Câu hỏi: He has adopted three orphans ______ his own six children so that, all together, he has nine children to provide for.

A. besides

B. except

C. beside

D. in place of

Câu 1: The children will not be allowed to come with us if they don’t _______ themselves better.

A. direct

B. behave

C. declare

D. compose

Câu 2:  As soon as the children were _____ , their mother got them out of bed and into the bathroom.

A. woke

B. wake

C. awake

D. waken

Câu 3: The toy boat turned over and sank to the _______ of the pool.

A. basis

B. bottom

C. ground

D. depth

Câu 4:  In the central region the dry season is long and severe, and the ______ annual rainfall is only about 70 cm.

A. refreshing

B. general

C. average

D. greatest

Câu 5: She began to feel nervous when the train pulled up at the _____ between Austria and Yugoslavia.

A. edge

B. bar

C. border

D. division

Câu 6: The weather was ______ the exceptionally poor harvest.

A. blamed for

B. condemned for

C. accused of

D. criticized for