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.

 Lucy has just finished her A-levels and she has got a place at university, but she would really like a break from the academic world. Therefore, she decides to take a gap year and travel around the world.

A. has increases                        

B. has declined                         

C. has gone up                         

D. has bettered

A. such a                                  

B. a lot                                      

C. too many                              

D. so much

A.   design

B.   persuade

C.   pursue

D.   increase

B. Tonight I’m going to write the tenth page of the report.

C. So far I have written ten pages of the report.

D. I have finished writng the report on the tenth page.

A. adults differences in learning a foreign language

B. children’s ability to learn a language

C. the age factor in learning language fast    

D. research into language acquisition