They were late for work because their car _______ 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:

He was asked to account for his presence at the scene of crime.

They shouldn't have played the football match in such bad weather.

You really dropped  ...................  the other day when you told Brian you’d seen his wife at the cinema. He thought she was at her mother’s.

 I think mathematics _    one of the most difficult subjects.

............. you treat him, he’ll help you. He’s so tolerant.”

John: “The instructions were in French and I translated them into English for him.” Anna: “You  ............ . He knows French.”

 It was such a _________ story everybody ended up crying. 

Soldiers often wear _____ so you can’t see them easily.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentences that is closest in meaning to the given sentence in each of the following questions.

Apart from Bill, all the students said they would come to the party.

John .............. taking the money, but nobody believed him.

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: 

On the spur of the moment, she decided to enter the race that she had come to watch.

St. Catherine’s Monastery Library in Egypt is the first library in the world .............  in the sixth century.

They say that many people are homeless after the tsunami.

.............. you feel thirsty, please help yourself to the drinks over there.

The restaurant has a very ................. menu. Every day there are several delicious dishes to choose from.

The boy next door fell off his bike yesterday but he was all right. He  .............. himself badly.

The International Red Cross helps people in need without any discrimination based on _______, race, religion, class or political opinions.

Only in this way _    after leaving university.

Sheila Hammond, who was only twenty-three when she was elected as a Member of Parliament, said she owed her success all to the way she had been  ...............  by her mother, Margaret.

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

Passengers are asked to store any carry-on luggage  _________  in the overhead bins and fasten their seat belts prior to takeoff.