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

Debbie is the black _____ of the family, having left home at 17 to live with her boyfriend.

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

Whenever anything ______ happens, a crowd of people is certain to gather.

The map was drawn to the standard ______ of 1/100,000, so there was not much detail.

Televisions are now an everyday feature of most households in the United States, and television viewing is the number of one activity leisure.

I wish today ................ my birthday.

The advances of commercial airplanes resulted in a shrinking world.

When someone …………… a poem or other piece of writing, they say it aloud after they have learn it.

Make sure you mix the ingredients well, _______ you might get up lumps in your cake.

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

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) of the following question

There has been a hot debate among the scientists relating to the pros and cons of using robotic probes to study distant objects in space.

He president has failed to_______ the two most important social issues of our time.

Andrew is a very disciplined employee. He ________ great importance to coming to work in time.

The_______ of living here, of course, is that it is expensive.

Jack ____________ his best suit to make a good impression on his future in-laws.

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.

He is a naughty boy who likes teasing and playing tricks on his classmates.

The society was set up to______ endangered species from extinction.

She finally achieved her_______ of visiting the USA.

In an ________ to diffuse the tension, I suggest that we go to see a movie.

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