MARK THE LETTER A, B, C OR D ON YOUR ANSWER SHEET TO INDIC...
Exercise 2. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.Question 1. You need to dress neatly and elegantly for the interview. The first impression is very important.A. formally B. shabbily C. untidy D. comfortablyQuestion 2. Their migration may be postponed if fog, clouds, or rain hides the stars.A. cancelled B. spoiled C. continued D. endangeredQuestion 3. His policies were beneficial to the economy as a whole.A. harmless B. crude C. detrimental D. innocentQuestion 4. There are substantial differences between the two species.A. amazing B. slight C. onsiderable D. difficult to explainQuestion 5. His physical condition was not an impediment to his career as a violinist.A. hindrance B. obstruction C. furtherance D. setbackQuestion 6. Unless the two signatures are identical, the bank won't honor the checkA. similar B. different C. fake D. genuineQuestion 7. Henry has found a temporary job in a factory.A. eternal B. genuine C. permanent D. satisfactoryQuestion 8. A cut in the budget put 10 percent of the state employees' jobs in jeopardy.A. danger B. range C. perspective D. safetyQuestion 9. I said thanks for the opportunity to talk and for the interview that was courteous, in my opinion.A. meaningless B. clumsy C. rude D. awkwardQuestion 10. I cannot understand why she did that, it really doesn't add up.A. doesn't calculate B. is easy to understandC. doesn't make sense D. makes the wrong additionQuestion 11. The consequences of the typhoon were disastrous due to the lack of precautionary measures.A. physical B. damaging C. beneficial D. severeQuestion 12. He was refused to admission to ANZ Banking Group because of having a dragon tattoo on his left hand.A. granted B. acquiesced C. denied D. appealedQuestion 13. My mother is a caring woman and always thoughtful of others.A. rude B. inconsiderate C. inconsiderable D. criticalQuestion 14. She was unhappy that she got in touch with a lot of her old friends when she went abroad to study.A. put in charge of B. lost contact with C. made room for D. lost control ofQuestion 15. The shop assistants have to break off the conversation to serve a customer.A. interrupt B. hurry C. continue D. beginQuestion 16. Teacher shortages hinder new English training carried out in Ho Chi Minh City.A. obstruct B. facilitate C. impede D. preventQuestion 17. Drinking water must be purified so that it doesn't harm our health.A. filtered B. contaminated C. . impure D. testedQuestion 18. There is growing concern about the way man has destroyed the environment.A. ease B. attraction C. consideration D. speculationQuestion 19. His career advancement was slow and he did not gain any promotion until he was 40, when he won the position of the company's Chief Excutive.A. progress B. elevation C. rise D. decreaseQuestion 20. There has been insufficient rainfall over the past two years, and farmers are having trouble.A. adequate B. unsatisfactory C. abundant D. dominantQuestion 21. I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.A. attentions B. unawareness C. unconcern D. carelessnessQuestion 22. Thanks to strenuous efforts to purify the polluted river, it was clean now.A. exhausting B. forceful C. energetic D. half-heartedQuestion 23. He didn't even cast an eye over my report which I had spent a month writing!A. show disinterest in B. find it eye-catching withC. keep in ignorance about D. stay uninformed ofQuestion 24. Tired of being a tiny cog in a vast machine, he handed in his resignation.A. an important person B. a large piece of equipmentC. a small group of people D. a small group of peopleQuestion 25. The new laws to conserve wildlife in the area will come into force next month.A. pollute B. protect C. eliminate D. destroyQuestion 26. If no specific measures are taken, all species including human race will soon vanish.A. disappear B. appear C. attacked D. devastateQuestion 27. She is a very generous old woman. She has given most of her wealth to a charity organization.A. mean B. kind C. hospitable D. amicableQuestion 28. Nancy and her boss worked so well together. She concurred with him about the new direction the company was taking.A. disagreed B. agreed C. surrendered D. confessedQuestion 29. My daughter and the boy living in the neighbourhood got on well with each other like a house on fire.A. quickly B. slowly C. smoulderingly D. friendlyQuestion 30. A hush fell over the guests who had gathered for the wedding celebration.A. witnessed B. gaped C. separated D. assembled