Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
________________ repeated assurances that the product is safe, many people have stopped buying it.  
A. Even though                     
B. Even if                        
C. In spite                     
D. Despite

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
I'll break a promise if I tell you her name.
A. I don't know her name, so I can’t promise to tell you.
B. If I make a promise, I won't tell you her name.
C. I've made a promise not tell you her name.
D. I'll tell you her name, because I didn't promise not to.

Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given:
John Lennon / gain / worldwide / fame / one / the founding members / The Beatles //.
A. John Lennon gained worldwide fame like one of the founding members of The Beatles.
B. John Lennon gained worldwide fame as one in the founding members of The Beatles.
C. John Lennon gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles.
D. John Lennon gained a worldwide fame as one of the founding member of The Beatles.

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
England used to be the first ____________ country in Europe as well as in the world.
A. industry
B. industrial
C. industrialize
D. industrialized

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Peter: “Which seat is the most suitable for Mrs. Andrew?”
Ben: “I think she should sit Section A.
A.   on  
B.  in             
C.  to              
D. above

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
We spent our holiday in Rome, ____________ the capital of Italy.
A. which is   
B. that is            
C. what is             
D. where is

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Ngoc: “______________ you to school on your first day?”
Hoai: “My mother did.”
A. Who did take 
B. Who did took 
C. Who take you 
D. Who took

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Over recent years there has been a marked reduction __________ the number of people who have foreign holidays. 
A. in   
B. into   
C. of   
D. for

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Their house is close ____________ Thien Mu pagoda.
A. to
B. by
C. with
D. for

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
bargain                      again                           gain                      rain
A. bargain                      
B. again                           
C. gain                     
D.  rain