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.

By being thrifty and shopping wisely, housewives in the city can feed an entire family on as little as 500.000 VND a week.

The writer feels that most parents___________

Most office furniture is bought more on the basis of___________than comfort.

Parents’ choices for their children’s names is based on names of their relatives or ancestors. (underlined part that needs correction)

The word “minuscule” is closest in meaning to___________

What does the writer feel will happen if the education system does not change? 

The children had to___________in the principal’s office after they took part in a fight.

Choose the word that has different primary stress: medieval, managerial, mediocre, magnificent.

Television can make things memorable for the reason that it presents

information___________an effective way.

How does the writer think the global economy has affected the employment market?

My American friend finds it difficult to pick up food with chopsticks.

___________be needed, the river basin would need to be dammed.

She fell over in the last minutes. She didn’t win the race.

Choose the word that has different pronunciation: clothes, bosses, boxes, couches.

Which of the following is defined in the passage?

The problem was so complicated that the students couldn’t understand it.

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.

___________that Columbus discovered America.

___________how confident you are, it is almost impossible not to be a little nervous

before an important exam.

Stranger. “Excuse me! Can you show me the way to Main Street, please?”

Man. “___________”

He enjoyed the dessert so much that he accepted the second___________when it was offered.