_____ you happen to visit him, give him my best wishes.

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The river near my house is ......................

............... me to your mother when you are in New York.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
People’s fingernails and toenails, according to a recent study, are nowadays growing more quickly. Research (35) _____ out at the University of North Carolina indicates that the speed at which human nails are growing has increased by (36) _____ 25 per cent over the last 70 years. The results of the study show that the (37)_____ human fingernail now grows about 3.5 mm a month, (38) _____ just 3 mm seven decades ago. Toenail growth, (39) _____ only about 2 mm per month, was also up on the figure (40) _____ in a similar survey done 70 years ago. Researchers (41) _____ the rapid increase down to changes in lifestyle, particularly the greater awareness of the importance of regular exercise and a healthy diet. This, they point out, is in (42) _____with similar trends in the height and weight of present-day adults. Interestingly, it appears that nails have a propensity to grow fastest (43) _____ warmer conditions, with the quickest growth rate among young people, and men. The fastestgrowing nail is on the middle finger while that on the little finger is (44) _____ the slowest, at only a fraction over 3 mm each month.
(42)..............................

Indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Lifelong learning can also help amend some of the weaknesses of the education system.

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The USA is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world.

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.................. he likes chocolate, he tries not to eat it.

Unfortunately, my trip to France  ............. because I couldn’t save enough money.

Many young people travel all over the world, and do all kinds of jobs before they ______ .

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined bold word(s) in each of the following questions: 

Teletext is continuously sent out at all times when regular television programs are broadcast.

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

A banquet was held to honor five employees, all of _____________   have worked at the company for more than 20 years.

Elephants are usually ___________ for their tusks, while rhinos are killed for their horns.

Indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

A Baby sea turtles are the most vulnerable when they leave their nests and make their way to the sea

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

His career in the illicit drug trade ended with the police raid this morning.

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 loss of his journals had cuased him even more sorrow than his retirement form the military six years earlier.

I walked away as calmly as I could. ___________, they would have thought I was a thief.

Crops are often completely destroyed by _________ of locusts.

Yuri Gagarin was the first person ________into space. 

 Bread and butter …………… my usual breakfast 

They eventually realize that reckless _______ of the earth's resources can lead only to eventual global disaster.

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

Staff members with __________   engagements need not feel obliged to attend next week's field trip.