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.

 Mr. Young, general manager of the emergency response division of AMSA, said that the debris was spotted along a busy shipping route and could be containers that had fallen off cargo vessels.

A. have lost         

B. will be losing    

C. will have lost    

D. are losing

A. absorb   

B. provide   

C. read        

D. transmit

A. in fear of                 

B. under threat of       

C. with fear of           

D. with threat of

A. We’ll have to move upstairs soon if the flood rises any higher.

B. Unless the flood rises any higher we won’t have to move upstairs.

C. If we don’t move upstairs, the flood may rise higher.

D. We have to move upstairs in case the flood rises any higher.

A. Should  

B. Had        

C. Were      

D. Did

A. didn’t come    

B. doesn’t come    

C. hadn’t come     

D. hasn’t come

A. a bell      

B. a mirror                 

C. a waterfall             

D. a lake