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

Vietnamese footballing history has been rewritten by the country's U23 team, which secured a place in the final of the Asian Football Confederation Under-23 (AFC U23) Championship thanks to a dramatic victory (31)______ Qatar.

The Qatari team, which had won all its previous matches in the (32)______, opened the score-board with a successful penalty in the first half. (33)______, Vietnam equalized halfway through the second half with a goal from Nguyen Quang Hai. The last few minutes of the second half saw Qatar take the lead, before Hai once again scored the equalizer for Vietnam to bring the match to (34)______ time, which ended goalless.

In the penalty shootout, the Vietnamese team (35)______ victorious after successfully converting four out of its five penalty kicks, while keeper Bui Tien Dung managed to save two penalties from the Qatari side.

Question 31:

My uncle was ______ ill last summer; however, fortunately, he is now making a slow but steady recovery.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest 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

The police questioned two men but neither of them could speak English.

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 from

Everyone needs (A) special care and attention (B) so that he or she (C) will grow up into (D) a responsible human being.

My decision to leave university after a year is one I now_________regret.

He kept his marriage for years, but eventually the truth ________

Some of the (A) people were standing (B) in the street watched (C) the parade, while others (D) we were singing songs.

We hire our bicycle _________

My sister didn’t leave the car key. As a result, I couldn’t pick her up at the airport.

The streets are (A) crowded with (B) a population who (C) has no interest (D) in learning.

Jenifer and Susan are talking about a book they have just read.

- Jennifer: “ The book is really interesting and it’s hard to put it down.”- Susan: “______”

Peter: “My mother’s much better now.”

- Kyle: “______”

The larger the area of forest is destroyed,... .

I met a girl at my friend's birthday party last Sunday.

She had to pass all her exams, or _____ she would not have a holiday.