_________ (23)
A.With      
B.In
C.At
D.For

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
My mother is very busy at work. However, she takes good care of her children.
A.My mother takes good care of her children but she is very busy at work
B.Though my mother was very busy at work my mother took good care of her children
C.In spite of being busy at work, my mother takes good care of her children
D. Although my mother was very busy at work she did not take good care of her children

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following'questions.
(A) The oldest the children (B) are, the (C) more their parents (D) expect from them.  
A.The oldest 
B.are
C.more
D.expect from

The driver………….violently and managed to stop the car just inches from the body lying on the road.
A.was braking 
B.has braked 
C.braked
D.had braked

Chọn phương án đúng (A, hoặc B, C, D) để hoàn thành các câu sau:
Unless you call and make an appointment now, _______________ .
A.then the office be closed 
B.and the office is closed
C.the office would be closed
D.the office will be closed

Mr Black: “ I’d like to try on these shoes, please.”               Salesgirl: “………”
A.That’s right, sir.
B.Why not?         
C.Me too.              
D.By all means, sir.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Not until he                      did he realize that he was adopted by his parents.
A.has grown up  
B.grew up      
C.grows up       
D.had grown up

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 from 23 to 27.
SOCIAL NETWORK
A 16-year-old girl from Essex has been sacked after describing her job as boring on the social networking website, Facebook. The teenager, who had been working (23) _____ an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks, didn’t feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do. (24) _____ of moaning to her friends she decided to express her thoughts on her Facebook page to a colleague, who (25) _____ the boss’s attention to it. He immediately fired her on the (26) _____ that her public display of dissatisfaction made it impossible for her to continue working for the company. She later told newspapers she had been treated totally unfairly, especially as she hadn’t even mentioned the company’s name. She claimed she’s been perfectly happy with her job and that her light-hearted comments shouldn’t (27) _____ taken seriously. A spokesperson from a workers’ union said the incident demonstrated two things: firstly, that people need to protect their privacy online and secondly, that employers should be less sensitive to criticism.
(27)
A.to be    
B.have been 
C.be 
D.have

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I could not ______ the lecture at all. It was too difficult for me.
A.make off
B.take in
C.get along
D.hold on

 Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest of the others?
(2)
A.note
B.money
C.children
D.singer