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.

Not only is summer sea ice shrinking rapidly in the Arctic, but so is the average thickness of sea ice.

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The more _____________ you look, the better you will feel.

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After six months of convalescence in a nursing home, Tim is finally on the _____________ 

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The measures (A) have contributed to the effort to preserve biodiversity and (B) put an end to the (C) illegally use and trafficking of wildlife (D) across the country.

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The Foreign Ministries of Vietnam and Mexico agreed _____________ measures to boost the bilateral cooperation between the two nations.

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You should _____________ more attention to what your teacher explains.

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Police have not revealed the _____________ details of the case.

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.

He didn’t hurry. Therefore, he missed the plane