The word "obstructions” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each other numbered blanks. 

One of the most wondrous and iconic animals to walk the Earth, Bengal tigers, (25) _________ are majestic and rare. They're also one of the biggest cat species in the world. On average, Bengals are larger than (26) _______ tiger species, but the largest tiger ever (27) _______ was a Siberian. As such, Bengals are considered the second largest tiger species. 

Today, wild Bengal tigers are animals that only live in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal. (28) _________ there are more Bengals than any other tiger subspecies on the Indian subcontinent, the populations are endangered. Conservation efforts are working to some degree, but they're not (29) __________ the poaching, deforestation, and human encroachment that has devastated wild tiger habitats over the past 50 years. 

My father has worked as a journalist _______.

Your mother sometimes buys you a big present, __________?

When the parents have died, the nuns will take ___________ the children.

More than thirty people ________ evidence to the court during the four week trial.

Sleeping resting and to drink fruit juice are the best ways to care for a cold.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Physics are one of the core subjects in natural sciences.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

In their company, people don't like him because he always poke his nose into other people's affairs.

According to the last paragraph, students will get the best result if they use of ________ learning.

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

Mr. Henderson was determined to remain neutral.

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

It is probable to rain heavily this evening.