A tiny village school is soon to celebrate its 110 birthday - against all expectations. Five years ago it seemed certain to close but parents and other villagers fought the local education authority and raised funds to keep it (1)_______. It is now ending its first term as a school (2)_____by the village community and the villagers are just proud of their achievement.
They were furious when education chiefs tried to make them send the village children to other schools further away because the number of pupils at the village school was too (3)_____. The villagers started a huge campaign to (4) _____money. They collected enough to hire a teacher and begin to help with school cleaning, lunch supervision and lessons. Now the school is doing well and it seems (5)____ it will continue to run in the future.
Điền vào số 5
A. in case
B. even though
C. as if
D. if only
Đáp án C
Giải thích: In case: trong trường hợp
Even though: mặc dù
As if: như thể, như là
If only ~ wish: nếu có thể, giá như
Dịch: Bây giờ nhà trường đang làm tốt và nó có vẻ như nó sẽ tiếp tục phát triển trong tương lai.