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 venom of coral snakes is especially potent and the mortality rate among humans who have been bitten is high.

A. cold and cold                                         

B. the coldest and coldest

C. more and more cold                               

D. colder and colder

A. inform             

B. Information               

C. Informative               

D. informatively

A. needn't study                                                   

B. needn't be studying

C. needn't have studied                                       

D. needn't have been studied

A. had been studying 

B. were studying 

C. have been studying

D. are studying

A. That the woman was                             

B. The woman was

C. What the woman was                            

D. What was the woman

A. Ø / the            

B. the / Ø              

C. a / the              

D. the / the

A. deep-seated      

B. significant        

C. Dependent                 

D. intellectual