The number of Vietnamese sport officials and referees of international standard taking part in regional tournaments has increased rapidlv.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answ'er sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underlined w'ord(s) in each of the following questions.

A woman had a narrow escape when the car came round the comer.

He asked, "Why didn’t she take the final exam?” - He asked why______the final exam.

Mark the letter A, B, c or D on your answ er sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

John does a lot of exercise. He’s still very fat.

When the alarm went off, everyone proceeded calmly to the emergency exits.

Most of my friends enjoy ___________ football on television.

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

We'd better speed up if we want to get there in time.

The line is busy; someone_________the telephone now.