Many educationalists feel that continue ________ is fairer than formal examinations.

Choose the word or phrase — a, b, c or d — that best fits the blank space in the following passage. 
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is a (1)_____ agency of the United Nations established on November 16 1945. Its stated (2) _____ is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, and culture in order to(3 )_____ universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and the human rights and fundamental freedoms (4) ____ in the UN Charter. It is the heir of the League of Nations' International Commission on Intellectual Cooperation. UNESCO has 193 Member States and 6 Associate Members. The organization is (5) ___ in Paris, with over 50 field offices and many specialized institutes and centres throughout the world. Most of the field offices are "cluster" offices (6) ___ three or more countries; there are also national, and regional offices. UNESCO (7) ____ its objectives through five major programes: education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and communication and information . Projects (8) ____ by UNESCO include literacy, technical, and teacher-training programes; international science programes; the promotion of independent media and freedom of the press; regional and cultural history projects, the promotion of cultural (9)____; international cooperation agreements to secure the world cultural and natural heritage ( World Heritage Sites ) and to (10) ___ human rights.
(2)...................

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined bold word(s) in each of the following questions: 

We run a very tight ship here, and we expect all our employees to be at their desks by eight o’clock and take good care of their own business.

The government has succeeded in reducing the level of _________ to only 7%.

Never has she behaved like that before, ..............  ?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined bold word(s) in each of the following questions: 

Psychologists encourage their patient not to get upset about trivial matters.

The price of fruit has increased recently,  ...........  the price of vegetables has gone down.

The United Nation Women advocates women __________.

During our holiday, we were so lucky to stay in a room with a good .............. of the sea.

It took me a very long time to recover from the shock of her death.

Choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  The new mayor will bring ……. a change in local government policies.

The company allows some customers to buy goods on  ................ and pay for them later.

As children, we were very poor. When my father finally became rich, he told us that he wanted to ____ all the hardship we had suffered

An international medical conference initiated by Davidson resulted ____the birth of the League of Red Cross Societies.

The restaurant has a very ................. menu. Every day there are several delicious dishes to choose from.

The phone _________ for several minutes before I heard it

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined bold word(s) in each of the following questions: 

Many political radicals advocated that women should not be discriminated on the basic of their sex.

A penalty shot is ......................  when a major foul is committed inside the 5-meter line.

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: 

In the United States, the transition from one president to the next one is generally smooth.

_______that Jane was able to retire at the age of 50.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined bold word(s) in each of the following questions: 

On the spur of the moment, she decided to enter the race that she had come to watch.