I can’t stand _____________ to pop music     

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:

When you cross the street, be careful and be on the alert for the bus.

I should be able to fix your computer but I need some time to look ____the cause of the problem.

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Although I was very tired, ...............

Are the years you (1) _________ at school the best years of your life? Personally, I found most lessons rather uninteresting. We had to sit at our (2) _________ in silence and (3) _________ attention. The teachers used to (4) _________ on the blackboard and ask us difficult questions. We also had to (5) _________ lots of homework, and (6) _________ it in on time. We had to wear a school (7) _________, and we had to obey lots of (8) _________ I left school as soon as I could and started work. I read books at the public library, and later I decided to (9) _________ college. I really enjoyed studying because I was older and knew that I wanted some (10) _________. When I was at school, I was just the wrong age!
(4).............................

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:

A chronic lack of sleep may make us irritable and reduces our motivation to work.

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Please aim for clarity and simplicity when writing the final version.

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Can you _________me the apple, please?

Unfortunately, the company closed down because it couldn't keep ________ with rapidly changing technology

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

(34).................................... 

Even if education is theoretically free of charge, parents ------ have to pay the increasingly high cost of school clothing, books, materials and transport costs.

They started, as ___ gatherings but they have become increasingly formalized in the last few years.

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:

My uncle, who is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play.

If a boss wants to have a well-qualified staff, he should have to pay his employees _______.

Jane: “I passed the driving test yesterday”           

Helen: “                    ”

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:

These companies were accused on having released a large amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

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What’s the matter. Danny?-I’m.....

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What’s the date today? - It is __________June.

By the time we got home, we were ____ frozen and exhausted.

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:

He was in a great hurry and had no time to think it over. Otherwise, he had found another way out.

Choose the correct response to each of the following exchanges. 

Mark: "How do you do?" - Jenny: “____”