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Last Sunday Nam and many of his friends (1) ___________ a book fair in his neighbourhood. The book fair is an annual charitable activity with a view to collecting money and used books, and donating them (2) ___________ poor students in his community. Like other friends, Nam donated some used student’s books and bought some English short stories, comics and Vietnamese novels. He hoped he could make a small contribution to his community by doing so. There (3) ___________ also some interesting competitions in the book fair, such as answering quizzes about famous books, composing poems, solving secret coded messages, etc. The (4) ___________ received various gifts like handmade cards, cute teddy bears or school things. Unluckily, Nam didn’t win any games, (5) ___________ he still felt very happy.

1. A. donated            B. joined                    C. were

2. A. to                       B. with                       C. about

3. A. been                  B. was                        C. were          

4. A. runner               B. winners                 C. competitors

5. A. but                     B. and                         C. so