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Complete the following passage by choosing A, B, C or D to fill in each blank. 

        Stamp collecting! What a wonderful hobby! I began when I was only five. I used to (1) ______ for the postman's arrival, always (2) ______ to seize unwanted envelopes and tear off the corner with the stamp stuck on it.

        Once – I remember it was too clearly – my mother and father were sunning themselves in the garden when the post (3) _____ on the doormat. I heard the clatter of the letter flap and hurriedly went to (4) ______. There were four or five envelops, all with very exciting stamps.

        Even at the (5) ______ age of five I knew one doesn't open mail addressed to other people. However, tearing just the corners off the envelops (6) ______ me as perfectly fair and allowable, and just what I did. I carefully tore as (7) ______ to the stamps as (8) _______, feeling that even the envelopes, which were addressed to my parents and not to be, should be treated with (9) _______.

        There were nothing furtive in what I did. I knew my parents would see what I'd done, and I didn't think there was any (10) ______ in it. They always let me (11) ______ the corners after they'd opened them. Why should I think there was any harm in doing it first, (12) ______ in mind that they weren't on hand to be (13) ______. Wouldn't they rather be left to doze in their summer deckchairs?

        (14) ______, though, my father solemnly showed me his letters. They looked distinctly moth-eaten, with bites taken out of the corners and sites. I began to (15) ______ what I've done.

Stamp collecting! What a wonderful hobby! I began when I was only five. I used to (1) ______ for the postman's arrival

A. stare 
B. watch
C. look 
D. peer

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Chọn B

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Câu 2:

I used to (1) ______ for the postman's arrival, always (2) ______ to seize unwanted envelopes and tear off the corner with the stamp stuck on it.

A. glad
B. pleased 
C. eager 
D. excited

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Chọn C

Câu 3:

Once – I remember it was too clearly – my mother and father were sunning themselves in the garden when the post (3) _____ on the doormat.

A. came 
B. was 
C. lay 
D. arrived

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Chọn D

Câu 4:

I heard the clatter of the letter flap and hurriedly went to (4) ______.

A. investigate 
B. observe 
C. see
D. notice

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Chọn A

Câu 5:

Even at the (5) ______ age of five I knew one doesn't open mail addressed to other people.

A. junior 
B. tender 
C. small 
D. little

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Chọn B

Câu 6:

However, tearing just the corners off the envelops (6) ______ me as perfectly fair and allowable, and just what I did.

A. struck 
B. seemed 
C. appeared 
D. felt

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Chọn A

Câu 7:

I carefully tore as (7) ______ to the stamps as (8) _______, feeling that even the envelopes

A. nearby
B. close 
C. next 
D. round

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Chọn B

Câu 8:

I carefully tore as (7) ______ to the stamps as (8) _______, feeling that even the envelopes

A. able
B. possibly 
C. possible
D. could

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Chọn C

Câu 9:

which were addressed to my parents and not to be, should be treated with (9) _______.

A. gentleness
B. caution
C. honor 
D. respect

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Chọn D

Câu 10:

There were nothing furtive in what I did. I knew my parents would see what I'd done, and I didn't think there was any (10) ______ in it.

A. trouble 
B. wrong
C. bad 
D. harm

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Chọn D

Câu 11:

They always let me (11) ______ the corners after they'd opened them.

A. take
B. tear 
C. cut 
D. remove

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Chọn D

Câu 12:

Why should I think there was any harm in doing it first, (12) ______ in mind 

A. having 
B. holding 
C. bearing 
D. keeping

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Chọn C

Câu 13:

they weren't on hand to be (13) ______.

A. consulted 
B. advised 
C. queried 
D. requested

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Chọn A

Câu 14:

(14) ______, though, my father solemnly showed me his letters.

A. After
B. Then
C. Later 
D. Soon

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Chọn C

Câu 15:

I began to (15) ______ what I've done.

A. accept 
B. realize 
C. admit 
D. confess

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Chọn B

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 Despite her disadvantaged background, she felt  a sense of achievement about her life.

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Câu 5

A. establishing 
B. established 
C. establishes 
D. establish

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