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.
Many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost.




A.escalated
B.erased
C.threatened
D.eradicated

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.
Parents play a crucial role in a child's upbringing in the formative years. They are really the driving force behind whatever the children do.




A.motivation
B.completion
C.progress
D.satisfaction

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.
At the advent of his speech, he told a joke but the audience failed to laugh.




A.end
B.commencement
C.creation
D.climax

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.
We decided to pay for the car on the installment plan.




A.credit card
B.piece by piece
C.monthly payment
D.cash and carry

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.
She was brought up in a well-off family. She can’t understand the problems we are facing.




A.poor
B.broke
C.wealthy
D.kind

Circle the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting and then correct it (1,0 pts)
Although it rained heavily , but the students arrived on time




A.Although
B.heavily
C.but
D.arrived

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.
The space shuttle covered vast distances.




A.very
B.varying
C.huge
D.hard

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.
Billy, come and give me a hand with cooking.




A.help
B.prepare
C.be busy
D.attempt

Choose the best answer to the following questions.
How do we know what _______ universe is supposed to look like?




A.a
B.an
C.the
D.Ø

The expression day-to-day could best be replaced by which of the following?




A.daytime
B.every day
C.day after day
D.today