Peter tried his best and passed the driving test at the  first ________________                             

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:

We are having a surprise party for Susan next Saturday, so don't give the secret away by saying anything to her.

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How long it ________________ you to get to the library?

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I find it difficult to remain neutral while he is concerned about the matter.

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------- our partnership with Shox Gym, we are able to provide employees with a free membership to the fitness center

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If carefully doing, the experiment will be successful.

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After ------- the neighborhood, Mr.Park decided not to move his café to Thomasville

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After being given ____________warnings for disrupting class, Thomas was finally sent to the principal’s office

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Unemployment rates among white-collar workers show much less regional ________________than corresponding rates among blue-collar workers

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The ability to reason logically is an important aspect of intelligence and has always been a major focus ____ Al research.

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X: "I'm really excited. I'm going on holiday to Australia tomorrow."
Y: “____”

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Attendees said the fireworks were the most    ------- part of the festival

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After having chickenpox as a child, I am susceptible to getting an ____________ of shingles since the virus is already in my system

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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Only after checking three times …………certain of the answer. Jim promised that never would he tell anyone else

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Employees ------- several departments  have been encouraged to minimize costs

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Look! We …………………..card in the class.

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Some reptile skins - such as crocodile, python and monitor lizard - are highly prized ____ exotic leathers.

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You know there is no point in ________ about the past –after all, you can’t change it, can you?

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Clydeway, Inc., has grown dramatically ------- its beginnings as a small corner grocery store.

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Though a great deal of money had -------, the project was a failure