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 each of the following questions.

Question 29. The first time I met my friend’s parents, I was walking on eggshells because I knew their political views were very different from mine.

Question 13. The drug under examination has shown some___________results when given to volunteers in some countries.

Question 17. When travelling in Europe, we tried to   ___________at least an hour in a medieval town to explore it.

Question 15. After suffering severe wounds in the attack, the secret agent decided to ___________ his resignation to the commander.

Question 11. The man standing next to our father is a persuasive speaker with a natural talent___________leadership.

Question 14. During rush hours, the traffic is usually___________and cars are closing up behind each other.

Question 6. The author did not intend anybody___________his paintings until they were finished.

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

Question 5. After so___________consideration, we have finally arrived at a decision.

Question 9. The customs officers stopped the suspected man and ordered him to show___________.

Question 16. Her father was really a___________of strength to her when her marriage broke up.

Question 21. The meeting would have finished earlier if there had not been for their interruptions.

Question 8. Linda, along with hundreds of others, ___________unemployed when the factory closes next month.

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.

Question 19. Just pulling out of the station the train was that we were supposed to catch.

Question 20. Alice Thornton’s autobiography provides a fascinate account of family life in seventeenth-century England.

Question 18. Last week, an earthquake which___________6.1 on the Richter scale struck southern California.

Question 7. Every day, Peters mother drives him to school. However, today, he  ___________to school by his father.