Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The protesters were angry with the council’s plan to do away with a lovely old building and put a car park there instead.

Many students took part in the entrance examination at university highly every year.

I regret not booking the seats in advance.

Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress: struggle, answer, confide, comfort

Mai and Lan are friends.Lan asks Mai about Mai's plan. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank.

Lan: “Are you going to see the live show by Son Tung today?”

Mai: “__________”.

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 from 25 to 29.

Indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: complained, roared, existed, decayed

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 36 to 42.

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 31 to 35.

Many people perished in the Kobe earthquake because they were not prepared for it.

Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress: inflation, maximum, applicant, character

Tom invited us to come to his party,.......................?

Indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: creature, creamy, creative, crease

It has been a long time since they met.