It was careless of you to leave the windows open last night.

A. You shouldn’t leave the windows open last night.

B. You are so careless that you left the windows open last night.

C. You shouldn’t have left the windows open last night.

D. You might have been careless because you left the windows open last night.

They advised locking the doors carefully at night

A. They advised that the doors should be locked carefully at night.

B. The doors were advised to be locked carefully at night.

C. They advised the doors being locked carefully at night.

D. They advised to lock the doors carefully at night.

We couldn't solve the problem until our teacher arrived

A. Not until we solved the problem could our teacher arrive.

B. When our teacher arrived, we solved the problem.

C. Until our teacher arrived, we were able to solve the problem.

D. Not until our teacher arrived could we solve the problem.

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 questions.

Question 25: Organized research may discourage novel approaches and inhibit creativity, so seminal discoveries are still likely to be made by inventors in the classic individualistic tradition.

A. common B. coherent C. varied D. unbiased

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 questions.

The format allowed me to offer constructive criticism and ensure that their conversation remained on track during the project.

A. useful B. negative C. meaningful D. positive

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.

 Tet marks the beginning of spring and, for agrarian people who depend on the lunar calendar to manage their crops, the start of the year.

A. traditional ones B. minority people C. farmers D. old people

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.

His new yacht is certainly an ostentatious display of his wealth.

A. showy B. expensive C. large D. ossified

 My grandparents usually .... about the happy old time they live in the countryside.

A. recall

B. memorize

C. reminisce

D. remember

 By suddenly canceling their trip, they .... me by surprise.

A. took

B. had

C. won

D. made

Sales of the CHinese toys dropped .... sharply when the TV news reported that high levels of toxic lead had been found in painted toys.

a. away

b. down

c. off

d. out