I never leave any electrical appliances on standby and I think it is a good way to ____ energy in the home.

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).................................... 

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. "The price decreased by 280 in 1995 before ______ for the next 3 years."

John has finally found a new job after being ________ for three months..

Greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, accumulate in the atmosphere and...........from escaping from the planet

John asked me _______ in English.

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:

Though built almost five hundred years ago, the church remained practically intact.

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:

Mike pretended to be sick, but I saw through his deception at once.f

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!
(8).............................

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

Each year about fifty hundred species of plants and animals are already being eliminated.

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:

The new trade agreement should felicitate more rapid economic growth.

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:

 Ships crossing the oceans can receive signals from satellites that enable them to calculate their position accurately.

Paker: “ Help me”

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 respectfully advise the Culture Secretary not to put her shirt on it.

Choose the best answer

We are visiting a milk farm to see ______they _______milk, cheese, and butter.

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:

I clearly remember talking to him in a chance meeting last summer.

___ 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 word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

I told her I understood what she was feeling as we were both after all in the same boat.

I enjoy my job as a baker but it's taken me over five years to ________ to working at nights.

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:

"That is a well-behaved boy whose behavior has nothing to complain about."

The librarian told us not ________ reference books out of the library.