The biggest company in our local area is _______the verge of bankruptcy.

 

His colleagues gave him a present when he retired.

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

He is a great sports ........................He rarely misses any sport games although he was busy.

Choose the best answer:
The passengers asked her how ……………….to the police station?

................ excellent art museums, Moscow has a world-famous ballet company.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: The war ……disaster to local people.

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

The manager announced that a few office supply ____________   would be delayed because of weather conditions.

............. my opinion, this problem is worthy of attention.

Gold   ___________________   in California in the nineteenth century.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence

The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for _______ health.

The committee found it very difficult ..............  a decision.

He set out soon after dark_______home an hour later.

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

Research indicates that consumers are much more likely to purchase products from companies that show  ______  for the environment.

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:

Affluent families find it easier to support their children financially.

The little girl started crying. She ............ her doll, and no one was able to find it for her.

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.
(5)...................

I ............  you don't make as much profit this year!

If orders keep coming in like this, I'll have to _________more staff

 When I came, the salesperson was .................  to the customers how to use a new kind of washing machines.

In the years ............ all the trees will disappear if nothing is done to protect them.