gtggghhtthhffghhhhh Question 65: What beats me is why people are prepared to sit in a traffic jam every,morning for half an hour just to get to work.,A. What I cannot understand B. What I feel interested in,C. What I pay attention to D. What I cannot believe,Exercise 5: 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.,Question 66: It's only quite recently that the long-lasting and devastating effects of,such chemicals on wildlife have come to light.,A. durable B. effective C. transient D. flexible,Question 67: The best hope of avoiding a downmarket tabloid TV future lies in the,pressure currently, being put on the networks to clean up their act.,A. expensive B. cheap C. inferior D. economical,Question 68: One of the most efficient and cost-effective approaches to the late,payment problem is invoice finance.,A. gainful B. unprofitable C. well-paid D. commercial,Question 69: They are not down-to-earth people who are willing to lower themselves,to see the reality of poor people's lives.,A. practical B. reasonable C. sensible D. unrealistic,Question 70: Mr Robinson said the scheme could not work for every household and,will only serve 15,000 homes in the most densely populated areas - Skipton, Settle,and South Craven.,A. sparsely B. compactly C. heavily D. solidly,Question 71: If he gets bored with the lessons, he just switches off and looks out,the window.,A. went off B. apologized for C. paid attention to D. kept on,Question 72: If you don't make good money, you are a loser and may be looked down on,,no matter how civilized and ethical you are.,A. insulted B. respected,C. underestimated D. given another chance,Question 73: As a southerner, he did not want to move north, fearing that he might,never settle down in the provinces.,A. inhabit B. navigate C. colonize D. migrate,Question 74: It turned out that they had spent days and nights at Internet cafes, one,after the other until their money was used up.,A. run out of B. invested C. conserved D. consumed,88 |

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gtggghhtthhffghhhhh Question 65: What beats me is why people are prepared to sit in a traffic jam every,morning for half an hour just to get to work.,A. What I cannot understand B. What I feel interested in,C. What I pay attention to D. What I cannot believe,Exercise 5: 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.,Question 66: It&#x27;s only quite recently that the long-lasting and devastating effects of,such chemicals on wildlife have come to light.,A. durable B. effective C. transient D. flexible,Question 67: The best hope of avoiding a downmarket tabloid TV future lies in the,pressure currently, being put on the networks to clean up their act.,A. expensive B. cheap C. inferior D. economical,Question 68: One of the most efficient and cost-effective approaches to the late,payment problem is invoice finance.,A. gainful B. unprofitable C. well-paid D. commercial,Question 69: They are not down-to-earth people who are willing to lower themselves,to see the reality of poor people&#x27;s lives.,A. practical B. reasonable C. sensible D. unrealistic,Question 70: Mr Robinson said the scheme could not work for every household and,will only serve 15,000 homes in the most densely populated areas - Skipton, Settle,and South Craven.,A. sparsely B. compactly C. heavily D. solidly,Question 71: If he gets bored with the lessons, he just switches off and looks out,the window.,A. went off B. apologized for C. paid attention to D. kept on,Question 72: If you don&#x27;t make good money, you are a loser and may be looked down on,,no matter how civilized and ethical you are.,A. insulted B. respected,C. underestimated D. given another chance,Question 73: As a southerner, he did not want to move north, fearing that he might,never settle down in the provinces.,A. inhabit B. navigate C. colonize D. migrate,Question 74: It turned out that they had spent days and nights at Internet cafes, one,after the other until their money was used up.,A. run out of B. invested C. conserved D. consumed,88 |

Accepted Answer

A. What I cannot understand

Here are the answers to Exercise 5:

66. C. transient (opposite of long-lasting)

67. B. cheap (opposite of downmarket is upmarket, but among the options, cheap has the closest opposite meaning)

68. B. unprofitable (opposite of cost-effective)

69. D. unrealistic (opposite of down-to-earth)

70. A. sparsely (opposite of densely)

71. C. paid attention to (opposite of switches off)

72. B. respected (opposite of looked down on)

73. D. migrate (opposite of settle down)

74. C. conserved (opposite of used up)