We bought this house at a ………price

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Tom ........ before we arrived there.

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

The shop assistant was totally bewildered by the customer’s behavior.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in the following question.

The new cowboy film catches the fancy of the children.

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Avoid ........... your houseplants too much water.

They offer shade and shelter, which in _______ reduces the amount of energy needed to heat and cool nearby buildings; at the same time, they also remove other impurities from the air we breathe.

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One day ........ the moon lasts ............... two weeks.

The news sounds __________. We are happy to hear it. 

It is relatively easy for computers to speak. A computer that says 'please' and 'thank you' in the right places is (1) ______ miracle of science , but recognizing the words that make up norm al, continuous human speech is another (2)________
Not until now have computer been programmed to (3) _____to a range of spoken commands. Until recently it was thought that computers would have tobe programmed to the accent and speech hahits of each user, and only then would be able to respond (4) _____to their master's or mistress's voice. Now rapid progress is being made (5) ______ systems programmed to adapt easily to each new speaker.
The IBM Tangora system, under development at the end of 1980s was claimed to (6) ______ a spoken vocabulary of 20,000 words with 95 percent accuracy. The system includes a processor that can make informed guesses as to (7) ______ is a likely sentence. That system has been programmed not only with grammatical rules, but also with an analysis of a vast quantity of office correspondence.
On the (8) _______of this information, the machine can calculate the probability of one particular word following another. Statistical probability is necessary for computers to interpret not only speech but also (9) ______ data.
Security systems can distinguish between faces they have been taught to recognize, but never has a computer been able to match a human's ability to make sense of a three-dimensional scene (10) ______ identifying all objects in it.
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Men have more of a ……. to put weight on around the waist and stomach areas and this is something they should be aware of.

On the other hand, tattooing was ______ in Europe by the early Christians, who thought that it was a sinful thing to do 

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This town is ………… I was born.

Choose the best option among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  …..Paul brings the money for our lunch, we’ll go right down to the cafeteria.

You might get better but this medicine will do you ___ .

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Weekend passes to Lawton Amusement Park are………for six months from the date of purchase.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: The incident sparked off a whole ……. of events that nobody had foreseen.

What would you do if he ___________ to your party?

If, ________, someone advises you to revise your work and gives you a good reason for doing so, you should consider their suggestions carefully.

Free _______ area is a designated group of countries that have agreed to eliminate tariffs, quotas, and preferences on most goods among them

Freya Stark (1893- 1993) was an extraordinary woman who ventured into (1) ____ areas where few Europeans had ever (2) ____ foot. Born in Paris, brought up in Italy, and educated in London, she was already multilingual before deciding to learn Arabic (3) ____ the end of 30. She traveled (4)____ through Greece, Italy and Cyprus. However, her passion was for exploring ancient lands of the Middle East. She was determined to make contact with the tribes that populated the area before their traditional (5) ____ of life vanished forever. She led expeditions into the most dangerous areas and despite the risks (she was even thrown into a military prison on one occasion), she always returned safe and (6) ____. During her travels, she completed a (7) ______ across the Valley of the Assassins, famous not only for its rough terrain but (8) ____ for its murderous inhabitants, and followed in the (9)___ of Alexander, the Great. In her long career she produced maps, discovered lost cities, and worked as a spy and propagandist, although it is as a travel writer that she is best remembered. She died at the age of 100, (10) ________most women of her generation in more ways than one.
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Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

Childbearing is the women's most wonderful role.