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

Researchers have found that people are sleeping almost two fewer hours a night than they were in the 1960s, and our health is deteriorating as a result.

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Mary ................. write to me last year.

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The tour guide gave assurances and said that the group would not depart for its destination until everyone was definitely _____   the boat.

____ as it was at such a time, his work attracted much attention.

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The handwriting is completely ______ . This note must have been written a long time ago.

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This school has excellent ...........................

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Contamination and global warming have driven many species of animals and plants _______ the threat of extinction.

The victims of the disaster finally decided not to choose ____of the two plans of receiving relief supplies from the government.

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When you have a small child in the house, you _______ leave small objects lying around. Such objects _______ be swallowed, causing serious injury or even death.

Children learn a great deal in their daily interaction with other peers at school.

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The Internet is very fast to get ................    

Mark the letter A, B, C or D 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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Don’t talk in class, ............. you? The teacher is explaining the lesson.

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What would you do if you met an alien ............ outer space?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
People’s fingernails and toenails, according to a recent study, are nowadays growing more quickly. Research (35) _____ out at the University of North Carolina indicates that the speed at which human nails are growing has increased by (36) _____ 25 per cent over the last 70 years. The results of the study show that the (37)_____ human fingernail now grows about 3.5 mm a month, (38) _____ just 3 mm seven decades ago. Toenail growth, (39) _____ only about 2 mm per month, was also up on the figure (40) _____ in a similar survey done 70 years ago. Researchers (41) _____ the rapid increase down to changes in lifestyle, particularly the greater awareness of the importance of regular exercise and a healthy diet. This, they point out, is in (42) _____with similar trends in the height and weight of present-day adults. Interestingly, it appears that nails have a propensity to grow fastest (43) _____ warmer conditions, with the quickest growth rate among young people, and men. The fastestgrowing nail is on the middle finger while that on the little finger is (44) _____ the slowest, at only a fraction over 3 mm each month.
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You must drive slower in built up areas. _______ you drive in the city, it is _______ that you will have an accident.

Scientists and engineers have invented devices to remove ................ from industrial wastes.

 I don’t think you can do it, and………………my mother 

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Are you a stamp .............?

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You _____ take your umbrella along with you today. It ____ rain later on this afternoon.

When friends insist on ________expensive gifts, it makes most people uncomfortable.