Question 45: 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 questions following: After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam adopted a resolution to have ‘more friends and fewer enemies’.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam was
passed a resolution to have more friends and fewer enemies.
=> Collapse /kə’læps/ = breakdown /’breɪkdaʊn/: collapse
Other answers:
breakthrough /’breɪkθru:/ (n): breakthrough
breakin /’breɪkɪn/ (n): break into
outbreak /’aʊtbreɪk/ (n): outbreak
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