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:

 

When being interviewed, you should concentrate on what the interviewer is saying or asking you.

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

After____________your business’s operating needs, GTU Operations will be able to help you choose the tools and processes that can enhance your results.

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: 

It’s discourteous to ask Americans questions about their age, marriage or income.

Regional development activities have been carried out _______ ASEAN cooperation

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

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

Peerplane, Inc., stated yesterday that its new prototype airplane passed all……..testing.

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

Any problems with the new software system should be reported to the system administrator -------------. 

She said that if I _____ back the following day, she ____ able to help me.

They say he inherited his money from a _________ relative he had never met.

Since 1980, scientists all over the world … a lot of things to fight against AIDS. 

 ______, can you tell him that I have a book for him, please?

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

She wanted to remove the color from the curtains, so she____________ them. 

The environmental group hopes ______ the forest to its original condition by the end of the decade.

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

Osaka Box Company specializes in __________ packaging for long distance  transport of perishable foods. 

Every ten minutes, one kind of animal, plant or insect dies (1) ...... forever. If nothing is done about it, one million species that are alive today will have become (2) ...... twenty years from now.
The seas are in (3) ........ They are being filled with poison, industrial and nuclear (4) ......., chemical fertilizers and pesticides, sewage. The Mediterranean is already nearly dead. The North Sea is following. If nothing is done about it, one day soon nothing will be able to live in the seas.
The tropical rain forests, which are the (5) ...... of half the earth's living things (including many rare animals and plants), are being destroyed. If nothing is done about it, they will have disappeared in twenty years. The (6) ...... on the world's climate and on our agriculture and food supplies, will be disastrous.
Fortunately, somebody is trying to do something about it. In 1961, the World Wildlife Fund was (7) ...... - a small group of people who wanted to raise money to save animals and plants from extinction.
Today, the World Wildlife Fund is a large international organization. It has raised over $35 million for conservation projects, and has created or given (8) ...... to National Parks in five continents. It has helped 30 mammals and birds, including the tiger, to (9) ........ Perhaps this is not much, but it is a start. If more people give more money - and if more governments wake up to what is happening -perhaps the World Wildlife Fund will be able to help US to avoid the disaster that (10) ...... the natural world, and all of US will be with it.
(10)..................

Big shops, especially chain stores with branches all over the country, have to deal with very large _______ of information.

Choose the best answer:

Fortunately the machine was not ........... when it caught fire.

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The Brisbane Independent Daily Herald greatly appreciates your loyalty, and we remain committed to -------- timely and accurate news coverage to our readers.

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

With the_______________of Internet-based recording software, the traditional music industry faces a challenge.

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

Whitfield Consulting has received the prestigious "Best Workplace in Albuquerque"  award for the…........ second year.

 The robber ............... sure that no one ............... before he crept through the window.