For more than ten years, we have seen the significant ..................... in the economy of our country.

What will the relationship between computing and ....................... bring US over the next 15 years?

Conservation is the protection of the                environment.

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__________the truth  yesterday, I would have saved myself a lot of time over the years.

Thanks to the invention of labor-saving  ..............., domestic chores are no longer a burden.

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: 

Gerry didn’t go on the expedition – he made up that part of the story.

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:

Her thoughtless comments made him very angry.

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.
(44)..............................

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

If you do not understand the word "superstitious", look it up in the dictionary.

The Games really became a festival that impressed sports ....................

"Anyone who stops learning is old, ________. Anyone who keeps learning stays young." _ Henry Ford

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: 

He took a vow to abstain from smoking.

Halifax is largest city and chief port of Nova Scotia and is the eastern terminus of Canada’s two great railway systems.

 There ………… no schools in this area before liberation. A. is B. were C. was D. has been

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

Customers who sign up for a one-year ------- to Emerald Cable TV by the end of the week will receive a month of free service.

 I’ll meet you in half an hour – I have got ______ e-mails to write first.

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

Visitors to Holidayland need not worry about bringing enough cash, as credit cards are accepted  ____________  in the resort.

We have to apply effective measures to save many plant and animal species _______ extinction.

Don’t give me the details of what the client said, just tell me his bottom ....................

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Most of the films are produced for ...................

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I want to ....................... for selling my house.