Stacey seems like a bright student. She′s always the first ______ her work.  

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I had a headache, and the doctor asked me .................. some aspirin. 

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He is the ............... of our string band.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Could you reply this e-mail? Please confirm your attendance at the meeting!

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: 

The United States is a major influence in the United Nations.

Last year I studied abroad. I appreciate _______ the opportunity to live and study in a foreign country. 

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I wear a hat .............. I don’t want to be sick.

The majority of the students _______ home for their holidays for the past few weeks.

You should change your wet shoes,             you’ll catch cold

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. "Often, computer – animation companies first _____ motion tests with simple computer-generated line drawings before selling their computers"

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I ask him .................... 

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

There was a long period without rain in the countryside last year so the harvest was poor.

Thousands of species of animals and plants are ..................  and the number decreases each year.

S. Eliot received wide recognition after publishes The Waste Land, which fused poetic traditions with elements of modern music and language.

We all welcome the government's initiative to boost lifelong learning.

Gesture is a potent form of _________ communication.

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

Efforts by the government agency to improve its work were hampered by lack of funds.

I found it very hard to  ................  between the two sounds.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
People’s fingernails and toenails, according to a recent study, are nowadays growing more quickly. Research (35) _____ out at the University of North Carolina indicates that the speed at which human nails are growing has increased by (36) _____ 25 per cent over the last 70 years. The results of the study show that the (37)_____ human fingernail now grows about 3.5 mm a month, (38) _____ just 3 mm seven decades ago. Toenail growth, (39) _____ only about 2 mm per month, was also up on the figure (40) _____ in a similar survey done 70 years ago. Researchers (41) _____ the rapid increase down to changes in lifestyle, particularly the greater awareness of the importance of regular exercise and a healthy diet. This, they point out, is in (42) _____with similar trends in the height and weight of present-day adults. Interestingly, it appears that nails have a propensity to grow fastest (43) _____ warmer conditions, with the quickest growth rate among young people, and men. The fastestgrowing nail is on the middle finger while that on the little finger is (44) _____ the slowest, at only a fraction over 3 mm each month.
(41)..............................

It was __ that I got the job. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

All payments to the ICRC are ................... and are received as donations.