We  ..........  today and I got into trouble because l hadn't done it.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: 

The province of British Columbia offers visitors breathtaking views of the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

As well as being a necessary life-saving skill, swimming also (26)________us with a source of great pleasure and relaxation. Swimming, as well as other water sports like diving, surfing or just floating on your back, are some of the best ways to have (27)________and keep fit at the same time. Water sports are enjoyable for people of (28)________ages and even babies can learn to swim.

For elderly people or (29)________with physical handicaps, swimming provides gentle, yet effective exercise. Swimming for fitness and recreation has been popular (30) ________the earliest times, for instance in ancient Egypt, Greece and Roma. Swimming competitions developed in the nineteenth century and swimming races were (31)_______ in the first of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. Now water sports are (32)________ all over the world and most towns have at least one swimming pool.

Most water sports - swimming, surfing and water-skiing, etc, take (33)________on the surface of the water, but scuba divers explore deep below the waves.

There they can find fascinating sea creatures and strange rockformations. Some archaeologists are divers. (34)________search the seabed for wrecks of ships sunk hundreds of years ago which (35)________ objects that show how people lived in ancient times.

(26)________

At first I thought Jake was an _________guy, but tonight I felt somewhat ________with his company.

 The children ___________ high grade at school. 

This exercise is too difficult for us _    

When  ............   to the party, she politely refused.

Every country has its (1) _________ traditions, some of which have existed for centuries. In my opinion, we should do everything possible to preserve them.
Some people think that in today's high-tech world traditional celebrations are too old-fashioned and (2) _________ to our lives. However, (3) _________ such as Carnival, are important, as they bring communities together and make us think about other people and not just computers. 
(4) _________ argument against traditional festivals is that they are expensive to organise. To some extent this is true, particularly when there are firework (5) _________ or parades. On the other hand, it is a small price to pay for brightening up our lives with entertainment and colour. (6) _________, celebrations like the 'Fallas' in my home town of Valencia (7) _________ many tourists and their money.
Finally, although I agree that some traditional customs (8) _________ their original significance, they can provide an opportunity for us to learn about our past. For example, Bonfire Night teaches British children about a particular period of their country's history.
To conclude, traditional celebrations are (9) _________ great pleasure and interest, and they are certainly (10) _________ keeping.
(5)...............

Only because he had to support his family ________to leave school early. 

According to the ______ of the contract, tenants must give six months notice if they intend to leave.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: As the fairy tale goes., the prince ….. into a frog by an evil magician, and only a kiss from a beautiful princess could restore him to his original State.

I can't wait for the river to ________ so we can do some ice fishing.

Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

The common field mouse is about four inches long and has a three – inched tail.

__________ is a sport involving travel over water on a small 2-4.7 meter board powered by wind acting on a single sail.

He ______ the club on recommendation from his friend Jack.

Windsurfing or _______ is the sport of sailing on water standing on a windsurfer.

He never allowed his work to impinge ______ his private life.

The problem of ________ among young people is hard to solve. 

Marie Curie was the first and only woman _______ two Nobel Prizes.

Let's hope that the New Year ___________ in a period of prosperity for everyone.

When the automobile salesman described the car so _________, we became very uneasy about buying it.