The president has just realized that the launch of our new product must be postponed owing to…………conditions in the market.

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

“I’m sorry, madam. This is the fixed price and there is no discount.”

After I ...........lunch, I looked for my bag. 

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

He stood on the______________of the ship and watched the sea gulls dive for fish.

Choose the best option among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  Bats are fascinating …….have many interesting and amazing qualities.

Although it is true that some people in the neighborhood supported the expansion of the market a few years ago, now most of them…........…that it has gotten out of control and created many serious problems for the area.

It is now ending its first term as a school _____by the village community and the villagers are just proud of their achievement.

Choose the best answer:

I ................. on the street when it rained.

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

Warehouse employees must ____________ the safety guidelines as outlined in  the company manual.

 I come from Canada.Where ............you .................from? 

 I … a film for two years up to now.

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

…………his falling out with his former employer, Mr. Lee still meets with some of his old co-workers from time to time.

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The World Cup takes place ...... four years in different countries.

Thunderstorm and lightning posted a significant threat to the safety of the performers on stage so they had to ______the show.

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 Far more people ......... football on a Saturday afternoon than play it.

Some engineers have predicted that within twenty years automobiles______almost completely of plastic.

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The train couldn’t run fast .................... snow.

The population of ASEAN accounts _______ about 8.7% of the world's population.

Vincent Van Gogh is a famous painter from the 19th century. Van Gogh's paintings are sold at very high prices (1) ______many collectors want his paintings. But unfortunately, when he was (2) ______, he did not have a happy life.
Van Gogh was from a poor family in Holland and lived (3) _______his life at home. He lived a rather sad and (4) _______ life. He drew things that he could see (5) ______ around the quiet town of his parents' home or outside his window. This is why he painted things (6) _______the sky, his room and even himself. 
Van Gogh once cut off his own ear after drawing a picture of himself. He cut it off to (7) _______ the person that said the ear in Van Gogh's painting was not correct. It was very (8) _____ him to do such a thing.
Van Gogh was also (9) _________a crazy man. He really (10) ______become crazy, and was sent to a mental hospital. Sadly, he killed himself when he was just 37.
(10)...........................

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
(2)............................

A _____ of dancers from Beijing is one of the leading attractions in the festival.