Food prices are going up all the time, for example oranges ……….. now 20% more expensive than last year 

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Peter’s father ordered ................ not to stay out late again. 

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

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She describes herself .......................... a fashion designer.

I found it very hard to  ................  between the two sounds.

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He smokes a lot. He is a .................. smoker. 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. 
The first thing that is included in the "living together” (23) ______ is the expected good relations with your family. This also involves sharing equally the housework. Lots of people think that everyone should share the housework (24) ________, but in many homes parents do most of it. To certain minds, many families can't share the housework whereas they should try it. In fact, sharing the housework equally is not very possible because of the families' timetable. So, it is somehow believed that children and parents must do things together. For this they can establish a housework planning.
(25)_________, housework's contributions of the teenager make him more responsible. He will think that he has an important role in his family. According to researchers, teenagers should share the housework because (26) ______ will help them when they have to establish their own family in the future. Too many teenagers and young adults leave home without knowing how to cook or clean, but if parents delegate basic housework to teens as they are old enough to do it, they won't be destabilized by doing the housework in their new grown-up life.
It can be (27) ________ concluded that many parents don't really prepare their children for future, because they don't stimulate them to learn how to run a house. If parents get them responsible, teens will be more responsible and that will improve family's life.

According to researchers, teenagers should share the housework because (26) ______ will help them when they have to establish their own family in the future

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: 

The council has spent an enormous amount of money on this project.

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:

Most ethnic groups in Vetnam have their own costumes that reflect their unique culture identities

Many species have become extinct each year before biologists can identify them.

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:

We are very grateful to Professor Humble for his generosity in donating this wonderful painting to the museum.

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I like Mary very much ......... I don’t like her brother.

 Choose the best answer among A, B, c or D that best completes sentence: A leopard cannot change its ……

Reading the story of the ................. having her dress torn off in the lift reminded me of my friend’s wedding.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:
On the federal level, the endangered species list is managed ….....…. the Endangered Species Act.

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

Visitors to Holidayland need not worry about bringing enough cash, as credit cards are accepted  ____________  in the resort.

____ as it was at such a time, his work attracted much attention.

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Politicians should never lose ______ of the needs of the people they represent.

It is equal-chance for everyone. No one should be given privilege.

______there should be more control over handguns has long been a topic of debate in the United States.

Secondary education is now compulsory nationwide.