1. The questionnaire will __________ the staff to match students’ preferences with the different duties.
   1. ◯ facilitate ✔ ✘
   2. ◯ enable ✔ ✘
   3. ◯ ease ✔ ✘
   4. ◯ let ✔ ✘
2. You have gone over your budget. How can you ___________ this overspending?
   1. ◯ justify ✔ ✘
   2. ◯ reason ✔ ✘
   3. ◯ ratify ✔ ✘
   4. ◯ implement ✔ ✘
3. My grandfather’s chronic cough __________ from his 50 years of smoking.
   1. ◯ issues ✔ ✘
   2. ◯ roots ✔ ✘
   3. ◯ stems ✔ ✘
   4. ◯ follows ✔ ✘
4. The temperature _________ to 36 degrees and we all started sweating.
   1. ◯ fluctuated ✔ ✘
   2. ◯ reached ✔ ✘
   3. ◯ soared ✔ ✘
   4. ◯ arose ✔ ✘
5. There is an interesting __________ in parts of Asia for men to bleach their hair.
   1. ◯ trend ✔ ✘
   2. ◯ movement ✔ ✘
   3. ◯ convention ✔ ✘
   4. ◯ habit ✔ ✘
6. The candidate __________ his success to his mentor’s help.
   1. ◯ describes ✔ ✘
   2. ◯ qualifies ✔ ✘
   3. ◯ puts ✔ ✘
   4. ◯ attributes ✔ ✘
7. If children keep eating sticky sweets, the health of their teeth and gums will ____________ and this will lead to tooth decay.
   1. ◯ deteriorate ✔ ✘
   2. ◯ dwindle ✔ ✘
   3. ◯ plummet ✔ ✘
   4. ◯ sink ✔ ✘
8. The student __________ from his supervisor’s look of disapproval that his thesis was not satisfactory.
   1. ◯ inferred ✔ ✘
   2. ◯ implied ✔ ✘
   3. ◯ implicated ✔ ✘
   4. ◯ confirmed ✔ ✘
9. My claim for a refund was ___________ when I failed to produce the receipts.
   1. ◯ blanked ✔ ✘
   2. ◯ invalidated ✔ ✘
   3. ◯ annihilated ✔ ✘
   4. ◯ controlled ✔ ✘
10. The lecture was rather boring, but the ___________ discussion proved fruitful.
    1. ◯ latter ✔ ✘
    2. ◯ consecutive ✔ ✘
    3. ◯ subsequent ✔ ✘
    4. ◯ successive ✔ ✘
11. I never borrow money from other people; it is against my ___________.
    1. ◯ principals ✔ ✘
    2. ◯ principles ✔ ✘
    3. ◯ wishes ✔ ✘
    4. ◯ standards ✔ ✘
12. Pancakes _________ of eggs, flour and milk.
    1. ◯ made ✔ ✘
    2. ◯ comprise ✔ ✘
    3. ◯ contain ✔ ✘
    4. ◯ consist ✔ ✘
13. Lawyers in Hong Kong earn almost twice the salary of their _________ in Singapore.
    1. ◯ counterparts ✔ ✘
    2. ◯ equals ✔ ✘
    3. ◯ mates ✔ ✘
    4. ◯ matches ✔ ✘
14. If you join a club you have to ___________ to all its rules and regulations.
    1. ◯ conform ✔ ✘
    2. ◯ follow ✔ ✘
    3. ◯ obey ✔ ✘
    4. ◯ consist ✔ ✘
15. The CEO has to __________ all major decisions to the company’s shareholders.
    1. ◯ support ✔ ✘
    2. ◯ agree ✔ ✘
    3. ◯ justify ✔ ✘
    4. ◯ represent ✔ ✘
16. When you submit your passport application, make sure you have all the ________ documents with you to avoid delay.
    1. ◯ realistic ✔ ✘
    2. ◯ rightful ✔ ✘
    3. ◯ real ✔ ✘
    4. ◯ relevant ✔ ✘
17. When you get to Bangkok you will have to _________ to another flight.
    1. ◯ transform ✔ ✘
    2. ◯ transfer ✔ ✘
    3. ◯ transit ✔ ✘
    4. ◯ transmit ✔ ✘
18. On arrival, after going through passport control, passengers should __________ to customs.
    1. ◯ proceed ✔ ✘
    2. ◯ trip ✔ ✘
    3. ◯ march ✔ ✘
    4. ◯ tiptoe ✔ ✘
19. All the committee members reached a ___________ about how the management fees should be spent.
    1. ◯ conformity ✔ ✘
    2. ◯ communion ✔ ✘
    3. ◯ consensus ✔ ✘
    4. ◯ commission ✔ ✘
20. It is difficult to ___________ between the twins; they are identical.
    1. ◯ see ✔ ✘
    2. ◯ diversify ✔ ✘
    3. ◯ diverge ✔ ✘
    4. ◯ differentiate ✔ ✘