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:

The year-end party was out of this world. We had never tasted such delicious food..

 

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Many ______ are nervous about the longterm financial health of the company, especially after last week's poor earnings report

Most doctors and nurses have to work on a _______ once or twice a week at the hospital.

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I ____________ in Dublin after my internship ended, and eventually settled down there permanently.

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My father used to ____ a lot of challenges before establishing his own insurance company

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Don’t hesitate ________ me a ring if any difficulty arises while signing the contract with the landlady

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The Principal demanded that the heaters ____ immediately. Winter is coming!

MY BEST FRIEND
I have several good friends but I (1) ________ that my best friend is Ellen. We (2)________ friends with each other since we were very young because she (3)________ next door to me. We have always been in the same class at school, although she has always been much cleverer than me. I don't mind (4)________, because she often helps me with my homework! Anyway, I've always been better at sport than she is. I always (5)________ her at tennis and she doesn't like that. In fact, she hates losing at anything and gets very annoyed if she does. That's the only thing that I don't like about her. Otherwise, she has (6)________ humour and she's always making me laugh. We get on very well together, although occasionally we've had arguments - usually about silly little things. Ellen and her family moved to another district last year but I still see her a lot. We're planning to go on a trip around Europe next summer, I'm really (7)________ to it because I think we'll have a lot of fun and see exciting places. Of course, it's going to be hard -to afford such a wonderful and exciting trip and so we're both going to get jobs and try to (8)________ enough money for it.
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Mr. Stafford e-mailed the clients to ask ------- there is a train station near their office

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She said she met you once at the Hilton last year. ____________ since then?

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While __________ from my office, I saw an old friend of mine.

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After the lease -------, customers have the option of purchasing the car or returning it to their local dealer

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A large number of telephone ------- received this morning caused a backlog of deliveries

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The announcement of John Stanton's retirement was not well received by most of the staff members, but Leslie, his long time friend and colleague, was extremely ……. to hear that Mr Stanton will now be able to enjoy some leisure time

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Your house is very beautiful. How long you ________________ here?-Nearly ten years

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the undelined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

The man, together with his family, were invited to the Clambake last night.

This is ______ the best eel soup I have ever eaten.

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The skiing conditions won't be this good for another several months, so let's make ___________while the sun shines

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Be sure to ------- the wireless Internet option on your company mobile phone to avoid additional data fees

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She was taken into hospital last week when her condition suddenly ________________

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If I were offered the job, I think I ………. it