I wish today ................ my birthday.

Reading ___________ an integral role in enhancing knowledge and relaxing.

A ___________ buffalo is the 22nd South East Asian Games Mascot because Vietnam is an agricultural country.

Silence __________ the theatre as the audience awaited the opening curtain with expectation and excitement.

_________ school fees helps many poor students have more chances to attend 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 the following question

I had no idea that you and he were on such intimate terms. I thought you were only casual acquaintances.

Employees who have a _______ are encouraged to discuss it with the management.

Van Gogh suffered from depression _______ by overwork and ill-health.

When he applied for a _____ in the office of the local newspaper, he was told to see the manager.

The cyclist was riding so erratically that the driver had to _____ to avoid hitting him. 

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 the following question.

The famous racehorse Secretariat had to be destroyed because of a painful, incurable hoof disease.

TV companies ____ their programmes across the country or even across the world.

I finally ______the cold that I had had all week.

The aeroplane _____ down at Cairo on its way to India. 

Blacken the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

He was sacked from his job after the manager discovered that he had stolen some money from his colleagues.

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 the following question.

His second venture, a software firm, is booming and will soon be ready to take on more staff.

______ individuals are those who share the same hobbies, interests, or points of view.

It is crucial that urban people not look down on rural areas.

When someone …………… a poem or other piece of writing, they say it aloud after they have learn it.

The_______ of living here, of course, is that it is expensive.

With the dawn of space exploration, the notion that atmospheric conditions on Earth may be unique in the solar system was strengthened.