The goalkeeper also has one___________ that other players do not have: he or she cannot cross the half-distance line.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: 

The lost hikers stayed alive by eating wild berries and drinking spring water.

The software enables _________ the Internet in seconds.

________ taking an extra courses next emester? It's essential.

A teenager in Bosnia recently threatened to __________ her father with a hand grenade after he refused to return her mobile phone. 

Fish, poultry, beans or nuts ........... half of their dinner plate.

If you _    English well, you will communicate with foreigners.

Choose the correct answer to complete each following sentence by circling A, B, C or D.

Arnby Cable______________€25.00 to all Internet subscribers after the weeklong service interruption.

The instructor blew his whistle and .............

Identify the error in each sentence: (A) The number of (B) time she spends (C) playing games (D) is increasing everyday.

There was so much snow that our village was completely_______ and had food to be brought in by helicopter.

Today's weather will be a .................... of yesterday.

Smoking is extremely detrimental to health, ..............  many people continue to smoke anyway.

Identify the error in each sentence: Only in a situation like this children learn a lot about how to behave

Please be quiet because the baby _______ right now.

................ the light rain, the baseball game will not be cancelled unless the other team concedes.

In Japan, __  most important holiday of ___     season is New Year’s Day, which comes one week after Christmas.

If it hadn't been for his carelessness, he _    the exams.

 The children ___________ high grade at school. 

Every country has its (1) _________ traditions, some of which have existed for centuries. In my opinion, we should do everything possible to preserve them.
Some people think that in today's high-tech world traditional celebrations are too old-fashioned and (2) _________ to our lives. However, (3) _________ such as Carnival, are important, as they bring communities together and make us think about other people and not just computers. 
(4) _________ argument against traditional festivals is that they are expensive to organise. To some extent this is true, particularly when there are firework (5) _________ or parades. On the other hand, it is a small price to pay for brightening up our lives with entertainment and colour. (6) _________, celebrations like the 'Fallas' in my home town of Valencia (7) _________ many tourists and their money.
Finally, although I agree that some traditional customs (8) _________ their original significance, they can provide an opportunity for us to learn about our past. For example, Bonfire Night teaches British children about a particular period of their country's history.
To conclude, traditional celebrations are (9) _________ great pleasure and interest, and they are certainly (10) _________ keeping.
(2)...............

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: 

The aircraft carrier is indispensable in naval operations against sea or shore based enemies.