17. My aunt gave me a ____ hat on my 16th birthday.

A. nice yellow new cotton

B. new nice cotton yellow

C. new nice yellow cotton

D. nice new yellow cotton

16. Most people believe that school days are the _____ days for their life.

A. better     B. best      C. more best     D. good

15. We have just visited disadvantaged children in an orphanage ____ in Bac Ninh province.

A. located      B. locating      C. which locates     D. to locate

14. Peter has a separate room for his musical ______.

A. instruments     B.equipment      C. tools     D. facilities

13. She didn’t enjoy her first year anh ta college because she failed to ____ her new friends.

A. come in for    B. look down on     C. go down with    D. get on with    

12. Arranging flowers _____ among my mother’s hobbies.

A. is     B. are     C. were      D. have been

11. On hearing that she failed the entrance exam, Trang couldn’t help ____ into tears.

A. bursting     B. burst     C. to bursting      D. to burst

10. _______ his poor English, he managed to communicate his problem very clearly.

A. Because      B. Even though     C. Because of      D. In spite of

7. This class, _______ is a prerequisite for microbiology, is so difficult that I would rather drop it.

A. that     B. when     C. where      D. which

5. By appearing on the soap powder commercials, she became a _________ name.

A. housekeeper      B. housewife       C. househould      D. house