Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

Câu 1: It is the underserved ____ that damaged his life and his family. 

A. reputable                 

B. repute                      

C. reputation               

D. disrepute

Câu 2: At the age of 50, Robby William ____ his career after spending his twenty years playing electric guitar.

A. moved                    

B. changed                  

C. adjusted                  

D. stopped

Câu 3: She has a wonderful voice but unfortunately, she never gets the ____ to sing in public.

A. event                       

B. occasion                  

C. ability                     

D. chance

Câu 4: Michael Hart was the ____ of Project Gutenberg, one of the longest-lasting online library projects.

A. founder                   

B. author                     

C. architect                  

D. father 

Câu 5: She is not a very nice girl. She seems to enjoy the ____ of others.

A. unfortune                

B. misfortune               

C. disfortune               

D. infortune

Câu 6: We ____ the kittens carefully and sold them for a good profit.

A. brought up      

B. grew up     

C. rose                         

D. aroused

Câu 7: The stores will inevitably end up ____ with each other to increase their market shares.

A. contesting               

B. contending              

C. competing               

D. completing

Câu 8: Bill Gates has made large donations to numerous ____ organizations.

A. charitable                

B. charitably                

C. charity                    

D. charities

Câu 9: Thanks to the help of the teacher, she is _____ encouraging progress in math.

A. doing                      

B. making                    

C. checking                 

D. stopping

Câu 10: The ____ of the soil reduced the productivity of the farm.

A. fertility                    

B. hardship                  

C. poverty                   

D. inadequacy

Câu 11: I ____ out last night but at the last minute I ____ that I had a quiz this morning.

A. was going to go – realized    

B. went – realized

C. had gone – would realize       

D. would go - have realized

Câu 12: She hasn't paid as much attention to her children as she ____ since she ____ working.

A. does – starts       

B. did - started

C. was doing - was starting       

D. has done - would start

Câu 13: My brother ____ at the road when he ____ into a hole.

A. wasn't looking - was falling   

B. didn't look - has fallen

C. wasn't looking – fell       

D. won't look - fall

Câu 14: Magellan ____ the first European who ____ through the strait.

A. was - was sailing         

B. was being - was sailing    

C. had been – sailed  

D.  was - sailed

Câu 15: The first self-sufficient village in Britain ____ the Norman's idea. They were some strange invaders who ____ to change the country in a better way.

A. was – hoped

B. is - have hoped

C. have been - were hoping       

D. was being - had hoped

Câu 16: Who is ____ girl over there with Jimmy?             

A. the                          

B. a  

C. an

D. Ø

Câu 17: The boss needs an assistant with ____ good knowledge of foreign trade.

A. a

B. the                           

C. any

D. Ø

Câu 18: We are having ____ terrible weather which is quite strange. Usually ____ weather in UK is not this bad.

A. the – the   

B. a – the  

C. Ø - the         

D. the - a

Câu 19: Could you please close ____ window? I don't think it is necessary to open all the four.

A. a

B. the                           

C. some                       

D. Ø