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In some countries in the Middle East, people stand __________ to each other than those in North America in a conversation

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Could you lend me a helping hand and _____________ these sandwiches for the children at orphanage?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks from 15 to 19
About 50 or so kinds modern plastic are made from oil, gas, or coal-non-renewable natural resources.  We (15)___ well over three million tons of the stuff in Japan each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away .A high proportion of our animal consumption is in the (16)____ of packaging and this constitutes about seven percent by weight, of our domestic(17) ____ . Almost all of it can be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling industry is growing fast. The plastics themselves are extremely energy - rich – they have a higher calorific(18) ____ than coal and one methodn of “recovery” strongly (19)____ by plastic manufacturers if the conversion of waste plastic into a fuel
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

If we had more time last week, we would certainly have finished the project on time.

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:

There has been a hot debate among the scientists relating to the pros and cons of using robotic probes to study distant objects in space.

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He devised a computer game and sold it to Atari.

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____ in Stevenson’s landscapes, the more vitality and character the painting seems to possess.

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The team were eager to make _________ the loss of the previous match

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It was noticeable how a few people managed to _______ their will on the others

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:

Embracing new technologies will help the country to develop more quickly.

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In a study, more Asian students than American students hold a belief that a husband is obliged to tell his wife his whereabouts if he comes home late.

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Potassium has a valence of positive one because it usually loses one electron when ___________ with other elements

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When his alarm went off, he shut it off and slept for __________ 15 minutes

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Can you_________Spanish?

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There are small ________between British and American English.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentence. "You need to tip ____ using cabs, restaurants, healthcare in Japan"

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:

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

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I don't like that man. There is a sneaky look on his face.

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This caught her off guard, then her mind went temporarily _______________.

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Although I like the dress very much, the_________cost of it is what really put me off.

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Your second essay ______ improvements on the first one