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 question.
Though he had known about it well in advance, he pretended to be surprised at having a birthday party.
A.He acted surprised about being given a birthday party, but he had known about it a long time before
B.Despite only pretending to be surprised at the birthday party, he had actually been completely unaware of it.
C.He knew about the birthday party a long time before, yet he wasn't pretending when he acted surprised.
D.He was quite surprised at their throwing him a birthday party, though he could have found out it well before.

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 question.
This company's new products have tripled its profits in only one year.
A.The company has greatly increased the number of new products.
B.The company has increased its profits 100 percent
C.The company’s profits are three times higher this year than last year.
D.The company has had an unprofitable year.

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 question.
The mountainous region of the country is thinly populated. It has only 300 inhabitants.
A.sparsely
B.greatly
C.densely
D.largely

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 question.
Josh may get into hot water when driving at full speed after drinking.
A.get into trouble
B.stay safe
C.fall into disuse
D.remain calm

The word “symmetrical” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to __________ .
A.proportionally balanced
B.commonly seen
C.typical large
D.steadily growing

According to the passage, new stars are formed in spiral galaxies in _________ .
A.an expiosion of gas
B.the compression of old stars
C.the combining of old stars
D.strong radio emissions

__________(8)
A.body
B.human
C.being
D.gesture

__________(10)
A.work
B.do
C.make
D.use

The word “major” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ____________ .
A.intense
B.principal
C.huge
D.unique

II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group:
A.establish
B.impressive
C.successful
D.typical