In Britain, it is compulsory to go to school between the ages of five and sixteen.

We need ___________ to help the disaster-stricken area.

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

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

If you put your money in a bank now, you may get 12%___________annually.

He lost his _____ when the policeman stopped him. 

The book offers a_______ glimpse of the lives of the rich and famous.

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

Rita is not _________ of doing this work - she should change her class.

The mass media are ____ of communication, such as books, newspapers, recordings, radio, movies, television, mobile phones and the Internet.

Everybody in the house woke up when the burglar alarm _________

The _________ prices of property in big cities may deter people on low incomes from owning a house there.

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

In view of the way things have improved I now feel confident enough to have another bite at the _______.

As Tim was..................of the modification in the schedule, he arrived an hour late for the meeting.

As Joe's roommate, I find him a fairly nice fellow, even if at times it is not easy to ______his noisy behavior.

When he applied for a _____ in the office of the local newspaper, he was told to see the manager.

The advances of commercial airplanes resulted in a shrinking world.

Blacken 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.

He was sacked from his job after the manager discovered that he had stolen some money from his colleagues.

Because of people’s______ with the environment, many kinds of plants and animals are becoming rare.

I wish the children …………… making the noise.