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

A ___________ buffalo is the 22nd South East Asian Games Mascot because Vietnam is an agricultural country.

You will _____ your hand if you put it into that hot water.

I hate ______ newspapers; they're just full of gossip, scandal and lies!

The forecast has revealed that the world’s reserves of fossil fuel will have ________ by 2015.

I have decided to buy that house. I won’t change my mind _________what you say.

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

Her hair was wet from the _____ tossed up by the huge waves.

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

As it was dark, he _____ his toe against the tableleg. 

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

The cyclist was riding so erratically that the driver had to _____ to avoid hitting him. 

British and Australian people share the same language, but in other aspects they are as different as ____.

A water polo team _____________ seven players, six swimmers and a goalie.

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.

Normally he is rather _____ but sometimes he talks freely about himself.

When you see your teacher approaching you, a slight wave to attract his attention is appropriate.

It seemed as if all of a ______ the animal had smelt danger in the air.

We had a marvollous holiday: only the last two days were slightly ______ by the weather.

The advances of commercial airplanes resulted in a shrinking world.

These projects have proved to be very effective in dealing with global climate change, which was considered an insoluble problem in the first 30 years of this century.