The new management board is often described as the ........... force behind the company’s rapid expansions.

Research has proved that a baby can distinguish its mother’s voice the moment he is born.

Eight decibel, which is a unit of relative loud, is the smallest amount of change detected by the human ear.

If we come home on time, our step-mother will be angry.

I’m just going to the shops; if anyone rings, tell them I will be back for a few minutes.

I _______not live here. 

Only when black bear has been spotted by the forest rangers will this portion of the park be closed down.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

The collapse of the stock market in 1929 signaled the beginning of the Depression.

The skin receives nearly the third of the blood pumped out by my heart.

Choose the best answer:

You can pass the exam by ................ harder.

If the water level has raised a little higher, the dam would probably have broken.

Identify the error in each sentence: Antarctic blue whales (A) can be (B) 100 foot long and weigh (C) more than (D) any dinosaur that ever lived.

These activities are considered as a chance for new comers to .............. with their colleagues in company.

With very high price of oil, people have to ..............  on petrol.

Do you think what people have smoked less and less?

Ocean currents that help transfer heat from the equator to the poles, thereby creating a more balanced global environment.

Identify the error in each sentence: (A) Although it would take a laboratory analysis (B) to determine the exact proportions of sand, silit, clay, and organic matter in your garden soil, you can get a good idea of what (C) it is by (D) feeling the soil’s texture.

The government must take ............. action against environmental pollution.

Choose the best answer:

He soon got ......... most of them and even managed .......... the greetings.

People enjoy a book ________ different ways.

In the sixteenth century, Francois Vieta, a French mathematician, used the vowels “a”, “b”, “c”, “o”, “u” to represent a unknown number.