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Trường THPT Đầm Dơi – Tổ Anh Văn
ĐỀ CƯƠNG ANH VĂN KHỐI 12 NĂM HỌC 2007 – 2008
I/. PRONUNCIATION AND WORD STRESS:
A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each
group:
1. A. remove B. open C. closed D. home
2. A. great B. treat C. heat D. east
3. A. gorilla B. wild C. risky D. will
4. A. wise B. fine C. surprised D. wilderness
5. A. instead B. release C. season D. feature
6. A. wear B. near C. hear D. ear
7. A. box B. taxi C. example D. mixture
8. A. chat B. action C. character D. place
9. A. moving B. motion C. old D. spoken
10. A. industry B. size C. cinema D. ship
11. A. habit B. life C. worldwide D. title
12. A. champion B. school C. beach D. match
13. A. held B. letter C. hero D. set
14. A. certain B. club C. score D. cup
15. A. season B. team C. defeat D. area
16. A. thin B. theater C. they D. thing
17. A. thank B. brother C. then D. there
18. A. speak B. east C. leading D. theater
19. A. city B. control C. cover D. could
20. A. south B. thousand C. bought D. grounds
21. A. imagine B. mind C. excited D. nice
22. A. lung B. put C. but D. cut
23. A. what B. who C. why D.where
24. A. some B. home C. done D. one
25. A. minute B. umbrella C. cut D. but
26. A. business B. bustle C. hundred D. number

27. A. language B. aviation C. attraction D. applicant
28. A. modern B. mother C. opera D. hobby
29. A. effective B.recognize C. sentence D. equally
30. A. mingling B. simplicity C. variety D. difficulty
31. A. exist B. mind C. inspire D. provide
32. A.refusal B. music C. student D.studying
33. A. lecturer B. medium C. inventor D. president
34. A. teach B. cheer C. characterize D. watch
35.A. biology B. discovery C. philosophy D. clockmaker
36. A. battle B. mechanic C. carry D. appoint
37. A. object B. solar C. pole D. protein
38. A. gravity B. cabin C. planet D. spaceship
39. A. temperature B. nuclear C. reduce D. produce
40. A. death B. health C. disease D. spread
41. A. chemistry B. mechanic C. character D. parachute
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42. A. prevention B. psychiatrist C. pneumonia D. psychology
43. A. lean B. wheat C. heat D. weather
44. A. food B. good C. flood D. foot
45. A. hour B. house C. horse D. home
46. A. through B. this C. the D. there
47. A. tiny B. tiger C. tin D. time
48. A. planet B. animal C. man D. decay
49. A. season B. sometimes C. sea D. stop
50. A. thing B. threaten C. thought D. than
51. A. whole B. forest C. open D. role
52. A. weather B. tennis C. often D. red
53. A. sock B. sew C. sure D. seem
54. A. cheat B. child C. cheap D. chief

55. A. holiday B. out C. ground D. now
56. A. wanted B. needed C. visited D. cooked
57. A. tolerated B. needed C. collected D. looked
58. A. sheer B. shop C. sugar D. sense
59. A. wear B. way C. where D. whole
60. A. thin B. three C. month D. this
61. A. buy B. bomb C. bring D. cab
62. A. shake B. sugar C. sure D. soap
63. A. careful B. are C. aware D. fare
64. A. atmosphere B. where C. there D. therefore
65.A. any B. matter C. land D. man
B. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others:
1. A. interesting B. surprising C. amusing D. successful
2. A. understand B. engineer C. benefit D. Vietnamese
3. A. applicant B. uniform C. yesterday D. employment
4. A. enjoy B. daughter C. provide D. decide
5. A. begin B. pastime C. finish D. summer
6. A. comfortable B. employment C. important D. surprising
7. A. variety B. irrational C. industrial D. characterize
8. A. attraction B. government C. borrowing D. visitor
9. A. passion B. aspect C. medium D. success
10. A. complain B. machine C. music D. instead
11. A. doctor B. modern C. corner D. chinese
12. A. capital B. tradition C. different D. opera
13. A. become B. carry C. appoint D. invent
14. A. professor B. digestion C. mechanic D. engineer
15. A. engine B. battle C. career D. rabies
16. A. evolution B. development C. discovery D. philosopher
17. A. attract B. destroy C. level D. occur
18. A. another B. energy C. centigrade D. gravity

19. A. button B. canal C. failure D. monster
20. A. gravity B. professor C. pyramid D. remedy
21. A. enable B. ability C. absence D. acceptance
22. A. danger B. behave C. delivery D. believe
23. A. obey B. omit C. allow D. offer
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24. A. climate B. attract C. advise D. deny
25. A. interesting B. important C. increasing D. implying
26. A. damage B. destroy C. demand D. deny
27. A. borrow B. agree C. await D. prepare
28. A. cattle B. country C. canal D. cover
29. A. disease B. humour C. cancer D. treatment
30. A. remedy B. exercise C. pollution D. surgery
31. A. discovery B. difficulty C. simplicity D. equality
32. A. tenant B. rubbish C. machine D. common
33. A. atmosphere B. employment C. company D. customer
34. A. writer B. career C. teacher D. builder
35. A. animal B. bacteria C. habitat D. pyramid
36. A. garden B. ago C. youngest D. standard
37. A.admire B. honour C. title D. moment
38. A. surgeon B. protection C. accurate D. subject
39. A. conservation B. favorite C. uniform D. treatment
40. A. happy B. allow C. career D. employer
II/. VOCABULARY+ GRAMMAR & STRUCTURES:
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Choose the correct answer(A, B, C or D) to complete the following sentences:
1. Susan is looking for something ………………………………
A. eating B. eat C. to eat D. to eating
2. My parents are interested in ……………………………… football matches on TV.

A. watch B. watching C. to watch D. watched
3. She used ………………………………as a typist.
A. to working B. work C. working D. to work
4. John drives very ……………………………… ; he has never had any accidents.
A. carelessly B. careless C. carefully D. badly.
5. ………………………………stamps is my hobby.
A. collecting B. collect C. collected D. collection.
6. My father is a ……………………………… . He works in a garage.
A. farmer B. teacher C. doctor D. mechanic
7. Sara speaks so ……………………………… that I can’t understand her.
A. fast B. fastly C. fastest D. faster
8. This book is ……………………………… , so I don’t want to read it.
A. boringly B. bored C. boring D. interesting
9. I remember ………………………………you about this before.
A. tell B. to tell C. telling D. told
10. He let the letter ……………………………… on to the floor.
A. fall B. falls C. falling D.fell
11. There are small ……………………………… between British and American English.
A. differences B. different C. difference D. differently.
12. Some species of rare animals are in ……………………………… of extinction.
A. danger B. dangerous C. dangerously D. endanger
13. We are ……………………………… of the long journey.
A. tire B. tiring C. tired D. to tire
14. Hai speaks English more and more ………………………………
A. fluently B. fluent C. influent D. fluency
15. Who is the ……………………………… boy in your class?
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A. tallest B. taller C. tall as D. talling
16. Who is the ……………………………… pupil in your class ? and the ………………… one ?

A. best / worst B. good / bad C. most / worst D. better / worse
17. A holiday in American can be ……………………………… cheap.
A. surprise B. surprised C. surprising D. surprisingly
18. He said “Hello” in the most ……………………………… way.
A. friend B. friendly C. friends D. unfriend
19. He has ……………………………… in giving up smoking .
A. successful B. succeeded C. successfully D. success
20. The ……………………………… job made him ………………………………
A. bored / boring B. boring / bore C. boring / bored D . boredom / boring
21. I find my job ……………………………… and I’m ……………………………… about it.
A. exciting / excited B. excited / exciting C. excite / excited D. exciting / excitingly
22. Her new dress makes her more ………………… . She …………… everyone by her beauty.
A. attractive / attract B. attraction / attracting
C. attractive / attracted D. attractive /attracts
23. It’s very ……………………… here and I don’t get used to the ………………… in this country.
A. hot / heat B. heat / hot C. hotter / hottest D. hot / cold
24. Tom’s class is ……………………………… and he is ……………………………… in many subjects .
A. interesting / interested B. interest / interesting
C. interested / interesting D. a and c are correct
25. Our visit to the beach made the holiday more ……………………………… , everyone was ……………………………… by the
story about our holiday.
A. amuse / amusing B. amused / amusing C. amusing / amused D. amused / amuse
26. My sister is a ……………………………… cook than I am.
A. good B. better C. the worst D. the best
27. ……………………………… is her favourite pastime.
A. write letters B. writing letters C. to writing letters D. to writes letters
28. ……………………………… is John’s hobby .
A. sky-diving B. skyscraper C. sky-driving D. sky-diver
29. A horse which runs races is called ………………………………
A. a horse-race B. a race-horse C. a race’s horse D. a horse-racing

30. A race for hores is called ………………………………
A. a running-race B. a racing-horse C. a race-horse D. a horse-race
31. A brush with which we brush our teeth is called ………………………………
A. a brush-teeth B. a teeth-brush C. a brush-tooth D. a tooth-brush
32. A pool in which you may swim is called ………………………………
A. a swimming-pool B. a pool-swimming C. a swim-pool D. a pool-swim
33. A table used for writing is called ………………………………
A. a table-writing B. a writing-table C. a writting-table D. a written-table
34. A lamp which burns oil is called ………………………………
A. an oiling-lamp B. an oiled-lamp C. an oil-lamp D. a burning-lamp
35. This man gets ……………………………… benefit because he has no job now.
A. employ B. employment C. unemployment D. employer
36. She is out of work . She has been ……………………………… for two months .
A. unemployed B. employed C. employment D. employee
37. English pronunciation causes me a lot of ………………………………
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A. difficult B. difficulty C. differ D. difficulties
38. There are fifty ……………………………… for this job, but they only receice fifteen people.
A. applications B. applicants C. apply D. appliance
39. He is the …………………… man in our village. His father died at the ………………of 130.
A. eldest / old B. oldest / age C. older / age D. old / ages
40. Septemper 2
nd
is the ……………………………… Day of Vietnam.
A. depend B. dependent C. indepence D. dependence
41. There weren’t any ……………………………… in the company for secretaries .
A. situations B. vacancies C. spacies D. locations
42. She was filling in the ……………………………… form.
A. application B. applicant C. apply D. appliance

43. ……………………………… are written to make people laugh.
A. Tragedies B. Novels C. Funny stories D.Fictions
44. Money doesn’t always bring ………………………………
A. happy B. happily C. happiness D. happies
45. His ……………………………… makes his parents happy .
A. success B. successful C. succeed D. successfully
46. During the trip to Japan , we ……………………………… a lot of pictures .
A. did B. took C. got D. made
47. The ……………………………… of Ha noi is about five million .
A. populated B. popular C. population D. populate
48. Because the weather is very hot , she is not feeling ……………………………… today .
A. well B. good C. strong D. healthy
49. There are a great ……………………………… of flowers in her garden.
A. variety B. vary C. very D. many
50. Smoking cigarettes is very ……………………………… to our health .
A. harm B. harmful C. harmless D. harmlessness
51. The water is ……………………………… and you can’t drink it.
A. pollute B. pollution C. polluted D. polutant.
52. English is used as an ………………………… language in 44 countries .
A. official B. office C. offer D.officer
53. I am …………… of applying for a job because I have had many ……………………
A. frightened / refusals B. frightening/ refusal C. frighten/refuse D. All are correct
54. English is an important language ………………………… .
A. to master B. for us to master C. which we have to master D. All are correct
55. What is your ………………………… ? – I am a doctor .
A. job B. occupation C. career D. All are correct
56. English has …………… a lot of changes . They would be hard for the Anglo Saxon to …………
A. undergoes / image B. undergone / imagine
C. underwent / imagine D. undergo / imaginative
57. Latin was the language of ………………………… from 43BC to about AD 410.

A. govern B. governer C. government D. governmental
58. Faraday did not have much ………………………… when he was young .
A. school B. scholars C. studying D. schooling
59. James Watt, whose …… of the steam engine is famous throughout the world, is a scottish ……..
A. invention / inventor B. inventor / invention
C. invent / inventing D. inventions /writer
60. Isaac Newton was a great ……… . His ………. inventions was famous throughout the world.
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A. science / scientist B. scientist / scientific
C. scientists / scientific D. scientific / science
61. He made much progress in ………………………… .He was a good ………………………… .
A. electricity/electrician B. electric / electrify
C. electron /electrical D. electricity / electrification
62. Engel was a German ……………………… . He studied philosophy .
A. philosopher B. philosophic C. philosophize D. philosophy
63. The keys were locked inside the car . ……………………… , a side of a window was open.
A. luck B. lucky C. lucklessly D. luckily
64. She ……………………… 80 kilos now and she want to loose ……………………… .
A. weighes / weight B. weight / weigh C. weight-lifting / weight D. A & B
65. His theory of gravitation is very ……………………… .
A. well-known B. welcome C. famous D. A & C
66. A man who studies language is called ……………………… .
A. a writer B. a linguist C. a linguistic D. a scholar
67. What is your ………………………sports ?
A. interesting B. favourite C. liking D. exciting
68. It is ……………………… to drive without a driving lisence .
A. dangerous B.danger C. dangerously D. in danger
69. Have you ……………………… any plans for this summer holiday?
A. found B. done C. worked D. made

70. My ……………………… is broken . I want to have a new one.
A. tea-cup B. cupping-teaC. cup for tea D. cup of tea
71. My brother has no ……………………… in football .
A. interesting B. interested C. interest D. interestingly
72. Everyone knows that women are ……………………… to men.
A. equal B. equally C. equality D. equalize
73. The ……………………… area of the city isn’t very attractive.
A. industry B. industrial C. industrialize D. industrialism
74. My car is quite ………………………
A. economic B. economics C. economical D. economy
75. The man who designs a house or a building is the ………………………
A. engineer B. painter C. architect D. manager
76. May I ……………………… your pen ? –Yes , sure .
A. lend B. borrow C. get D. B and C
77. Ha Long is one of the most famous tourist ……………………… in Vietnam.
A. attractions B. attract C. attracted D. attractive
78. Suddenly the lights ……………………… and we were left in darkness .
A. turned out B. went out C. put out D. go out
79. In this term , pupils will learn the way in which words are put …………………… to make sentences.
A. together B. one another C. each other D. next
80. The ……………………… of different kinds of flowers created a colorful flower carpet .
A. match B. join C. combine D. mingling
81. His ……………………… tongue is Vietnamese , but he can speak English and Chinese , too .
A. father B. mother C. first D. home
82. The ability to work well for long hours is her ………………………
A. length B. width C. strength D. height
83. A force of attraction that causes objects to move towards each other is called ………………………
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A. electricity B. evolution C. gravitation D. invention

84. Our body can get energy from food thanks to the process of ………………………
A. digestion B. digestive C. digest D. digestively
85. A newspaper which is published everyday is called a ………………………
A. weekly newspaper B. daily newspaper C. monthly newspaper D. yearly newspaper
86. Under the sun heat , water on earth ………………………
A. melts B. evaporates C. rises D. floats
87. ……………………… energy is the energy that we get from the sun .
A. wind B. tidal C. hydro D. solar
88. Physical ……………………… and overeating can cause overweight .
A. activity B. inactivity C. exercise D. movement
89. Cancer is a ……………………… disease .
A. deadly B. killing C. dead D. A &B
90. If you didn’t ……………………… rid of smoking , your health would be affected .
A. go B. get C. make D. take
91. In recent years we have ……………………… good advances in finding a cure for pneumonia .
A. got B. done C. brought D. made
92. Heart disease, cancer, and pneumonia ……………………… more deaths than other diseases .
A. cause B. causes C. kill D. bring
93. Smoking is ……………………… to our health .
A. good B. harmful C. a great harm D. B & C
94. Bacteria are tiny ………………………
A. animals B. birds C. fish D. organisms
95. Bacteria help ……………………… the bodies of dead plants and animals .
A. destroy B. damage C. demolish D. decay
96. People living in our area didn’t realise the ……………………… of a good environment.
A. importance B. important C. importances D. impatience
97. The system of living things that exist together is the ………………………
A. econo-system B. eco-system C. echo-system D. living-system
98. A doctor who studies and treats mental illnesses is called a ………………………
A. physicist B. doctor C. psychiatrist D. surgeon

99. She is overweight , she should go on a ………………………
A. treatment B. prevention C. cure D. diet
100. Isaac Newton had to do many ……………………… before he could produce an electric light .
A. discoveries B. inventions C. experiments D. developments
101. Lee, who is Chinese, learns English as a …………….. language.
A. native B. second C. foreign D. first
102. Not being able to pass his examination proved an …………….. to his career.
A. ease B. obstacle C. exchange D. opportunity
103. He is very …………….. . He is always willing to help everybody.
A. mean B. poor C. generous D. selfish
104. High school students should be …………….. for employment before leaving school.
A. well-made B. well-spoken C. well-done D. well-prepared
105. Your bad result made me ……………..……………..
A. disappoint B. disappointment C. disappointed D. disappointing
106. Everything was …………….. when I was interviewed.
A. busy B. high C. slow D. smooth
107. You should …………….. your shyness and fear when having an interwiew for a job.
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A. take on B. put on C. get over D. get on
108. He often gets good marks and high grades. His parents are very…………….. with him.
A. satisfy B. satisfied C.satisfactory D. satisfaction
109. Getting such a well-paid job is beyond my …………….. .
A. expect B. expected C. expecting D. expectation
110. I had to ……………..many difficulties when I first studied abroad.
A. encountered B. take C. give D. counted
111. 400 workers are facing ……………..because the factory is in financial difficulty.
A. unemployment B. employment C. jobless D. unworked
112. Teenagers have had physical changes during the ……………..from childhood to adult life.
A. transition B. exchange C. way D. growth

113. The manager…………….. three employees because they had demanded a pay increase .
A. sacked B. dismissed C. fired D. All are correct
114. At last, the workers came to a ……………..that it was necessary for them to go on a strike to demand
higher salary.
A. determination B. close C. examination D. selection
115. How much is this sewing ………………………
A. machine B. machiner C. machinist D. machinery
116. I can’t stand ……………………… on underground when it is busy.
A. travel B. travelling C. to travel D. to travelling
117. She hates ……………………… housework at weekends.
A. doing B. do C. to be doing D. being done
118. I had a headache, and the doctor asked me ……………………… some aspirin.
A. took B. to taken C. take D. to take
119. She is keen on ……………………… with a doll.
A. plays B. to play C. player D. playing
120. Every day I spend two hours ……………………… English .
A. practise B. to practise C. practising D. practised
121. I don’t mind ……………………… if you are tired .
A. driving B. to be driven C. to drive D. drive
122. I don’t remember ……………………… the front door when I left home.
A. to lock B. lock C. locked D. locking
123. Children enjoy ……………………… to ghost stories on Halloween night.
A. telling and listening B.tell and listen
C. to tell and listen D. to tell and to listen
124. Have you finished ……………………… the table ?
A. set B. setting C. to set D. to be set
125. Mr Smith decided ……………………… a new TV.
A. to buy B. buying C. bought D. to be bought
126. I can’t help ……………………… him in spite of his faults.
A. admire B. admired C. to admire D. admiring

127. Don’t forget ……………………… home as soon as you arrive at your destination.
A. to call B. calling C. having called D. to be called
128. Jack made me ……………………… him next week .
A. to promise to call B. to promise calling C. promise to call D. promise calling
129. If we want to get to the station on time, we’d better avoid ……………………… the highway.
A. having taken B. take C. to take D. taking
130. Tommy admitted ……………………… the rock through the window.
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A. throwing B.being throwing C. to throw D. to be thrown
131. He suggested ……………………… a double railway tunnel.
A. to build B. built C. building D. that building
132. What makes you ……………………… so ?
A. think B. to think C. thinking D. having thought
133. Some people are used to ……………………… in crowded buses and don’t mind it at all.
A. ride B. ridden C.to ride D. riding
134. If you see Nisson, ………………… you mind……………… him to get in touch with me ?
A. will-reminding B. will- to remind C. would- to remind D. would- reminding
135. Please let me ……………………… when you can come .
A. to know B. knowing C. know D. have known
136. I regret ……………………… you that I am unable to come tomorrow.
A.to tell B. telling C. tell D. told
137. Workers began ……………………… a number of wooden boxes .
A. unloading B. unload C. to unloading D. unloaded
138. Would you mind ……………………… the phone number ? I didn’t hear properly.
A. to repeat B. repeat C. repeating D. for repeating
139. What would you like ………………………for your breakfast ?
A. eating B. to be eaten C. to eat D. to have eaten
140. ……………………… in the country is something he loves.
A. Travelling B. Travel C. The travelling D. To travelling

141. I was reading my books, but I stopped ……………………… a programme on TV.
A. reading to watch B. to read to watch C. to read for watching D. reading watching
142. I want her ……………………… a special effort today.
A. make B. should make C. to make D. making
143. Let’s ………………………to the station right now or we will be late .
A. go B. goes C. will go D.leaving
144.You must try to make ……………………… their teeth .
A. these children to clean B. these children clean
C. these children cleaning D. these children cleaned
145. ……………………… is extremely difficult .
A. At very high speeds driving cars B. Cars at very high speeds driving
C. Driving cars at very high speeds D. Cars driving at very high speeds
146. My mother is busy ……………………… her house work.
A. at B. with C. on D. in
147. I borrowed the umbrella ……………………… a friend of mine .
A. to B. of C. from D. with
148. ……………………… the rain , we enjoyed our holiday .
A. Although B. In spite of C. Despite D. B & C
149. Is Jim satisfied ……………………… his new motorcycle ?
A. with B. to C. at D. in
150. The students are very worried ……………………… the results of the exam .
A. to B. for C. about D. with
151. Tom was proud ……………………… his good marks on the English exam .
A. to B. for C. of D. with
152. My daughter depends ……………………… me .
A.in B. off C. into D. on
153. He spends a lot of money ……………………… cigarettes .
A. in B. on C. into D. about
154. Do you get tired ……………………… watching TV every night ?
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A. with B. by C. of D. at
155. Don’t be afraid ……………………… the dog . He is quite harmless .
A. of B. about C. at D. for
156. I am fond ……………………… gardening and growing a wide variety of flowers.
A. at B. about C. of D. into
157. She did all the work ……………………… her own .
A. by B. on C. for D. with
158. She has learnt English for three years , and she is good ……………………… English now .
A. by B. in C. for D. at
159. What do you often do ……………………… the evening ?
A. in B. on C. at D. for
160. She was born ……………………… May 12
th
1990 .
A. on B. in C. at D. of
161. I haven’t seen my brother ……………………… 2001 , I haven’t seen him …………… 5 years .
A. in / since B. from / for C. since / for D. for / since
162. Mary always takes care ……………………… her children carefully.
A. of B. off C. with D. for
163. The forest fire went ……………………… after two days .
A. off B. out C. along D. away
164. I can’t keep pace ……………………… Nam , he studies very well .
A. with B. to C. at D. of
165. English belongs ……………………… those who use it .
A. from B. on C. at D. to
166. Clean air provides us ……………………… a healthy supply of oxygen .
A. for B. at C. of D. with
167. Fresh air is ……………………… great use to our health .
A. of B. at C. in D. with

168. She has become very famous ……………………… her novels .
A. from B. at C. for D. in
169. He was absent ……………………… the class yesterday .
A. about B. from C. in D. at
170. They were present ……………………… the meeting last month .
A. for B. from C. on D. at
171. Your opinions are diffirent ……………………… mine .
A. from B. for C. about D.at
172. Are you accustomed ……………………… the heat here ?
A.to B. with C. of D. in
173. The beach is crowded ……………………… tourists in summer .
A. in B. for C. on D. with
174. They are amused ……………………… the funny story .
A. about B. at C. of D. with
175. All of us are surprised ………………………their adventure .
A. at B. of C. about D. in
176. To love and to be loved ……………………… the happiest thing in life .
A. are B. is C. was D. were
177. You ……………………… coffee for breakfast every morning .
A.didn’t have B. do have C. do you have D. have
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