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.

Astronomy greatly interests him.

The phone _______ constantly since Jack won the first prize this morning. 

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

They are my two sister. They aren’t teachers like me. 

Most of the _______ in this workshop do not work very seriously or productively. 

I don’t feel like buying a _______ in a poke; we’d better check the content. 

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

Most of the guests at the dinner party chose to dress elegantly, but one man wore jeans and a T–shirt; he was later identified as a high school teacher. 

TV advertising in the late afternoon tends to _______ young children. 

Most folk songs are ballads _______ have simple words and tell simple stories.