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:

Some 12th -grade students find sitting the entrance exam to be accepted into universities such a daunting process that they become depressed due to the level of stress.

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Penny _____________ good impression on my parents. She is so polite

A detailed quotation on the ongoing. ........................will be provided for free anytime upon request.

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Backpacking is best suited for those who are in good physical condition __________

An economic _______ is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty. 

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The pace of ______ life is much slower in the country than in the city

Affected by the Western cultures, Vietnamese young people's attitudes _______ love and marriage have dramatically changed.

Mary wanted to give Nigel a present that was a little bit out of the ___________

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Women’s salaries are getting more important ____ their household income

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:

There was a long period without rain in the countryside last year so the harvest was poor.

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There has been no discernible improvement in the noise levels since lorries were banned.

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He luckily inherited a lucrative business from his father

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When the police started asking questions, the suspect ______

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks from 15 to 19
About 50 or so kinds modern plastic are made from oil, gas, or coal-non-renewable natural resources.  We (15)___ well over three million tons of the stuff in Japan each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away .A high proportion of our animal consumption is in the (16)____ of packaging and this constitutes about seven percent by weight, of our domestic(17) ____ . Almost all of it can be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling industry is growing fast. The plastics themselves are extremely energy - rich – they have a higher calorific(18) ____ than coal and one methodn of “recovery” strongly (19)____ by plastic manufacturers if the conversion of waste plastic into a fuel
(18).....................................

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I think mobile phones are __________ for people of all ages\

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Humans have done great advances in technology at the expense of the environment.

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If we had more time last week, we would certainly have finished the project on time.

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We’ve got five accounts of what happened and _____________ of them agree

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There are some changes in our timetable, ____________?

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More and more people have discussed a wide-ranging topic.

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Failure to keep the chemicals at the right temperature could _____________ an explosion