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UNIT 1 : A DAY IN THE LIFE OF …
<I> Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
1. a. routine b. literature c. kindness d. fifty
2. a. peasant b. appeal c. reason d. teapot
3. a. exactly b. medicine c. pretty d. become
4. a. field b. died c. ties d. pies
5. a. typical b. family c. bicycle d. cycling
6. a .scream b. death c. peasant d. ready
7. a. traveled b. stared c. landed d. seemed
8. a. technology b. teaching c. purchase d. lunch
9. a. frighten b. bridge c. pilot d. fire
10. a. pens b. books c. rulers d. pencils
<II>Pick out the word that has the stress pattern differently from that of other words .
1. a. quarter b. tobacco c. experience d. biology
2. a. history b. education c. literature d. chemistry
3. a. occupation b. peasant c. weather d. passenger
4. a. interesting b. disappointed c. satisfied d. wonderful
5. a. repair b. harrow c. arrive d. announce
<III> Make the correct choice :
1. The boys broke a window when they ________ football.
a. played b. were playing c. had played d. are playing
2. She always goes for a walk with her dog ______ Sunday mornings.
a. in b. on c. at d. during
3. The tea was ______ hot for her to drink.
a. so b. enough c. too d. very
4. She purchased a number of shares in the company.
a. gained b. sold c. dipped d. bought
5. We are leaving Hanoi ______ Ho Chi Minh City at 2 o’clock this afternoon.
a. for b. in c. to d. at
6. David is not contented with his job .

a. had to pay b. had to be paid c. had paid d. paid
21. He arrived ______ Hanoi at 8.30 in the evening.
a. to b. at c. in d. for
22. If it doesn’t rain, they ______ for a picnic.
a. would go b. have gone c. go d. will go
23. It was ______ crazy story that nobody believed it.
a. so b. very c. such d. too
24. Their crop was ______ good that they decided to give a party.
a. very b. too c. such d. so
25. She asked how long it would take us ______ there.
a. to get b. to getting c. getting d. get
26. Mrs. Reed ______ on the radio in her car while she was driving home yesterday.
a. was turning b. turning c. turned d. turns
27. She was listening to some music when she suddenly _____ a siren.
a. heard b. hears c. hearing d. hear
28. She looked in her mirror ______ an ambulance behind her.
a. saw b. and see c. and was seeing d. and saw
29. She immediately ______ her car to the side of the road and waited for the ambulance to pass.
a. pulls b. pulled c. pulling d. to pull
30. I ______ such a stupid person.
a. have seen never b. have never seen c. never have seen d. see never
<IV>Choose one sentence ( A, B, C, or D) that is almost the same in meaning the sentence
given
1. Your house is bigger than mine.
a. My house is smaller than yours. c. My house is smaller than your.
b. My house is not as big as yours. d. A and C are correct.
2. Would you please do it for me?
a. Would you please doing it for me? c. Would you please to do it for me?
b. Would you mind doing it for me? d. Would you mind to do it for me?
3. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.

a b c d
8. These pupils never are late for school.
a b c d
9. It was an extremely frightened experience in my life.
a b c d
10. Mark went on working in spite he felt unwell.
a b c d
<VI>: Read the passage and make the correct choice:
David Evans is a farmer. He does the farming on his own land in Wales. The farm has (1) ______
to his family for generations. The soil is poor. David (2) _____ sheep on his land. He does not
employ (3) _____ full-time workers. His sons help him when they are not (4) _____ school. His wife
adds to the family income by selling eggs (5) _____ her hens produce. In summer, she often takes
paying guests into the (6) _____. The guests from the city enjoy their quiet holiday in the clean
country air (7) _____ Mrs Evans enjoys having some (8) _____ money to spend on clothes for her
children and herself. However, it is a lonely life for the Evans family when the guests have gone.
The question is that if his children want to (9) _____ the farm when Mr Evans gives up working.
Country life is quiet and peaceful to them. It is quite likely that they will leave the farm (10) _____
the city some day.
1. a. been b. depended c. belonged d. possessed
2. a. feeds b. grows c. leads d. raises
3. a. some b. more c. much d. any
4. a. at b. for c. to d. on
5. a. who b. which c. when d. whose
6. a. school b. road c. farmhouse d. field
7. a. when b. so that c. if d. and
8. a. any b. extra c. interest d. free
9. a. take off b. take over c. take after d. take in
10.a. for b. in c. at d. of
< VII >: Read the passage below and choose the best answer
All of us have to work to earn a living ourselves and to help our family. However, we work not

9 War always __________________ human lives. (danger)
10 Do you believe in life after __________________? (die)
11 He didn’t participate in __________________ programs. (physic)
12 The smoke that comes from a lit cigarette contains many different poisonous
_________________ (chemist)
13 I am much _______________in this film because it is very _______________ .(interest)
14 Our __________________ from Paris to London departs at 8.00 tomorrow morning .(fly)
15 All the rooms were __________________ furnished.(comfort)
<IX > : Rewrite the sentences below, beginning with the words given.
1. They will spend two years building the house.
- It will take _______________________________________________________________.
2. Their game of badminton is always on Saturday.
- They ___________________________________________________________________.
3. She always walks to school.
- She always goes _________________________________________________________.
4. Whose handbag is this?
- Whom _________________________________________________________________.
5. I found it a bit difficult to get into work this morning.
- Getting ________________________________________________________________.
6. You still remember the flight of July 14, don’t you?
- You don’t ______________________________________________________________.
7. Someone told me about the change of the plan.
- I ______________________________________________________________________.
8. He felt sick from eating too many cakes.
- Because he _____________________________________________________________.
9. Someone knocked at the door in the middle of our lunch.
- While we ______________________________________________________________.
10. Mr.Vy often spends 15 minutes leading the buffalo to the field.
- It takes ________________________________________________________________.
11. No other city in Vietnam is as large as HCM city.

9. We had trouble putting up the tent in he dark. I.
continue
10. Five fighters soon put out the fire. J.
rang
< XI >: Put the verbs in brackets in the present and the past simple tense:
1. I (have) __________ coffee for breakfast every day.
2. They (begin) __________ to study at this school 7 years ago.
3. It (rain) __________ very much in the summer.
4. Bad students never (work) __________ hard.
5. He (visit) ______ his friend yesterday and (find) ______ that he had been out.
6. She sometimes (buy) ___________ vegetables at his market.
7. I have not seen John for a long time. I (see) __________ him 3 weeks ago.
8. It (be) __________ very cold now.
9. I (need) ____________ some money for my textbooks.
10. Tom (like) __________ to go to the museums.
11. He (read) __________ that novel again during my last vacation.
12. I often (leave) __________ the city at weekends.
13.The sun (set)___________ in the west.
14. My friend (study) __________ English for an hour every night.
15. Honesty (be) __________ the best policy.
16. The earth (move) __________ round the sun.
17. Two and two (make) __________ four.
18. We (watch) __________ a good programme on TV last night.
19. Mary (love) __________ ice-cream.
20. I (have) __________ a little trouble with my car last week.
21. We always (do) ___________ our exercises carefully.
22. I (meet) __________ Mary last night. She’s become a very big girl.
23. She (go) __________ to school every day.
24. How long ago (he start) __________ to learn French ?
25. We seldom (eat) __________ before 6.30.

1. a. ugly b. luggage c. utter d. huge
2. a. target b. march c. arrive d. arch
3. a. cousin b. blouse c. mountain d. mouse
4. a. money b. monument c. wonderful d. mother
5. a. guitar b. farther c. grammar d. far
6. a. history b. film c. file d. various
7. a. pulse b. popular c. shut d. runner
8. a. cooked b. stopped c. finished d. visited
9. a. lips b. months c. rockets d. fingers
10. a. missed b. divided c. watched d. looked
<II> Pick out the word that has the stress pattern differently from that of other words .
1 a. worry b. enjoy c. practice d. visit
2. a. corner b. opinion c. literature d. household
3. a. attention b. party c. program d. physics
4. a. geography b. memory c. difference d. subject
5. a. entertain b. remember c. improve d. decide
<III>: Make the correct choice :
1. Id like to stay at home instead of ________ to the cinema.
a. go b. going c. went d. to go
2. I would rather ________ unemployed than ________ in that factory.
a. to be/to work b. be/work c. being/work d. being/working
3. The light _______ out while we were having tea.
a. was going b. went c. had gone d. has gone
4.I dont think he is a bad boy . _________
a. I do either b. So do I c. I do , too d. Neither do I
5. The weather is ______ awful that I dont like going out this evening.
a. such b. so c. too d. very
6. Let your name be written ________ the sheet of paper.
a. by b. on c. with d. of
7. My father had a worker ________ a fence round our garden.

a. Who b. What c. How d. When
22. It’s high time you began to study _______ .
a. serious b. more serious c. most serious d. seriously
23. My shoes need _______.
a. to mend b. to be mended c. mend d. mended
24.Most people start to lose their memory as they get older .
a. ability to remember c. ability to impress
b. ability to admiration d. ability to affect
25. I can’t bear _______ such tight shoes.
a. wear b. wearing c. to wear d. worn
26. It was difficult _______ a date which was convenient for everyone.
a. making b. to make c. make d. made
27. Do you _______ to tell the police about the missing money ?
a. admit b. confess c. deny d. intend
28. Examinations make me _______ I always get _______.
a. angry/being nervous b. anger/nervously c. angrily/nervous d. angry/nervous
29. ______ does Basil keep looking at his watch ?
a. What b. Who c. Why d. Which
30. The shops are always _______ of people at Christmas .
a. full b. stuffed c. busy d. crowded
<IV> Choose one sentence ( A, B, C, or D) that is almost the same in meaning the sentence
given
1. Unlike my sister, I exercise every day.
a. My sister exercises every day but I don't c. My sister and I exercise every day.
b. I exercise every day but my sister doesn't d. I don’t like my sister to exercise
2. Taking photographs is not permitted here
a. Photographers must not use flash here c. Do not remove these photographs
b. Do not use your camera here d. Photographs are on sale here
3. I don’t know ________.
a. when was this house built c. when this house was built

- Mary : In the center of the city.
c d
9. I promise I’ll try studying hard and my parents stop worrying about me.
a b c d
10. We expect getting as many good marks at school as possible.
a b c d
<VI>: Read the passage and make the correct choice:
I (1) ______ my teaching career nearly 10 years ago . I spent six years (2)______ in a
remote village (3) _______ the villagers were very poor and the living standard was low .
Sometimes I was very disappointed (4)_______ bad living condition and (5)______ pay . I was
really homesick . However, at that time , with my youth enthusiasm , I tried my best to devote
(6)_______to the noblest career , that was “teaching”. I loved my poor little students . They were
living in (7) ________ but they could not (8) _______ from empty mind. I am proud (9) _______
myself to be a teacher, a hard working “boatman” taking my students to the “destination” of (10)
_______.
1. a. begin b. began c. have begun d. had begun
2. a. teach b. to teach c. teaching d. taught
3. a. which b. when c. whom d. where
4. a. in spite of b. because of c. because d. though
5. a. low b. high c. slow d. good
6. a. me b. my c. mine d. myself
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7. a. poverty b. poor c. the poor d. poorly
8. a. worry b. satisfy c. suffer d. content
9. a. in b. on c. about d. of
10. a. knowledge b. attention c. background d. experience
<VII> Read the passage below and choose the best answer
Working a part-time job while studying at a university has many advantages. If students can
get a job in their area of study, they are gaining valuable experience and putting their knowledge

9 Conversation is one of the most enjoyable forms of__________________ (entertain)
10 I hope there won't be too many __________________ in getting a work permit (difficult)
11 Newton is not only a great (math) ________________ but also a great (physics)
______________
12 He was very __________________ when his marriage broke up 2 years ago (happiness)
13 ____________wastes from factories are very harmful to people living in the area (chemistry)
14 I’m on diet . I want to lose _______________ (weigh)
15 As it was getting late , I ________________ to keep going . (decision)
<IX > : Rewrite the sentences below, beginning with the words given.
1/ Would you close the door, please ?
- Would you mind ____________________________________________________________ ?
2/ My teacher advised buying that book.
- My teacher advised us ________________________________________________________.
3/ He has studied English for six years.
- He began __________________________________________________________________.
4/ It is necessary to master English.
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- Mastering __________________________________________________________________.
5/ He spent two hours writing the essay.
- It took _____________________________________________________________________.
6/ He is too young to ride a motorbike.
- He isn’t ____________________________________________________________________.
7/ The bag was so heavy that she couldn’t carry it upstairs.
- The bag was too ____________________________________________________________.
8/ He expects to hear from her as soon as possible.
- He is looking forward _________________________________________________________.
9/It’s not a good idea to travel during the rush hour.
- It’s better to avoid__________________________________________________________
10/I would like you to help me to put the chairs away?

5. subject E. usually for pupils over 11 years old
6. results F. what is being studied (e.g. Maths )
7. a class G. paid by the state or government
8. a pupil H. the marks you get in your exam
9. a student I. a number of students who study together
10. pass ( an eaxm) J. a person, usually under 16, studying at school
< XII >: Put the verbs in brackets in their correct form:
1. I wish (see) ______ the manager.
2. I’d like him(start) _______ (take) _______ more English lessons.
3. I hate (get) _______ up early and (dress) _______ in the dark.
4. I have no intention of (go) _______ to the play.
5. She was the last student (leave) _______ the room.
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6. I arranged (meet) _______ them later.
7. Our teacher has promised (help) _______ us (prepare) _______ for the exam.
8. The movie is worth (see) _______.
9. I’d like (have) _______ an opportunity of (meet) _______ again.
10. I had to ask the boys (stop) _______ (play) _______
11. Would you mind (close) _______ the door ?
12. I hope (have) _______ a job.
13. (Try) _______ (make) _______ him angry.
14. He is thinking of (quit) _______ his job.
15. Please let me (know) _______ your decision.
16. It’s no use (wait) _______
17. Gravity makes water (run) _______ downhill.
18. Sad movies always make me (cry) _______.
19. It’s difficult (get) _______ used to (eat) _______ with chopsticks.
20. Stop (argue) _______ and start (work) _______.
21. I used (swim) _______ in the river .

-_____________________________________________________________________________
- It’s no use / ask / children / keep / quiet.
-_____________________________________________________________________________
If At First You Don’t Succeed,
Try, Try Again.
Nỗ lực kiên trì là chìa khóa của thành công
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UNIT 3 : PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND
< I >: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
1. a. language b. package c. mathematics d. marvelous
2. a. chemistry b. prepare c. receive d. degree
3. a. private b. diploma c. guide d. writer
4. a. trouble b. study c. tutor d. subject
5. a. received b. worked c. obtained d. harboured
6. a. bench b. attend c. educate d. subject
7. a. romantic b. mature c. mathematics d. humanity
8. a. breathe b. breakfast c. already d. dreamt
9. a. conditions b. husbands c. physics d. dreams
10.a. earned b. worked c. suffered d. lived
<II> Pick out the word that has the stress pattern differently from that of other words .
1.a. scientific b. impossible c. mathematical d. educational
2.a. determine b. obtain c. harbour d. award
3.a. atomic b. tragic c. extreme d. professional
4.a. radium b. tutor c. research d. institute
5. a. mature b. difficult c. brilliant d. physical
< III >: Make the correct choice :
1. Marie Curie was born ________ November 7, 1867.
a. in b. from c. at d. on
2. Computer models help to determine whether a particular area is likely to flood.

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a. receiving b. receive c. receives d. to receive
17. The police officer stopped us and asked us where __________.
a. were we going b. are we going c. we are going d. we were going
18. Annie found the souvenirs __________ she wanted at the gift shop.
a. that b. which c. Ø d. all are correct
19. The manager made his employees ____________ the computer evening class.
a. attending b. attend c. to attend d. attendance
20. Marie Curie ____________ a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
a. awarded b. was awarded c. had awarded d. had been
awarded
21. Could you please come over ? I need you __________ the refrigerator.
a. help me moving b. helping me to move c. to help me to move d. help me to
move
22. Martina Hingis _________ her first tennis racket at the age of two.
a. picked up b. has picked up c. had picked up d. was picked up
23. John F. Kennedy was the first president of the United States ____________.
a. born in the twentieth century b. was born in twentieth century
c. born on the twentieth century d. to be born in the twentieth century
24. By the time she was twelve, she _________ on a career.
a. has already decided b. already has decided
c. had already decided d. already decided
25. _______ in Slovakia, Martina has lived in Switzerland for many years.
a. To be born b. Born c. Being born d. Be born
26. “Was Tom there when you arrived?” “Yes, but he ____ home soon afterwards”.
a. goes b. went c. had gone d. were going
27. Before Jennifer won the lottery, she _______ any kind of contest.
a. hasn’t entered b. doesn’t enter c. wasn’t entering d. hadn’t entered
28. “Who was the woman in red dress? Did you know ?”
“No. I _______ who she was. I _______ her before.

1. He started learning French six years ago.
a. He has learned French for six years.
b. It was six years ago did he start learning French.
c. He hasn’t learnt French for six years.
d. It is six years since he has learned French.
2. He was very tired but he kept on working.
a. Despite he was very tired, he kept on working.
b. In spite of he was very tired, he kept on working.
c. Though his tiredness, he kept on working.
d. Although he was very tired, he kept on working.
3. The book is so expensive that she can’t buy it.
a. The book is too expensive for her to buy.
b. The book isn’t cheap enough for her to buy it.
c. It is such expensive book that she can’t buy it.
d. All are correct.
4. He came back to the place. He was born there.
a. He came back to the place where he was born.
b. He came back to the place which he was born.
c. He came back to the place that he was born.
d. He came back to the place there he was born.
5. “My mother felt tired and went to bed early.” means ______.
a. Felt tired, my mother went to bed early
b. Feeling tired, my mother went to bed early
c. Feel tired, my mother went to bed early
d. My mother felt tired to go to bed early
< V >: Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
1. My family lived in Hue since 1990 to 1996, but we are now living in Saigon.
a b c d
2. Can you tell me where were you born ? - Stockholm.
a b c d

4. a. made b. managed c. harboured d. worked
5. a. immediately b. soon c. shortly d. rightly
6. a. married b. left c. divorced d. devoted
7. a. built b. organized c. established d. formed
8. a. couple b. partnership c. scientists d. partners
9. a. discovered b. invented c. built d. made
10. a. had awarded b. awarded c. were awarded d. were awarding
< VII >: Read the passage and use the correct form of the words in brackets:
Galileo was one of the first modern (science)___________. He was born in Pisa, Italy, in
1564. At first he studied philosophy. But later he studied mathematics and astronomy. He was very
(interest) ___________ in the way the earth and other planets (movement) _________ around the
sun. He found out several (importance) ___________facts about our world. He also started a new
way of working in science.
Galileo is (fame) ___________for his study of how things fall. He was the first person to do
experiments about this problem. Before him, people thought that heavy things always fell (fast)
___________ than light things. He found out that this was not (truth) _________ . He took a heavy
ball and a light ball and he dropped them both from a (height) ___________ place. They fell at the
same speed. This meant that (weigh) ___________ is not important. This is the law of falling
bodies . It is an important law for (understand) ___________our world.
<VIII> Read the passage below and choose the best answer
Langston Hughes was one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. He was born
in Joplin, Missouri, and moved to Cleveland at the age of fourteen. Four years later he went to
Mexico and spent one year there before attending Columbia University in New York. For a few
years after that he roamed the world as a seaman, visiting ports around the world and writing some
poetry. He returned to the United States and attended Lincoln University, where he won the Writer
Bynner Prize for undergraduate poetry. After graduating in 1928, he traveled to Spain and to
Russia. His best novels include “Not Without Laughter” and “The Big Sea”. He wrote an
autobiography in 1956 and also published his collections of poetry then.
A man of many talents, Hughes is one of the most accomplished writers in American literature
history.

15 Do you like to solve ___________________ puzzles ? (mathematics)
<X > : Rewrite the sentences below, beginning with the words given.
1. In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely hard.
- Even though _____________________________________________________________.
2. It was impossible to find Tom anywhere.
- Tom couldn’t ____________________________________________________________.
3. Fewer people came to the meeting than we had expected.
- We had expected ________________________________________________________.
4. The results of the research are not only impressive, but also alarming.
- The results of the research are both _________________________________________.
5. Mark is not interested in teaching.
-Teaching ______________________________________________________________.
6. He lived in Hanoi for ten years. Then he moved to Ho Chi Minh City.
- After _________________________________________________________________.
< XI >: Put the verbs in brackets in the past perfect or past simple:
1. I went to the box office at lunch time, but they __________ (already / sell) all the tickets.
2. I felt very tired when I got home, so I __________ (go) straight to bed.
3. I felt better by the summer, but the doctor warned me not to do too much. I __________ (be)
very ill.
4. At last the committee were ready to announce their decision. They __________ (make) up
their mind.
5. “Was Tom at the party when you arrived?” “No, he __________ (go) home”.
7. I __________ (take) the book back to the library when I __________ (read) it.
8. The house was very quiet when I __________ (get) home. Everybody _________ (go) out for
dinner.
9. After she __________ (fill) the basket, she __________ (go) to the check out.
10. Yesterday morning I __________ (remember) the answer to the question Bob __________
(ask) me the night before, so I __________ (phone) him.
11. Last night, I __________ (go) to Jim’s room and ________ (knock) on the door but there
__________ (be) no answer. Either he ________ (go) out or he __________ (not want) to

c. How about money do you earn ? d. Do you earn how much money ?
< XIII >: Build a sentence with the words provided.
1. Nguyen Trai / 1380 / born / Thang Long / now call / Hanoi.
-………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. he / not only / national hero / but also / great poet.
-………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. he / devote / all / life / country’s independence / freedom.
-………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. during / schooldays / he / educate / by father / scholar / village school teacher.
-………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. he / so brilliant / that / get / Doctor’s degree / age / twenty.
-………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. he / help / Le Loi / end the Minh aggression.
-………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
7. after / victory / he / write / “Binh Ngo Dai Cao” / which / praise / people’s heroism / and /
look forward / bright future / Vietnam.
-………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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UNIT 4 : SPECIAL ADUCATION
< I >: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
1. a. disabled b. forced c. believed d. realized
2. a. rubbish b. suburb c. lunch d. consume
3. a. deaf b. teach c. reading d. seat
4. a. pity b. children c. blind d. finger
5. a. provide b. course c. force d. talk
6. a. commune b. rob c. condition d. follow
7. a. organize b. money c. force d. for
8. a. sport b. stall c. talk d. shake

a. inability speak b. inability to see c. inability to hear d. mentally
impairment
10. The aim of the LIVE project is to train students from developing _____.
a. nations b. nationals c. nationalities d. nationalism
11. _____ he was not a musician himself, Lawrence Hammond developed an electronic
keyboard instrument called the Hammond organ.
a. Although b. That c. Despite d. For
12. _____ the storm, I would have been home before eight.
a. Instead of b. But for c. During d. Because of
13. The government is doing nothing to help _____.
a. the poor people b. the poor ones c. the poor d. the poors
14. It rained all the time, _____ was a great pity.
a. that b. what c. which d. who
15. _____ you really need is a long holiday.
a. That b. What c. Which d. Who
16. I _____ like going to pop concerts when I was a teenager.
a. would b. used to c. must d. could
17. Rick left the party early because he _____ a headache.
a. had b. has c. used to have d. was having
18. Claude didn’t _____ in Canada.
a. lived b. use to live c. used to live d. used to living
19. I remember you. You __________to school here.
a. were used to going b. have already gone
c. went d. used to go
20. One day last March, I _______ a very strange letter.
a. get b. got c. used to get d. was getting
21. Can you show me ________ the film in this camera ?
a. how to change b. how change c. how changing d. how you changed
22. I didn’t like the noise in the city at first. But now ___________ here.
a. I got used to living b. I’m used to living c. I used to live d. I used to living