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.
As a newspaper reporter, she always wants to get information at first hand.
A.easily
B.slowly
C.directly
D.indirectly

Jane offered Jim some more chicken; however, Jim was full and seemed not to have another serving. Choose the best response.

Jane: “Would you like some more chicken?”                

Jim: “___________. I’m full.”
A.Never mind. 
B.No, I wouldn’t.      
C.No, I can’t.  
D.No, thanks.

____________ (35)
A.confident 
B.confidential
C.confidencing
D.confidents

Can you look ________________ the children when I am away?     
A.on
B.for
C.off
D.after

Read  the  following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the best answer for the following questions
In the past, both men and women were expected to be married at quite young ages. Marriages were generally arranged by parents and family, with their children having little chance to say no in the matter. In the past it was not surprising to find that a bride and groom had only just met on the day of their engagement or marriage.
In modern Vietnam, this has changed completely as people choose their own marriage-partners based on love, and in consideration primarily to their own needs and wants. Moreover, early marriage is quite illegal.
The traditional Vietnamese wedding is one of the most important of traditional Vietnamese occasions. Regardless of westernization, many of the age-old customs practiced in a traditional Vietnamese wedding continue to be celebrated by both Vietnamese in Vietnam and overseas, often combining both western and eastern elements. Besides the wedding ceremony, there is also an engagement ceremony which takes place usually half a year or so before the wedding. Due to the spiritual nature of the occasion, the date and time of the marriage ceremony are decided in advance by a fortune teller. The traditional Vietnamese wedding consists of an extensive array of ceremonies: the first is the ceremony to ask permission to receive the bride, the second is the procession to receive the bride (along with the ancestor ceremony at her house), the third is to bring the bride to the groom's house for another ancestor ceremony and to welcome her into the family, then the last is a wedding banquet. The number of guests in attendance at these banquets is huge, usually in the hundreds. Several special dishes are served. Guests are expected to bring gifts, often money, which the groom and bride at one point in the banquet will go from table to table collecting.
In former days, the fact that a bride and groom had only first met just on the day of their engagement or marriage was _________.
A.popular                   
B.uncommon              
C.strange                   
D.surprising

___________(1)
A.cause
B.result
C.purpose
D.contrast

Many people learn English by______
A.watching videos only
B.hearing the language in the office
C.working hard on their lessons
D.talking with the film stars

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answers
Synchronized swimming is a hybrid of swimming, gymnastics, and dance. This sport has an artistic effect, and really relates to those three sports. It consists of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate and dramatic moves in the water, accompanied by music.
Synchronized swimming demands first-rate water skills, and requires strength, endurance, flexibility, grace, artistry and precise timing, not to mention exceptional breath control while upside down underwater. Developed in the early 1900s in Canada, it is a sport performed almost exclusively by women, although there is some participation by men. In its early form it was sometimes known as “water ballet”.
It is a Summer Olympic Games sport. First demonstrated in 1952, it has been an official event since 1984. Olympic and world Championship competition is not currently open to men, but other international and national competitions allow male competitors. Both USA Synchro and Synchro Canada allow men to compete with women. Competitors point to the strength, flexibility, and aerobic endurance required to perform difficult routines for the judges, one technical and one free.
The world ‘hybrid ‘in the first line could be best replaced by           .
A.continuity
B.modernization
C.mixture
D.succession

Read the following passage, and mark the letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer for each of the blanks.
 Earthquakes are amongst the most destructive natural disasters. They usually (51) …………….... without any warning and result in a great (52) ……………....of life and an enormous demolition of buildings. Additionally, they may cause devastating landslides or create gigantic tidal waves which, in fact, are colossal walls of water smashing into seashores with such force that they are (53) …………….... of  destroying coastal cities. However, the (54) …………….... majority of fatalities and serious injuries come (55) ……………....when buildings (56) …………….....
Most frequently, the earthquake lasts 30 to 60 seconds, so usually there is no time to
(57) ……………....the mortal upshot once the shaking starts. The savage forces of an earthquake trigger off a complex chain (58)……………....in the building's structure when it is shaken, lifted, pushed or pulled. A building's height, its shape and construction materials are the most significant (59) ……………....deciding about the survival or collapse of the structure and, consequently, about the life or death of its (60)……………....

A.avert 
B.evade     
C.abstain   
D.restrain

Students flocked to the new _________ where free medical supplies were handed out.
A.dispensary  
B.dispense  
C.dispenser    
D.dispensation