1. The reason I left is ........... I was bored.
A. why B. while C. for D. that
2. You must try not to ............these mistakes again.
A. do B. perform C. make D. take
3. If I could speak French, I ...............next year studying in Paris.
A. will spend B. would spend C. had spend D. would have spend.
4. Billions of cans are thrown ..............everywhere everyyear.
A. up B. away C. into D. out of
5. This is Mr Smith .................. son I am studying with.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. that.
6. We have run ............. sugar. Could you buy some more?.
A. out of B. after C. into D. away.
7. The boy ................ by the window is my little brother.
A. stand B. is standing C. stands D. standing.
8. .................. his good salary, he was not satisfied with his job.
A. In spite of B. Because of C. Despite D. A and B are correct.
9. Stop making ................ in class, chilren?.
A. noise B. noisy C. noisily D. noiseless
10. Tet is the most important ............... for Vietnamese people.
A. celebration B. invention C. decoration D. preparation.

The traffic light signal was invented by a railway signaling engineer. It was installed (26)_________The House of Parliament in 1868. It (27)_________like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas. (28)_________, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident (29)_________further development until cars became common.
(30)_________traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green (31)_________were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three-color signals, (32)_________by hand from a tower in the (33)_________of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The (34)________lights of this type to (35)________in Britain were in London, on the junction between St James’s street and Piccadilly in 1925.
26. A. outside B. out C. out of D. outdoors
27. A. resembled B. looked C. showed D. seemed
28. A. However B. Therefore C. Although D. Despite
29. A. forbade B. avoided C. discouraged D. disappointed
30. A. New B. Recent C. Modern D. Late
31. A. methods B. systems C. means D. ways
32. A. worked B. operated C. turned D. held
33. A. heart B. focus C. halfway D. middle
34. A. original B. primary C. first D. early
35. A. show B. appear C. happen D. become

6. We feel very_________today.
A. happiness B. happy C. happily D. are happy
7. The government should do something to help_________.
A. the poors B. the poor ones C. poor D. the poor
8. When I looked round the door, the baby_________quietly.
A. is sleeping B. was sleeping C. slept D. were sleeping
9. Do you feel like_________to the cinema or would you rather_________TV at home?
A. going-watching B. going-watch C. go-watch D. go-watched
10. The policeman warned us_________there.
A. not to go B. to not go C. not to going D. not go
11. This food is the worst I_________tasted.
A. had never B. have ever C. did D. had
12. London_________an underground train system since the nineteeth century.
A. has B. had C. have had D. has had
13. I haven’t written any letters home since I _________here.
A. came B. come C. coming D. comes
14. It’s time we went. If we don’t leave now, we _________the last train.
A. miss B. will miss C. would miss D. missed
15. It is impossible for me _________in all this noise.
A. work B. to work C. working D. worked
16. They asked me a lot of questions, most of _________I couldn’t answer well.
A. whom B. whose C. which D. that
17. They explained _________him how they should operate the machine.
A. to B. with C. for D. about
18. We didn’t like the club _________the poor quality of his service.
A. so B. however C. because of D. because
19. I am angry because you didn’t tell me the truth. I don’t like_________.
A. being deceived B. to be deceive C. be deceived D. being deceiving
20. I have already finished all my work, so I don’t have _________tonight. I think I will read for a while.
A. study B. to study C. studying D. studied