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.
When heated to temperatures above 1250 degrees Centigrade, clay fuses and becomes pottery or stoneware.
A.melts together
B.steams up
C.breaks down
D.burns off

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.
Exemplification is always necessary when you are addressing a younger audience.
A.illustration
B.variation
C.simplification
D.exaggeration

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.
Those who are riding a motorbike are not allowed to take off their helmet.
A.People must never take their helmet off while they are riding a motorbike.
B.Those who are wearing a helmet are not allowed to ride a motorbike.
C.It is the helmet that one needn't wear when he is riding a motorbike
D.You should not wear a helmet when you are riding a motorbike.

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.
"How beautiful is the dress you have just bought!" Peter said to Mary.
A.Peter promised to buy Mary a beautiful dress.
B.Peter said thanks to Mary for her beautiful dress.
C.Peter asked Mary how she had just bought her beautiful dress.
D.Peter complimented Mary on her beautiful dress.

A.relativity
B.environment
C.laboratory
D.evaporate

None of the students______ to class yet.
A.are coming
B.had come
C.haven’t come
D.have come

The manual coming with the appliance says “ ______any problem with merchandise, contact your local dealer.”
A.You should have
B.Had you have
C.Do you have
D.Should you have

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
There were inconsiderate amounts of money wasted on large building projects.
A.inconsiderate
B.amounts
C.wasted
D.building

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Tom’s jokes are inappropriate but we have to put up with it just because he’s the boss.
A.inappropriate
B.it
C.because
D.the

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Julie had a training course in alternative medicine. She was able to help the man out of danger.
A.Much as Julie had a training course in alternative medicine, she was able to help the man out of danger.
B.Having trained in alternative medicine, Julie was able to help the man out of danger.
C.But for a training course in alternative medicine, Julie could have helped the man out of danger.
D.Despite training in alternative medicine, Julie was able to help the man out of danger.