Many people are dying                                   various types of cancer.

The sea between Dover and Calais was so  ___ that most of the passengers were seasick.

..............the water clear but also prevent the river from overflowing. 

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. 
What is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and what is its purpose? The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a multilateral organization which was (1) _____ to give Southeast Asian states a forum to communicate (2) _____ each other. Since the region had a long colonial past and a history of endemic warfare, there has never been much peaceful and constructive (3) _____ between kings, presidents and other officials. A neutral forum was, (4) _____, a very useful development for all of those countries. ASEAN was formed as a result of the Bangkok (5) _____ of 1967 and initially had five members: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, (6) _____ Philippines and Singapore. Brunei (7) _____ joined in 1984 after it had won independence from Britain. Vietnam became the seventh member of the group, officially joining in 1995. (8) _____ several years of negotiation, Myanmar and Laos joined in 1997 and the final member of the ten, Cambodia, joined in 1999. The only (9)__ state in Southeast Asia which is not a member of ASEAN is now East Timor. It is still (10) _____ vulnerable and fragile to be able to participate for the foreseeable future.
(3)..........................

Read the passage and choose the best option to complete each blank. 
Singapore has a highly developed market-based economy (1) _______ historically revolves around extended trade. Along with Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan Singapore is one (2)_______ the Four Asian Tigers. The economy depends heavily on export, refining, imported goods, especially in manufacturing. Manufacturing constituted twenty six (3) ________ of Singapore’s GDP in 2005. The manufacturing industry is well –diversified into electronic petroleum refining chemicals, (4) _______ engineering and biomedical sciences manufacturing. In 2006, Singapore produced about 10 percent of the world foundry water output. Singapore’s the busiest port in the world in terms of tonnage shipped. Singapore is The world’s fourth largest foreign exchange trading centre after London, New York City (5) _______ Tokyo
(1)............................

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.

School uniform is compulsory in most of Vietnamese schools.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

He___________his life to the skill of the surgeons.

 John................. a book when I saw him. 

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

When my father was young, he _________ get up early to do the gardening.

Choose the best answer:

When he left school, my brother decided to ..... a priest instead of studying language.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Sessions will be held................ 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M and 1:00 P.M to 3:00 P.M on the above – mentioned dates.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Executives  from  the  two  firms  may soon  be ready to__________the terms of the proposed merger.

- Help me with this! - ________

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Inclement weather and a reduced workforce……the greatest challenges to the renovation of the Kern Science Center.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

In addition, she………..the Regional Vice President  in the day-to-day operations of this rapidly  growing operation.

They had a very happy……….

Think ........... before you speak.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

He _________ to Hanoi ten days ago.

We have been very successful at our current location, but as our regular _________

Employees at NC media co., Ltd…………donate to local charities by hosting Fund-raising parties.

Some engineers have predicted that within twenty years automobiles______almost completely of plastic.