Choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following questions.

The politician tried to arouse the crowd, but most of them were indifferent to his argument.

A. similar to

B. sympathetic to

C. uninterested in

D. deaf to

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

The government has tried to _____ the price of petro, but they failed.

A. get over

B. bring on

C. bring down

D. put in

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____ his serious disease, he tried to finish writing his novel.

A. Although

B. However

C.  In spite

D. Despite

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Every means ______ tried but without much result.

A. is

B. are

C. has been

D. have been

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He tried to________himself with everyone by paying them compliments.

A. ingratiate

B. gratify

C. please

D. commend

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I tried every key in turn but not __________ fitted

A. none 

B. each  

C. any 

D. one

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Thanks to his parents’ ______ , he tried his best to win a place at a university

A. approve

B. approval

C. disagreement

D. rejection