1. She likes reading _____ books, collecting ____ stamps and going to ____ cinema. a. the / / b. / / the c. / the / d. / the / a 2. My country borders on ______ Pacific Ocean. a. a b. an c. the d. 3. Every day, he gets up at 7 o’clock. He has ______ breakfast and then goes to work. He often comes to work by ____ car. a. the / the b. a / the c. the / a d. / 4. My friend is ____ fireman. Let’s ask him for ____ help. a. a / b. the / the c. an / the d. / the 5. She is ___ MC. She can help us to entertain _____ guests in our wedding. a. an / the b. a / c. the / d. a / the 6. _____ more you read ____ smarter you are. a. / the b. The / the c. / d. The / 7. My grandmother gave me __ piano on my birthday but what’s ___ pity, I cannot play ___piano. [pity (n): điều đáng tiếc] a. / / the b. the / the / a c. a / a / the d. the / / a 8. Tom said he was ___ employee at ___ fast food restaurant. _____restaurant is on Boston Street. a. An / the / A b. / the / A c. The / / The d. An / a / The 9. She is staying at _____ hotel in a small town in _____ Colorado. ___ town is near Denver. a. the / / b. a / / The c. the / the / A d. an / the / A 10. She is thinking about attending _____ English course in ____ summer. a. an / the b. a / c. the / a d. an / a 11. I went to ___ airport at 6:00 AM yesterday. I had to catch _____ flight to _____ Paris. a. an / the / the b. / the / c. the / a / d. a / a / 12. Jim, ___ old friend of mine, used to work in ____ downtown Los Angeles. He had a good job in one of ______ biggest law firms in the city. a. an / the / b. a / the / c. the / / a d. an / / the 13. Lee, my classmate, comes from ____ Philippines. He not only plays ____ football very well but also is good at _____ mathematics. a. / / the b. the / a / the c. / the / the d. the / / 14. _____ Mount Everest is in ____ Himalayas. It is ____ tallest mountain in the world. a. / an / the b. A / an / a c. The / / d. / the / the 15. Barack Obama is ______ President of _____ United States. a. the / the b. a / c. the / d. the / an 16. _______ atheist does not believe in _____ God. [atheist (n): người không tin đạo] [God: chúa] a. The / the b. An / c. / the d. An / a 17. Peter has been ill for week. He was taken to ____ hospital yesterday. He is in __hospital now. a. the / a b. / c. an / an d. the / an 18. He never listens to ____ radio. He prefers watching _____ television. a. a / a b. a / the c. the / d. / the 19. I do not go to _____ theatre very often. I prefer ____ films to ___ plays. a. a / the / the b. / / c. the / the / the d. the / / 20. _______ sun is a ball of fire in the sky that the Earth goes round. It gives us _______ heat and ____ light. a. The / an / a b. The / / c. A / the / the d. / a / a 21. _____ university will be built in ______ center of the town. a. A / the b. An / the c. The / a d. An / a 22. _______ River Nile is ____ longest river of all. a. / b. A / the c. The / the d. / a 23. _____ smog is ______ big problem in _____ big cities. a. The / / the b. / a / c. The / / d. A / the / the 24. ______ Women’s Day is on _____ eighth of March. a. The / b. / the c. The / an d. / an 25. Many people voluntarily offer care for ___ elderly and _____ disabled. a. the / the b. an / a c. an / the d. / 26. By ____ time we had just left the office, ____ alarm went off. a. / the b. a / an c. a / the d. the / an 27. I was born in ______ warm family. My parents are both ______ teachers of English. So I am good at _____ English. a. a / / b. the / the / an c. a / the / the d. the / / an 28. He grew up in ____ orphan in _____ United Kingdom. [orphan (a): mồ coi] a. the / b. an / an c. the / an d. an / the 29. Ian is described as ______ honest and hard-working boy. He is also ___ most social and helpful in our class. a. an / b. an / the c. the / a d. a / a 30. What ___ is your car? It is ____ Toyota Altis. a. a / b. the / c. / a d. the / the 31. Laura is friendly. She can make ____ friends easily. a. a b. an c. the d. 32. That car can run at ______ speed of 180 miles ___ hour. a. the / an b. a / the c. a / a d. the / a 33. Thomas often goes to ____ school in _____ morning. He is rarely late for ___ school. a. / the / b. the / a / the c. a / the / the d. the / / 34. _____ most children like ____ sweets. a. The / the b. A / the c. / d. The / 35. You can get ___ information you need through _____ Internet. a. the / an b. an / the c. the / the d. an / an 36. ______ experience is _____ best teacher. a. An / the b. / the c. The / a d. / a 37. I happened to see Mary on ____ way ___ home. a. / the b. the / an c. a / the d. the / 38. If our body does not have enough ____ cholesterol, we may not be able to survive. On _____ other hand, if the body has too much cholesterol, the excess begins to line the arteries. a. the / an b. / an c. the / d. / the 39. They left Hyde Park at __midday and went shopping at the commercial center in __ afternoon. a. the / the b. a / an c. the / an d. / the 40. _____ River Thames flows through London, _____ capital of England. [capital (n): thủ đô] a. The / the b. A / a c. / d. The / a 41. ____ last night the hurricane was heading into ____ Gulf of Mexico. [Gu a. The/ the b. / the c. The / a d. A / 42. In ___ Britain ____ cars run on ___ left. a. the / the / b. the / / a c. / / the d. / the / 43. Each of us is ____ unique combination of ___ health and ____ sickness. [combination (n): sự kết hợp] a. a / / b. an / the / the c. the / a / a d. the / / 44. _____ plants recycle carbon dioxide and create oxygen, which we need to breathe. ______ most of our food comes from ___ plants. a. / / b. The / / the c. / the / d. / a / the 45. ____ Taylors decided that they would employ ____ architect to do ___ work. [architect (n): kiến trúc sư] [employ (v): thuê] a. The / a / the b. A / / a c. / the / a d. The / an / the 46. On _____ night of 14 April 1912, during its voyage, _____ Titanic hit ____ iceberg and sank two hours and forty minutes later. a. / the / the b. the / the / an c. a / / the d. a / a / the 47. The largest lake in the United States is ______ Lake Superior, one of _____ Great Lakes, located on the United States – Canada border. a. a / b. a / a c. / the d. the / 48. ____ coffee is his favorite drink. He often has _____ coffee before he has ___ breakfast. a. / a / b. The / / the c. The / a / the d. / the / a 49. Look! _____ school of ___ fish is in the lake. a. A / b. The / the c. The / a d. A / the 50. She has ______ number of business contacts in ____ Las Vegas. a. / the b. / c. the / the d. a /