It’s a good idea to see your doctor regularly for a(n).................

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
People’s fingernails and toenails, according to a recent study, are nowadays growing more quickly. Research (35) _____ out at the University of North Carolina indicates that the speed at which human nails are growing has increased by (36) _____ 25 per cent over the last 70 years. The results of the study show that the (37)_____ human fingernail now grows about 3.5 mm a month, (38) _____ just 3 mm seven decades ago. Toenail growth, (39) _____ only about 2 mm per month, was also up on the figure (40) _____ in a similar survey done 70 years ago. Researchers (41) _____ the rapid increase down to changes in lifestyle, particularly the greater awareness of the importance of regular exercise and a healthy diet. This, they point out, is in (42) _____with similar trends in the height and weight of present-day adults. Interestingly, it appears that nails have a propensity to grow fastest (43) _____ warmer conditions, with the quickest growth rate among young people, and men. The fastestgrowing nail is on the middle finger while that on the little finger is (44) _____ the slowest, at only a fraction over 3 mm each month.
(36)..............................

In the United State, the Cabinet consist of a group of advisers, each of whom is chosen by the President to head an executive department of the government.

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The river near my house is ......................

Ask people what is happening to the worlds population and they are likely to say it is _______ .

-Lan: "Happy birthday! This is a small present for you." – Nga _____ "

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Who looks ................ your children when you are away from home?

 Choose the best answer among A, B, c or D that best completes sentence:  Industry in Britain has been…… decline since the 1970s.

To Hoa, her father is the greatest person in the world and he always sets a good _______for her.

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We don’t allow passengers ............. in this part of the building.

Linda likes wearing ................ clothes.

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 arrived home safe and sound.

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She looked ...........  when she heard the ................  news. 

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  It is possible that she will come to our party tonight. She …..come here tonight.

Ben would have studied medicine if he _______ to a medical school. 

If an area is _______, all the trees there are cut down or destroyed.

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: 

Heavy rain makes driving on the road very difficult.

More and more school leavers want to pursue higher education.

Action movies may have a negative .............. on children.

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:

 When preparing a diet, a person should be aware that vitamin D acts to increase the amount of calcium absorbed by the body.

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----- those in the delivery industry had predicted, Volo-Air's new routes helped boost its quarterly earnings significantly.