Choose the best answer:

Your ....... conversation has drawn a lot of attention from people in the ballroom.

 

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. 
The Philippines, officially known (1) _____ the Republic of the Philippines, is (2) _____ in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine (3) ____ 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, sharing borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country with a population approaching 90 million people. Its national (4) _____ is the 37th largest in the world with a 2006 gross domestic product (GDP) of over 117.562 billion USD. There are (5) _____ 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide. The Philippines became a Spanish colony in the 16th century and an American territory at the (6) _____ of the 20th century. The Philippines won independence from Spain in 1896. The Philippines (7) _____ its independence from the United States on July 4, 1946 after World War II. Spanish was (8) _____ official language of the Philippines until 1973. Since then, the two official languages are Filipino and English. The Philippines had cultural ties with Malaysia, Indonesia, and India in the ancient time, and trade (9) _____ with China and Japan as early as the 9th century. The late 1960s and early 1970s its economic development was second in Asia, (10) _____ to Japan. The Philippines is a founding and active member of the United Nations and is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)/ The Philippines is also a member of the East Asia Summit (EAS) and an active member in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
(6)........................

You need to figure out how many calories you need in a day and how many you actually ______.

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:

We’re not taking on any new staff at the moment so that we can cut down the cost.

A. B. C. D. 

The aim of ASEAN is to promote closer economic              .

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.

She was a devoted teacher. She spent most of her time teaching and taking care of her students.

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

Simon says he____________ giving up studying French in school, as now he has been offered a job in France.

We didn't see it through because of the __________film. 

I like my work because I have the ________ to make my own decisions.

 Laos and Myanmar were admitted _______ ASEAN in 1997.

Could you _     me a hand with the washing-up, Kent?

The dress is a little big for you.You’d better go to tailor’s and _______ at the waist.

If there is too____ rainfall, plants will not have enough water to live.

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

I don’t have to get up until ten o’clock tomorrow - what a____________!

Tom ________ travel a lot. These days he doesn’t go away very often.

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

Peerplane, Inc., stated yesterday that its new prototype airplane passed all……..testing.

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

Flash photography is not permitted......................... the Sakura Museum of Art.

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

Applications for the receptionist job have come in____________over the past two weeks.

When the passenger ________, will you please give him this package?

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

Last  year, Trigto  Communications___________seven successful new phone models.

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 many cultures, people signify their agreement by nodding their head.