Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is OPPOSITE in meaning to each of the following questions.

His physical condition was not an impediment to his career as a violinist. He has won a lot of prizes.

The government decided to pull down the old building after asking for the ideas from the local resident.

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.

Tet marks the beginning of spring and, for agrarian people who depend on the lunar calendar to manage their crops, the start of the year.

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 sentences.

"Do you believe in what the boy says, Mary?" said Tom.

Many successful film directions are former actors who desire to expand their experience in the film industry.

After spending two days arguing about where to go for their holidays, it was decided that they shouldn’t go anywhere.

Mark A, B, C, or Don your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

To everyone's surprise, it wasn't in Bristol which he made his fortune, although that’s where he was born.

When the light_____________, we couldn’t see anything.

We are_____________a survey to find out what our customers think of their local bus service.

Thomas knows Paris like the back of his_____________. He used to be a taxi driver there for 2 years.

Pesticide residues in fruit and vegetable can be_____________to health.

Many species of plants and animals are in_____________of extinction.

The students are expected to stick_____________their school’s regulation.

_____________really surprised all of us

John, along with twenty students, _____________a party

Two people are said_____________in the accident two weeks ago.

I_____________buy that book because I didn’t bring any money with me.

Tom denied_____________part in the fighting at school.

Only after she had finished the course did she realize she_____________a wrong choice.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

We need_____________money to send our son to Oxford University.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

The word “strenuous” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_____________.

The phrase “an embryo” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_____________.

What is the greatest speed of tsunami travelling across the deep ocean?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 38 to 42.

Tsunami is a Japanese word which means harbour wave and is used as the scientific term for seismic sea wave generated by an undersea earthquake or possibly an undersea landside or volcanic eruption, when the ocean floor is tilted or offset during an earthquake, a set of waves is created similar to the concentric waves generated by an object dropped into the water. Most tsunamis originate along the Ring of Fire, a zone of volcanoes and seismic activity, 32,500 km long that encircles the Pacific Ocean. Since 1819, about 40 tsunamis have struck the Hawaiian Islands.

A tsunami can have wavelengths, or widths, of 100 to 200 km, and may travel hundreds of kilometers across the deep ocean, reaching speeds of about 725 to 800 kilometres an hour. Upon entering shallow coastal waters, the wave, which may have been only about half a metre high out at sea, suddenly grows rapidly. When the wave reaches the shore, it maybe 15 m high or more. Tsunamis have tremendous energy because of the great volume of water affected. They are capable of obliterating coastal settlements.

Tsunamis should nót be confused with storm surges, which are domes of water that rise underneath hurricanes or cyclones and cause extensive coastal flooding when the storms reach land. Storm surges are particularly devastating if they occur at high tide. A cyclone and accompanying storm surge skilled an estimated 500,000 people in Bangladesh in 1970. The tsunami which struck south and southeast Asia in late 2004 killed over 200 thousand people.

What does the word “concentric” in paragraph 1 mean?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 33 to 37.

The story of gold is an adventure involving kings, queens, pirates, explorers, conquerors, and the native people they conquered. Throughout history, gold has (33) _____________a magic spell over those it touched. Gold is beautiful and rare; a soft shiny metal that can be moulded into many shapes. It has been used for money, jewelry, and to decorate special buildings such as palaces and places of worship. (34) _____________the precious metal was discovered, prospectors rushed to mine it, starting new cities and countries as they went. Gold and the people who love it have helped shape the world we live in today. Gold is one of many elements, or substances that cannot be changed by normal chemical means, that are found in the Earth's crust. Gold has a warm, sunny colour and (35) _____________it does not react with air, water, and most chemicals, its shine never fades. In its natural (36) _____________, gold is soft and easily shaped, when heated to 1,062 Celsius it melts and can be poured (37) _____________moulds to form coins, gold bars, and other objects. Stories have been told, movies made and legends born about the discovery of the world's great gold deposits. It is a saga of dreams, greed, ambition and exploration.

I could not see what she was doing. It was so dark there.