Under this high-pressure and competitive environment, it is ____ a balanced lifestyle.

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions. "Some student wiped the board ____ was full of notes and drawings."

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
People’s fingernails and toenails, according to a recent study, are nowadays growing more quickly. Research (35) _____ out at the University of North Carolina indicates that the speed at which human nails are growing has increased by (36) _____ 25 per cent over the last 70 years. The results of the study show that the (37)_____ human fingernail now grows about 3.5 mm a month, (38) _____ just 3 mm seven decades ago. Toenail growth, (39) _____ only about 2 mm per month, was also up on the figure (40) _____ in a similar survey done 70 years ago. Researchers (41) _____ the rapid increase down to changes in lifestyle, particularly the greater awareness of the importance of regular exercise and a healthy diet. This, they point out, is in (42) _____with similar trends in the height and weight of present-day adults. Interestingly, it appears that nails have a propensity to grow fastest (43) _____ warmer conditions, with the quickest growth rate among young people, and men. The fastestgrowing nail is on the middle finger while that on the little finger is (44) _____ the slowest, at only a fraction over 3 mm each month.
(41)..............................

We have no time left, so please  ................ an end to our discussion here.

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.
While Tom Spinkler was travelling along Wagon Wheel Road in Big Cypress Swamp in South Florida, he came across a young snake.

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On the ............. to the village, we saw a big hotel.

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It was ................. to listen to the story which the guide told. 

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: 

The council has spent an enormous amount of money on this project.

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........................ does it take you to school? About ten minutes.

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The United States has a ............. of around 250 million.

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:

Those who advocate for doctor-assisted suicide say the terminally ill should not have to suffer.

The ................. north we go, the less likely we are to meet high temperatures.

Choose the correct response to each of the following exchanges. " Can I leave a message to Jim?" -"________"

The Red Cross is an international organization that helps people who are suffering from the results of war, diseases or  .....................

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

Some operations many have to be halted unless more blood donors come forward to help.

This job requires  some important  .......... You have to be good at operating machines and dealing with people,

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All the countries in the area have _______ to protect their wildlife but they are rarely enforced.

_____ you happen to visit him, give him my best wishes.

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

I didn’t go to work this morning. I stayed at home due to the morning rain.

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:

Although we argued with him for a long time, he stood his ground.

If one species becomes extinct, the whole chain will be .......................  seriously.