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.

Deforestation may seriously jeopardize the habitat of many species in the local area.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

Meaningful silence is always better than meaningless words.

The vegetables ____ in this supermarket are always fresh.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

People (A) who work (B) involves (C) standing for most of the day often suffer (D) from backache.

The child has no problem reciting the poem; he has ____ it to memory.

A good leader should not be conservative, but rather ____ to new ideas.

In the past, women used to be ____ dependent on their husbands or fathers.