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

Question 29: Paul fell ill. He didn't attend the conference.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined nart in each  of the following questions.

Question 24: Population growth rates vary among regions and even among countries within the same region.

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

Question 27: People no longer smoke so many cigarettes as they used to.

Mark the letter A, B, L or u to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 18: I am late because my alarm clock didn't _______ this morning.

Mark the letter A, B, L or u to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 14:  The water company will have to ______ off water supplies while repairs to the pipes are carried out.

Mark the letter A, B, L or u to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 11: Never before _____ in an earnest attempt to resolve their differences.

Mark the letter A, B, L or u to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 12: ______ with her boyfriend yesterday, she doesn't want to answer his phone call.

Mark the letter A, B, L or u to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 17: We're not ready yet, we are going to have to ______ the meeting until next week.