Scientists are still uncertain of what the universe originated millions of years ago.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following sentences.

 Who made you work so hard yesterday?

The biologist found some pollutants, a little of which can be considered very harmful to fish and other living organisms in the river.

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After ......... 2 days ......... about where to go for their holidays, they decided ........ at home.

Before the invention of the printing press, books have been all printed by hand.

Julie’s mother abandoned her when she was a few of months old and she grew up in an orphanage.

A flammable liquid it was used to ignite a fire that burned part of the blighted Nairobi Shopping Centre.

She doesn't cook very often, _______? 

The vast majority of the world’s manganese is found in either South Africa but also the countries of the former USA.

Mining over 2,000 years ago, copper is one of the earliest known metals.

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I am afraid of .............. by the strong wind.

Identify the error in each sentence: When (A) several whale species were nearly (B) extinct, the (C) number of nations, including (D) the United States, agreed to abide by the international laws on whaling.

I remember Peter lives in ____ north, so we shouldn't be walking ____ east.

We need to look at energy mixes that are sustainable in the long ............ and are cleaner sources of energy.

About 200 million years before, all the continents were part of one vast land mass called Pangaea.

The tongue is the principle organ of taste, and is crucial for chewing, swallowed and speaking.

My father's hours became more irregular; sometimes he stayed in... house in .... morning and sometimes both he and my mother were out all ……day.

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. Familiar     B. Uncertain     C. Global     D. Impatient

What a(n) __ thing to say! what gave you that idea?

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I was just about .................. the office when the phone rang.

The first census to be __________ in Ottoman Istanbul in 1477 revealed a total of 16,324 households.