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.

Their daughter soon became a celebrated writer after the publication of her first novel.

You’re very quiet today. What have you got on your............?

Professor Berg was very interested in the diversity of cultures all over the world.

The problem of_______ in big cities, which stems from uncontrolled migration from rural areas.

At the first _____ of twelve everyone stopped for lunch.

He formerly worked as a machinist_______ in Boeing's Everett assembly plant.

Everybody in the house woke up when the burglar alarm _________

He would win the race if he..... his brother's example and trained harder.

The world’s biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, which makes wildlife ________.

______- is natural environment in which plant or animals live.

I usually buy my clothes ________. It’s cheaper than going to the dress maker.

Culture has been described as features that are shared and bind people together into a community.

Deserts often include _________ and rocky surface.

Scientists warn that many of the world’s great cities are _______ flooding.

WHO is an international organization that takes _________ of human health care.

The government is going to _____ the old building and build a new one.

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

Tim finds mending old clothes incredibly............ that's why he always asks his mother to do it for him.

Students who study far from home often have problems with _______.

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

Two of the children have to sleep in one bed, but the other three have ______ ones.