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.

Hundreds of thousands of elephants were illegally poached and their tusks sold for profits.

Dinosaurs were unable to survive severe ice age weather conditions.

_______ is a sport in which people or teams race against each other in boats with oars.

The firemen fought for three hours before they managed to ______ the fire.

 Countries all over the world are now beginning to enter the sector of eLearning, (30) _______ people to have a broader access to learning opportunities that weren't otherwise possible in the past.

A ________ is a story long enough to fill a complete book, in which the characters and events are usually imaginary.