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:

Fortunately the machine was not ........... when it caught fire.

I flew for the first time last year _______ I went to Brazil.

Choose the best answer:

The new ...... of Sheraton Hotel is famous for his French dishes.

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:

The situation seems to be changing minute by minute.

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 have to remember is that we have to give people a leg up to succeed in this society and that’s not something we ought to be embarrassed about.

Use the word at the end of each gap to form a new word with which to fill the gap: 
‘It is simply this. That Space, as our __(1)___ (MATH) have it, is spoken of as having three dimensions, which one may call __(2)___ (LONG), Breadth, and __(3)___ (THICK), and is always definable by __(4)___ (REFER) to three planes, each at right angles to the others. But some philosophical people have been asking why THREE dimensions ___(5)__ (PARTICULAR) - why not another direction at right angles to the other three?-and have even tried to construct a Four-Dimension geometry. Professor Simon Newcomb was expounding this to the New York Mathematical Society only a month or so ago. You know how on a flat surface, which has only two dimensions, we can represent a figure of a three _(6)____ (DIMENSION) solid, and _(7)____ (SIMILAR) they think that by models of three dimensions they could represent one of four-if they could master the perspective of the thing. See?’
(1)..................

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

Any problems with the new software system should be reported to the system administrator -------------. 

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

The company is moving its headquarters to a new______________ with better links to the airport. 

Most of us have met someone that we have immediately felt relaxed with as if we had known them for years. _______, it really takes you years to get to know someone well enough to consider your best friend.

Choose the best option among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  I would _____ on time if I hadn’t stopped at the post office.

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

This mobile phone is an updated version of the_____________model.

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

Last week, local …. were forced to find alternative routes, due to fallen trees on route 309.

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

The Empire Theatre box office will stop selling tickets fifteen minutes…........ the beginning of the show.

Since 1980, scientists all over the world … a lot of things to fight against AIDS. 

She has decided to take early ………….....

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. 
The Philippines, officially known (1) _____ the Republic of the Philippines, is (2) _____ in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine (3) ____ 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, sharing borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country with a population approaching 90 million people. Its national (4) _____ is the 37th largest in the world with a 2006 gross domestic product (GDP) of over 117.562 billion USD. There are (5) _____ 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide. The Philippines became a Spanish colony in the 16th century and an American territory at the (6) _____ of the 20th century. The Philippines won independence from Spain in 1896. The Philippines (7) _____ its independence from the United States on July 4, 1946 after World War II. Spanish was (8) _____ official language of the Philippines until 1973. Since then, the two official languages are Filipino and English. The Philippines had cultural ties with Malaysia, Indonesia, and India in the ancient time, and trade (9) _____ with China and Japan as early as the 9th century. The late 1960s and early 1970s its economic development was second in Asia, (10) _____ to Japan. The Philippines is a founding and active member of the United Nations and is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)/ The Philippines is also a member of the East Asia Summit (EAS) and an active member in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
(8)........................

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair or group of sentences in the following questions.

Some people wanted travel scholarships. The end of the week was the deadline. By then everyone had applied

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

If you have any problems, search on the Internet where there is an amazing____________of information.

People who are _____ cannot tell light from dark.

She believes she finally find true .............................