LESSON 1
A. LESSON REVIEW
1. Topic
 Expressing likes and dislikes
2. Structures
 She does not like doing homework.
 The children are bored with watching the same programme every day.
 I don’t mind cleaning the house.
 The story is interesting.
 The children are interested in the story.
3. Vocabulary
 Like and dislike: Don’t like, hate, enjoy, to be interested in, to be interesting, to be bored
with, to be boring.
 Employment: Out of work, unemployment benefit, applicant, vacancy, look for a job, start
working.
B. EXERCISES
Part I. PHONETICS
Exercise 1. Choose one word whose bold part is pronounced differently. Identify your answer by circling
the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
1. A. busy B. thus C. must D. bus
2. A. passion B. pleasure C. decision D. measure
3. A. easy B. ear C. learn D. eat
4. A. student B. stupid C. study D. studio
5. A. park B. yard C. card D. carry
Exercise 2. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different. Identify your answer by circling the
corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
6. A. interesting B. surprising C. amusing D. successful
7. A. understand B. engineer C. benefit D. Vietnamese
8. A. applicant B. uniform C. yesterday D. employment
9. A. paper B. tonight C. lecture D. story
10. A. money B. army C. afraid D. people

24. He smokes a lot. He is a ________ smoker.
A. heavy B. hard C. much D. big
25. It was ________ to see my old friends again after a long time.
A. surprised B. surprise C. surprisingly D. surprising
26. He fell off his bike, and he’s been in bad ________ for several days now.
A. circumstance B. condition C. situation D. development
27. Mary and her younger sister have many ________.
A. different B. difference C. differ D. differences
28. During the trip to Japan, we ________ a lot of pictures.
A. took B. did C. made D. got
29. The ________ of Hanoi is about 5 million.
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A. populated B. population C. popular D. populate
30. Because the weather is very hot, she is not feeling ________ today.
A. well B. good C. strong D. healthy
Part III. GRAMMAR
Exercise 4. Questions 31 - 70 are incomplete sentences. Choose from the four options given (marked A,
B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
31. Don’t you get tired ________watching TV every night?
A. with B. by C. of D. at
32. I can’t stand ________ on the underground when it is busy.
A. travel B. travelling C. to travel D. to travelling
33. She’s keen ________ playing will dolls.
A. on B. at C. of D. with
34. Don’t be afraid ________ the dog. He’s quite harmless.
A. in B. of C. at D. for
35. She hates________ housework at weekends.
A. doing B. do C. to do D. to be doing
36. I had a headache, and the doctor asked me _________ some aspirin.
A. took B. to be taking C. take D. to take

A. already B. yet C. never D. ever
51. She is too ________ with her work, so she doesn’t have time to go out with her friends.
A. bored B. busy C. fed up D. tired
52. His parents think it’s time for him ________ married.
A. gets B. get C. to get D. got
53. She looked ________ when she heard the ________ news.
A. frightening/terrifying C. frightened/terrified
B. frightened/terrifying D. frightening/terrified
54. I’m ________ of hearing your excuses for your lateness.
A. tired B. fond C. worried D. surprised
55. Now that weekends have come, I feel ________.
A. relaxed B. relaxing C. relax D. to relax
56. She has learned English for 3 years, and she is good ________ English now.
A. by B. in C. for D. at
57. A heavy storm swept through the village and many people ________.
A. kill B. killed C. are killed D. were killed
58. I’ve known him ________ I left high school.
A. during B. until C. since D. when
59. Peter’s father ordered ________ not to stay out late again.
A. him B. to him C. that he D. for him
60. Not all the staff in this company ________ in full- time employment.
A. is B. are C. to be D. being
61. ________, he won the prize.
A. Interesting B. Interest C. Interested D. Interestingly
62. Her strength is that she never gives ________.
A. in B. up C. at D. out
63. It is David ________ broke the glass.
A. which B. whom C. who D. whose
64. Smoking is bad for your heath. You had better ________ it up.
A. to give B. give C. giving D. to be giving

cycle in London. Wearing a cycling helmet is not compulsory in Britain,
but it is a good idea to wear one for protection.
71. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Cycling helmets
B. Cheap bicycles
C. Bicycle markets
D. Cycling in London
72. According to the passage, cycling in London is __________.
A. easy B. difficult C. tiring D. boring
73. The word “it” in line 4 refers to __________.
A. cycling B. passion C. excitement D. doing exercise
74. The difficulty of cycling in London is described in lines __________.
A. 2-3 B. 5 C. 5-6 D. 8-9
75. According to the passage, all the followings are true EXCEPT that ___________________.
A. it is compulsory to wear a helmet when cycling in Britain.
B. some bikes in London are cheap.
C. there are not many lanes especially for bikes.
D. some cyclists don’t want to buy expensive bikes.
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Exercise 6. Read the following job advertisements and then answer questions 76- 80. Choose ONLY ONE
position (marked A, B, C, D and E) which is best for each person given. Identify the correct answer by circling
its corresponding letter A, B, C, D or E.
A. Needed: Full time secretary position available. Application should have at least 2 years of
experience and be able to type 60 words a minute
No computer skills required. Apply in person at United Business Ltd., 17 Browning Street,
Leeds.
B. Are you looking for a part time job? We require 3 part-time shop assistants to work during the
evening. No experience required, applicants should be between 18 and 26. Call 366-76564.
C. Computer trained secretaries: Do you have experience working with computers? Would you
like a full time position working in an exciting new company? If your answer is yes, give us a

D. I hate asking for pocket money my parents.
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82. time/It/him/a/the/is/take/for/job/him/to/.
A. It is a time to take the job for him.
B. It is the time for him to take a job.
C. It is a time for him to take the job.
D. It is the time to take a job for him.
83. with/the/I/same/day/am/up/thing/fed/every/doing/.
A. I am fed up with doing the same thing every day.
B. I am fed with up doing the same thing every day.
C. I am fed up doing with the same thing every day.
D. I am fed up doing the same thing with every day.
84. Britain/people/today/are/out/in/of/many/work/.
A. In Britain, many people are out of work today.
B. In Britain, many people are of out work today.
C. In Britain, many people are out of today work.
D. In Britain, many people are work out of today.
85. her/Kent’s/house/to/after/parents/the/want/look/.
A. Kent’s parents want her the house to look after.
B. Kent’s parents want the house to look after her.
C. Kent’s parents want to her look after the house.
D. Kent’s parents want her to look after the house.
86. at/what/hate/you/ weekends/do/doing/?
A. What do you hate doing at weekends?
B. What you do hate doing at weekends?
C. What do you hate at weekends doing?
D. What do you hate at weekends doing?
87. up/on/early/don’t/Sunday/I/ mind/getting/.
A. I don’t mind getting up early on Sunday.
B. I don’t mind getting up on Sunday early.

 Australia: sky-lift , to ride a surfboard, kangaroo, koala, wild forest, Sydney Opera,
 Football: popular, match, to cheer, to shout, to fight, game,
 Hobbies: sky-diving, breathtaking, parachute, pastime, dangerous, fun, a waste of time.
B. EXERCISES
Part I. PHONETICS
Exercise 1. Choose one word whose bold part is pronounced differently. Identify your answer by circling
the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
1. A. ride B. size C. life D. sit
2. A. forest B. open C. popular D. fond
3. A. page B. go C. get D. gift
4. A. cheer B. church C. chemist D. chose
5. A. happy B. dry C. fly D. sky
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Exercise 2. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different. Identify your answer by circling the
corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
6 A. dangerous B. parachute C. popular D. magazine
7 A. beautifully B. intelligent C. redundancy D. discovery
8. A. enjoy B. daughter C. provide D. decide
9. A. begin B. pastime C. finish D. summer
10. A. comfortable B. employment C. important D. surprising
Part II. Vocabulary
Exercise 3. Questions 11- 20 are incomplete sentences. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B,
C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
11. What’s the right ________ to say this word in English?
A. way B. method C. manner D. approach
12. There were many people lying ________ the sun on the beach.
A. under B. on C. in D. below
13. ________ weekends, I often go fishing with my family.
A. Over B. At C. In D. For
14. She is a dancer, so you should buy a pair of ________ shoes as a present for her birthday.

29. When will we leave? ________ he finishes his task.
A. Now that B. As soon as C. Until D. If
30. It is ________ to drive without a driving license.
A. dangerous B. danger C. dangerously D. in danger
Part III. Grammar
Exercise 4. Questions 31 - 70 are incomplete sentences. Choose from the four options given (marked A,
B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
31. She enjoys ________, and she writes five pages every day.
A. writes B. write C. writing D. to write
32. Are you ________ in knowing all the answers?
A. interested B. excited C. amused D. frightened
33. The students are bored ________ learning the same subjects.
A. of B. at C. in D. with
34. There ________ many kangaroos and koalas in wild forests in Australia.
A. are B. is C. be D. have
35. My sister started working as a teacher two years________.
A. before B. ago C. for D. now
36. I hurt ________ when I fell.
A. my B. my own C. mine D. myself
37. ________ is a popular sport in Europe.
A. To ski B. Skiing C. Ski D. To skiing
38. There are many ways of ________ ourselves in a big city.
A. enjoy B. enjoying C. enjoyment D. to enjoy
39. She ________ smoking two months ago.
A. stops B. stoped C. stopping D. stopped
40. I never feel like ________early on Monday morning.
A. getting up B. get up C. gets up D. to get up
41. It is not easy ________ a high-paid job.
A. find B. finding C. finds D. to find
42. Would you like the doctor ________?

A. taking away B. take away
C. being taken away D. being taking away
57. Do you ________ me to type this letter for you?
A. want B. love C. enjoy D. fancy
58 Human beings must stop ________ the environment.
A. to pollute B. polluted C. pollutant D. polluting
59 What will you do when you ________ school?
A. will finish B. finished C. finishing D. finish
60 You can pass the exam by ________ harder.
A. studying B. study C. to study D. to be studying
61. We walked for ten kilometers and then we stopped ________ a rest.
A. to have B. have C. having D. has
62. It is raining hard. We had better ________ at home tonight.
A. staying B. to stay C. stay D. to be staying
63. Before starting ________ for this company, I spent a year ________.
A. work/travel B. work/traveling
C. working/travel D. working/traveling
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64. He has been out of work ________ a long time.
A. since B. for C. when D. in
65. ________ the traffic was bad, he arrived on time.
A. Although B. In spite of C. Despite D. Even
66. How are you? I haven’t seen you ________ages.
A. since B. for C. in D. at
67. When I came home, my father ________ a magazine.
A. read B. reads C. was reading D. has read
68. It’s years since I enjoyed ________ so much.
A. herself B. myself C. himself D. itself
69. I ________ play with dolls when I was small.
A. enjoyed B. hated C. started D. used to

A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2
C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 1 and 2
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75. According to doctors, hobbies are helpful for
A. patients’ physical health. B. patients’ mental health.
C. patients’ material life. D. patients’ physical and mental health.
Exercise 6. Read the following passage then answer questions 76-80. After each question there are four
possible answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the correct answer by circling its corresponding letter A,
B, C, or D.
For centuries, people have been playing kicking games with a ball. The game of soccer developed
from some of these early games. The English probably gave soccer its name and its rules. In
European countries, soccer is called football. Some people believe that the name “soccer” came from
the high socks that the players wear.
Organized soccer games began in 1863. In soccer, two teams of eleven players try to kick or head
the ball into the goal of the other team. The goal keeper, who tries to keep the ball out of the goal,
is the only player on the field who can touch the ball with his or her hands. The other players must
use their feet, heads, and bodies to control the ball.
Every four years, soccer teams around the world compete for the World Cup. The World Cup
competition started in 1930. Brazil is the home of many great soccer players, including the most
famous player of all, Pele. With his fast dazzling speed, Pele played for many years in Brazil and then
later in New York. People in more than 140 countries around the world play soccer. It is definitely the
world’s most popular sport!
76. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The World Cup B. Soccer
C. Pele D. The goal keeper
77. How often does the World Cup take place?
A. for centuries B. in 1863
C. in 1930 D. every four years
78. Pele is a famous __________.
A. soccer player B. soccer coach

D. My brothers are interested in films for children.
85. son/it/food/he/in/for/was /my/ to/eat/was/when/difficult/Thai/Bangkok/.
A. It was difficult for my son to eat Thai food when he was in Bangkok.
B. It was difficult for my son when he was in Bangkok to eat Thai food.
C. It was difficult to eat Thai food when he was in Bangkok for my son.
D. It was difficult to eat Thai food for my son when he was in Bangkok.
86. you/sea/afraid/in/swimming/are/of/the/?
A. Are you afraid in the sea of swimming?
B. Are you afraid of the sea in swimming?
C. Are you afraid of swimming in the sea?
D. Are you afraid in swimming of the sea?
87. football/next/place/when/match/take/will/the/?
A. When will next football match take the place?
B. When will the next football match take place?
C. When will the football match next take place?
D. When will the football match take next place?
88. famous/show/will/all/be/most/the/in/singers/heard/this/pop/.
A. All most the famous pop singers will be heard in this show.
B. All most the famous pop singers will be in this show heard.
C. All the most famous pop singers will be heard in this show.
D. All the most famous singers pop will be heard in this show.
89. early/he/work/has/in/morning/to/the/.
A. He has to the early morning in work.
B. He has work in to early morning.
C. He has to work the early in morning.
D. He has to work early in the morning.
90. yesterday/zoo/morning/visiting/we/at/were/the/10 o’clock/.
A. We were visiting the zoo at 10 o’clock yesterday morning.
B. We were visiting the zoo at 10 o’clock morning yesterday.
C. We were visiting at 10 o’clock the zoo yesterday morning.

5. A. lung B. put C. cut D. but
Exercise 2. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different. Identify your answer by circling the
corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
6. A. abroad B. noisy C. hundred D. quiet
7. A. variety B. irrational C. industrial D. characterize
8. A. colourful B. equality C. dictionary D. vegetable
9. A. elegant B. regional C. musical D. important
10. A. difference B. suburban C. Internet D. character
Part II. VOCABULARY
Exercise 3. Questions 11- 30 are incomplete sentences. Choose from the four options given (marked A,
B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
11. My brother has no ________ in football.
A. interesting B. interest C. interested D. interestingly
12. All of us think that she has a ________ voice.
A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautifully D. beatifullness
13. The two countries want to live in ________.
A. peaceful B. peacefully C. peace D. peacefulness
14. Everyone knows that women are ________ to men.
A. equal B. equally C. equality D. equalize
15. We call a boy learning at school a ________.
A. schoolboy B. boy of school C. school’s boy D. boy at school
16. Hamlet is a ________ play.
A. success B. successful C. succeed D. successfully
17. The ________ area of the city is not very attractive.
A. industrial B. industry C. industrialize D. industrialism
18. What’s the ________ of Vietnam?
A. population B. popular C. populate D. populous
19. My brother can play a lot of ________ instruments.
A. musically B. musician C. music D. musical
20. He manages to cut the cake into six ________ pieces.

A. well B. the best C. as well D. better
34. London stands on the Thames ________divides it into two equal parts.
A. what B. which C. where D. when
35. I ________ on the beach when I saw her.
A. lay B. was lying C. have lain D. lie
36. ________ of people gathered in front of the church.
A. A hundred B. Hundred C. Hundreds D. Two hundreds
37. She dances ________ than her sister.
A. beautiful B. the most beautiful
C. the most beautifully D. more beautifully
38. We stayed in the Grand Hotel ________ is very near the beach.
A. where B. when C. which D. it
39. She thought German was more industrial ________ France.
A. than B. then C. as D. to
40. Last year, a new bridge over the Black River ________.
A. was built B. built C. is built D. builds
41. Hundred years ago, few people spoke English but now it’s used ________ the world.
A. across B. of C. in D. for
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42. This is the bus ________ goes to London.
A. where B. it C. what D. which
43. Ho Chi Minh City is ________than Hanoi.
A. more noisy B. noisy C. more noisier D. noisier
44. The bus takes ________ than the train.
A. longer B. more long C. the longest D. long
45. That’s the job ________I applied.
A. which B. for which C. that D. for that
46 It’s time ________ the children to go to bed.
A. with B. for C. in D. of
47. Melbourne is ________ than Sydney.

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62. The South of England is characterized as ________ the North.
A. flat as B. flat than C. flater than D. flatter than
63. She plays the piano________ than I do.
A. more beautifully B. quite beautifully
C. most beautifully D. as beautifully
64. Are you used ________ on your own?
A. at work B. to work C. to working D. with working
65. They got to the Riverside Shopping Mall, ________ she wanted to go shopping.
A. where B. which C. to which D. that
66. The doctor advised ________ to give up smoking.
A. that he B. to him C. for him D. him
67. Why don’t you do something ________from complaining?
A. but B. except C. except for D. apart
68. We will start the trip ________ the rain stops.
A. as soon as B. as long as C. so that D. if that
69. She says she’s been to ________ restaurant in town.
A. many B. every C. all D. most
70. I’d rather drive than ________.
A. be driven B. to be driven C. to be driving D. to drive
Part IV. READING
Exercise 5. Read the following passage then answer questions 71-75. After each question there are four
possible answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the correct answer by circling its corresponding letter A,
B, C, or D.
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Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son learnt to play chess by watching his parents in
their home. His parents were surprised that Son understood how to play
because little Truong Son was only three years old at the time. Although
chess is a difficult game, a month later he beat his parents at their favourite

possible answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the correct answer by circling its corresponding letter A,
B, C, or D.
The elephant is the largest animal to walk on Earth. An elephant can carry a load of 1,200 pounds.
They eat 300 pounds of food a day. An elephant baby can weigh 200 pounds at birth. Elephants can
live up to 70 years. Elephants can be trained to carry logs with their trunks. They also use their trunks
for drinking water, bathing, eating and communicating. There are two kinds of elephants: the African
elephant and the Indian elephant. African elephants can be characterized as larger ears. The African
elephant grows up to 10 feet tall and weighs as much as 12,000 pounds. The Indian elephant grows up
to 9 feet tall, and weighs up to 800 pounds. This elephant is characterized as smaller ears. Another
name for the Indian elephant is the Asian elephant.
76. What is the topic of the passage?
A. African elephant B. Indian elephant
C. Elephants D. Elephants’ trunks
77. How much does a baby elephant weigh at birth?
A. 70 pounds B. 200 pounds C. 300 pounds D. 1,200 pounds
78. According to the passage, elephants can use their trunks for the following activities EXCEPT
A. bathing B. communicating C. sleeping D. drinking
79. Which kind of elephant is the largest?
A. the Indian elephant B. the African elephant
C. the Asian elephant D. the Indian and Asian elephant
80. An Indian elephant has ________than an African elephant.
A. a longer tail B. a stronger trunk
C. smaller ears D. bigger teeth
Part IV. READING
Exercise 7. The words in the original sentence have been rearranged. Choose from the alternatives A, B,
C, and D one best way to rearrange the words to make a meaningful sentence. Identify your answer by
circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
81. used / tea / my / to /drink / parents / after / dinner/.
A. My parents used to drink tea after dinner.
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B. Oxford is the oldest city university in England.
C. Oxford is the oldest university city in England.
D. Oxford is in England the oldest university.
88. vehicles/the/morning/at/streets/crowded/the/in/are/7.30/with/.
A. The streets are crowded at 7.30 in the morning with vehicles.
B. The streets are crowded at 7.30 with vehicles in the morning.
C. The streets are crowded at vehicles at 7.30 in the morning.
D. The streets are crowded with vehicles at 7.30 in the morning.
89. flowers/there/great/my/is/variety/in/a/of/garden/.
A. There is a great variety of flowers in my garden.
B. There is a variety great of flowers in my garden.
C. There is in my garden a variety of great flowers.
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D. There is my great variety of flowers in a garden.
90. good/Nha Trang/which/for/is/a/sunbathing/beach/is/.
A. Nha Trang is a beach which is good for sunbathing.
B. Nha Trang is good for sunbathing which is a beach.
C. Nha Trang is which good for sunbathing is a beach.
D. Nha Trang is good for sunbathing which is a beach.
LESSON 4
A. LESSON REVIEW
1. Topic: History of the English language and its role in the world today.
2. Structures:
 They spoke a Germanic language which forms the basis of modern English.
 It’s the assimilation of borrowings that has made English international.
3. Vocabulary:
 Language: individual word, sentence, flexibility, function, assimilation, borrowing, official
language, etc.
 Countries and their languages: Spain – Spanish, France – French, etc.
B. EXERCISES

18. 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
19. Sending emails is a/an ________ way to communicate with other people.
A. happy B. dangerous C. interested D. effective
20. The ability to work well for long hours is her ________
A. length B. width C. strength D. height
Exercise 4. Choose the most appropriate answer from A, B, C or D.
21. The ________ of this button is to start the machine.
A. action B. function C. way D. need
22. When I’m tired, I ________ to make mistakes.
A. want B. need C. like D. tend
23. The last reason is ________ far the most important one.
A. as B. by C. too D. very
24. It’s been great to ________ business with you.
A. do B. run C. make D. start
25. From a small workshop, the company has ________ into a major bicycle producer.
A. come B. become C. moved D. evolved
26. Hard work forms the ________ of her success.
A. road B. basement C. basis D. back
27. I can’t ________ life without my TV.
A. see B. think C. imagine D. consider
28. It is the English pronunciation that ________ a lot of difficulties to Vietnamese students.
A. makes B. causes C. does D. gets
29. ________ languages are languages which are still used today.
A. Living B. Alive C. Breathing D. Staying
30. Vietnam has ________ many changes over the last twenty years.
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A. undertaken B. undergone C. understood D. underlined
Part III. GRAMMAR
Exercise 5. Choose the most appropriate answer from A, B, C or D.

A. media B. medal C. medium D. medicine
43. Many people love the (simple) of life in the countryside.
A. simplicity B. simplify C. simply D. simple
44. This is a good place for fashion designers to show their latest (create).
A. creative B. creation C. creature D. create
45. Damage to the building was (consider).
A. consider B. considering C. considerable D. considerably
46. Articles on bird flu can easily be found on these medical (period).
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A. periods B. periodics C. periodicals D. periodically
47. One (effect) way to improve your English is to practise it daily.
A. effective B. effect C. effectively D. effectional
48. This meeting gathers all leaders of industry and (commerce) in the country.
A. commerce B. commercial C. commercialization D. commercially
49. After he left school, he went into (busy) with his brother.
A. busy B. business C. busily D. businessman
50. Varieties of English such as Indian English and Singaporean English have (distinct) aspects of
pronunciation.
A. distinctly B. distinctive C. distinction D. distinctively
Exercise 7. Choose the most appropriate answer from A, B, C or D.
51. A temple ________ here hundreds of years ago.
A. has existed B. was existing
C. existed D. had existed
52. I ________ him as soon as he entered the room.
A. recognized C. had recognized
B. could recognized D. did recognized
53. ________ of our class will have to write a paragraph about the role of English today.
A. Each member individual B. Each individual member
C. Individual each member D. Member each individual
54. It’s ________ to imagine today’s world without the computer.