While China’s growth next year is expected to be far slower than the historic (31) ________ it has become accustomed to over the past four decades, it is unlikely that its GDP will contract for two quarters.

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

He caught a _______ of her in the crowd so I can't give you the details.

According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE about "missing link"?

It's ________ knowledge that eating vegetables and doing exercise regularly do us good.

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

Laura's aunt, Mary, is visiting her family on Christmas evening. She phones and asks her aunt:

Laura: "When would you like to have dinner?"

Mary: "________"

_______ their farm work, the farmers returned home.

Learners have voiced their complaints to the language centre that its services are inadequate and not entirely dependent.

There's been a white van sitting _______ for the past ten miles.

According to the passage, why did it take a long time to re-examine the Piltdown skull?

Peter and Mary are talking about a book they have just read.

- Peter: "The book is really interesting and educational."

- Mary: "________"

His ________ of the new game has earned him a fortune.

I'll have left the city ________ to visit me.

The word "occurred" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.