The phone _________ for several minutes before I heard it

Read the book ________ and you can find the information you need.

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

There has been insufficient rainfall over the past two years, and farmers are having trouble.

The ____________ year in Vietnam runs from September to May and is divided into two terms.

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 teacher gave some suggestions on what could come out for the examination.

It has been conclusively ________ that smoking causes many diseases.

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 

The speaker at the Westicon Literature Seminar told an  ___________  story that had the entire audience laughing in enjoyment.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined bold word(s) in each of the following questions: 

Population growth rates vary among regions and even among countries within the same region.

The thief wore gloves so that his fingerprints didn’t ______.

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The museum dismissed the curator after some of the oldest paintings were damaged.

At first I found it difficult to get .............  on the other side of the road.

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: (A) Thanks to the (B) timely laws, some elephant populations, especially (C) that in southern Africa, (D) have recovered over the last decade

Clean the floor ......... the children slip and fall.

Sometimes ................  wears people out and is worse than the lack of sleep itself.

They are going to hold next year's congress in San Francisco.

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Providing senior managers with incentive-based compensation is a  ____________  solution to their declining productivity.

The planes were delayed and the hotel was awful, but  .................  we still had a good time.

The computer does not work. It............during transportation. 

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In the United States, the transition from one president to the next one is generally smooth.

The whale shark has long been considered a(n) ................... species as its natural habitat is seriously damaged owing to marine pollution.

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Research indicates that consumers are much more likely to purchase products from companies that show  ______  for the environment.