Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Hypertension is one of the most widespread and potential dangerous diseases

A. colossal

B. popular

C. common

D.scattered

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 44 to 50.       

       After twenty years of growing student enrollments and economic prosperity, business schools in the United States have started to face harder times. Only Harvard’s MBA School has shown a substantial increase in enrollment in recent years. Both Princeton and Stanford have seen decreases in their enrollments. Since 1990, the number of people receiving Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degrees, has dropped about 3 percent to 75,000, and the trend of lower enrollment rates is expected to continue.

      There are two factors causing this decrease in students seeking an MBA degree. The first one is that many graduates of four-year colleges are finding that an MBA degree does not guarantee a plush job on Wall Street, or in other financial districts of major American cities. Many of the entry- level management jobs are going to students graduating with Master of Arts degrees in English and the humanities as well as those holding MBA degrees. Students have asked the question, “Is an MBA degree really what I need to be best prepared for getting a good job?” The second major factor has been the cutting of American payrolls and the lower number of entry-level jobs being offered. Business needs are changing, and MBA schools are struggling to meet the new demands.

The word “prosperity” in the first paragraph could be best replaced by which of the following?

A. success  

B. surplus    

C. nurturing          

D. education

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines the pair of sentences given in each of the following questions.

She phoned him early in the morning. She didn’t want him to forget to bring along the document

A. She phoned him early in the morning when she didn’t want him to bring along the document.

B. She phoned him early in the morning so that she wanted him to bring along the document.

C. She phoned him early in the morning lest he would forget to bring along the document.

D. She phoned him early in the morning though she didn’t want him to forget to bring along the document.

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

Mr. Simkins is the big x in the company as he has just been promoted to the position of Managing Director

A. bread

B. meat

C. cheese

D. apple

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

As soon as I left the house, he appeared.

A. No sooner had I left the house than he appear

B. Harly had I left the house when he appeared

C. Harly had I leave the house when he appeared

D. No sooner had I leave the house than he appear