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

In Benjamin Franklin's almanac, he warns against making hasty decisions.

_______, the more terrible the terrorism will become.

 The last time Jimmy  .................  a training course was when he was an undergraduate.

................. her supervisor’s approval, she shouldn’t begin the project.

According to World Bank figures, 4 per cent of Brazilians live in absolute _______.

Choose the word or phrase — a, b, c or d — that best fits the blank space in the following passage. 
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is a (1)_____ agency of the United Nations established on November 16 1945. Its stated (2) _____ is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, and culture in order to(3 )_____ universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and the human rights and fundamental freedoms (4) ____ in the UN Charter. It is the heir of the League of Nations' International Commission on Intellectual Cooperation. UNESCO has 193 Member States and 6 Associate Members. The organization is (5) ___ in Paris, with over 50 field offices and many specialized institutes and centres throughout the world. Most of the field offices are "cluster" offices (6) ___ three or more countries; there are also national, and regional offices. UNESCO (7) ____ its objectives through five major programes: education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and communication and information . Projects (8) ____ by UNESCO include literacy, technical, and teacher-training programes; international science programes; the promotion of independent media and freedom of the press; regional and cultural history projects, the promotion of cultural (9)____; international cooperation agreements to secure the world cultural and natural heritage ( World Heritage Sites ) and to (10) ___ human rights.
(10)...................

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

Many political radicals advocated that women should not be discriminated on the basic of their sex.

The price of fruit has increased recently,  ...........  the price of vegetables has gone down.

Getting promotion also means getting more ...................

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 

Travel writer Arthur Chaplin will give a short presentation tomorrow  _________  the trip described in his new book, Walking in Peru.

Choose the best answer:

We need ___________ to help the disaster-stricken area.

Sorry I don’t feel like ............  this evening.

During our stay in Venice, we bought a ________ bottle.

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 

Automat CEO Sergei Rostov's speech on trends in the high-tech industry drew an audience consisting mostly of  ____________entrepreneurs.

We were late because we had some car problems. By the time we  ..................  to the station, Susan ................. for us for more than two hours.

Our Design Department has recently purchased the most _________ software available, with the aim of greatly increasing our design capabilities.

"Paul, could you please turn off the stove? The potatoes  ________ for at least thirty minutes."

The World Trade Organization was established aiming _________ reducing tariffs for the facilitation of global trade.

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

Although more and more companies are beginning to accept bitcoins, the percentage of purchases made using bitcoins is minuscule compared to other online payment methods.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best complete each of the following exchanges. 

A - Hello. May I speak to Fred, please?     B - _____________ 

There are rumours that the company had to grease someone’s_______to get that contract.