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

Billy, come and give me a hand with cooking. (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.)

 In the capitalist countries, the rising _______ of living is as hard on country families as on city families.

 The girl’s father _____ to buy her a car if she passed her examination.

 Many of the earliest _____ into the United States established large plantations.

You couldn’t ______ any secrets even for an hour in that little town.

 I read an interesting _______ in a newspaper about farming today.

She came to England for a year in order to ______ the language.

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

 I had quite ______ on my way to work this morning.

It takes a lot of ______ to put on a school play such as hamlet

If present dissatisfaction over salaries continues the _____ result will be loss of staff.

What he described as a ______ detail I thought was the most important part of the plan.

He has got a degree _______ Information Technology from Oxford University.

I sat near the entrance for a long time _____ him, but he didn’t arrive.

An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of _______.

He said he had every _____ in his secretary; she would do the right thing.

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

The finance minister has not been so _____since he raised taxes to such a high level.

This house ……… last year.

You should be very _____ to your teachers for their help.