Synchronized swimming is a sport in which groups of swimmers ................ in patterns in the water to music.

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: 

Everyone in my community joined hands to help those impacted by the flood.

 Please stop ..... I can hear you fine! 

Many nations have laws offering protection to these species, such as forbidding hunting, restricting land development or creating _______.

Most environmental problems are ______ to lacks of awareness and understanding of humans.

She is very good at handling both her work and family life.

This picture book, the few pages ..............  are missing, is my favourite one.

The internship in this company ...........  an influence on him for the rest of his life.

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

We are very grateful to Professor Humble for his generosity in donating this wonderful painting to the museum.

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

A banquet was held to honor five employees, all of _____________   have worked at the company for more than 20 years.

They asked me a lot of questions, _____________ I couldn't answer.

Choose the best answer:

I ask him .................... 

Choose the part that needs correcting in each of the questions below

Williams not only (A)took three showers a day (B)and (C)washed his clothes (D)twice.

I can’t possily lend you any more money; it is quite out of the ....................

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

The  ______________  of the retreat was to allow all of the employees to bond with one another.

A Committee was set up under the ________ of Edmund Compton. 

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: I’d rather ….. in the field than …… home.

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: 

I’ll not stand for your bad attitude any longer.

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: 

She was unhappy that she lost contact with a lot of her old friends when she went abroad to study.

The strongly patriotic character of Charles Sangster’s poetry is credited about greatly furthering the cause of confederation in Canada.

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.
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