III. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. (4
pts)
1. You won , t have that ball back until you promise…………………..at my cat
again.
     A. not to kick        B. not kicking            C. don , t kick            D. haven , t kicked
2. Like other minerals, coal is taken from the earth in
immense…………………..
     A. numbers          B. quantities                C. sizes                  D. degrees
3. She spoke………………..nobody could understand her.
     A. so fastly that    B. fastly so that           C. so fast that          D. fast so that
4. Tom came to the party with…………………..
     A. 3 other friends      B. 3 another friends       C. other 3 friends      D. all are
correct
5. Many people today decide on their careers………………..they are very
young.
     A. since               B. when                      C. if                        D. despite
6. “No one…………….touch anything in the room”, said the policeman.
     A. has to              B. will                    C. can                        D. had better
7. Everyone is ready,………………?
     A. isn , t he           B. isn , t she               C. aren , t they              D. is he
8. They have two children, …………….whom is married.
     A. all of              B. some of               C. both of                   D. neither of
9. He always puts…………….paying the bills for as long as possible.
     A. off                  B. away                  C. out                         D. aside
10. He enjoyed playing computer games at first but after………………..he got
bored with them.
    A. little time         B. no time                    C. while                  D. a while
11. Will you stop……………..while I , m talking.
    A. sing                 B. to sing                     C. singing                D. being
singing

12. I was responsible …………..my mother…………looking after our pets while
she was at work.
    A. of / to              B. for / to                     C. to /for                         D. for / of
13. The more the car costs, ………………it goes.
    A. faster               B. the more fast            C. the fastest                   D. the
faster
14. The……………….of the bank where he worked was not in the center of the
city.
    A. branch                      B. seat                 C. quarter                       D. house
15. Like many other countries in the world, Viet Nam is “ on the……………… “
    A. progress           B. start                         C. begin                         D. move
16. Would you like tea or coffee? – I , d……………….have some tea.
    A. like                 B. prefer                       C. rather                         D. better
17. Your hair is long. Are you going to…………………….?
    A. have it cut       B. have cut it                C. be cutting it                D. have it
cutting
18. Mary…………………lazy preparing her lesson last night.
    A. should be       B. shouldn , t be              C. should have been      D.
shouldn , t have been
19. Something must be done now to protect our…………………..against
pollution.
    A. environment   B. nature                       C. scenery                       D. scene
20. I , ll come back…………New Year, exactly…………the morning of January
1 st 1998
    A. on / in            B. at / in                        C. in / on                        D. at / on