Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
We keep ____ in the cupboard.
A.rices
B.the rice
C.the rices
D.many rice

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
Politics ____ something too difficult for me to understand.
A.is
B.are
C.were
D.have been

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
____ ! The street is wet and slippery.
A.Look out
B.Pass on
C.Slow up
D.Hold on

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
I wonder how Sam ____ such a selfish person.
A.keep up with
B.got on with
C.take off
D.go away from

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
I wanted to sit in the front of the balcony ____ I ordered my tickets early.
A.before
B.and
C.or
D.so

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
The concert was cancelled ____ we went to a night club instead.
A.since
B.in order that
C.so
D.as

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
____ the bus? - At the bus stop over there.
A.Which do I catch
B.Why did I catch
C.Where can I catch
D.When I caught

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
He took the dictionary from ____ .
A.the top of the bookshelf
B.the top of the book’s shelf
C.the book shelf of the top
D.the book shelf top

I would rather she is staying at home this time yesterday.
A.would
B.she
C.is staying
D.at

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks:
Earthquakes: Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim, which is known as the “Ring of Fire”. In 1995, a huge earthquakes (25) ______ the city of Kobe in Japan. A large number of people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.
Tidal waves: Tidal waves are the (26) ______ of abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth. In the 1960s, a huge tidal wave hit Anchorage, Alaska. The tidal wave travelled (27) ______ Alaska to California!
Typhoons: When a tropical storm (28) ______ 120 kilometres per hour, it is called a hurricane in North and South America, a cyclone in Australia, and a typhoon in Asia. The word “typhoon” comes from Chinese: tai means “big” and feng means “wind”, so the word “typhoon” means “big wind”.
Volcanoes: We can usually predict (29) ______ a volcano will erupt. Mount Pinatubo, which is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991. It was the world’s largest volcanic eruptionin more than 50 years. Hundreds of people died, but thousands were saved (30) ______ scientists had warned them about eruption.
Tornadoes: Tornadoes are funnel-shaped storms which pass overland (31) ______ a thunderstorm. They can suck up anything that is in their path. In Italy 1981, a tornado lifted a baby, who was (32) ______ in its baby carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!
(Extract from English 9, p.78, 79 – Giáo dục Publishing House)
(27)
A.between
B.for
C.from
D.through