Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. ⇱
Question 1. My work is challenging, of course, because it involves both a sales function and a technique function.
Question 2. She's doing well so she was promoted last year. Now she's in charge of a small team of four people.
Question 3. Through the years they have made significant contributions to species conservation.
Question 4. These animals are now on the verge of extinction.
Question 5. Every year, in Africa a lot of elephants are poached for tusks.
Question 6. I've been working here for over ten years now and I'm on first-name terms with everyone, even the CEO.
Question 7. We need to take action to help preserve fish stocks.
Question 8. Many birds didn't survive the severe winter.
Question 9. There are several reasons why we should protect endangered species.
Question 10. More complex animals gradually evolved from these very simple creatures.
Question 11. Internet search engines can help to predict the weather as well as traffic jams in a city.
Question 12. We need to prepare for our biology assignment about endangered plant species.
Question 13. Many species are threatened in the wild due to habitat destruction by man.
Question 14. This forest contains many rare specie of plants.
Question 15. A.I. techniques help medical doctors to discover subtle interactions between medications that put patience in jeopardy because of their serious side effect.
Question 16. These animals are quite vulnerable when living near the industrial zone.
Question 17. All types of dinosaurs went extinct long time ago.
Question 18. Advanced technologies may make humanity insignificant both in life and work.
Question 19. Jane used to be very excellent as a child and now she's the CEO of a big multi-national company. However, her brother is a blue-collar worker in a small local factory.
Question 20. Somebody looks at the detailed specification for the installation and then another colleague researches the cost of the labor and materials.
Question 21. The main threat to the survival of these creatures comes from their loss of habitat.
Question 22. A.I. algorithms can also help to detect faces and other features in photo sent to social networking sites and automatically organize them.
Question 23. Ray Kurzweil suggests that exponential technological development will lead to the inevitable rise of artificial intelligence.
Question 24. Darwin's theory of evolution incorporates the principle of natural selection.
Question 25. Environmentalists try to persuade the governments to see the need to preserve biological diversity.