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.
Polluted water and increased water temperatures have driven many species to the verge of extinction.




A.Enriched
B.Contaminated
C.Strengthened
D.Purified

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
She would go to the Job Centre if she __________ a job.




A.will want
B.wanted
C.wants
D.had wanted

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I hope that someone will __________ me a hand with these bags.




A.shake
B.give
C.hold
D.join

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
________sure that you follow the instructions carefully.




A.Believe
B.Try
C.Do
D.Make

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The Red Cross immediately sent help to the ________ of the earthquake.




A.survive
B.survival
C.survived
D.survivors

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Water and air are more and more ________.




A.contaminate
B.contaminated
C.contamination
D.contaminating

I didn’t pay attention to the teacher. I failed to understand the lesson.





A.I would have understood the lesson if I had paid attention to the teacher.
B.Although I paid attention to the teacher, I failed to understand the lesson.
C.I would have understood the lesson if I had failed to pay attention to the teacher.
D.Unless I failed to understand the lesson, I would pay attention to the teacher.

What drove Nigel Newton to publish Joanne's first novel?




A.His daughter's reaction to the book.
B.He took pity on Joanne.
C.The fact that children's books sold well.
D.He was captivated upon reading it.

Many people oppose corporal punishment when educating young children though several of them are naughty.




A.disagree with
B.object to
C.disapprove of
D.advocate

_________ for the fact that he was working abroad, he would willingly have helped with the project.




A.If it were
B.Hadn’t it been
C.were it to be
D.If it hadn’t been