Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions.

Question 17. After the alien spacecraft hovered over the park for a short while, it vanished.

     A. appeared                     B. rose                                   C. landed                              D. attacked

Question 18. Mathematics is a compulsory subject in all Vietnamese high schools.

     A. interesting                  B. difficult                            C. optional                           D. changeable

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 15. Luckily Susan got over her operation very quickly.

     A. got up                          B. paid for                            C. looked at                         D. recovered from

Question 16. Students are understandably anxious about getting work after graduation.

     A. worried                       B. excited                             C. fearful                              D. careful

Question 12. After living in Paris for six months, he could ____________in French.

     A. get by                          B. fluent                                C. pick up                            D. get through

Question 13. The day was marvelous: the sun was shining, the birds were singing, so we….to go for a picnic.

     A. was deciding              B. decided                            C. had decided                    D. would decide

Question 14. The house….. I was born and grew up was destroyed in the flood last month.

     A. where                          B. when                                 C. that                                   D. which

Question 6. The more waste paper we recycle, ………

     A. the least trees we preserve                                      B. the most trees we preserve

     C. the best trees we preserve                                       D. the more trees we preserve

Question 7. Many people, including me, like the slow…… of life in the countryside.

     A. space                           B. speed                                C. step                                  D. pace

Question 8. My friend's uncle felt…. when he failed the driving test the second time.

     A. anxious                       B. determined                      C. discouraged                    D. annoyed

Question 9. The government……. the flood victims with food, clothes and medicine.

     A. carried                        B. gave                                  C. provided                          D. offered

Question 10. As long as they….. for more than three days, they can sleep at my flat.

     A. haven't stayed            B. wouldn't stay                   C. don't stay                         D. aren't staying

Question 5. About five hundred buildings and houses ……….

     A. were damaged in the flood                                     B. have damaged in the flood

     C. will have damaged in the flood                              D. are damaging in the flood

Question 31. Don’t put too much garlic in the salad; two bunches are enough.

     A. put                               B. much                                C. bunches                           D. enough

Question 34. Remember/ marinate/ sliced beef/ little oil/ before/ stir-fry.

     A. Remember to marinate the sliced beef in a little oil before you stir-frying.

     B. Remember to marinate the sliced beef in little oil before stir-frying.

     C. Remember marinating the sliced beef with a little oil before stir-frying.

     D. Remember to marinate the sliced beef in a little oil before stir-frying.

Question 35. Unless /you/ a passport/can't/travel abroad/.

     A. Unless you have had a passport, you couldn't travel abroad.

     B. Unless you have a passport, you couldn't travel abroad.

     C. Unless you make a passport, you can't travel abroad.

     D. Unless you have a passport, you can't travel abroad.

Question 37. A human brain is more complex than a computer.

     A. Compared to a human brain, a computer is too complex.

     B. A computer is not as complex as a human brain.

     C. A computer is as complex as the human brain.

     D. A computer is much more complex than a human brain.