Vietnam has a lot of ________ players who won many gold medals in The 22^nd

Read the following passage and m ark 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.

The 25th Southeast Asian Games was scheduled to be (36)________ in Vientiane, Laos, in 2009. This was the first time the country (37)_________ a Southeast Asian Games. It also commemorated the 50 years of the SEA Games.

Two white elephants which (38)________ Laos once "the kingdom of million elephants" were chosen as the Official Mascots. The (39)________ of the elephants are Ms. Champee and Mr. Champa (40)___________ the national flower of Laos. It was believed that they would bring (41)________ fortune and prosperity.

There (42)________ 25 sports in the 25th SEA Games. The number should not be more or less in order to exactly match the 25th SEA Games.

The bomb went off in the crowded street, but fortunately no one was seriously hurt.

- I think married women should not go to work.

                   - _____. It's too boring to be housewives all their lives.

The company expanded rapidly. It grew ___ all the time.

I can't find my book anywhere; I ___ it at home.

Linda was shocked when I disagreed with her. She’s so used to getting her own________.

The earth is being threatened and the future looks bad.

The_________ you are, the more quickly you learn.

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

Reading can’t make your life longer, but reading really makes your life more thicker.         

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

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.

If you are at a loose end this weekend, I will show you round the city.

The_________for women’s rights began in the 18^th century.

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