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:  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 2: He couldn’t ____ the thought of leaving his home town for ever. 

A. think

B. bear

C. carry

D. hold

Câu 3:  Through a mixture of greed and intelligence, he has ______ the biggest landowner in the whole district.

A. grown

B. developed

C. become

D. increased

Câu 4: 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 5: In the market, the merchants _______ and joked with their friends and neighbours.

A. bargained

B. gardened

C. bearded

D. changed

Câu 6: When the bill came, he had to _____ money from his brother to pay it.

A. borrow

B. lend

C. loan

D. let