He always studies the ______ in the paper as he wants to find a good second-hand car.

I do not think there is a real ______ between men and women at home as well as in society.

With its expensive furniture and carefully-chosen colour scheme the room looked quite _______ .

Professor Berg was very interested in the diversity of cultures all over the world. (Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.)

Will you ______ my essay, please, to find out whether made any mistakes?

In the market, the merchants _______ and joked with their friends and neighbours.

Temple of Literature is the famous historical and cultural.......in Hanoi.

Tom was a highly ______ teacher who took his duties seriously but he had neither the personality nor ability to achieve much success.

The castle was surrounded by a _______, which nowadays contained only occasional rainwater.

She tried to ______ out of the window to see the procession more clearly.

My dad said that I’d better spend more time on my __________ .

 The old lady couldn’t ____ because she had rheumatism.

 There is _____ that I may have to go into hospital next week.

Now that he has retired, he lives partly on his pension and partly on the _____ on his post office savings account.

I shall never manage to beat John at tennis; we are clearly not in the same ______.

 Can’t you _____ your chief to let you have a holiday?

Can you tell me who is responsible ______ checking passports?

The actor enjoys giving ______ of poems by his favourate poets.

We had a nice chat over a cup of tea.

He criticised everything and everybody and even ran _____ his few friends.

 If you are bitten by a poisonous snake, it is necessary to be given an ______ as quickly as possible.