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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

       My parents are farmers. They work very hard on the paddy fields. They usually get up very early in the morning. After (15) _____ breakfast, they feed the buffaloes, pigs, chickens, and ducks and they collect the eggs. From about eight, they work on the field. They grow rice, (16)______ their crop is vegetables. From eleven thirty to one thirty, they rest and have lunch. They continue to work until five in the afternoon then they come back home. My mother (17) ______the animals again while my father cleans the buffalo shed and the chicken coop.  They usually finish their work at about six thirty. Twice a week, my mother takes the vegetables and eggs to the town market to sell them then she often buys the things we need (18) _______ our daily life. She also (19) ________ me a small present each time.

Question 15: A. to have                B. having                  C. have                    D. had

Question 16: A. so                     B. for                    C. or                      D. but         

Question 17: A. leads                 B. feeds                 C. gives                D. calls

Question 18: A. at                         B. for                        C. with                      D. to  

Question 19: A. buying              B. buys                    C. to buy                  D. bought