Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

If that was done on a national scale, we would wipe out this infectious disease.

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

The jokes Jack tells are as old as _________.

If I had more time, I should _______ golf as a hobby. 

Only three out of twenty ______ were chosen for the job after the interview.

We were quite impressed by the ______ students who came up with the answer to our question almost instantly.

Despite our careful planning, the whole surprise party was a ______ of accidents.

Local people believe that the festival is an opportunity to teach younger generations about patriotism and bravery.

The police are ………………… certain who the culprit is.

She is so ______ to her children that she has decided to quit her job to stay at home and look after them.

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

Some of the participating schools have also decided to use green cleaning products, which are safer since they do not ……. harmful chemicals into the environment.

He started to walk faster and the children had to run to_______.

The disease _____ widely, all over the country. 

He sends his _____ wishes for your future happiness.

People who hold optimistic view believe that cities of the future will increase the general well-being of individuals and societies.

Your annual ____ to the Social Club is now due.

I’ve never really enjoyed going to the ballet or the opera; they’re not really my ________.

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

The situation got out of hand when the festival organisers couldn't foresee that the mob would get angry because they were stopped from taking the offerings.

It was ________ easy for him to learn baseball because he had been a cricket player.