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.

Efforts by the government agency to improve its work were hampered by lack of funds.

Environmental groups try to stop farmers from using harmful _____ on their crops.

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

Maria says she'd like to have been put in a higher class.

It's no use ____ make him _____ his mind.

Efforts are underway to protect endangered species from further human ________, but in many areas it is already too late.

The doctor gave her a ______ check-up so as to discover the cause of her breakdown.

Apparently, ______ science, mathematics, and technology are defined as much by what they do and how they do it as they are by _____ results they achieve.

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.

The film was taken apart on the grounds that it glorifies violence.