17. The farmers usually don't earn much from their crops so it is difficult for them to A. make the both ends meet B. cause ends to meet C. make ends meet 18. I'll tell you about it if you A. promise 19. There D. get ends to meet to keep it in secret. C. promised enough chairs for each if all of them come. C. weren't I'll meet you here next week. C. happened B. will promise D. promising A. won't have B. won't be D. wasn't 20. If nothing unfortunate A. happen 21. Sometimes we cannot buy the right thing that we want advertisements. A. because B. happens D. will happen C. although B. because of 22. She got some more money every week B. in spite of D. even though she worked extra hours at night. D. because of A. though C. because having all the necessary qualifications, she didn't get the job. C. Although 23. A. Because B. Despite the traffic, I arrived on time, B. Though D. Because of 24. A. Although C. In spite of the post office was closed, I couldn't post my package. C. Although she had heard it was very good. C. in spite of D. Because 25. A. Because 26. She bought the book A. because B. Since D. A and B D. because of B. despite Becethoven's music néarly 200 years. 27. The world A. have enjoyed- since C. enjoyed- since 28. Jane is expecting a letter from me, but I A. don't write B. have enjoyed- for D. is enjoying- for to her yet. B. didn't write C. haven't written D. won't write 29. Jack is living in Spain now, and his Spanish greatly since he there. B. improved - has moved D. is improving- moves A. has improved - moved C. improves - moved 30..My wife and I have moved three times A. for-got married C. since- got married we B. for- get married D. since- get married 31-35. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting. 31. If the roads in my village are resurfaced and raised, they were not flooded and C. muddy after heavy rain. D. 32. There are less green trees in my village now than there used to be. B. C D. A 33. Nam isn't here now; he has been to the market to get some food. B