Choose the best answer among A, B, c or D that best completes sentence: The …….bird catches the worm.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
People’s fingernails and toenails, according to a recent study, are nowadays growing more quickly. Research (35) _____ out at the University of North Carolina indicates that the speed at which human nails are growing has increased by (36) _____ 25 per cent over the last 70 years. The results of the study show that the (37)_____ human fingernail now grows about 3.5 mm a month, (38) _____ just 3 mm seven decades ago. Toenail growth, (39) _____ only about 2 mm per month, was also up on the figure (40) _____ in a similar survey done 70 years ago. Researchers (41) _____ the rapid increase down to changes in lifestyle, particularly the greater awareness of the importance of regular exercise and a healthy diet. This, they point out, is in (42) _____with similar trends in the height and weight of present-day adults. Interestingly, it appears that nails have a propensity to grow fastest (43) _____ warmer conditions, with the quickest growth rate among young people, and men. The fastestgrowing nail is on the middle finger while that on the little finger is (44) _____ the slowest, at only a fraction over 3 mm each month.
(44)..............................

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Would you like to drink milk ................... coffee?

We have to apply effective measures to save many plant and animal species _______ extinction.

I can’t go out this morning. I’m up to ................. in reports.

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I won’t go unless you ................. me the money back.

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Because the weather is very hot, she is not feeling .................. today. 

What does global warming have.................. overpopulation?

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:

The augmentation in the population has created a fuel shortage.

The UN demanded _____ from Vietnamese Eastern waters.

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.

Cheetah's tail is ____ during fast running, because it balances the animal and allows fast and sudden turns which happen often when the prey tries to escape.

I think she’s_____ . Her books are brilliant.

He was an  .............  writer because he persuaded many people to see the truth of his idea.

Ernest Hemingway is one of my  .................  American writers.

ASEAN  press  praised the great  ................  of Vietnamese athletes at the 22nd SEA Games.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. "The frame buffers mentioned in the third paragraph are ____ to store individual images"

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Psychologists conducted an  __________  study about the negative effects of video games on young children.

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I usually get up late and ................ breakfast at 7. 30 a. m. 

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There is a ................ faucet in your kitchen.

She pointed out that her wages ................ no relation to the amount of work she did.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

It was apparent from her face that she was really upset.