Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  These fences help to …… wind damage to the crops.

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: 

Researchers have found that people are sleeping almost two fewer hours a night than they were in the 1960s, and our health is deteriorating as a result.

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I ................... him three years ago.

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You will become ill ....................  you stop working so hard. 

Jessamyn West’s first and most famous novel, the friendly persuasion, describes the life of the Quaker farmed family in the mid-1800’s

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_______ have settled, one of their first concerns has been to locate an adequate water supply.

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He promised to mend the broken wheel soon without ___________ .

Though they work as a team, they often don’t .................... eye to eye on most issues

 She has just bought a new bicycle, ………… she? 

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There is a meeting ............ 9 am and 2 pm.

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.
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Communist is the highest form of   .................

Police are warning the public to be on the  ................ for suspicious packages.

The negotiations got off to a____ start, as neither side was willing to even consider the other's proposal.

Government have passed laws to ...................... protect wildlife from commercial trade.

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions. "People ______ that Africa was most likely losing $26m in tourism revenue a year."

Tom said that                    ​

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: 

I think Mr. John is on the level because he always tells the truth and never tries to deceive others.

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Unless I miss my guess, your computer needs a new hard drive.

Although she is my sister, I find it hard to ................ her selfishness.n with

Would you like to………………some tea?