Before the boat could reach shore, a storm had _____ .

We must start a …………. for illiteracy eradication immediately

Peter is disappointed at not getting the job, but he will ______ it soon.

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

A ___________ buffalo is the 22nd South East Asian Games Mascot because Vietnam is an agricultural country.

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

Kevin enjoyed working with children so much that he decided to pursue a ____________ in teaching.

Paul Baran _______ the Internet and the Ministry of America National Defence supported to develop it for the first time in 1969.

I looked the word up in the dictionary to refresh my ________ of its exact meaning.

A blinding _____ of lightening flashed across the sky.

The computer has had an enormous _________ on the way we work.

I’m trying to_______ the amount of sugar I eat.

By cutting down trees, we _______the natural habitat of birds and animals.

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.

The forecast has revealed that the world’s reserves of fossil fuel will have ________ by 2015.

Although John was the eldest in the family, he always let his sister ______ charge of the house. 

Face-to-face socializing is not as preferred as virtual socializing among the youth.

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

Make sure you ______ up the data on your computer, because you might get a virus.

The boy waved his hands to his mother, who was standing at the school gate, to ___________ her attention.

TV companies ____ their programmes across the country or even across the world.