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 23 to 27

No one can say when sports began. Since it is impossible to (23) _____ a time when children did not spontaneously run races or wrestle, it is clear that children have always included sports in their play, but one can only speculate about the (24) _____ of sports as autotelic physical contests for adults. Hunters are depicted in prehistoric art, but it cannot be known (25) _____ the hunters pursued their prey in a mood of grim necessity or with the joyful abandon of sportsmen. It is certain, (26) ______, from the rich literary and iconographic evidence of all ancient civilizations that hunting soon became an end in itself at least for royalty and nobility. Archaeological evidence also indicates that ball games were common among ancient peoples as (27) _____as the Chinese and the Aztecs.

Điền số 23

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Some vegetables are grown without soil and artificial flight

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There is ____________ in my bedroom

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.

In 1985, the Coca-Cola Company altered the secret formula of the drink’s ingredients.

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It is not until December 25 ____________ the exam results will be announced

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

My sister ____________ the responsibility for doing the housework

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

Susan wasn’t in when I arrived. I suppose she ____________ I was coming

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