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:

School uniform is compulsory in most of Vietnamese schools.

It's wise to use local fresh produce which is in season. 

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Before the cotton gin A. had been invented in 1794, American famers B. had cheap C. salves remove seeds D. from the cotton fiber.

As most of the conference sessions are----- fully booked, people are encouraged to find alternatives from other seminars.

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Hunt said he was worrying about the development because of the potential fire threat.

It is  ________  of businessmen to shake hands in formal meetings.

Are the years you (1) _________ at school the best years of your life? Personally, I found most lessons rather uninteresting. We had to sit at our (2) _________ in silence and (3) _________ attention. The teachers used to (4) _________ on the blackboard and ask us difficult questions. We also had to (5) _________ lots of homework, and (6) _________ it in on time. We had to wear a school (7) _________, and we had to obey lots of (8) _________ I left school as soon as I could and started work. I read books at the public library, and later I decided to (9) _________ college. I really enjoyed studying because I was older and knew that I wanted some (10) _________. When I was at school, I was just the wrong age!
(7).............................

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After teaching English in Vietnam for ten years, Nicolas decided to buy a house and spending the rest of his life there.

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The keynote speaker (A) started with some complementary remarks (B) about the organisers (C) of the conference, and then proceed (D) with her speech.

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The assumption that smoking has bad effects on our health have been proved.

Ninety________________ the maximum length of time allowed for entrance exams to this university.

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:

We respectfully advise the Culture Secretary not to put her shirt on it.

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 By any sensible logic, fighting terrorism with war is only counter-productive and in the long run only adds fuel to the fire.

You must ___ your duty; otherwise the boss will get angry.

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 In China, Japan and other Oriental countries, where tea is national drink, people almost add never sugar to their tea.

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The company paid its workers undeservedly, which made them let down.

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The man for who the police are looking robbed the bank yesterday.

 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 from 31 to 35.

                                                                                  ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. (31)_________human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world (32)_________on consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so just to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the very resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (33) ________  built on or washed into the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover (34)_________. We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a result, the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (35) ________  increasingly heavy demands on it.

(35).........................

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They were forced to leave as part of a government drive to expel illegal immigrants.

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Nutritionists believe that vitamins circumvent diseases.

She said she _______ collect it for me after work.