Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSET in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

Since her parents’ death, she has been brought up by her uncle. 

With greatly increased workloads, everyone is _______ pressure now.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning in the sentence given in each of the following questions.

It is over twenty years since I last got in touch with them. 

I _______ along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me. 

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning in the sentence given in each of the following questions.

It is not until a Vietnamese girl getting 18 years old that she is allowed to get married legally. 

Her first novel has been _______ acclaimed as a masterpiece.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Each of us must take ________ for our own actions