..............the water clear but also prevent the river from overflowing. 

    

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 works of such men as the English philosophers John Locke and Thomas Hobbes helped pave the way for academic freedom in the modern sense.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

You are scheduled                   on March 4 at 10:00 a.m. The room will be announced at a later time

On a world-wide scale, forests help to slow down the effects of global warming by using up the gas known as carbon dioxide and giving _______ the oxygen we need to breathe.

Every ten minutes, one kind of animal, plant or insect dies (1) ...... forever. If nothing is done about it, one million species that are alive today will have become (2) ...... twenty years from now.
The seas are in (3) ........ They are being filled with poison, industrial and nuclear (4) ......., chemical fertilizers and pesticides, sewage. The Mediterranean is already nearly dead. The North Sea is following. If nothing is done about it, one day soon nothing will be able to live in the seas.
The tropical rain forests, which are the (5) ...... of half the earth's living things (including many rare animals and plants), are being destroyed. If nothing is done about it, they will have disappeared in twenty years. The (6) ...... on the world's climate and on our agriculture and food supplies, will be disastrous.
Fortunately, somebody is trying to do something about it. In 1961, the World Wildlife Fund was (7) ...... - a small group of people who wanted to raise money to save animals and plants from extinction.
Today, the World Wildlife Fund is a large international organization. It has raised over $35 million for conservation projects, and has created or given (8) ...... to National Parks in five continents. It has helped 30 mammals and birds, including the tiger, to (9) ........ Perhaps this is not much, but it is a start. If more people give more money - and if more governments wake up to what is happening -perhaps the World Wildlife Fund will be able to help US to avoid the disaster that (10) ...... the natural world, and all of US will be with it.
(7)..................

When I last saw him, he ..................in London

While the secretary is on vacation, her deputy will call the_______.

Choose the best answer:

He can swim and ................. can I.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Two new elevators will replace the single existing elevator, which is old and too small……., a new stairwell be installedd, and the building’s sprinkler system will be replaced.

If, ________, someone advises you to revise your work and gives you a good reason for doing so, you should consider their suggestions carefully.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Under the direction of James Pak, the orchestra has become one of the most highly------- performing arts groups in the region. 

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

That old building__________. Nobody lives there for years.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

I’m going to____________a cake for his birthday.

 John and Mary are engaged. They are going to get __________. 

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

Since I _______ to the town, I _______ home.

Choose the best answer:

ASEAN economic cooperation _______ many areas, such as agriculture, industry, services, transportations, and tourism.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:

Vietnam became ____________ seventh member of ASEAN on July 28th, 1995.

I am going to speak with the boss when the meeting _______.

 There … some good news about my family lately. 

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: 

I’ll spend the weekends hitting the books as I have final exams next week.

_______ I realized where I was.