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TEST 1
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: A. characteristic	 B. challenge	 C. Christmas	D. chemical
Câu 2: A. phoned	B. played	C. involved	D. waited
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 3: A. certificate	B. education	C. academic	D. economic
Câu 4: A. express	 	B. employ	 	C. effort	 D. reduce
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer in each of the following questions.
Câu 5: Dr. Evans has _________ a valuable contribution to the life of the school.
A. created	B. caused	C. done	D. made
Câu 6: “Would you like to have dinner with me?” - “_________________.”
A. Yes, so do	B. Yes, it is	C. Yes, I’d love to	D. I’m very happy
Câu 7: Van had her essay __________ by her teacher yesterday.
A. checking	B. checked	C. check	D. to check
Câu 8: John________ as a journalist since he ________ from university in 2000.
A. has been working / graduated	B. had worked / will be graduate
C. worked / graduated	D. is working / graduate
Câu 9: A: “How terrific your dress is!” ~ B: “ ”
A. Thanks. Tom bought it.	B. Don’t you like it?
C. You’re quite right.	D. No way. It’s second-hand.
Câu 10: A survey was conducted to determine students’ _________ toward their purposes of studying.
A. marriages	B. attitudes	C. counterparts	D. appearances
Câu 11: Please complete the ______form and return it to us.
A. applicable	B. applying	C. applicant	D. application
Câu 12: By the end of this week, I_________here for ten days.
A. stay	B. will stay	C. will have stayed	D. am staying
Câu 13: Tony Blair is believed _____ for Liverpool last week.
A. having left	B. leaving	C. to leave	D. to have left
Câu 14: In my company, the director deputy usually _________the responsibility for organizing meetings and conferences.
A. gets	B. takes	C. makes	D. becomes
Câu 15: If you had taken your dad’s advice, you ______ such a silly mistakes.
A. have avoided	B. would have avoid	C. would avoid	D. would have avoided
Câu 16: Larry asked me _________ to his birthday party the day before.
A. why I had not come	B. why had I not come	C. why I didn't come	D. why hadn't I come
Câu 17: ______ he is not rich, he wants to travel around the world.
A. In spite of	B. Despite	C. Because	D. Although
Câu 18: The school programme _______ has been interrupted by revision tests requires a regular course study.
A. whose	B. who	C. what	D. that
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions
Câu 19: The Egyptians first discovered that drying fruit preserved it, made it sweeter, and improvement its flavor.
A. improvement	B. sweeter	C. first	D. drying
Câu 20: Work on improving industrial disposal methods were begun in the early 1970s, shortly after the Clean Air bill was passed by Congress.
A. shortly	B. were	C. on improving	D. by Congress.
Câu 21: He is the second person be killed in that way
A. is	B. be killed	C. the	D. way
Choose the correct option among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space
What do you do well? What do you enjoy doing? Your answers to these two questions will help you identify your (22)______An employer will consider you seriously for a(23) ________ when you can show them that you know who you are, what you can offer and which you have studied. Sometimes it is difficult to know what your weaknesses are. Clearly not everyone is equally good (24)________everything. You may need to improve yourself and so(25)________courses in that field could turn a weakness into strength.
	You will need to(26)________some time on your self-assessment. Your honesty and the desire for self-improvement will lead to success in getting the right job. Explore the following seven areas to start to get to know yourself: your aptitude, your skills, your personality, the level of responsibility you feel comfortable with, your interests and your needs.
Câu 22: A. strengthened	B. strong	C. strengthen	D. strength
Câu 23: A. room	B. position	C. location	D. spot
Câu 24: A. in	B. for	C. upon	D. at
Câu 25: A. taking	B. meeting	C. choosing	D. interviewing
Câu 26: A. spend	B. use	C. make	D. lose
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 27: If you do not understand the word "superstitious," look it up in the dictionary.
A. find its meaning	B. write it	C. draw it	D. note it
Câu 28: Father has lost his job, so we’ll have to tighten our belt to avoid getting into debt.
A. sell the belt	B. buy new belt	C. economize	D. squander
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 29: In most countries, compulsory military service does not apply to women.
A. optional	B. obligatory	C. required	D. mandatory
Câu 30: Ask Mum for permission to go out now. She looks like she’s in a good mood.
A. healthful	B. unconcerned	C. fashionable	D. unhappy
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
Harvard University, today recognized as part of the top echelon of the world’s universities, came from very inauspicious and humble beginnings. This oldest of America universities was founded in 1636 , just sixteen years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. Included in the Puritan emigrants to the Massachusetts colony during this period were more than 100 graduates of England’s prestigious Oxford and Cambridge universities, and these university graduates in the New World were determined that their sons would have the same educational opportunities that they themselves had had. Because of this support in the colony for an institution of higher learning, the General Court of Massachusetts appropriated 400 pounds for a college in October of 1636 and early the following year decided on a parcel of land for the school; this land was in an area called Newetowne, which was later renamed Cambridge after its English cousin and is the site of the present-day university.
When a young minister named John Harvard, who came from the neighboring town of Charlestowne, died from tuberculosis in 1638, he willed half of his estate of 1,700 pounds to the fledgling college. In spite of the fact that only half of the bequest was actually paid, the General Court named the college after the minister in appreciation for what he had done.The amount of the bequest may not have been large, particularly by today’s standards, but it was more than the General Court had found it necessary to appropriate in order to open the college.
Henry Dunster was appointed the first president of Harvard in 1640, and it should be noted that in addition to serving as president, he was also the entire faculty, with an entering freshman class of four students. Although the staff did expand somewhat, for the first century of its existence the entire teaching staff consisted of the president and three or four tutors.
Câu 31: The pronoun "they" in the second paragraph refers to
A. educational opportunities	B. university graduates
C. Oxford and Cambridge universities	D. sons
Câu 32: The "pounds" in the second paragraph are probably
A. college students	B. school campuses	C. types of books	D. units of money
Câu 33: Which of the following is NOT mentioned about John Harvard?
A. How much he bequeathed to Harvard	B. What he died of
C. Where he was buried	D. Where he came from
Câu 34: The passage indicates that Harvard is____
A. one of the oldest universities in America	B. the oldest university in America
C. One of the oldest universities in the world	D. the oldest university in the world
Câu 35: The main idea of this passage is that 	.
A. John Harvard was key to the development of a great university
B. What is today a great university started out small
C. Harvard University developed under the auspices of the General Court of Massachusetts
D. .Harvard is one of the world's most prestigious universities.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Câu 36: “ Mary, you should not take a lot of vitamins,” said the doctor.
A. The doctor made Mary not to take a lot of vitamins.	B. The doctor advised Mary to take a lot of vitamins.
C. The doctor advised Mary not to take lots of vitamins.	D. The doctor let Mary not to take a lot of vitamins
Câu 37: People think that the strange disease originated in Africa.
A. It was thought that the strange disease originated in Africa.
B. The strange disease is think to originate in Afria.
C. The strange disease is thought to have originated in Africa.
D. It is thought that the strange disease originate in America.
Câu 38: We didn’t go by air because we didn’t have enough money.
A. If we had gone by air, we would have had enough money.
B. We wouldn’t have gone by air even if we had enough money.
C. We would have gone by air if we had had enough mone.
D. If we had enough money, we would go by air.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Câu 39: The roads were very slippery. They still managed to complete the race.
A. Slippery as the roads were, they failed to complete the race.
B. The roads were so slippery; therefore, they could hardly complete the race.
C. Slippery as the roads were, they managed to complete the race.
D. The roads were so slippery that they could hardly complete the race
Câu 40: The children were attracted by the show. It was performed by the animals.
A. The children were attracted by the show which was performed by the animals
B. The show performing by the animals attracted the children.
C. The children were attracted by the show to have been performed by the animals.
D. The children attracted by the show which was performed by the animals.
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TEST 2
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Q1: Last week, John did an essay very well, which was complimented. 
- Teacher: “John, you've written a much better essay this time.” - John: “ ..”
	A. There’s no doubt about that. 	B. You're welcome.
	C. Don’t mention it.	D. Thank you. It's really encouraging.
Q2: Jim is talking to his friend, Laura about his plan this summer
- Jim: “I'm going to travel with my friends to Kyoto this summer.” 
- Laura: “ .. Be sure to tell me all about your trip when you get back.”
	A. That’s right. B. Sorry to hear that. C. Sounds like fun. 	D. Oh, with pleasure.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Q3: A. played 	B. missed 	C. laughed 	D. helped 
Q4: A. likes 	B. hurries 	C. naps 	D. hates 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Q5: Rachel is neither nervous nor afraid- not, at least, of anything around her. 
	A. troubled 	B. scared	C. impatient	D. unworried
Q6: He resigned from the company in order to take a more challenging job. 
	A. complicated	B. difficult	C. demanding 	D. effortless
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the complete sentence to have the correct structure to each of the following questions. 
Q7: Some weapons belong to IRA. They were found at a flat in Bristol
	A. Some weapons found at a flat in Bristol belong to IRA.
	B. Some weapons find at a flat in Bristol belong to IRA.
	C. Some weapons finding at a flat in Bristol belong to IRA.
	D. Some weapons to find at a flat in Bristol belong to IRA.
Q8: The guests had an accident. They arrived very late.
	A. If the guests didn’t have an accident, they wouldn’t arrive so late.
	B. Unless the guests had not had an accident, they wouldn’t have arrived so late.
	C. The guests wouldn’t have arrived early if they had not had an accident. 
	D. Had the guests not had an accident, they would have arrived early.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the corresponding sentence to have the same meaning as the original one provided above in each of the following ones.
Q9: ''Where did you go last night''? she said to her husband.
	A. She asked her husband where had he gone the night after.
	B. She asked her husband where he had gone the night before.
	C. She asked her husband where did he go last night.
	D. She asked her husband where he went the previous night.
Q10: These mechanics are going to repair our car this afternoon.
	A. We are going to get these mechanics repaired our car this afternoon.
	B. We are going to have our car repairing by these mechanics this afternoon.
	C. Our car is going to repair these mechanics this afternoon.
	D. Our car is going to be repaired by these mechanics this afternoon.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Q11: The .. form will ask for your place of birth.
	A. applicable	B. applying	C. applicant	D. application
Q12: Christopher Columbus is said . American more than 500 years ago.
	A. to be discovered B. discovering C. to have discovered 	 D. to discover
Q13: By the end of this month I .. a French course.
	A. will be taking	B. would take	C. will take 	D. will have taken
Q14: You can't get a well-paid job ..
	A. if you've got experience.	B. unless you've got experience.
	C. in case you'd got experience.	D. otherwise you got experience.
Q15: John is studying hard ... not to fail the next exam.
	A. so as that 	B. in order	C. so that 	D. in order that
Q16: We asked the computer could access the Internet.
	A. if only 	B. if not	C. if 	D. even if
Q17: He has a very bad attitude work.
	A. with	B. about	C. towards	D. in
Q18: The postman complained about by Nick’s dog.
	A. being attacked	B. attacked	C. attack	D. attacking
Q19: California, along with Florida and Hawaii, .. among the most popular US tourist destinations.
	A. are 	B. have been	C. were 	D. is 
Q20: They skidded on the ice and crashed into a .. car. 
	A. big American black B. American big black C. black big American	 D. big black American 
Q21: A/an .. is someone who always believes that good things will happen. 
	A. pessimist 	B. optimistic	C. optimist 	D. pessimistic
Q22: Stress and tiredness often lead to lack of .
	A. concentration 	B. concentrator	C. concentrating 	D. concentrate
Q23: There's going to be trouble ..
	A. when Paul is going to find out about this.	B. when Paul found out about this.
	C. when Paul will find out about this.	D. when Paul finds out about this.
Q24: I knocked on the window to .. her attention. 
	A. pay 	B. make	C. take	D. get 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Q25: Whatever his shortcomings as a husband, he was a good father to his children. 
	A. strengths	B. weaknesses	C. enthusiasm 	D. good sides
Q26: I thought I'd make use of the sports facilities while I'm here. 
	A. take part in	B. get on with	C. pay attention to	D. take advantage of
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Q27: A. employment 	B. position	C. concentrate 	D. remember 
Q28: A. category	B. certificate	C. diversity	D. curriculum
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
In developing countries, people are sometimes unaware of the importance of education, and there is economic pressure from those parents who prioritize their children's, making money in the short term over any long-term benefits of education. Recent studies on child labor and, poverty have suggested that when poor families reach a certain economic threshold where families are able to provide for their basic needs, parents return their children to school. This has been found to be true, once the threshold has been breached, even if the potential economic value of the children's work has increased since their return to school.
Other problems are that teachers are often paid less than other professions; a lack of good universities and a low acceptance rate for good universities are evident in countries with a relatively high population density.
India has launched EDUSAT, an education satellite that can reach remote parts of the country at a greatly reduced cost. There is also an initiative supported by several major corporations to develop a $100 laptop. The laptops have been available since 2007. The laptops, sold at cost, will enable developing countries to give their children a digital education. In Africa, an "e-school program" has been launched to provide all 600,000 primary and high schools with computer equipment, learning materials and internet access within 10 years. Volunteer groups are working to give more individuals opportunity to receive education in developing countries through such programs as the Perpetual Education Fund. An International Development Agency project started with the support of American President Bill Clinton uses the Internet to allow co-operation by individuals on issues of social development.
Q29: In populous countries, ...
	A. teaching is the highest-paid career	B. there are a lot of good universities
	C. no other careers are better paid than teaching	D. there is a lack of good universities
Q30: How many projects are presented in the third paragraph?
	A. Two	B. One	C. Three	D. Four
Q31: According to recent studies, when parents are able to overcome their financial difficulty, ..
	A. they have their children work even harder	B. they still make their children continue working
	C. they send their children back to school	D. they themselves continue their schooling
Q32: The word who refers to ..
	A. the parents B. the children C. developing countries 	D. economic pressure
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Q33: After nine years in Rome, Susan and Henry moved to Paris, where they lived happy ever after.
 A B C D
Q34: She has a lot of interested ideas, but they're not very practical. 
 A B C D
Q35: Caroline has worn her yellow dress only once since bought it.
 A B C D
Q36: Get up early can be very difficult for some people.
 A B C D
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Companies like __( 37 )__ who know what they want from a job. They are also impressed with someone who has done research before arriving at the interview. __( 38 )__ the effort to look into the organization you're interested in, and you'll find yourself ahead of the competition.
To get a sense of how the organization you're interested in sees itself, go to their corporate website and read about the company's history and plans for __( 39 )__ future. Company websites, along with their official social media pages, often have employee photos or posts about the business, both of __( 40 )__ will give you some idea of the company culture. You can also read the company's brochures and annual reports if they've been made publicly available. No matter the size of the company, you can do a web search for the organization's name and read any articles that may have mentioned the company. For example, you may discover that the organization was recently involved in a charitable event - or a lawsuit.
Q37: A. vacancies	B. candidates	C. employers	D. positions
Q38: A. Take	B. Try	C. Do	D. Make
Q39: A. a	B. one	C. the	D. an
Q40: A. what	B. who	C. which	D. that
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TEST 3
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 7.
Computer programmer David Jones earns £35,000 a year by designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18. The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David's firm releases two new games for the expanding home computer market each month. But David's biggest headache is what to do with his money.
In spite of his salary, earned by inventing new programs within tight schedules, with bonus payments and profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage, or obtain credit cards. He lives with his parents in their council house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver. His company has to pay £150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive. David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. "I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs." he said. "I suppose £35,000 sounds a lot but actually that's being pessimistic. I hope it will come to more than that this year”. He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother £20 a week. But most his spare time is spent working.
"Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school," he said. "But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school”. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway. David added: "I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear."
How does David earn money?
A. by working as a taxi driver	B. by selling new programs	
C. by designing new computer games	D. by running a small firm
 Why is David different from other young people at his age?
A. He earns an extremely high salary. 	B. He is not unemployed.
C. He does not go out much. 	D. He lives at home with his parents.
 David's greatest problem is_________.
A. making the banks treat him as an adult 	B. inventing computer games
C. spending his salary	D. learning to drive
 He was employed by the company because__________
A. he had worked in a computer shop. 	 	B. he had written some computer programs.
C. he works very hard.	 	D. he had learnt to use computers at school.
 He left school after taking O-levels because_____________
A. he did not enjoy school.
B. he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him.
C. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing.
D. he wanted to earn a lot of money.
 Why does David think he might retire early?
A. You have to be young to write computer programs.
B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
C. He thinks computer games might not always sell so well.
D. He thinks his firm might go bankrupt.
The word "it" in paragraph 2 refers to_________________________
A. computing	B. producing	C. teaching	D. introducing
 Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
A. nursery	B. focus	C. delicate	D. secure
A. continent	B. belong	C. master	D. access
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Fee-paying schools are often called "independent schools", "private schools" or "_______ schools"
A. college	B. primary	C. secondary	D. public
He was offered the job thanks to his______________ performance during his job interview.
A. happy 	B. impressive C. bad 	D. old
When students finish the secondary education, they have to take a(n)__________called GCSE.
A. check	B. examination C. interview D. test
Those companies were ___________________due to some seriously financial problems.
A. taken off	B. put away 	C. wiped out 	D. gone over
In England, schooling is compulsory _______ all children from the age of 5 to 16.
A. with 	B. over	C. to 	D. for 
___________________had we arrived when the performance began. 
A. Early	B. Hardly	C. Badly	D. Beautifully
February is the month ____ many of my colleagues take skiing holidays.
 	A. when 	B. that 	C. in that 	D. which
English________________ _ in almost every corner of the world.
 A. has spoken 	B. are spoken	C. will be spoken	D. is spoken
 His dream of becoming _______doctor became true after seven years of learning hard.
 	A. a 	B. an C. the 	D. Ø
It has been raining ______ I got up.
 	A. when 	B. until	C. since 	D. as 
He advised them________________________ in class.
A. to not talk 	B. not to talk 	C. to talk not 	D. don’t talk
Tom was _________________to have left home before the weekend.
A. say	B. had said	C. saying	D. said 
I wouldn’t have got wet if I __________________an umbrella with me.
A. had had	B. had	C. have had	D. is having
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
A. devoted	B. suggested	C. provided	D. wished
A. books	B. floors	C. combs	D. drums	
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Kate: “How lovely your cats are!” - David: ____________”
A. Really? They are. 	B. Thank you; it is nice of you to say so. 
C. Can you say it again?	D. I love them, too. 
Peter: “Thanks a lot for your wonderful gift.” – Mary: “____________”
A. You are welcome. B. Thank you.	C. Cheers. 	D. Have a good day!
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the followings. 
The whole village was wiped out in the bombing raids.
A. changed completely	B. cleaned well	C. removed quickly 	D. destroyed completely 
In 150 B.C. the Greek astronomer Hipparchus developed a system to classify stars according to brightness.
A. record 	B. shine 	C. categorize 	 D. diversify
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Unless the two signatures are identical, the bank won’t honor the check.
A. similar 	B. fake 	C. different 	D. genuine
She had a cozy little apartment in Boston.
A. uncomfortable 	B. warm 	C. lazy 	D. dirty
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction
 In a hospital, everything have to be very clean.
 	 A B C D
The doctor strongly advised her take a few days' rest.
 A B C D
When he goes to see them last night, they were playing cards.
 A B C D
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning
 They cancelled all flights because of fog.
A. All flights because of fog were cancelled.	B. All flights were because of fog cancelled.
C. All flights were cancelled by them because of fog.	D. All flights were cancelled because of fog.
 “I didn’t witness that accident.” 
A. He denied not having witnessed that accident. 	B. He denied having witnessed that accident.
C. He denied not having witnessing that accident. 	D. He denied not had witnessed that accident.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences 
I didn’t study hard. I didn’t have good marks.
A. If I had studied hard, I could have had good marks.	B. I couldn’t have good marks if I had studied hard.
C. Had I not studied hard, I could have had good marks.	D. I can have good marks if I study hard.
The student next to me kept chewing gum. That bothered me a lot.
A. The student next to me kept chewing gum, that bothered me a lot.
B. The student next to me kept chewing gum, which bothered me a lot.
C. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothering me a lot.
D. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothered me a lot. 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D 
On December 10, 2006, I was going through some hard time. The landlady did not want to release the house any more so I had to (38) _________________ and only had one month to find a place. Because Christmas was (39)_________and it was difficult for me to (40) ______________ a suitable accommodation. I had only some money (41) ____________. I could not buy a Christmas tree and some presents for my three boys because I had to use the money to find a place to live. To me, it broke my heart as I could not prepare the Christmas (42)__________ my three boys. I have been their only parent since my husband (43) ________ away two years ago. I was so sad and everything was getting on my nerves. Although I managed to solve the problem myself, I could not help telling my sons about the things. When I suddenly woke up at midnight, I found my eldest son was sitting (44) __________me. He kissed me and said, "Don't worry, Mum. We love you very much and always stand by you (45)_______happens." At that moment I started weeping,