1. Nothing ____ after the flood.

a. Behind
b. Left
c. Remained
d. Gone
2. The rectal route is meant for ______ absorption of drugs.
a. Slow
b. Gradual
c. Incremental
d. Rapid
3. You’ll never _____ your objective if all you have to offer is half-hearted
attempts.
a. Obtain
b. Regain
c. Gain
d. Achieve
4. Many pharmacists sell corticoids to patient to help them treat colds but that’s
not these drugs’ ____ use.
a. Wanted
b. Intended
c. Desired
d. Expected
5. While it’s true that dietary supplements contain lots of ingredients that are
good for health like herbs, minerals, botanical extracts, ….; whether they’re
truly _____ in treating diseases is up for debate.
a. Necessary
b. Necessity
c. Need
d. Necessarily
6. ‘- Gosh, do you know why she is taking so long ? We’ve been waiting for
nearly an hour.
- She’s still _______ herself upstairs.”
a. Beautify
b. Beautifying
c. Beautifully
d. Beauty
7. The cosmetics company’s _______ into healthcare products has lead to
many problems in manufacturing and quality assurance.
a. Diverse
b. Diversify
c. Diversification
d. Diversity
8. “He’s cleansing the wound he got yesterday.
What happened ?
Well, he didn’t really bother to ____ his knives properly.”
a. Store
b. Storage
c. Story
d. Storey
9. Silicon is one of the most important _____ used in data processing
technology.
a. Materialistic
b. Materialism
c. Materials
d. Materialize
10. What is the ‘structure-activity relationship’ of a drug ? It’s how its ______
affects its ______.
a. Compose/Proper
b. Composition/Properly
c. Composing/Properties
d. Composition/Properties
11. He tried to hide his shocked reaction but it was _______.
a. Unnoticeable
b. Hidden
c. Conspicous
d. Gentle
12. The Taj Mahal was ______ from 1631 to 1653. (construct)
13. A _____ is a substance composed of two or more different elements. For
example, HCl is a compound because it consists of hydrogen and chlorine.
a. Molecule
b. Compound
c. Atom
d. Chemical
14. As he was lying in the hospital bed, Huy regretted having taken his cousin’s
advice to drink heated Coke as a home _______ for coughs.
a. Cure
b. Treatment
c. Remedy
d. Solution
15. “You really shouldn’t take analgesic for whatever minor ailments you have.
Hey, I’m going to be a pharmacist next year. I know what’s _______”
a. Appropriate
b. Exact
c. Precise
d. Accurate
16. In patients with impaired kidney functions, it is important to _____ the right
dosage.
a. Determine
b. Dictate
c. Decide
d. Govern
17. I don’t think cephalosporins are suitable for this woman because she’s
allergic to penicillins. Are there no other ______ ?
a. Alterations
b. Alternate
c. Alter
d. Alternatives
18. His behaviours were quite unnatural. I think he broke the vase on purpose.
Which word below has the same meaning as the bold phrase ?
a. Unintended
b. Undesirable
c. Deliberate
d. Needed
19. People use synthetic L-DOPA, the precursor of dopamine, as a prodrug
because it can cross the blood-brain barrier. True or False ?
20. The discovery of cocaine as a chemical started when it was first ________
from the leaves in 1860
a. Isolated
b. Petrified
c. Identified
d. Classified
21. The kidneys are essential organs becausee they ______ the blood.
a. Purify
b. Impart
c. Extract
d. Involve
22. When a molecule binds to a certain receptor; if it _______ the receptor, it is
an agonist; if it inhibits the receptor instead, it is an ________.
a. Activate/antagonist
b. Inactivate/agony
c. Activates/antagonist
d. Excite/agonist
23. It is unknown if alpha-trymochypsin truly has any therapeutic effects on the
conditions of the patients. Pick the one closest in meaning to the red word:
a. Benefit
b. Therapy
c. Curative
d. Adverse
24. I’d like to see Mr. Johnson, please ?
Can you be more ________ ? There are people with that name living in this
building.
a. Special
b. Especially
c. Specific
d. Specify
25. He’s always so melancholic, in stark _____ to his brother.
a. Contrary
b. Contrast
c. Contract
d. Constrain
26. This is a major event held exclusively for the biggest guests. Which word
below has the same meaning as the bold word ?
a. Many
b. Diverse
c. Various
d. Only
27. It is said that _______ began when agriculture was invented. (Civil)