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

9. The town is very ______________. Thousands of tourists visit it each month.

A. beauty                    B. beautiful                 C. beautifully              D. beautified

10. Smoking is harmful ______________ many people still smoke.

A. but                          B. so                            C. therefore                 D. however

11. The October 1989 Loma Pieta earthquake ______________ severe damage to the buildings inthe San Francisco Bay area.

A. generated               B. made                       C. caused                    D. created

12. She has learnt English for 3 years, and she is good ______________ English now.

A. in                            B. for                           C. by                           D. at

13. Kevin has a new modem car, I wish I ______________ a car like him.

A. have had                 B. can have                 C. have                                    D. had

14. Thanks to television, people can watch a variety of local and international programs on different ______________.

A. group                      B. websites                  C. channels                  D. stage

15. We______________ you if we have time.

A. phones                    B. would phone          C. will phone               D. phoned

16. John ______________ write letters to me when he lived abroad.

A. used to                   B. used                                    C. is used to                D. was used to

17. This is the girl ______________ mother is from Canada.

A. who                                    B. whom                     C. whose                     D.what

18. ______________Mrs. Lan was tired,she helped Tuan withhishomework.

A. Although                B. Due to                    C. Despite                   D.Because