Choose the best answer

IV. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the words CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined words in each of the following questions

1. A heat wave can lead to widespread drought and increase the risk of wildfires.

A. so                               B. cause                           C. because                          D. because of 

2. The Disney World is located in the City of Orlando, which is in the State of Florida.

A. designed               B. arrived                  C. situated            D. named

3. Over the past five years, Australia’s population has increased by 1.86 million people.

A. decrease                    B. gone down       C. extended          D. begun

4. Nowadays, Canada is struggling against the influence of the foreign cultures, especially of the us one.

A. impact             B. instruction                 C. construction              D. reduction