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Our request for permission to travel met with/received a flat/point-blank (= complete) ________________ from the authorities

Recognizable smaller than most of the kids in his age group, Lionel Messi was diagnosed by doctors as suffering from a hormone deficiency that restricted his growth.

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Now that Rocker Guitar School is a ------- enterprise, it can afford to hire additional teachers

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My brother was _____________ from school for bad behaviour.

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____________ is a key element for those who travel frequently for business

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Don’t drive into that street. It is ________ one-way street

MY BEST FRIEND
I have several good friends but I (1) ________ that my best friend is Ellen. We (2)________ friends with each other since we were very young because she (3)________ next door to me. We have always been in the same class at school, although she has always been much cleverer than me. I don't mind (4)________, because she often helps me with my homework! Anyway, I've always been better at sport than she is. I always (5)________ her at tennis and she doesn't like that. In fact, she hates losing at anything and gets very annoyed if she does. That's the only thing that I don't like about her. Otherwise, she has (6)________ humour and she's always making me laugh. We get on very well together, although occasionally we've had arguments - usually about silly little things. Ellen and her family moved to another district last year but I still see her a lot. We're planning to go on a trip around Europe next summer, I'm really (7)________ to it because I think we'll have a lot of fun and see exciting places. Of course, it's going to be hard -to afford such a wonderful and exciting trip and so we're both going to get jobs and try to (8)________ enough money for it.
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Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. You should listen to some kinds of music to  relax ______ a day of hard work.

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:

We had waited for two hours and in the end they arrived.

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------- opening a bakery, Mr. Laxalt had worked in the food industry for fifteen years

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The sky is _______here in the countryside because there are no buildings to block the view

You have to know ______ Vietnam’s Independence Day is annually celebrated.

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Judging by my students, that obnoxious song is really starting to ________ on

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

We try to create an atmosphere of comfort and security for our children.

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By the time the magazine article on home security devices -------- on the newsstands, the pricing information was already outdates

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At school, we were _________________ to wear uniforms, which I hated.

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All the workers are required to _________ verify that the proper maintenance of storage facilities is conducted with extreme care

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I’m sure he __________ a reply the moment he __________ your invitation to the party

Dr. Jane Luu ___ the huge telescope at the University of Hawaii while she ___ for any bodies beyond Neptune.

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Guitarist Carlos Roldan ------ his newest music at a fund-raising concert in Madrid last month

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The large carotid artery ____ to the main parts of the brain.