Choose the best answer:

Tom plays soccer very well, ......................?

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: 

The local government tried to play down the seriousness of the disaster.

“What do you think of football?” - "________"

Sales of the Chinese toys dropped ____sharply when the TV news reported that high levels of toxic lead had been found in painted toys.

Advertisers often claim their campaigns at young people as they have considerable spending ____.

Choose the best answer:
This car has many features including _________.

Safety should take ...............  over all other matters in the workplace.

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:

She wrote me a vicious letter.

He would have been excused had he chosen to blow his .................. a little, but that is not his  style.

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.

About 15,589 species (7,266 animal species and 8,323 plant species) are now considered ____ risk ____ extinction.

I found it very hard to  ................  between the two sounds.

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

There is still  ______________  work to be done, but was not concerned about meeting the deadline.

Being listed as an endangered species can have negative effect since it could make a species more desirable for collectors and poachers.

From the hotel there is a good  ................ of the mountains.

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.
(41)..............................

Clearing forests for timber has resulted _______ the loss of biodiversity.

Scientists and engineers have invented devices to remove ................ from industrial wastes.

He is doing very badly but he tries to ...............  appearance.

The idea of  building a  ................... with human intelligence is not only ambitious butalso highly unconventional.

I couldn't take the history class I wanted last semester."

Why didn't you talk to your advisor? She _________able to help you get in."

......................., the athlete broke the world’s record with two attempts.