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:

A bank has promised a donation of $24 million toward the disaster fund.

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Lavender seems to_________the walls in the garden the most.

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A _________ change in my hometown is the big park in the centre where people can go for fresh air or pleasure aftera day’s hard work.

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____ more water than the ground can absorb, the excess water flows to the lowest level, carrying loose material

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:

For centuries, musics have played acoustical guitars, which produce sound from the vibration of the strings.

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__________ going to bed, you should drink warm milk, which is the best choice for you to have a good night’s sleep

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Dyslexia is a lifelong condition that _____________.

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Parents help their children ________ more social and emotional skills than friends do

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Public schools have dropped the _____ when it comes to teaching kids about art and music

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English students usually________their GCSEs at the age of sixteen

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That’s an amazing deal you’re getting. Don’t wait. __________while the iron is hot, or else it’ll be gone.

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Music really helps us _________our emotions easily to others without our speaking dừectly.

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When I entered the room, my daughter ______ the Internet

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He has found a lot of rings but________looks like the one he lost.

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I like to ______ plans well in advance

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She couldn’t imagine an ________ with no parents, a clan of brothers who hated him, and no ability to change his nature

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We will be alright. It seems bad now but we’ll look back and see it was just a _____ in a teacup

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Because the performance day is drawing near, they are now rehearsing _________ other day, instead of once a week.

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The first amusement park in our city was a _____ success for its owners. Everyone would go there to have a good time

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The manager has decided to try a different________to the customers in this marketing campaign

Many people would be out of work if that factory ___________ down.