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

Question: Before you begin the exam paper, always read the instructions carefully.

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

Question: Everyone is hoping and praying that lasting peace will eventually come to the area.

Question: Why did John Mills fly in an aeroplane?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

There were no poor performance. Moreover, that of the Russian dancers was certainly the best.

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.

The traffic is so heavy. It will take us at least an hour to get there.

George has ____; he loves cakes, chocolate, ice- cream- anything which is sweet.