Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: 

The ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) is an agreement by the member nations of ASEAN concerning local manufacturing in all ASEAN countries.

The police car drove into the car park and _____ sharply.

“Do you like my jacket? It’s made of pure silk.” “   .............  ”

Choose the best answer:
My hobby is …………………..dolls.

You ........... so politely at the party. Everyone was casually dressed.

In the stock market, the fluctuations in Standard and Poor’s 500 Index does not always conform to Dow Jones Averages.

With black hair and eyes, she is_________of the people from her country.

The A.I. expert wanted to have his assistant .............  the newly made robot.

School uniform is compulsory in most of Vietnamese schools.

There is ____ in my bedroom. 

To the men who worked so hard on the project, the news was profound disappointing.

Time For A Change Liza Cooke works (1) ________ VSO, a voluntary charity organization. For the last three years she (2) ________ English in a primary school in a small village in Nigeria. Before that she lived with her parents in a (3) ________ house in Croydon, and worked in an office in north London. Her life changed dramatically after she decided to join VSO (4)________ volunteer worker.
I used to travel to work every day by train. The journey would take (5) ________ forty minutes and an hour. Now it only takes me a few minutes. I used to work in a large office with about thirty other people. Now I teach classes of up to fifty children. I still work (6) ________ - well, more of less. The classroom has walls but no windows! I used to hate my office job. It was so boring. But teaching is so different - I really enjoy it. 
Of course, working in an office and living at home (7) ________ that I had a lot of free time. I would go out every night of the week and enjoy myself. I never stayed at home. Now I find I have hardly (8) ________ free time, but I don't mind. I seem to spend most of my free time doing volunteer work
(2)...................................

Agronomists study crop disease, selective breeding, crop rotation, and climatic factors, as well soil content and erosion.

Because not food is as nutritious for a baby as its mother’s milk, many women are returning to the practice of breast feeding.

That carcinogenic substances_______in many common household items is well-known.

I am sorry I have no time at present to ______ detail of our plan. A. bring in B. take into C. come in D. go into

Mary and her sister just bought two new winters coats at the clearance sale.

The last person ............ will have to turn off the lights.

Put in the correct preposition.

I couldn't find the street I was looking for, so I stopped someone to ask _____ directions.

She's a down-to-earth woman with no pretensions.

When decimal currency was introduced, one old lady in the village said “I don’t think it will catch  _______ round here.”