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 31 to 35.
If women choose to pursue a career once they have children, they often miss out on a close (31)_____ with their children. Helen Jamieson is a mother of three who has given (32)_____ work to look after her children full-time. She strongly believes that women are pressurized to do too much, driving themselves to the absolute limit. In her own case, after six years of paid employment, Helen finally decided to call it a day. She says she initially found it hard being at home, though she never misses the job itself. She admits that if she had had a brilliant career to begin (33)_____, she might feel differently now. Financially, she is no worse off
(34)______ before, as the cost of childcare and commuting exceeded her actual income. (35)______ the government starts to give other tax incentives to working parents, she says she will not return to the workplace until her children are grown up.

Hayden spent ___ money buying food that he didn’t have enough left to buy a soft drink.

9. If my application is successful, I will be able to start work from 15th of August when I finish all my exams. I am ___ my CV with this letter.

Nowadays, lifelong learning is facilitated by e-learning platforms.     

Hung: “How much do you earn in your new job?” - Xen: “ ______”

I’d go mad if I had to do a dead-end job like to working on a supermarket checkout.

Why were you acting ___ you hadn’t seen the boss?       

Unless you ___ me about Sue’s new bobhair, I wouldn’t have noticed.

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.

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.

“Why did you apply for the job?” her mother asked.

Hellen usually ___ her childhood with great pleasure.

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.

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.