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Trình độ C - Bài 12
1. The little girl wouldn't go into the sea ________ her father went too.
(A) except
(B) but
(C) also
(D) unless
2. The ________ part of the week is always busy for me.
(A) front
(B) start
(C) early
(D) near
3. She ________ to take her neighbour to court if he didn't stop making so much noise.
(A) promised
(B) threatened
D
C
B
(C) offered
(D) suggested
4. You mustn't be angry with her. It wasn't her ________ that she was late.
(A) blame
(B) error
(C) mistake
(D) fault
5. He sat there with his arms ________ doing nothing, waiting for us.
(A) folded
(B) flapped
(C) turned
(D) twisted
6. Our neighbours ________ their hedge cut once a year.
(A) make

D
D
C
(B) do
(C) have
(D) fix
7. I could tell he was pleased ________ the expression on his face.
(A) at
(B) for
(C) in
(D) by
8. Tom always calls himself Tom Williams, but his ________ surname is Winterbottom.
(A) natural
(B) present
(C) current
(D) real
9. If you keep trying you might ________ to do it.
D
D
D
(A) succeed
(B) discover
(C) understand
(D) manage
10. Joan's third child was born in the ambulance ________ to the hospital.
(A) in the way
(B) by the way
(C) on the way
(D) a long way
11. The meeting, ladies and gentlemen, is now ________.

(A) at an end
(B) at the end
(C) on end
(D) to the end
C
A
12. They promised to write ________ we never heard from them again.
(A) but
(B) except
(C) although
(D) because
13. I ________ to him for my bad behaviour.
(A) apologised
(B) coped
(C) excused
(D) forgave
14. Ever ________ he was in junior school Nicholas has wanted to become a doctor.
(A) after
(B) always
(C) next
A
A
D
(D) since
15. It was on the top shelf, out of ________.
(A) achievement
(B) arrival
(C) attempt
(D) reach
16. Computers are supposed to ________ time, but I'm not so sure they do!

(A) spare
(B) save
(C) spend
(D) waste
17. I didn't mean to do it; it was ________ accident.
(A) by
(B) in
D
B
A
(C) for
(D) on
18. Her acceptance speech was ________, eliciting thunderous applause at several points.
(A) tedious
(B) well-received
(C) cowardly
(D) uninteresting
19. a wild goose chase = ________.
(A) a very pleasant experience
(B) a wild night on the town
(C) a dangerous race in the streets between cars trying to
(D) a search for something that cannot be found
20. You could have avoided risking ________, General Brown.
(A) the life of your soldiers
B
D
B
(B) the lives of your soldiers
(C) your soldiers' life
(D) the life of your soldiers'