The lack of family support and the committee’s concerns around the design of the proposed statue of the former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, outside UK Parliament were the key determining factors in ________ this application.
People who take on a second job inevitably ______ themselves to greater stress.
Mark the letter A , B, C
, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in
each of the following questions.
A loss of social values means our
society is deteriorating.
Complete the sentence.The number of people affected by the devastating earthquake _____ with certainty.
Not only _____ the exam but she also got a scholarship.
Her family has gone to Edinburgh to pay their last _________to uncle Bob who died last week.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrases that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Most Americans eat three meals (10) ______ the day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Breakfast begins between 7:00 and 8:00am, lunch between 11:00 am and noon, and dinner between 6:00 and 8:00 pm. On Sundays "brunch" is a (11) ______ of breakfast and lunch, typically beginning at 11:00 am. Students often enjoy a "study break" or evening snack around 10:00 or 11:00 pm. Breakfast and lunch tend to be light meals, with only one course. Dinner is the main meal.
For breakfast Americans will eat cereal with milk which are often mixed (12) ______ in a bowl, a glass of orange juice, and toasted bread or muffin with jam, butter, or margarine. Another common breakfast meal is scrambled eggs or an omelet with potatoes and breakfast meat (bacon or sausage). People who are on a diet eat just a cup of yogurt. Lunch and dinner are more (13) ______. When eating at a formal dinner, you may be overwhelmed by the number of utensils. How do you (14) ______ the difference between a salad fork, a butter fork, and a dessert fork? Most Americans do not know the answer. But knowing which fork or spoon to use first is simple: use the outermost utensils first and the utensils closest to the plate last.
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.
Elephants will become extinct if man continues killing them.
Pesticide residues in fruit and vegetable can be _______ to health.
You will have to ______ your holiday if you are too ill to travel.
They missed the ferry. It ……………..by the time they reached the pier.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions from 26 to 28.
Wealthy as they were, they were far from happy.
Many young people have objected to _________ marriage, which is decided by the parents of the bride and groom.
Complete the following sentence.His assistant was formidably _____ : his minutes were works of art.
I'll go mad unless he ___________the radio off
______ humans, dolphins use a system of sounds and body language to communicate, but understanding their conversations is not easy for humans.
Complete the sentence.Nowadays children would prefer history _____ in more practical ways.
After I ______ from college, I ______ as a teacher.
This is an old house ________ my parents used to live.
Complete the sentence.You _____ for five straight hours. Why don't you take a break?