Choose the correct answer

1.___________ _ Nam was tired, he helped his mother with her housework.

A. Because             B. However

C. Despite               D.Although
 

2. –“Do you collect stamps or other things? -“Yes, I’m a stamp __________.”

A. collecting            B. collector

C. collect                D.collection
 

3. My children are very ___________ about going to the zoo.

A. excited               B. interesting

C. interested           D.exciting
 

4. The “ao dai” has been mentioned in poems, novels and songs by poets, writers and _________ for many years.

A. music                 B. musical

C. musician             D.musicians
 

5. “What does your father do?” -“He’s ____________ _ engineer.

A. a              B. the

C. an            D. x

 

5. They ______ their home village last Sunday .

A. visit                              B. visited

C. was visiting                   D. were visiting

 

6. The entrance exam will start _______July 18th and it will last three days.

A. above                 B. at

C. in                       D. on

 

7. We have lived in this flat_________five years.

A. ago                    B. already

C. since                  D. for

 

8. It was raining very _______ so I took my umbrella.

A. wet                     B. badly

C. hard                   D. firmly

 

9. The first calculation is _____ the second calculation.

A. easy than            B. more easy

C. easier than         D. most easy

 

10. _______the film begins with a terrible disaster, it has a happy ending.

A. Because of         B. In spite of

C. Although             D. Because
 

11. Please give me that _________.

A. green old plastic bucket

B. old green plastic bucket

C. plastic old green bucket

D. old plastic green bucket

 

12. The number of women…………....more than half of the population.

A. make up             B. makes up

C. made up             D. will make up

 

13. I am tired now _________ I stayed up late watching television last night.

A. though                B. because

C. so                      D. because of

 

14. My classmates speak English quite _________.

A. good                   B. well

C. goodly                D. bad

 

15. He________his grandparents every Sunday.

A. has visited          B. visits

C. is visiting            D. was visiting

16. He________in the cafe when she came.

A. sat                               B. has sat

C. has been sitting            D. was sitting

 

17. All of us were________that he came first. He hasn’t been working hard so far.

A. surprising                      B. to surprise

C. surprised                      D. to be surprised

18. Hanoi is famous …………….its beauty.

 A. for                               B. about

 C. with                             D. by

19. Let’s go out and enjoy the sunshine, …………..? – That’s a good idea.

 A. will you                        B. don’t you

 C. won’t we                     D. shall we

20. There is__________food left but not enough for everyone.

  A. few                            B. a few

 C. little                             D. a little

21. I bought these magazines__________have something to read on the trip.

  A. for                              B. so that

  C. so as to                      D. in order