The more challenging the exercises are,…    we feel

Time For A Change Liza Cooke works (1) ________ VSO, a voluntary charity organization. For the last three years she (2) ________ English in a primary school in a small village in Nigeria. Before that she lived with her parents in a (3) ________ house in Croydon, and worked in an office in north London. Her life changed dramatically after she decided to join VSO (4)________ volunteer worker.
I used to travel to work every day by train. The journey would take (5) ________ forty minutes and an hour. Now it only takes me a few minutes. I used to work in a large office with about thirty other people. Now I teach classes of up to fifty children. I still work (6) ________ - well, more of less. The classroom has walls but no windows! I used to hate my office job. It was so boring. But teaching is so different - I really enjoy it. 
Of course, working in an office and living at home (7) ________ that I had a lot of free time. I would go out every night of the week and enjoy myself. I never stayed at home. Now I find I have hardly (8) ________ free time, but I don't mind. I seem to spend most of my free time doing volunteer work
(6)...................................

Hello. Is that 21035? Please put me _______to the manager.

English is now an effective medium of international ___.

My teacher arrived after I  ............. for him for ten minutes

You can use my phone if yours _________. 

It was him who came running into the classroom with the news.

The two men, disguising as security guards, overpowered staff at the bank and escaped with £150,000.

Don’t put _____ until tomorrow what you can do today.

Some major causes of ocean pollution include oil spills, toxic waste and hazardous materials ........  into the ocean.

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: 

In times of war, the Red Cross is dedicated to reducing the sufferings of wounded soldiers, civilians, and prisoners of war.

The computer’s memory is the place where information  .......... and calculations are done.

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

The owner of Pergini Builders estimates that the construction in downtown Erlton will take___________eighteen months to complete.

John: “Last year, we went to one of those resorts where everything – food and drink - is free.”

Thomas: “  ....................   .”

Choose the correct answer. " We ____friends with  foreigners in a chat room"

Abdul was badly …… by astranger.

          __________   from several countries competed in many Olympic Games.

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

For a full refund, please_______the product in its original packaging.

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

When it comes to financing your vehicle, leasing has no__________advantage over purchasing.

Choose the best sentence that can be arranged from the words given.

our /I /will / school / if / access / much/ Internet / we / to / learn/ the / better / has

The house is old and it needs                      ​