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

He looked for a table to sit down at, but they were all _____.

He put in a special ______ for an extra day’s holiday so that he could attend his daughter’s wedding.

The old lady managed to climb the ______ which was narrow but not at all steep. 

Unfortunately, the injury may keep him out of football _______. He may never play again.

……….. is the state of not knowing how to read or write.

As Joe's roommate, I find him a fairly nice fellow, even if at times it is not easy to ______his noisy behavior.

My father is in_______ of 30 engineers and 80 workers.

Mark 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 inthe following question.

Many Vietnamese teenagers used to idolize Ngo Ba Kha because of his weird dances and negative speeches.

Poor supervision brought the firm to............of collapse.

That shop doesn’t have any brown sugar in _____ at the moment, but they expect to have some tomorrow. 

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

You’re not trying to suggest I should turn a blind eye and forget all about it?

Having so many hobbies in common, Ted and Nick got on like a(n) ____________ on fire.

Her hair was wet from the _____ tossed up by the huge waves.

In view of the way things have improved I now feel confident enough to have another bite at the _______.

The police are ………………… certain who the culprit is.

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.

My parents always disapproved of my smoking. They even told me once it would stop me growing taller.

We were ________ a mile of our destination when we ran out of petrol.

Intelligent ___________ are widely used in many fields such as heavy industries, hospital medicine business, and the military.

The profit has now ________ towards the point where it nearly doubled.

Gavin_______ the idea of dividing the rooms in half.