The announcement of John Stanton's retirement was not well received by most of the staff members, but Leslie, his long time friend and colleague, was extremely …….to hear that Mr Stanton will now be able to enjoy some leisure time.

He and his family ............. at our home in Canada when he ............. to a conference, and that was a great experience, too. 

Read the passage and choose the best option to complete each blank. 
Singapore has a highly developed market-based economy (1) _______ historically revolves around extended trade. Along with Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan Singapore is one (2)_______ the Four Asian Tigers. The economy depends heavily on export, refining, imported goods, especially in manufacturing. Manufacturing constituted twenty six (3) ________ of Singapore’s GDP in 2005. The manufacturing industry is well –diversified into electronic petroleum refining chemicals, (4) _______ engineering and biomedical sciences manufacturing. In 2006, Singapore produced about 10 percent of the world foundry water output. Singapore’s the busiest port in the world in terms of tonnage shipped. Singapore is The world’s fourth largest foreign exchange trading centre after London, New York City (5) _______ Tokyo
(3)............................

Why ................at me like that? What’s the matter?

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

To cancel at any time, call our customer service department at 780-555-0190, and you will be given a full refund for the remaining ……..

In Vietnam, children begin their primary ........  at the age of six.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Event coordinators should include receipts for________above 25 dollars in their reports.

Choose the best answer:

The crowd at a football match are often .................

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Astronomers do not have sufficient information to determine what the solar system was created

We .....................Doris since last Sunday. 

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

By the time Ms. Valspar retires as president of Movene Technologies, she………to increase the company's market share significantly.

       _____________ he had a suggestion he didn’t raise his hand.

_______ consists of thirteen states and three federal territories in Southeast Asia with a total land mass of 329,847 square kilometers

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Factory officials reported that with the installation of the new machinery, errors  during ________ have decreased by 15 percent.

Huong teaches small children. She often finds her job__________. 

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

We bought this house because it is close____________the school.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Lisa was wearing a pure white dress, with a gold belt round her__________. 

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: My father hasn’t smoked _____ three years.

Identify the underlined word/phrase (A or B, C,D) that needs correcting to become an exact one.

When she came to my house I lied in bed listening to music.

Choose the best answer:

It is necessary ............ forests.

Every ten minutes, one kind of animal, plant or insect dies (1) ...... forever. If nothing is done about it, one million species that are alive today will have become (2) ...... twenty years from now.
The seas are in (3) ........ They are being filled with poison, industrial and nuclear (4) ......., chemical fertilizers and pesticides, sewage. The Mediterranean is already nearly dead. The North Sea is following. If nothing is done about it, one day soon nothing will be able to live in the seas.
The tropical rain forests, which are the (5) ...... of half the earth's living things (including many rare animals and plants), are being destroyed. If nothing is done about it, they will have disappeared in twenty years. The (6) ...... on the world's climate and on our agriculture and food supplies, will be disastrous.
Fortunately, somebody is trying to do something about it. In 1961, the World Wildlife Fund was (7) ...... - a small group of people who wanted to raise money to save animals and plants from extinction.
Today, the World Wildlife Fund is a large international organization. It has raised over $35 million for conservation projects, and has created or given (8) ...... to National Parks in five continents. It has helped 30 mammals and birds, including the tiger, to (9) ........ Perhaps this is not much, but it is a start. If more people give more money - and if more governments wake up to what is happening -perhaps the World Wildlife Fund will be able to help US to avoid the disaster that (10) ...... the natural world, and all of US will be with it.
(8)..................