It was _____ by the railways board that the cost of rail fares would be increased by ten per cent.

It was a ____ for the climbers to reach the top of the mountain.

Hello, Is that 21035? Please put me ______ to the manager. 

Carlos was ………. the first prize in the essay competition.

The situation got out of hand when the festival organisers couldn't foresee that the mob would get angry because they were stopped from taking the offerings.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following question

How many countries took part in the last Olympic Games?

As the train pulled out of the station, I started to ______ to the man sitting opposite.

She had never imagined being able to visit such remote countries.

His work ______ new ground in the treatment of cancer. It is now giving many cancer victims hope of complete recovery.

The weather is going to change soon; I feel it in my __________

She ______ her hand over the material, enjoying the smooth silky feeling of its surface.

Once you have been accepted as a pupil or student at the school or college, it's against the law for them to discriminate against you because of your religion or belief.

Each nation has many people who voluntarily take care of others.

My cousin was nervous about being interviewed on television, but he ______ to the occasion wonderfully.

When I was a child, I loved to splash through the ______ after rain.

The old houses were__________ down to make way for a block of flats.

A reduction in the amount of paperwork has been proposed in an attempt to ease the ____________on busy teachers.

It was ________ easy for him to learn baseball because he had been a cricket player.

Economic analyses of soil_______ conservation investments may be done from private and social perspectives.

The new sports complex ______ will accommodate an Olympic-sized swimming pool and others including fitness center, and a spa, to name just a few.

She cried so much that her face became ______.