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

Most scientists know him well. However, very few ordinary people have heard of him.

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Could you please stop ________ so much noise?

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

As a newspaper reporter, she always wanted to get information at first hand.

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

Any student who neglects his or her homework is unlikely to do well at school.

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I can’t go out this morning. I’m up to ____ in reports.

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Thanks to the invention of labor-saving ________, domestic chores are no longer a burden.

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If you ________ in my position, what would you do?

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She played ______ piano confidently, but her timing was not good.