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:

You can safely cross out your old reminders once you have achieved your tasks.

 

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

Ms.  Park will___________a certificate to each person who completed the course for pharmacy technicians.

Choose the best option among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: New teachers have to ….. the respect of their students.

The coach takes every opportunity to _______ his players, yet he ignores every opportunity to praise them.

After studying rainbows in ________, Sir Isaac Newton was able to explain how they are formed.

I have never played badminton before.This is the first time I .................to play. 

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. 

Choose the best answer:

They invited ...... dinner with them.

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

The career-development seminar are open to both part-time____________full-time employees.

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

Because of a --------- increase in profits this quarter, Tyro Sportswear employees will receive their first-ever year-end bonus.

Sucrose, which supplies glucose to the body, is extracted from the sugar cane plant, and white sugar (pure sucrose) is used by food technologists to ______ sweetness in other substances.

Lan is really__________ about going to Singapore. 

Choose the best answer:

Which songs do they often sing ............. Christmas?

ASEAN has _______ population of 575.5 million.

The tourist industry is (1) ……. to be the largest industry. Before 1950 one million people travelled abroad each year but by the 1900s the figure (2) ….. to 400 million every year. (3) …… large numbers of tourists, however, are beginning to cause problems. For example, in the Alps the skiers are destroying the mountains they came to enjoy. Even parts of Mount Everest in the Himalayas are reported to be covered (4) ….. old tins, tents, and food that have been (5) ……
But at a time when we have (6) ….. freedom to travel than ever before, more and more people are asking how they can enjoy their holidays (7) ….. causing problems by spoiling the countryside. Now there is a new holiday (8) …… called "Holidays That Don't Cost The Earth". It tells you (9) ….. you can help the tourist industry by asking your travel agent the right questions (10) ……... you go on holiday.
(8)...............

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

The ensemble consists _________ four members who have been performing  together since last August.

 The weather this summer is really __________. 

Because the federal government provides only limited funds to schools, individual school districts ______ on funds from local property taxes to meet the vast majority of public schools tend to reflect the financial capabilities of the communities in which they are located.

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

He laughed _________ when he was watching “Tom and Jerry” on TV.

_______ in Rome than he was kidnapped.

Ms. Walters was…………to make a presentation on how to increase revenue when I entered the room.