Making chicken soup is not difficult; it's just a matter of following the ______.

The advances of commercial airplanes resulted in a shrinking world.

Thank you for your explanation, but I’m afraid I’m still in a _____ over what happened.

Urbanization can bring social health and benefit; ______ , it also has its drawback.

In military, A.I. robots are used to _______ dangerous environments containing explosives or contaminated by nuclear weapons.

You can ask Matin anything about history. He actually has quite a good _____ for facts.

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.

The jokes Jack tells are as old as _________.

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

His second venture, a software firm, is booming and will soon be ready to take on more staff.

After his journey, Gerard hoped to find an inn in which to ______ the night.

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

I won’t buy that car because it has too much _______ on it.

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.

Not until all their demands had been turned down did the workers decide to go on strike for more welfare.

At the first _____ of twelve everyone stopped for lunch.

After a momentary _________ of concentration, Simon managed to regain his focus and completed the test.

The operation of the newly constructed plants is likely to lead to _________ environmental consequences.

The climate is not dry at all; in fact, they have ____ of water.

Although the false banknotes fooled many people, they did not ____ to close examination.

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.

The students felt more confident to enter the competition thanks to the encouraging words from their teacher.

Because of their careless work, the road had to be repaired after only one year ______.

The tiger is ______ of extinction. It is difficult to find them in the wild.