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.
Because of his hard work, he was able to recover his losses from the accident.
A.find                         
B.sell                          
C. take back    
D.escape

A few months ago I moved into a very small flat after _______ for years with my parents.  
A.be living 
B.having lived
C.being lived        
D. have living

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A.reading                   
B.lecturing                  
C.cheating                  
D.cramming

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.
Keeping calm is the secret of passing the driving test.
A.A. Keep calm or you will pass the driving test.
B.B. As long as you keep calm, you will pass the driving test.
C.C. Unless you keep calm, you will pass the driving test.
D.D. Pass the driving test is without keeping calm.

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
Ed doesn’t want to become a professional footballer. He just does it...............fun.
A.for     
B.on      
C.with
D.at

The story _________ ________  and appeared in the next day's newspaper.
A.leaked out
B.got out
C.looked for
D.turned up

Read the following passage. Then answer the questions below.
Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up.
It has been a law for about 300 years that all theaters are closed on Sundays. No letters are delivered, only a few Sunday papers are pulished.
To this day an English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat in a modern house with central heating. English people like gardens. Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement painted green in imitation of grass and a box of flowers.
Holidays are especially rich in old traditions and are different in Scotland,Ireland and England. Christmas is a great English national holiday, and in Scotland it is not kept, except by clerks in banks and all shops and factories are working.
Which does an English family prefer, a house with a garden or a flat?
A.An English family prefers a house with a flat.
B.An English family prefers a house with a garden.
C.An English family prefers both of them
D.An English family don't prefer anything

You'll never be rich because you spend money like ..............
A.water
B.liquid
C.garbage
D.rubbish

Elderly people, _________ , require constant attention.  
A.many of whom are financially dependent on the government
B.a large number's depending on government aid
C.and many of them depend on the government to finance them
D.who are dependent many of them on the financing from the government

Mark  the  letter  A,  B,  C  or  D  in  your  answer  sheet  to  indicate  the  underlined  part  that  needs correction in each of the following questions.
The food that Mark is cooking in the kitchen is smelling delicious.
A.The food
B.is cooking 
C. is smelling  
D.delicious