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: 

People sometimes choose partners who compensate for their own shortcomings.

Choose the best answer:

She is preparing for the university entrance ...............

Smoking is very…. to our health.

A surprising number of popular spectator sports, for example football or baseball, started in Europe or the USA in the nineteenth century. This did not happen by chance. It was the  ______ of changes in the way people lived in those places at that time.

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:

There is no alternative. The president must approve the bill if the Congress passes it

Choose the best option among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  ….. my daughter reaches the age of sixteen, she will be able to drive.

ASEAN also try to solve the problems of ethnic tensions which might lead _______ civil war.

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

It’s time John stopped making____________comments all the time. He’s so rude and nobody’s amused.

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They will certainly come ........... them.

First he ................... as a salesman, then as a night clerk, and after that he quit his job and became a writer.

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

A large_____________of the tree broke off in the storm.

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We ..........TV when it started to rain.

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

The company cafeteria menu has been improved and ________ features a  greater selection of healthy soups and salads. 

(John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1917-1963) the 35th us President (1961-1963). He was the country's youngest president and the first Roman Catholic ever ____ (1) ____, He was___(2)____known informally as Jack Kennedy and JFK. His wife was Jackie Kennedy. He won a medal for____(3)____during World War II, and was elected to the us House of Representatives (1947-1953) and then___(4)___ the us Senate (1952-1960).
Kennedy's greatest success___ (5) ___President was in___ (6) ___the Cuban missile crisis and his worst failure was over the Bay of Pigs incident. He worked ____ (7) ____his brother, US Attorney General Robert Kennedy, to support the civil rights___ (8) ___. He was murdered in Dallas, probably by Lee Harvey Oswald, in one of the most shocking events in us history. Some people believe that others were responsible for his murder, but ___ (9) ___has ever been___(10)___proved. Kennedy's book, Profiles in Courage (1956), won a Pulitzer Prize.
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."
John F Kennedy
(7)........................

You arrived two days ago. You are going to leave next Sunday. By the time you leave, you ........... nine days here. 

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Could you ............. me ten pounds until next payday?

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

He seems________________ of any humour whatsoever.

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: 

While waiting at a gas station Simon and Mack strike up a friendship.

A.    B.     C.  D. 

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

The impressive floral display at the building entrance is ----------- made up of blue flowers, with a few red ones artfully placed throughout.

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

Visitors to the Sydney Orgo Lab  facilities must_________by an employee at all times.

Mary and John are meeting at the cinema.

Mary: "Hi, John. How are you?" John: " ................. . And you?"