(4)______ before, as the cost of childcare and commuting exceeded her actual income.

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.

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.

Lucy has just finished her A-levels and she has got a place at university, but she would really like a break from the academic world. Therefore, she decides to take a gap year and travel around the world.

A ___ described what he saw moments after the car bomb had exploded.

 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.

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

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

Lan: “Do you think your schooldays are the happiest days of your life? - Nam: “___________”

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.

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

 Although her friends tried to persuade her to apply for the job at a local factory, but Christine refused to make an application.