He and his family ............. at our home in Canada when he ............. to a conference, and that was a great experience, too. 

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

Its…………into Brazil has given Darrow Textiles Ltd. an advantage over much of its competition.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

I flew for the first time last year _______ I went to Brazil.

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“You look tired” – “I ……….all day”

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: Not taking a difficult exam is worse than failing it.

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 the Egyptian calendar, the first practical calendar created, the advent of Sirius in the morning sky before sunrise marked the beginning of the annual flooding of the Nile.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

While she _______ breakfast, I set the table.

The point of Phobia Awareness Week is to highlight the difficulties that many people face in everyday situations. It is important to (1) _____ between a fear and a phobia. It's (2)______usual for all of us to have our own peculiar fears, for example being anxious around snakes or nervous about flying. However, only a very small proportion of US actually have a phobia of these things. When these fears begin to (3) _____ you embarrassment or you feel that your life is being disrupted then you would be wise to (4)_____ treatment for what could potentially be a phobia. By far the most (5) _____ phobia and potentially the most disruptive is agoraphobia. The word derives from Greek and (6) _____ means 'fear of the marketplace' but we apply it today to describe a distressing (7) ______ in which people avoid going outside because of the awful feelings of anxiety that arise. Treatment of phobias usually consists of the patient (8) _____ behavioural therapy during which they gradually get used to being near the object or the situation that causes them fear. Drugs may be (9) _____ to treat anxiety and many people opt for alternative therapy such as acupuncture or hypnosis to help them come to (10) _____ with their fear and conquer it.
(1)....................

Tidy your room, and stop ____ excuses!”

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

Inclement weather and a reduced workforce……the greatest challenges to the renovation of the Kern Science Center.

I'm afraid I am not __________ to talk about this matter. 

______ dead no longer need ______ help. We must concern ourselves with ______ living.

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

Ms.Mendoza has agreed to work_______as a weekend chef at the restaurant until a suitable replacement can be found

What does she do? – She ................ the piano in a local orchestra. 

The book __________ last year has been lost. 

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Since they moved to their new house, they …… their son every year.

Robert is getting ready to realize his dream: opening a business __________ plants on the Internet. 

Freya Stark (1893- 1993) was an extraordinary woman who ventured into (1) ____ areas where few Europeans had ever (2) ____ foot. Born in Paris, brought up in Italy, and educated in London, she was already multilingual before deciding to learn Arabic (3) ____ the end of 30. She traveled (4)____ through Greece, Italy and Cyprus. However, her passion was for exploring ancient lands of the Middle East. She was determined to make contact with the tribes that populated the area before their traditional (5) ____ of life vanished forever. She led expeditions into the most dangerous areas and despite the risks (she was even thrown into a military prison on one occasion), she always returned safe and (6) ____. During her travels, she completed a (7) ______ across the Valley of the Assassins, famous not only for its rough terrain but (8) ____ for its murderous inhabitants, and followed in the (9)___ of Alexander, the Great. In her long career she produced maps, discovered lost cities, and worked as a spy and propagandist, although it is as a travel writer that she is best remembered. She died at the age of 100, (10) ________most women of her generation in more ways than one.
(7).........................

Since I _______ to the town, I _______ home.

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

Pronesti Ltd. paid £500 million to ……… the profitable computer software firm XBR Technologies.

Identify the underlined word/phrase (A or B, C,D) that needs correcting to become an exact one.

When she came to my house I lied in bed listening to music.