II. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 20. The play was so boring __________, An saw it from beginning to end. A. Therefore B. Despite C. However D. Although 21. Minh used to __________ his homework late in the evening. A. does B. do C. doing D. did 22. If people __________ the rules, there are no more accidents. A. follow B. take care of C. obey D. remember 23. You should __________ right and left when you go across the roads. A. see B. look C. be D. take 24. Hurry up or we can’t __________ the last bus home. A. keep B. follow C. go D. catch 25. Public __________ in my town is good and cheap. A. transport B. tour C. journey D. travel 26. __________ is not very far from here to the city centre. A. That B. This C. It D. There 27. When there is a traffic jam, it __________ me a very long time to go home. A. costs B. takes C. lasts D. spends 28. She’s sure that they will find the film __________ A. entertaining B. entertain C. entertainment D. entertained 29. - “Do you like seeing a film?” - “__________” A. No, I don’t like it at all. B. What film shall we see? C. Who is in it? D. I’m sorry, 1 can’t. 30. __________ being frightened by the images, Lan still liked the film so much. A. In spite B. Despite C. Although D. Nevertheless 31. During the __________, there are thousands of samba dancers with very beautiful costumes performing on the streets. A. Mid-autumn festival B. Carnival C. Easter D. Halloween 32. __________ is part of the Thai New Year. People throw buckets of water on each other to wish for luck. A. Mid-autumn festival B. Easter C. Thanksgiving D. Water Festival 33. What I like about festivals is that they show the __________ values of different communities. A. Carnival B. culture C. cultural D. parade 34. Turkey is one of the __________foods at Thanksgiving in the US. A. Easter B. serious C. culture D. traditional 35. Many Vietnamese people are very __________ and there are lots of things to do and not to do during Lunar New Year. A. superstitious B. seasonal C. celebratory D. festive 36. In America, Halloween is one of the two most important __________ holidays of the year. A. celebratory B. religious C. culture D. parade 37. After the __________, people often stay at home to play cards or chat together. A. feast B. cranberry C. jet D. lantern 38. Swimming __________ help protect your eyes and allow you to see better underwater. A. gravy B. turkey C. goggles D. stuffing 39. British farmers celebrated the end of the __________ with a big meal to give thanks to God. A. cranberry B. chaos C. highlight D. harvest 40. The Mid-autumn festival is an occasion for children to play with traditional toys, especially star __________ A. feast B. lanterns C. stuffing D. jet 41. I will call you before I __________ over. A. come B. will come C. will be coming D. came 42. After she graduates, she __________ a job. A. got B. will get C. had got D. get 43. When I __________ him tomorrow, I will ask him. A. saw B. have seen C. will see D. see 44. As soon as it __________ raining, we will leave. A. stops B. stop C. had stopped D. stopped 45. By the time he comes, we will have already __________ A. leave B. leaving C. left D. leaves 46. Whenever I __________ her, I say hello. A. see B. will see C. will have seen D. saw 47. The next time I go to New York, I am going __________ a ballet. A. seeing B. see C. saw D. to see 48. I will never speak to him again so long as I __________ A. lives B. will live C. am living D. live 49. By the time Bill __________ to bed tomorrow, he will have had a full day and will be ready for sleep. A. had gone B. will go C. goes D. went 50. As soon as I finish my report, I will call you and we __________ out for dinner. A. went B. will go C. will have gone D. go