I ______ you know important this is.

   

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each of pair of sentences in the following questions

Tuition fees were increased. There were many objections from students and parents.

Columbus .........................America more than 400 years ago. 

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.
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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.

Helen Keller, blind and deaf from an early age, developed her sense of smell so finely that she could identify friends by their personal odors.

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

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The ....... is the one who has the care or charge of a books collection.

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You ....... at the meeting yesterday. Why were you absent?

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

Dear Ms. Hsu 

We are writing to inform you that your Brisbane Independent Daily Herald subscription  rate is about to change from $18.75 per month to $21.00 per month. We regret any  financial burden this may place on our subscribers, but ------- our rising operating costs,  we find the change unavoidable. 

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We are bored ……… the same activities in English lessons.

However, he was color blind, so he had to rely on the eyes of his assistant, who could easily _______all the seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

 I .........................at 8 o’clock every morning. 

They .............. table tennis when their father comes back home. 

As the wind blows over the land, it often  ______ small grains of sand.

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............... is the ancestor of most types of domestic ducks is well documented.

Tom and Mary ............. for Vietnam tomorrow.

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With our new automatic renewal policy, subscribers to Larson's Investment Strategies no longer have to worry about missing our coverage of business news and analysis. Once your subscription…… it will continue without interruption unless you state otherwise.

When _______ your application, be sure to check the reply address is correct. 

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I want to have my shoes .............

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Regional development activities have been carried out _______ ASEAN cooperation.

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The association of Southeast Asian nations gives a forum for its members ________ socio-economic development.