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.

His new yacht is certainly an ostentatious display of his wealth.

Throughout the 1970s, ASEAN embarked on a program of economic _______.

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She insisted ..... him wearing the red cravat.

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

The ASIAN was                  on August 8^th, 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand.

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In the decade ------- it was founded, Liu and Wang Corporation has become a legend in creative advertising. 

She said that the report was a bit __________. 

You might get better but this medicine will do you ___ .

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The World Cup takes place ...... four years in different countries.

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We also guarantee that you will have a working résumé_____________one week of consulting

Huong teaches small children. She often finds her job__________. 

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Dear Ms. Hsu 

We are writing to inform you that your Brisbane Independent Daily Herald subscription  rate is about to change from $18.75 per month to $21.00 per month. We regret any  financial burden this may place on our subscribers, but ------- our rising operating costs,  we find the change unavoidable. 

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Mr. Hahn and Ms. Smalls began working at ABCO Corporation at the same time, and ……… hope to be promoted next year.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: Jack used to _____ in Texas, but his company  had him transfer to a better position in New York.

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Because of him request and his bothering me all the time, I’m finishing the project myself.

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

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Knowing several ……. helpful if you work for an international corporation.

 The children are __________ with watching the same programme every day. 

The tourist industry is (1) ……. to be the largest industry. Before 1950 one million people travelled abroad each year but by the 1900s the figure (2) ….. to 400 million every year. (3) …… large numbers of tourists, however, are beginning to cause problems. For example, in the Alps the skiers are destroying the mountains they came to enjoy. Even parts of Mount Everest in the Himalayas are reported to be covered (4) ….. old tins, tents, and food that have been (5) ……
But at a time when we have (6) ….. freedom to travel than ever before, more and more people are asking how they can enjoy their holidays (7) ….. causing problems by spoiling the countryside. Now there is a new holiday (8) …… called "Holidays That Don't Cost The Earth". It tells you (9) ….. you can help the tourist industry by asking your travel agent the right questions (10) ……... you go on holiday.
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The publisher's roster of science fiction authors has grown large enough in recent years to  merit its own division, according to Bryce. "Increasingly. readers are seeking a sense of  wonder,conveyed so well by science fiction," said Bryce. "Lightspeed was created to  address this ---------------.” 

Feminism, collective term for systems of belief and theories that pay special (1) ________ to women's rights and women's position in culture and society. The term tends to be used for the women's rights movement, which began in the late 18th century and continues to campaign for complete political, social, and economic equality between women and men. This article (2)________specifically with the development of the ideas behind that movement and their  (3)____________and impact. 
Feminists are united by the idea that women's position in society is unequal to (4) ________of men, and that society is structured in such a way as to benefit men to the political, social, and economic (5) __________of women. However, feminists have used different theories to explain these (6) ____________ and have advocated different ways of redressing inequalities, and there are marked geographic and historical variations in the nature of feminism. 
Historically, feminist thought and activity can be divided into two waves. The first wave, which began in about 1800 and (7) _______until the 1930s, was largely concerned with gaining equal rights between women and men. The second wave, which began in the late 1960s, has continued to fight for (8) ______ but has also developed a (9)_______ of theories and approaches that stress the difference between women and men and that draw attention to the (10)_____ needs of women.
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