Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

The project has been put on ice until our boss decides what to do next.

Daisy has spent the last two weekends _____ hundreds of photographs so that she can put them in separate albums.

Teachers complain that more of their time is taken up with _______than with teaching.

Those companies were closed due to some seriously financial problems.

Four generations living in the same roof will have different ____ of lifestyle.

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

Many inhabitants in the village have been inflicted with cancer due to the polluted source of water.

It will _____ time if we make the sandwiches the day before the picnic.

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

She sat down at the piano and began to play a patriotic _____. 

The regulations have been put into __________ on a trial basis.

The two dogs started to fight, so we tried to ______ them.

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.

When I was going shopping yesterday, I accidentally met one of my old friends in high school.

Although John was the eldest in the family, he always let his sister ______ charge of the house. 

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

Her style of dress was conservative. She never wears items that are too tight, short or low-cut.

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

Murder is a serious crime and one rarely ______________ with it.

Having said he would mend the clock he discovered that he had not brought the right ______ for the job.

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 the following question.

My parents always disapproved of my smoking. They even told me once it would stop me growing taller.

Every time he tried to start the car, the wheels ______ deeper into the mud.

The mother separated the quarrelling children and gave each of them a sharp ______.

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 each of the following questions.

We have lived there for years and grown fond of the surroundings. That is why we do not want to leave.