The world is becoming more (A) industrialized and the number of animal (B) species that have becoming (C) extinct (D) have increased.

The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is (A) the name of (B) a set of English qualifications, generally (C) taking by secondary students (D) at the age of 15-16 in England.

She wishes that we (A) didn’t send (B) her the candy yesterday (C) because she’s (D) on a diet.

Her living conditions were difficult. However, she studied very well.

     A. Difficult as her living condition, she studied very well.

     B. She studied very well thanks to the fact that she lived in difficult conditions.

     C. She studied very well in spite of her difficult living conditions.

     D. Although she lived in difficult conditions, but she studied very well..

My grandparents’ lake house was built in 1953. It was completely destroyed by the forest fire.

     A. My grandparents’ lake house was built in 1953; however, completely destroying the forest fire.

     B. My grandparents’ lake house, which was built in 1953, was completely destroyed by the forest fire.

     C. My grandparent’s lake house was built in 1953, so it was completely destroyed by the forest fire.

     D. The forest fire destroyed my grandparent’s lake house was built in 1953.

The movie bears little resemblance to the original novel.

     A. The movie and the original novel resemble in many ways.

     B. The movie is very similar to the original novel.

     C. The movie and the original novel differ in some ways.

     D. The movie is completely different from the original novel.

The waiter said, “Would you mind moving to another table?”

     A. The waiter asked me to move to another table.

     B. The waiter advised me to move to another table.

     C. The waiter insisted me to move to another table.

     D. The waiter told me not to move to another table.

We had no time. Thus, we didn’t visit the museum.

     A. If we had time, we would visit the museum.

     B. If we have time, we will visit the museum.

     C. If we had had time, we will visit the museum.

     D. If we had had time, we would have visited the museum.

OPPOSITE

Nowadays, it was rather easy to buy a modern TV, and it does pack a punch to bring to life some really awesome visuals.

     A. have little effect on something.

     B. make bad things happen.

     C. prevent something from coming into use

     D. produce the results that aren’t intended

OPPOSITE

But what the most prevents women from reaching the boardroom, say bosses and headhunters, is lack of hands-on experience of a firm’s core business.

     A. unavailable               B. untested                   C. impractical                D. insignificant