Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions 
“What’s the matter? You don’t look very well.”   – “I feel a little _____________.”
A.under the weather                                              
B.out of the blue
C.out of order   
D. under the impression

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions 
This is valuable _________  chair which dates back to the eighteeth century
A.traditional        
B.old-fashioned   
C.antique       
D.ancient

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions 
Oil shale is a soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock _______ oil and natural gas are obtained.
A.is from 
B. from which
C.from           
D.is which

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions 
The government was finally ______ by a minor scandal.
A.taken down                   
B.brought down   
C.put back     
D.pulled down

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word (s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences 
In some countries, the disease burden could be prevented through environmental improvements.
A.something to entertain                                        
B.something sad
C.something enjoyable 
D.something to suffer

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word (s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences 
Population growth rates vary among regions and even among countries within the same region.
A.restrain            
B.fluctuate     
C.remain unstable  
D. stay unchanged

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined words in each of the following sentences
The works of such men as the English philosophers John Locke and Thomas Hobbes helped pave the way for academic freedom in the modern sense
A.prevent
B.terminate
C.lighten
D.initiate

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined words in each of the following sentences
Many scientists agree that global warming poses great threats to all species on Earth.
A. irritations       
B.annoyances
C.fears           
D.risks

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined words in each of the following sentences
I hope to have the privilege of working with them again
A.right     
B.favor           
C.honor
D.advantage

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions 
Never before _______ such a wonderful child
A.I saw    
B.have I seen 
C.I had seen
D.I have seen