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 government is taking active steps to prevent the rapid spread of the disease.

He bent over backwards to please his new girlfriend, but she never seemed satisfied.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions. 

I've been trying to _______ smoking, but I simply can't do it. 

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. 

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

It took some time to get _______ to the slower pace of life in the country after the frantic atmosphere of the city. 

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

My parents aren't here now. I want to share this triumph with them.

It is amazing how quickly the new foreign students adapt to the local culture.

Laura and Mitchell are talking about their school days. 

- Laura: "Do you think school days are the happiest time of your life?” 

- Mitchell: “_____________. I wish my school days would last forever!" 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.

CATS

Cats of all kinds are present in the legends, religion, mythology, and history of many different cultures. Cave paintings created by early humans display different types of wild cats (26) ______ are now extinct, or no longer around. Cats (27) ______ to the ones kept as pets today started showing up in artwork thousands of years ago. For example, the ancient Egyptians believed cats were the sacred, or special, animal of a goddess named Bast. They believed that Bast often appeared as a cat, so many ancient Egyptians respected and honoured cats and kittens. (28) ______, other cultures feared cats or thought that they brought illnesses and bad luck. Today, with millions kept as pets in homes around the world, cats have become important members of (29) ______ families. No one knows for sure when or how cats became very popular household pets. It's possible that people noticed how cats hunted mice and rats, so they set food and milk out to keep the cats near their homes. This helped to prevent too many of these rodents from coming into homes and eating people's food or (30) ______ sickness.