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After a decade of economic liberalization, Vietnam has seen a dramatic rise in living _________ in urban areas.

A. surface

B. standards

C. levels

D. backgrounds

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The number of higher education ______ has risen this year for the first time in more than a decade.

A. applies

B. applications

C. applicable

D. applicants

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The minister ________ to say whether all the coal mines would be closed.

A. refused

B. avoided

C. denied

D. bothered

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For more than 20 years, the Vietnamese government has pursued the open - door _________ and continued to woo foreign investment.

A. policy

B. way

C. export

D. guideline

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Due to ever more spreading poaching, there ______ a dramatic decline in the number of elephants over the last decade 

A. has been

B. is

C. was

D. had been

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My father has to work ________ a night shift once a week

A. at

B. in

C. on

D. under

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The access __________ education and the change  __________ economic status have given women more freedom.

A. in / in

B. at / from

C. to / in

D. in / to

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Most office furniture is bought more on the basis of _______ than comfort

A. afford 

B. affording 

C. afforded

D. affordability 

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The world is becoming more (A) industrialized and the number of animal (B) species that have becoming (C) extinct (D) have increased. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

A.  industrialized

B. species

C. extinct

D. have