The widespread use of pesticides and herbicides has led to the ................ of groundwater in many parts of the world.

The boy was sent to the police because of several ___________that he had taken part in.

Secondary education is now compulsory nationwide.

 It is important to raise the people’s _________ of environmental conservation.

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...............are written to make people laugh. 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
People’s fingernails and toenails, according to a recent study, are nowadays growing more quickly. Research (35) _____ out at the University of North Carolina indicates that the speed at which human nails are growing has increased by (36) _____ 25 per cent over the last 70 years. The results of the study show that the (37)_____ human fingernail now grows about 3.5 mm a month, (38) _____ just 3 mm seven decades ago. Toenail growth, (39) _____ only about 2 mm per month, was also up on the figure (40) _____ in a similar survey done 70 years ago. Researchers (41) _____ the rapid increase down to changes in lifestyle, particularly the greater awareness of the importance of regular exercise and a healthy diet. This, they point out, is in (42) _____with similar trends in the height and weight of present-day adults. Interestingly, it appears that nails have a propensity to grow fastest (43) _____ warmer conditions, with the quickest growth rate among young people, and men. The fastestgrowing nail is on the middle finger while that on the little finger is (44) _____ the slowest, at only a fraction over 3 mm each month.
(38)..............................

Lifelong learning can also help amend some of the weaknesses of the education system.

If you have the right qualifications and are good at English, you are very likely to get promoted.

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.................. he likes chocolate, he tries not to eat it.

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Quan: Let’s meet in front of the movie theater.
Minh :___________________________
 

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Many people suppose that the more popular television programmes become, the more badly they seem.

There are more than 20 ________ working on the water treatment project.

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Remote controls are used to ................ with TV.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

The government is not prepared to tolerate this situation any longer.

The ................. polluted atmosphere in some industrial regions is called “smog”.

Henry was a studious student. He needed no .................... to work hard.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

 Now I understand why you moved out of that house.

The knee is more likely to be damage than most other joints because it is subject to tremendous forces during vigorous activity.

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The Internet is very fast to get ................    

There is a lot of information on the Internet, but it is difficult to know how much of it ............................enough to trust is.

Ernest Hemingway is one of my  .................  American writers.