…………the city council has approved the urban renewal project, we need to recruit several new workers.

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Despite many changes in his life, he remained ...... his working principles.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

We missed the end of “Get out”. Can you give us a brief              of the plot?

Though there was a huge amount of turbulence during the flight, the pilot managed to ___the plane ____ without crashing it.

At the end of the day's work, she often finds __________. A. exhausted B. exhaust C. exhaustedly D. exhausting

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I have no ....... to his coming here.

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:

Sorry, I can’t come to your party. I am snowed under with work at the moment.

Some countries, like Japan, will employ people without a teaching qualification as _______ as the teacher is a native speaker of English. 

A long time ago, this part of the town used to be a place where people came to relax and get away from their stress. Although this was …............... a shelter for people to escape, it has now become a chaotic and noisy market area.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. 
What is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and what is its purpose? The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a multilateral organization which was (1) _____ to give Southeast Asian states a forum to communicate (2) _____ each other. Since the region had a long colonial past and a history of endemic warfare, there has never been much peaceful and constructive (3) _____ between kings, presidents and other officials. A neutral forum was, (4) _____, a very useful development for all of those countries. ASEAN was formed as a result of the Bangkok (5) _____ of 1967 and initially had five members: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, (6) _____ Philippines and Singapore. Brunei (7) _____ joined in 1984 after it had won independence from Britain. Vietnam became the seventh member of the group, officially joining in 1995. (8) _____ several years of negotiation, Myanmar and Laos joined in 1997 and the final member of the ten, Cambodia, joined in 1999. The only (9)__ state in Southeast Asia which is not a member of ASEAN is now East Timor. It is still (10) _____ vulnerable and fragile to be able to participate for the foreseeable future.
(2)..........................

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. 
The Philippines, officially known (1) _____ the Republic of the Philippines, is (2) _____ in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine (3) ____ 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, sharing borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country with a population approaching 90 million people. Its national (4) _____ is the 37th largest in the world with a 2006 gross domestic product (GDP) of over 117.562 billion USD. There are (5) _____ 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide. The Philippines became a Spanish colony in the 16th century and an American territory at the (6) _____ of the 20th century. The Philippines won independence from Spain in 1896. The Philippines (7) _____ its independence from the United States on July 4, 1946 after World War II. Spanish was (8) _____ official language of the Philippines until 1973. Since then, the two official languages are Filipino and English. The Philippines had cultural ties with Malaysia, Indonesia, and India in the ancient time, and trade (9) _____ with China and Japan as early as the 9th century. The late 1960s and early 1970s its economic development was second in Asia, (10) _____ to Japan. The Philippines is a founding and active member of the United Nations and is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)/ The Philippines is also a member of the East Asia Summit (EAS) and an active member in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
(7)........................

2007 was the 40th anniversary of the _______ of ASEAN.

Why ................at me like that? What’s the matter?

The development of open learning, ______ it possible to study when it is convenient for the students, has increased the opportunities available to many people.

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You can't make ........... if they don’t want to.

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: 

We have achieved considerable results in the economic field, such as high economic growth, stability and significant poverty alleviation over the past few years

 The weather this summer is really __________. 

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

Any students who neglects his or her homework is unlikely to do well at school.

Identify the underlined word/phrase (A or B, C,D) that needs correcting to become an exact one.

At the moment I am spending my weekend go to camping with my friends.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

 John: “I’m going for a run. Do you want to come?”

Alice: “You must be__________! It’s snowing outside.”

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

I hope the peach blossoms will be still_____________ until Tet holiday.