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.

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.

When I was going shopping yesterday, I accidentally met one of my old friends in high school.

After his miraculous recovery from the stroke, the man spent the ______ of his life travelling and doing charity work.

We were ________ a mile of our destination when we ran out of petrol.

Paper clips, drawing pins and safety-pins were ____ all over the floor.

Some high school students take part in helping the handicapped.

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

Throughout his childhood, he suffered from ______ illnesses.

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

I had no idea that you and he were on such intimate terms. I thought you were only casual acquaintances.

If you make a cat angry it may _____ you.

The factory was fined for______ chemicals into the river.

I looked the word up in the dictionary to refresh my ________ of its exact meaning.

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

The______ is the air, water and land in or on which people, animals and plants live.

He began to take politics _____ only when he left school.

_______ does not exist yet, but scientists are working hard to create computers that can think like human beings.

- Anna: “Were you involved in the accident?”

- Maria: “Yes. But I wasn’t to__________ for it”

Installing is firewall is one method of trying to protect against_______.

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

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.

Lisa is now in two minds whether or not to take a gap year after leaving high school.

As it was getting late, the boys decided to____ the campfire and crept into their sleeping bags.