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:

 Both CARE and Oxfam organisations have programmes to help people in underdeveloped countries better their lives.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

Your trip (A) to Ho Chi Minh City (B) sounds absolutely (C) fascinated. I’d love to go (D) there.

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One of the main reasons for his success in business is that he keeps an _____ to the ground to know what the customers want and why they’re dissatisfied with competing products

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Many people say that the retirement age in Vietnam for men and women discriminates ____ women

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The number of participants of the international conference __________ still increasing

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We were ready to start work on the project when the mayor __________ the rug out from under us and cut the funding.

 I can’t imagine ________ anywhere except here.

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Consumers should boycott all products _______ have involved the use of child labour

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Yesterday Annie missed the bus so she went to school late

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He doesn’t like me at all, ______?

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I met a _______ girl at my friend’s birthday party last Sunday

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I want to have a talk with you today. Will 3 p.m_________you?

Beginning at 10 a.m on Moday, October 8, 2007 the Walnut County Road Com- mitee will. .......................a lane closure onWitt Road, from Elido to Jean Paul Avenue, for utility installation.

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You must go to the doctor because your heath is getting worse, _______?

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I last went to the cinema six months ago.

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes each sentence.

Family is the place where ______children is not only tolerated but welcomed and encouraged.

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:

Solar energy is not only plentiful but also infinite.

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It rained so hard that the roads were quickly covered in water

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“This will cause all sorts of problems. ““I know. It’s a _________________ for disaster.”

Most adjectives can be used to __________ a noun.

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Tom told his girlfriend “Let me tell him if you can‟t."