Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 36 to 40.
Vietnamese footballing history has been rewritten by the country's U23 team, which secured a place in the final of the Asian Football Confederation Under-23 (AFC U23) Championship thanks to a dramatic victory (36) _______ Qatar.
The Qatari team, which had won all its previous matches in the (37) _______, opened the score- board with a successful penalty in the first half. (38) _______, Vietnam equalized halfway through the second half with a goal from Nguyen Quang Hai. The last few minutes of the second half saw Qatar take the lead, before Hai once again scored the equalizer for Vietnam to bring the match to (39) _______ time, which ended goalless.
In the penalty shootout, the Vietnamese team (40) _______ victorious after successfully converting four out of its five penalty kicks, while keeper Bui Tien Dung managed to save two penalties from the Qatari side.
(Adapted from “Vietnam storms to U23 Asian Cup final after beating Qatar on penalties”, by Staff reporters, 2018)
(40) _______
A.emerged
B.win
C.achieve
D.become

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 36 to 40.
Vietnamese footballing history has been rewritten by the country's U23 team, which secured a place in the final of the Asian Football Confederation Under-23 (AFC U23) Championship thanks to a dramatic victory (36) _______ Qatar.
The Qatari team, which had won all its previous matches in the (37) _______, opened the score- board with a successful penalty in the first half. (38) _______, Vietnam equalized halfway through the second half with a goal from Nguyen Quang Hai. The last few minutes of the second half saw Qatar take the lead, before Hai once again scored the equalizer for Vietnam to bring the match to (39) _______ time, which ended goalless.
In the penalty shootout, the Vietnamese team (40) _______ victorious after successfully converting four out of its five penalty kicks, while keeper Bui Tien Dung managed to save two penalties from the Qatari side.
(Adapted from “Vietnam storms to U23 Asian Cup final after beating Qatar on penalties”, by Staff reporters, 2018)
(39) _______
A.more
B.many
C.extra
D.much

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 36 to 40.
Vietnamese footballing history has been rewritten by the country's U23 team, which secured a place in the final of the Asian Football Confederation Under-23 (AFC U23) Championship thanks to a dramatic victory (36) _______ Qatar.
The Qatari team, which had won all its previous matches in the (37) _______, opened the score- board with a successful penalty in the first half. (38) _______, Vietnam equalized halfway through the second half with a goal from Nguyen Quang Hai. The last few minutes of the second half saw Qatar take the lead, before Hai once again scored the equalizer for Vietnam to bring the match to (39) _______ time, which ended goalless.
In the penalty shootout, the Vietnamese team (40) _______ victorious after successfully converting four out of its five penalty kicks, while keeper Bui Tien Dung managed to save two penalties from the Qatari side.
(Adapted from “Vietnam storms to U23 Asian Cup final after beating Qatar on penalties”, by Staff reporters, 2018)
(37) _______
A.tournament
B.semifinal
C.quarterfinal
D.final

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Some students failed because they completely ignored the instructions on the paper. The instructions appeared at the top of every page.
A.Some students failed to ignore the instructions printed at the top of every page of the paper.
B.Some students failed because they completely ignored the instructions appearing at the top of every page of the paper.
C.No matter how completely some students ignored the instructions printed at the top of every page of the paper, he failed
D.Even though some students ignored the instructions printed at the top of every page, he failed.

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.
Polluted water and increased water temperatures have driven many species to the verge of extinction.
A.enriched
B.contaminated
C.strengthened
D.purified

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
“The teacher gave us permission to leave the room”
A.“You must leave the room,” the teacher told us.
B.“You ought to leave the room,” the teacher told us.
C.“I give you permission leave the room,” the teacher told us.
D.“You may leave the room,” the teacher told us.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
The car was so expensive that I didn’t buy it.
A.The car was not so cheap that I couldn’t buy it.
B.The car was such expensive that I didn’t buy it.
C.The car was cheap enough for me to buy.
D.The car was too expensive for me to buy.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Peter: “My mother’s much better now.” - Kyle: “_______.”
A.Oh, I’m pleased to hear it
B.Oh, really? The doctor must be very good
C.Wonderful! Congratulations
D.Good news for you

S. Mayo Hospital in New Orleans was so named in recognition of Dr. Mayo’s outstanding humanitarianism.
A.exhaustive
B.charitable
C.remarkable
D.widespread

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.
Human beings depend on species diversity to provide food, clean air and water, and fertile soil for agriculture.
A.variety
B.destruction
C.contamination
D.fertilizer