A surprising number of popular spectator sports, for example football or baseball, started in Europe or the USA in the nineteenth century. This did not happen by chance. It was the  ______ of changes in the way people lived in those places at that time.

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: 

In some countries, the disease burden could be prevented through environmental improvements.

The technicians…………tested all air-conditioning units to ensure that the cooling system is running smoothly.

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That was the most interesting story I ......... .

We believe that the popularity of …………products is the result of a combination of beauty and functionality.

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In yesterday’s third- quarter financial statement, Vargas Industries reported a 15 percent….............. in value.

Manufacturers add large amounts of sugar to foodstuffs but never more than the ______ required to produce the optimum pleasurable taste.

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.
(3)..................

They say he inherited his money from a _________ relative he had never met.

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He always tries to make his wife and children ............. .

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For clients seeking environmentally conscious commercial and residential construction, Green Spaces Ltd. provides an affordable_________

         _________    should try to make good impression on interviewers

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Most students are happy ....... to school ..... acquire knowledge.

At local neighborhood level, trees also _______ important environment benefits.

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The secretary corrected all the __________ in the computer printout. 

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The estimated production costs for the new Pro Tip markers will be $2.15 per set, excluding the cost _______the packaging.

Be prepared! No  _____ how good the childcare may be, some children are going to protest wildly if they are left.

Esjberg is a  ________ port for a cyclist's arrival, where tourist information can be obtained and money changed.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: Jack used to _____ in Texas, but his company  had him transfer to a better position in New York.

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

Dear Mr. Chandra,

I’m responding to your request to put some of your photographs on display in our coffe shop. Thank you for sending us the samples. Your work is clearly______, and we particularly like your photographs of business in Cheltenham.

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

We bought this house because it is close____________the school.