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.......... the kitchen. 
A. in B. on C. at D. into 
469. Thanks ............ ringing. I am going to see you at half ............. seven. 
A. of / to B. for / to C. for / past D. of / over 
470. Many retirers feel useless because they ........................................ 
A. do volunteer work B. have limited incomes 
C. aren't working D. can't help themselves 
471. "It's very painful! .................... I've worked for a long time in my garden," the woman 
said. 
A. because B. for C. by D. as soon as 
472. The woman has hurt her back ............. for too long. 
A. to bend B. by bending C. for bending D. owing to you bend 
473. The person who ................ in charge of a car is the conductor. 
A. is B. are C. was D. were 
474. The doctor showed the patient .................. to do some exercises. 
A. what B. why C. when D. how 
475. If I had taken your advice, I ................ a better life. 
A. will have B. shall have C. would have D. would have had 
476. I'm very busy at the moment so it may take a ............... time to answer your letters. 
A. little B. few C. small D. some 
477. ................. the traffic was bad, I arrived on time. 
A. Although B. In spite of C. Despite D. Even 
478. He was unwilling to explain the reason ................. his absence. 
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A. for B. why C. of D. that 
479. John Jameson is a famous ................. who stole five million pounds from a bank. 
A. crime B. criminal C. criminally D. criminality 
480. ................... your own business can cause a lot of financial worries. 
A. Manage B. Managing C. Manager D. Manageable 
481. I understand ............... what you are saying. 
A. perfect B. perfectly C. perfection D. imperfect 
482. A holiday in America can be ....................... cheap. 
A. surprise B. surprised C. surprising D. surprisingly 
483. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are a ................. couple but they are very kind to their neighbors' 
................. 
A. child / children B. children / children 
C. childish / child D. childless / children 
484. Why are you always jealous ............... other friends? 
A. with B. of C. for D. to 
485. I was angry ..................... myself for making such a stupid mistake. 
A. with B. of C. for D. to 
486. You like chocolate, ............................. 
A. and I do either B. and me too C. and I too D. and so do I 
487. "Do you think I .............. to send my old lover a gift on her birthday?" Peter asked. 
A. should B. had better C. ought D. must 
488. Do you ................. the long distance telephone calls which you make in your office each 
month? 
A. pay attention to B. keep track of 
C. take advantage of D. get in touch with 
489. John came to see me .................. day. It was last Friday, I think. 
A. another B. other C. the next D. the other 
490. No one really believed it when the news came through that the "Titanic" had ................ 
on her maiden voyage. 
A. gone over B. gone on C. gone down D. gone off 
491. The play was very boring ............ they walked out. 
A. although B. so that C. since D. so 
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492. He hasn't written to us ................. he left. 
A. as long as B. since C. by the time D. as soon as 
493. I never take an umbrella ............... it's raining heavily. 
A. when B. whenever C. if D. unless 
494. It rained, which spoiled our picnic; but if it ............................ it ............. a great success. 
A. didn't rain / would be B. had rained / would have been 
C. hadn't rained / would have been D. rained / would be 
495. I got a very .................... welcome when I finally arrived. 
A. enthusiastic B. enthusiasm C. enthusiastically D. enthusiast 
496. The rulers of Viet Nam's last imperial line, the Nguyen Dynasty, all came from .............. 
family. 
A. same B. the same C. different D. the other 
497. The price of ................. has gone up again. 
A. electric B. electricity C. electrician D. electronic 
498. Her ............... was so angry at her attitude that he fired her. 
A. employ B. employer C. employers D. employing 
499. She looked ................ at me as she said it. 
A. direct B. directly C. direction D. directed 
500. On my salary we have to live as ....................... as possible. 
A. economy B. economical C. economically D. economic 
501. 1. What is the higher mountain in the world? 
A. What B. is C. higher D. in 
502. I wish my mother gives me presents more often. 
A. wish B. gives C. me D. more often 
503. The teacher was pleasing with the result of your examination. 
A. The B. was C. pleasing D. of 
504. The little boy didn't know how lacing his shoes. 
A. The little boy B. didn't C. how D. lacing 
505. You are quite so thin that you can slip between the bars. 
A. are B. quite so C. can slip D. between 
506. To turn on the light, I was surprised at what I saw. 
A. To turn B. on C. was D. at 
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507. I would rather live on a farm than to live in a city. 
A. would rather B. live C. on D. to live 
508. The school library is free and open for all the pupils and teaching staff. 
A. is B. and C. for D. all 
509. Why don't you borrow books in the local lending library? 
A. Why B. don't C. borrow D. in 
510. He had to admit that there were something in what mother kept saying. 
A. admit B. were C. what D. saying 
511. The students suggested buying flowers for the teachers in the Teachers' Day. 
A. The students B. buying C. for D. in 
512. No one have solved such a difficult problem. 
A. have B. solved C. such D. difficult 
513. During their meat, they discussed what to do at the weekend. 
A. During B. meat C. to do D. at 
514. If you write the essay careful, you will get good mark. 
A. If B. write C. careful D. will 
515. Ordinary Americans are friendly and not afraid to show its feelings. 
A. Ordinary B. are C. not D. its 
516. The girl who were injured in the accident is now in hospital. 
A. who B. were C. in D. is 
517. Thank you very much of the present that you sent me. 
A. very B. much C. of D. that 
518. There wasn't some directory in the telephone box from which I was phoning. 
A. wasn't B. some B. the D. from 
519. The man who I was waiting for didn't turn up. 
A. The man B. who C. was D. for 
520. Women wear make-up to beautiful themselves. 
A. wear B. make-up C. beautiful D. themselves 
521. Mai and Lan have a row because they have misunderstood one another. 
A. have B. because C. misunderstood D. one another 
522. The workers are building a new bridge which is 150 meters in high. 
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A. building B. a new bridge C. which D. high 
523. It's no use asking them keep quiet. 
A. no use B. asking C. them D. keep 
524. This text is too long for me to read it. 
A. is B. long C. to read D. it 
525. I can't get used to doing so difficult exercises. 
A. can't B. used C. doing D. so 
526. My father doesn't know speak English. 
A. My B. doesn't C. speak D. English 
527. She behaves as if she was a baby. 
A. behaves B. as if C. was D. a 
528. You wanted me to tell you about what I was doing here and how was my life. 
A. to tell B. about C. was doing D. was 
529. The course is good, but more hard than I thought. 
A. is B. but C. more hard D. thought 
530. Sleeping all day, to eat too much and never going out is unhealthy. 
A. Sleeping B. to eat C. much D. never 
531. The dentist gave me a check up and then telling me I needed two fillings. 
A. me B. check up C. telling D. fillings 
532. These engines used being started by hand. But now they are started by electricity. 
A. used B. being C. But now D. are 
533. This house is often broken off and a lot of things are taken away. 
A. is B. broken C. off D. away 
534. My father has a mechanic to repair his motorbike monthly. 
A. has B. a C. to repair D. monthly 
535. There always is one wise woman who is both feared and respected by her people. 
A. always B. wise C. who D. both 
536. The woman tells them close their eyes tightly and cover them with their hands. 
A. tells B. close C. tightly D. with 
537. They visited America about a thousand years ago, on the eleventh century AD. 
A. visited B. thousand C. ago D. on 
538. Ha Dong is the town where I am born and grew up. 
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A. is B. where C. am D. grew 
539. She is the girl about that I talked to you yesterday. 
A. the girl B. that C. to D. yesterday 
540. The lesson that we are learning now is very interested but difficult. 
A. that B. now C. interested D. but 
541. She made me to pay for the damage I had done. 
A. made B. to pay C. for D. had done 
542. He warned me to make an eye on my luggage as that place was full of thieves. 
A. me B. to make C. on D. full 
543. When you are late for class, you should apologize for your teacher. 
A. When C. for C. should D. for 
544. The village that I was born and grew up is situated on the Red River. 
A. that B. grew C. situated D. on 
545. Some children, before going to school, go to kindergartens, officially are called nursery 
schools. 
A. before B. go C. officially D. are called 
546. English children start school in six and finish at sixteen. 
A. English B. start C. in D. at 
547. I don't feel as tired after a train journey so I do after a car journey. 
A. don't B. tired C. so D. after 
548. The child ran fastly to get to school. 
A. child B. fastly C. to D. school 
549. If it will rain this afternoon, we will have to cancel our picnic. 
A. If B. will rain C. will D. cancel 
550. He is very weak to lift this suitcase. 
A. very B. weak C. to D. this