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 in each of the following questions.

One of the biggest issues that many victims of negligent behavior encounter is difficulty in determining whether or not an action had foreseeable consequences.

The word “subtle” in paragraph 5 could best be replaced by____________.

Calling Odyse is pointless because his phone is out of order.

The word “their” in last paragraph refers to____________.

I just took it_____________that he’d always be on time.

Which of the following does the word “enemies” in line 1 refer to? 

All of the following are alpine glaciers EXCEPT____________.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

Most modern office_____________includes facsimile machines, photocopiers and telephone systems.

The research findings were reliable since modern technology was used to increase the precision of the sampling procedure.

(37) ______

(36) ______

(35) ______

We’re really close friends but we just cannot see eye to eye on politics. (underlined words CLOSET in meaning with)

I visited Mexico and United States last year.

Minh’s mother would sooner not to meet her friend in person than phone her. (underlined part that needs correction)

Choose the word that has different primary stress: entertain, candidate, referee, afternoon.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 38 to 42.

(34) ______

Nguyen Huu Kim Son broke the SEA Games record in the men’s 400-metre individual medley event. He is very proud of it.

According to the passage, how does a stick caterpillar make itself look like a twig?