Mr. Bao said, “I am so...............of having been a Dien Bien Phu soldier.”

There was a _______ of parchment as the solicitor unrolled the will written on it.

 If the boy had ______ the dog alone it wouldn’t have bitten him.

I shall never manage to beat John at tennis; we are clearly not in the same ______.

 I should like to ______ touch with old friends but I have so little time.

 The us eof plastics for shoes _____ of leather has ruined shoe repairing as a business.

If people stop using ________ for fishing, a lot of sea creatures will be preserved.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in the following question.

The weather forecaster announced that heavy rain resulted in floods in many areas of the country.

If we can _____ our present difficulties, then everything should be all right.

Any pupil caught ______ was made to stand at the front of the class.

As the fat man sat down, the deck chair ______ under him, with a loud noise of tearing canvas.

The castle was surrounded by a _______, which nowadays contained only occasional rainwater.

It is not easy to ________ our beauty when we get older and older.

 It was the longest film I’ve ever seen; it ______ four hours.

We had a  _________________ trip to Nam’s home village?

 The boy had a _____ escape when he ran across the road in front of the bus.

Is there anything to drink? I'm _______.

The President escaped through a secret passage underneath the parliament building.

Unless the workers’ demands are ______ soon there will be a strike.

_______ sure that you follow the instructions carefully.

He has got a degree _______ Information Technology from Oxford University.