I can accept criticism in general, but Martin____ it too far, so I had no other option but to show my disapproval.

    

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: 

Ralph Nader was the most prominent leader of the U.S consumer protection movement. 

Doctors advise people who are deficient _______ Vitamin C to eat more fruit and vegetables.

The number 8.5 is an example of a “mixed number” because it is composing of an integer and a fraction.

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:

Mr. Brown is a very generous old man. He has given most of his wealth to a charity organization.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the undelined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

Surrounded by forested mountain slopes are the town of Telluride, a former gold-mining town 7,500 feet above sea level.

___ he was waiting for Sam outside the cinema, Jim realized that the street was funnily crowded.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the undelined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

Before the cotton gin A. had been invented in 1794, American famers B. had cheap C. salves remove seeds D. from the cotton fiber.

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They fear that with the enactment event taken off, the festival may fade away in obscurity_

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The nominating committee always meet behind closed doors, lest its deliberations become known prematurely.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the undelined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

Between all the photographs she showed me. there was only one of her husband.

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What I told her a few days ago were not the solution to most of her problems.

After a _______ hesitation, she began to speak with such a convincing voice.

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:

The Yugo was considered one of the safest and most dependable cars on the road in Slovakia, until people started importing cars from abroad.

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:

The cotton gin was commonplace on many nineteenth century farms.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

                                                                               ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. (31)_________human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world (32)_________on consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so just to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the very resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (33) ________  built on or washed into the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover (34)_________. We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a result, the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (35) ________  increasingly heavy demands on it.

(31).................................... 

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The world population is now widely distributed all over the planet.

Marcel: “ Don’t sing this song”

This species of African elephants is ____.

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The colour white symbolises a lot of things, and one is that it represents purity and innocence.

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:

The minister came under fire for his rash decision to close the factory.