He said he was only joking, but his comments were so close to the bone.

The owners of modern manufacturing plants had workers doing heavy and repetitive tasks replacing by robots. 

People often mistakenly think that children can learn to speak only one language well.

The party was ____ I had expected. 

Some people feel a strong ____ to keep their cultural identities. 

Blacken the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 

Jenny: “Thanks for the nice gift you bought to us!” - Peter: “____” 

Blacken the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. 

Preserving cultural identities in international world is a matter of great dispute.

I was not in the mood for taking part in a chatting forum. 

Blacken 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. 

My sister thinks the film is too frightening. I am not scared at all. 

The lawyer rarely wears anything other than jeans and a T-shirt _____ the season.

Blacken the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Television also interferes with family life and communication. 

Al’s under the ____________ to decide by the end of the month whether to move his company.