His jokes seemed to ______ a treat with his audience, if their laughter was any indication.

This_______disease caused a lot of complications during the treatment procedure.

The authority has made a lot of great efforts ________ endangered species.

In ______ the room resembles the letter L.

She cried so much that her face became ______. 

Do not _____ the butter too thickly on the bread. 

I finally ______the cold that I had had all week.

Everybody in the house woke up when the burglar alarm _________

More and more specious animals ________ of environmental problems.

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.

She was brought up in a well-off family. She can’t understand the problems we are facing.

The mechanic examined the car engine ______ but could find nothing wrong with it.

I won’t buy that car because it has too much _______ on it.

My responsibility is to ___________ my little brothers.

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

In spite of her embarrassment before Rodya's urgent and challenging look, she could not deny herself that satisfaction.

Tet holiday is a typical cultural _________ that date back many generations of Vietnamese people.

Normally he is rather _____ but sometimes he talks freely about himself.

The _______ by UN troops prevented fighting from breaking out.

The thief was _____ to prison for two years.

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

I’m not really ill, but I have a _____ headache.