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

A. blamed for

B. condemned for

C. accused of

D. criticized for

Câu 1: The room was so quiet that she could hear the _____ of her heart.

A. beating

B. tapping

C. knocking

D. striking

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

A. think

B. bear

C. carry

D. hold

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: 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 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:  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