Câu hỏi: The room was so quiet that she could hear the _____ of her heart.

A. beating

B. tapping

C. knocking

D. striking

Câu 1: When the bill came, he had to _____ money from his brother to pay it.

A. borrow

B. lend

C. loan

D. let

Câu 2:  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 3: 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 4:  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 5:  The ball ______ two or three times before rolling down the slope.

A. bounced

B. sprang

C. leapt

D. skipped

Câu 6:  This ____ is not big enough to cut down a tree.

A. axe

B. hammer

C.  screw

D. knife