The player’s protests _________ no difference to the referee's decision at all.

Many animals were born in captivity. Resultantly, they do not always breed well.

I am not used to the cold weather here, so I need to have a heating system ______.

Once you have been accepted as a pupil or student at the school or college, it's against the law for them to discriminate against you because of your religion or belief.

At the first _____ of twelve everyone stopped for lunch.

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.

Kevin enjoyed working with children so much that he decided to pursue a ____________ in teaching.

He put in a special ______ for an extra day’s holiday so that he could attend his daughter’s wedding.

Culture has been described as features that are shared and bind people together into a community.

I have decided to buy that house. I won’t change my mind _________what you say.

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.

Their daughter soon became a celebrated writer after the publication of her first novel.

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

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

There was a long period without rain in the countryside last year so the harvest was poor.

Call for me at any time that _____ you. 

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

She studies many magazines and books about fashion, entertaining and correct social behaviour as she wants to appear ______.

The problem of_______ in big cities, which stems from uncontrolled migration from rural areas.

Why don't you _______ these photos into your computer, because then you would have your own digital copies.

The factory was fined for______ chemicals into the river.

It is crucial that urban people not look down on rural areas.

The advances of commercial airplanes resulted in a shrinking world.