What does she do? – She ................ the piano in a local orchestra. 

As he made no _______to our quarrel, I assumed he had forgiven me.

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:

Sorry, I can’t come to your party. I am snowed under with work at the moment.

The larger the area of forest is destroyed,     ...................

We believe that the popularity of …………products is the result of a combination of beauty and functionality.

 There … some good news about my family lately. 

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: 

Even as a child Thomas Edison had a very inquisitive mind; at the age of three he performed his first experiment.

…………the workload is very high at the moment, all the team members are optimistic that they will be able to finish the required work on time.

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My son has a big_________, he’s always telling stories about things which didn’t happen!

Since 1980, scientists all over the world … a lot of things to fight against AIDS. 

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He wondered who was going to pay for the .................. window.

The tourist industry is (1) ……. to be the largest industry. Before 1950 one million people travelled abroad each year but by the 1900s the figure (2) ….. to 400 million every year. (3) …… large numbers of tourists, however, are beginning to cause problems. For example, in the Alps the skiers are destroying the mountains they came to enjoy. Even parts of Mount Everest in the Himalayas are reported to be covered (4) ….. old tins, tents, and food that have been (5) ……
But at a time when we have (6) ….. freedom to travel than ever before, more and more people are asking how they can enjoy their holidays (7) ….. causing problems by spoiling the countryside. Now there is a new holiday (8) …… called "Holidays That Don't Cost The Earth". It tells you (9) ….. you can help the tourist industry by asking your travel agent the right questions (10) ……... you go on holiday.
(6)...............

It is relatively easy for computers to speak. A computer that says 'please' and 'thank you' in the right places is (1) ______ miracle of science , but recognizing the words that make up norm al, continuous human speech is another (2)________
Not until now have computer been programmed to (3) _____to a range of spoken commands. Until recently it was thought that computers would have tobe programmed to the accent and speech hahits of each user, and only then would be able to respond (4) _____to their master's or mistress's voice. Now rapid progress is being made (5) ______ systems programmed to adapt easily to each new speaker.
The IBM Tangora system, under development at the end of 1980s was claimed to (6) ______ a spoken vocabulary of 20,000 words with 95 percent accuracy. The system includes a processor that can make informed guesses as to (7) ______ is a likely sentence. That system has been programmed not only with grammatical rules, but also with an analysis of a vast quantity of office correspondence.
On the (8) _______of this information, the machine can calculate the probability of one particular word following another. Statistical probability is necessary for computers to interpret not only speech but also (9) ______ data.
Security systems can distinguish between faces they have been taught to recognize, but never has a computer been able to match a human's ability to make sense of a three-dimensional scene (10) ______ identifying all objects in it.
(5)......................

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I want to remind you that Allen Hall……. some construction work next week.

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When you are ........ orbit, you will be able to walk  ............. the wall.

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At this time, we are__________to exhibit any of your photographs in the shop. 151.

At present, they … at their office. 

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Nothing ………his opinion.

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Please reply____________to the invitation for the software training.

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Bread and butter ______ my family's daily food ten years ago.

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More actions should ........ taken to protect wildlife immediately.