticed that she developed a ___________ liking for classical music, and when she was six I signed her up for violin classes

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I had a ______ chat with my manager and gave him an update on the project

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He’s________as tall as you are

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Our school _______ for the summer holidays on the 10thof July.

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These scientists have collected different samples to __________ for their experiment.