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:  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 2: The weather was ______ the exceptionally poor harvest.

A. blamed for

B. condemned for

C. accused of

D. criticized for

Câu 3: 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 4:  It is a very popular play, and it would be wise ______ seats well in advance.

A. occupy

B. book

C. buy

D. preserve

Câu 5: He couldn’t ____ the thought of leaving his home town for ever. 

A. think

B. bear

C. carry

D. hold

Câu 6: In the market, the merchants _______ and joked with their friends and neighbours.

A. bargained

B. gardened

C. bearded

D. changed