She looked _______ me, smiling happily and confidently.

 

They____________________ sacrifices so that their only child could have a good education.

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 Yugo was considered one of the safest and most dependable cars on the road in Slovakia, until people started importing cars from abroad.

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:

When you change a sound file to an MP3, the file is compressed.

Researchers in communication show that more feelings and intentions are (1) _______ and received nonverbally than verbally. Mehrabian and Wienerfollowing have stated that only 7%(2) _______ message is sent through words, with remaining 93% sent nonverbal (3)_______. Humans use nonverbal communication because: Words have limitations: There are (4)_______ areas where nonverbal communication is more (5)_______ than verbal, especially when we explain the shape, directions, personalities which are expressed nonverbally. Nonverbal signal are powerful: Nonverbal cues primarily express inner (6)_______ while verbal messages deal basically with outside world. [primarily: mainly] Nonverbal message are likely (7)_______ more genuine: because nonverbal behaviors cannot be controlled as easily as spoken words. Nonverbal signals can express feelings inappropriate to state: Social etiquette limits (8)_______ can be said, but nonverbal cues can communicate thoughts. A separate communication channel is necessary to (9)_______ send complex messages: A speaker can add enormously to the complexity of the verbal message through simple nonverbal (10)_______.
(10)________________

 After the new technique had been introduced, the factory produced ________ cars in 2014 as the year before.

Choose the best answer

Farmers have to reduce the amount of herbicides and _______ in order to protect people’s health.

Marianne seemed to take _______ at my comments on her work

This serves to illustrate people’s utter ______ in the face of machines that are meant to serve their basic needs. 

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 government has made an attempt to avert the crisis.

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 examination will test (A) your ability to understand spoken (B) English, to read  non technical language, and writing (C) correctl (D).

Are the years you (1) _________ at school the best years of your life? Personally, I found most lessons rather uninteresting. We had to sit at our (2) _________ in silence and (3) _________ attention. The teachers used to (4) _________ on the blackboard and ask us difficult questions. We also had to (5) _________ lots of homework, and (6) _________ it in on time. We had to wear a school (7) _________, and we had to obey lots of (8) _________ I left school as soon as I could and started work. I read books at the public library, and later I decided to (9) _________ college. I really enjoyed studying because I was older and knew that I wanted some (10) _________. When I was at school, I was just the wrong age!
(4).............................

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:

Every day millions of children are denied access to the basic rights and opportunities many of us take for granted.

 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

                                                                                  ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. (31)_________human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world (32)_________on consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so just to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the very resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (33) ________  built on or washed into the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover (34)_________. We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a result, the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (35) ________  increasingly heavy demands on it.

(35).........................

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

(A) John (B) has learnt (C) English for five years (D) ago.

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes each sentence

It is often considered to be impolite to _______ at someone. 

“ What does she like?” he asked me.

When his business failed, he started again from _______

Choose the best answer

On Saturday, Tom’s parents _______him ________London to see the new film.

We can leave ____ you are ready.

He managed to climb over the wall without_______.