He was a much older tennis player but he had the great ______ of experience.

You should not burn _______. You had better dig a hole and bury it.

The workmen made so much ______ that Mr. walker had to spend three days cleaning up afterwards.

The last week of classes is always very busy because students are taking examinations, making applications to the University, and extending their visas. (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.)

..................is the beach? - Only five minutes' walk.

Since his retirement, Peter Smith, who was ______ a teacher, has written four novels.

Science has made great _____ during the past 30 years.

Well-mannered children have usually been properly _____ by their parents.

The presently accepted theory of light _______ some of the ideas of both earlier theories.

Unless the workers’ demands are ______ soon there will be a strike.

He told me he had been offered a very well-paid _____ abroad.

Most things are now mass-produced rather than ______.

You are not allowed to use the ______ after eleven o’clock at night, as it makes too much noise.

He has always gone _____ strange hobbies like collecting bottle-tops and inventing secret codes.

 When you are riding a bicycle you should _____ the handlebars firmly.

 Let me know if any difficulties _______.

 A narrow road ______ the stream to the other side of the park.

Voices were ______as the argument between the two motorists became more bad-tempered.

Wolves were _______ mournfully in the nearby forest.

He has adopted three orphans ______ his own six children so that, all together, he has nine children to provide for.

After driving for five hours, the driver pulled into ______ for a rest.