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The Viet (or Kinh) have______ number of people, account for about 86% of the population.

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Nam failed the final exam ________ he was lazy

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The secretary ___________________ until she ___________________ her work

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Mr. Chandling will cover any time-sensitive work ------- Mr. Tan is on vacation

Don is such a smooth talker, he could sell ice to_______.

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

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The government has pledged ________________ the amount of chemicals used in food production

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I’m a busy man and I have plenty of work to do. And I strongly object ________ to spend long hours in the waiting-room

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Mr. Cutler has been asked to -----  domestic sales of low-calorie beverages

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The grand opening of the gift shop will coincide _______ the winter festival so residents can begin their holiday shopping

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He _________________ to the theatre tonight. He has got a free ticket

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We get high marks,____________________

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:

He had never experienced such discourtesy towards the president as it occurred at the amiual meeting in May.

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We would rather__________coffee than tea.

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With greatly increased workloads, everyone is _______ pressure now.

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Scientists are hoping for a _________________ in the search for a cure for cancer

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One of the ------- for the position is three years of customer service experience

The money I have saved is ______ for buying a car.

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Quillet Motors has been working ------- the goal of reducing its factory emissions by 25 percent since last year

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It was Heinrich Schliemann’s ambition ________ the buried city of Troy, so he taught himself ________ ancient Greek and Ottoman Turkish

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Being both lighter than air and _____________, helium is used to inflate balloons and airships