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.

What time do you go to bed ?

The bomb exploded in the garage; fortunately no one hurt.

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.

He is trying to stop smoking.

Mary: "______________________?"

Tom: "Tall and thin with blue eyes".

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct response to each of the following exchanges

Ann: "Your picture is very nice, Tom! I like it much. - Tom: ........

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.

Ann is very bad-tempered. How do you.....her?

Mrs. Brown, his children couldn't swim, said that there should be more notices warning people.

The next important question we have to decide is when do we have to finish our work.

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

Because it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Tropical cyclones are called typhoons in Asia and hurricanes in North an America. These forms go around like a wheel turning to the left when they ni northern part of the world. They have wind speeds of 60 kph or more. In the United the Tropical Prediction Center in Miami, Florida keeps an eye out for hurricanes.

When meteorologists detect a hurricane, they give it a name. They can use ei male or female name. Why should tropical cyclones have names? The name makes it easy for people to keep up with information about a hurricane and its possible dangers.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), an international weather group. decides what names will be used. The WMO makes lists of names using the English alphabet. Each name on the list starts with a different letter. The first hurricane of the year gets the first name on that year's list. The second hurricane gets the next name. For examples if the first hurricane is named Abel, the second might be named Betty. The name lists do include names beginning with the letters Q, U, X. Y and Z. There aren't many names that begin with these letters.

Asian countries use a different list, which is made up by the WMO's Typhoon Committee. This list has a few personal names, but most of the names are of flowers, animals, trees, and other similar things.

(Reading Challenge 1, Compass Publishing)

The word "detect" in the second paragraph means

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

I come from Switzerland. I came to London six months (23) _____ to learn English. I haven’t met many English people yet, only my teachers. I started learning English at school in Switzerland (24) _____ I was eleven, so I have learn it for nearly ten years. At first in London, I couldn’t understand anything, but now my English (25) ____ improved. I have just taken an exam. If I pass, I will move into the next class. I’m excited today because my parents (26) _____ tomorrow to stay with me for a few days and I (27) _____ them for a long time. They have never been to England and they can’t speak English.

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.

Which ones do you think would be difficult for blind and deaf people?

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.

I couldn't make out  what he had talked about because I was not used to his accent.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct response to each of the following exchanges

- Peter: “Why don’t we go for a picnic tomorrow?”    - Jane: “________.”