Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
We were sitting, _____ I remember, in a riverside restaurant.
A.whereas
B.as
C.and
D.yet

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
We wanted to go to the beach; ____ ,it started to rain and we stayed at home.
A.however
B.moreover
C.yet
D.consequently

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Wear your clothes ____ you want.
A.but
B.so
C.and
D.however

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He did not slow down ____ drove even faster.
A.nor
B.and
C.but
D.because

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
Doctors’ salaries have risen substantially, _____ nurses’ pay actually has not.
A.or
B.so
C.and
D.whereas

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
He was wearing glasses _____ no one could see his face clearly.
A.and
B.so as
C.but also
D.so that

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
There was snow everywhere, _____ the shape of things was difficult to identify.
A.so
B.however
C.as
D.or

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
I couldn’t use the pay phone, _____ I didn’t have any coins with me.
A.yet
B.despite
C.for
D.even though

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
My present job is badly paid _____ I think I will look for another better one.
A.or
B.so
C.nor
D.however

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)
(29)
A.which
B.who
C.whose
D.when