400 SENTENCES OF CERTIFICATE A

I. GRAMMAR (300 SENTENCES)

1. Is Susan ........... home?

a. in

b. at

c. on

d. under

--> b

2. "Do the children go to school every day?"

"....................."

a. Yes, they go.

b. Yes, they do.

c. They go.

d. No, they don't go.

--> b

3. What ............ now?

a. is the time

b. does the time

c. is time

d. is it

--> a

4. They always go to school ............. bicycle.

a. with

b. in

c. on

d. by

--> d

5. What color ........... his new car?

a. have

b. is

c. does

d. are

--> b

6. Are there many students in Room 12?

- "..................................................."

a. Yes there are.

b. Yes, they are.

c. Some are.

d. No they aren't.

--> a

7. You should do your ................. before going to class.

a. home work

b. homework

c. homeworks

d. housework

--> b

8. Mr. Pike ............ us English.

a. teach

b. teaches

c. teaching

d. to teach

--> b

9. Tom and ............. are going to the birthday party together.

a. I

b. me

c. my

d. mine

--> a

10. Our English lessons are ............... long.

a. many

b. much

c. a lot of

d. very

--> d

11. Bangkok is ............ capital of Thailand.

a. a

b. one

c. the

d. an

--> c

12. Are you free ............ Saturday?

a.  on

b. at

c. in

d. into

à a

13. There are .............. girls in our class.

a. no

b. not

c. none

d. none of

--> a

14. Let ............ go for a walk.

a. we

b. us

c. you

d. our

--> b

15. What is your name?

- .......... name is Linda.

a. Your

b. His

c. My

d. Her

--> c

16. What's ............. name?

- His name is Henry.

a. his

b. her

c. your

d. my

--> a

17. I'm a pupil.

- I'm a ................, too.

a. teacher

b. pupil

c. student

d. doctor

--> b

18. Is this your pencil? No, it isn't. It is .......... pencil.

a. his

b. my

c. your

d. hers

--> a

19. Are these your coats?

Yes they are .............

a. their coats

b. ours

c. our coats

d. yours

--> b

20. Are your free ............ Friday evening?

a. in

b. at

c. on

d. from

--> c

21. There are six pencils ........... the box.

a. in

b. at

c. on

d. into

--> a

22. Where is your mother?

She's .......... the kitchen.

a. in

b. on

c. into

d. at

--> a

23. How many pictures are there ........... the wall?

a. in

b. on

c. into

d. at

--> b

24. Are you .............. Vietnam?

- Yes, I am.

a. to

b. on

c. into

d. from

--> d

25. I'm cleaning the floor. Can your help ............?

a. I

b. me

c. my

d. mine

--> b

26. What are you doing? - ............. are planting some trees.

a. we

b. us

c. our

d. ours

--> a

27. Mary is doing her homework and ........... brother is helping her.

a. she

b. hers

c. her

d. she's

--> c

28. Jane's books are on the floor. Please, put ........... on the table.

a. they

b. them

c. their

d. theirs

--> b

29. Please put this pencil in the box.

- I'm putting ......... in the box.

a. it

b. its

c. them

d. they

--> a

30. When's ............ birthday?

a. his

b. he

c. him

d. he's

--> a

31. Whose bicycle is it? It's .............

a. he

b. her

c. hers

d. she

--> c

32. How old is .............?

a. she

b. her

c. hers

d. his

--> a

33. There are .......... eggs on the table.

a. some

b. any

c. many

d. much

--> a

34. Is there .......... cheese on the table?

a. some

b. any

c. many

d. much

--> b

35. How .............. cakes does she want?

a. some

b. any

c. many

d. much

--> c

36. Peter doesn't want ............. eggs, but he wants some soup.

a. some

b. any

c. many

d. much

--> b

37. There is ............ milk in the glass.

a. some

b. any

c. many

d. much

--> a

38. How ............. meat do you want?

a. some

b. any

c. many

d. much

--> d

39. There isn't .............. coffee in the cup.

a. some

b. any

c. many

d. much

--> b

40. They want ............... coffee, but they don't want any bread.

a. some

b. any

c. many

d. much

--> a

41. Is this your pencil? No, it isn't. It's .............. pencil.

a. my

b. her

c. our

d. hers

--> b

42. ................... parents are workers.

a. We

b. They

c. Our

d. I

--> c

43. This is my new shirt. - Oh, .......... color is pretty.

a. it

b. its

c. their

d. they

--> b

44. He is ................. engineer.

a. an

b. a

c. the

d. no article

--> a

45. Your sister is a student and his sister is a student, ................

a. both

b. also

c. and

d. too

--> d

46. My brother is 6.68 m ..............................

a. short

b. tall

c. taller

d. shorter

--> b

47. My mother is 32 and my father is 43. My mother is younger .............. my father.

a. than

b. as

c. but

d. and

--> a

48. I am ........... teacher.

a. the

b. a

c. an

d. no article

--> b

49. My uncle is ................ good engineer.

a. the

b. a

c. an

d. no article

--> b

50. That is ................ eraser.

a. the

b. a

c. an

d. no article

--> c

51. We are both ................... doctors.

a. the

b. a

c. an

d. no article

--> d

52. This is ................ ink pot.

a. the

b. a

c. an

d. no article

--> c

53. They are ................. tall.

a. the

b. a

c. an

d. no article

--> d

54. Hoa is ................. good pupil.

a. the

b. a

c. an

d. no article

--> b

55. That is a bag. It is on ............ table.

a. the

b. a

c. an

d. no article

--> a

56. We are in ............. same class.

a. the

b. a

c. an

d. no article

--> a

57. Your book is .......... the desk.

a. at

b. over

c. on

d. in

--> c

58. My pens and pencils are ............... the table.

a. at

b. over

c. on

d. between

--> c

59. My family's picture is .......... the wall.

a. at

b. over

c. on

d. opposite

--> c

60. Lan and Lien are ............ the desk.

a. at

b. in

c. on

d. into

--> a

61. No ink is ....... the pot.

a. at

b. in

c. on

d. over

--> b

62. We are ............. work.

a. at

b. in

c. on

d. over

--> a

63. The cat is .............. the dog and the mouse.

a. at

b. over

c. between

d. in

--> c

64. His house is .................. the park.

a. at

b. over

c. between

d. opposite

--> d

65. Tom is not my teacher but he is a friend of ...............

a. me

b. my

c. I

d. mine

--> d

66. Is that ruler yours or............?

- It's ..........., not mine.

a. mine / your

b. mine / yours

c. my / your

d. yours / mine

--> b

67. Who is that? It's ............ sister.

- ............... name is Anne.

a. Mary's / Her

b. Mary / Her

c. Mary / Hers

d. Mary's / She

--> a

68. This is John. He is a friend of ............ His wife is also .............. friend.

a. my / mine

b. me / mine

c. mine / my

d. yours / my

--> c

69. Tom and Paul are ........... good friends. ............ are very kind to us.

a. our / They

b. our / Them

c. our / Their

d. ours / They

--> a

70. The teacher is speaking. We must ............. to her.

a. hear

b. listen

c. work

d. talk

--> b

71. Nam is 1.7 m tall. His brother is 1.4 m tall. His brother is ................

a. short

b. thin

c. tall

d. fat

--> a

72. That book is not mine. It is .............., I think.

a. her

b. she

c. hers

d. your

--> c

73. Who is that? - It is ...............

a. book

b. Mr. Pike

c. ruler

d. me

--> b

74. What is the weather like today? It's ............ today.

a. blue

b. fine

c. sad

d. well

--> b

75. How are you? I am ........., thanks.

a. eleven

b. big

c. well

d. sad

--> c

76. My father is a doctor. Lan's father is a doctor, too. They are .......... doctors.

a. not

b. both

c. or

d. and

--> b

77. Oh, look at that cat. .......... is very nice ........ tail is very long and nice.

a. It / It's

b. It / Its

c. It's / Its

d. It / It

--> b

78. This is our classroom, not Bob's. ............. classroom is over there. ......... isn't in the classroom now.

a. His / He's

b. His / His

c. He's / His

d. His / He

--> d

79. These are Bob and Boom. These books are not ............ . ......... are in the desk.

a. their / Theirs

b. theirs / Them

c. theirs / Their

d. theirs / Theirs

--> d

80. ............ house is big but ........... is small.

a. Our / Theirs

b. Ours / Their

c. Our / Their

d. Ours / Theirs

--> a

81. The Bakers ......... English.

a. is

b. are

c. was

d. were

--> b

82. Let us ........... to school.

a. go

b. going

c. goes

d. to go

--> a

83. Where are Kate and Jane? - They ............. English exercises in the classroom.

a. are doing

b. is doing

c. are going

d. are going to do

--> a

84. Tom and Mary are pupils but Ann ....................

a. isn't

b. are

c. is

d. aren't

--> a

85. What .................... the Bakers .............. at the moment?

a. is / doing

b. are / working

c. are / doing

d. is / working

--> c

86. How ................. your parents?

a. are

b. is

c. was

d. were

--> a

87. What ................ the weather like today?

a. are

b. is

c. were

d. was

--> b

88. It ................ very hot yesterday.

a. are

b. is

c. were

d. was

--> d

89. My daughter is a teacher. My wife is a teacher, too. They ................. both teachers.

a. are

b. is

c. were

d. was

--> a

90. Ben and Jim are ....................

a. architect

b. engineer

c. student

d. brothers

--> d

91. What .............. is it? It's half past six.

a. color

b. time

c. name

d. box

--> b

92. How many ................. are there on the ceiling?

a. clock

b. maps

c. lights

d. picture

--> c

93. How many erasers are there on her ...............?

a. desk

b. wall

c. chairs

d. room

--> a

94. What's your sister doing? She's ................ a book.

a. singing

b. reading

c. teaching

d. ringing

--> b

95. The .............. shoes are Peter's.

a. bus

b. blouse

c. both

d. brown

--> d

96. Your ............... are new, Hung.

a. shirt

b. blouse

c. trousers

d. hat

--> c

97. There are ............. boys in our class.

a. no

b. not

c. none

d. no of

--> a

98. Is Susan .................... home?

a. on

b. at

c. in

d. into

--> b

99. Shall ............... go for a walk?

a. us

b. we

c. you

d. me

--> b

100. It is a quarter ................. one.

a. over

b. pass

c. past

d. on

--> c

101. Are there many students in Room 513?

a. Yes, they are

b. No, they aren't

c. Yes, there are

d. No, there aren't

--> c

102. Pupils are learning .............

a. English

b. England

c. in English

d. in England

--> a

103. Let's play football.

- Yes, ...................

a. lets

b. we play

c. let us do

d. let's

--> d

104. Her birthday is ................ November.

a. in

b. on

c. at

d. into

--> a

105. Maria is ............... the radio.

a. looking

b. watching

c. listening to

c. hearing to

--> c

106. Let's go out to play now.

- No, ............. I am doing my homework.

a. all right

b. let's not

c. we don't

d. let's

--> b

107. My young brother can sing but I ...................

a. aren't

b. can

c. can't

d. am not

--> c

108. When's your birthday?

- It's ................

a. in 1990

b. on May 20th

c. in October

d. in May 20th

--> b

109. ................. Mr. Baker want a new raincoat?

a. Does

b. Do

c. Can

d. Must

--> a

110. The weather is hot in Vietnam ...................

a. in winter

b. in summer

c. in spring

d. in autumn

--> b

111. Mr. Dickson is very tall and big. He needs a ........................ raincoat.

a. large size

b. short

c. long and big

d. long and small

--> c

112. George is short. He needs ...........................

a. a large size

b. a medium size

c. a small size

d. a big size

--> c

113. Excuse me! .................. you speak English?

a. Does

b. Are

c. Do

d. Is

--> c

114. .................... do you need, Annette?

a. What

b. When

c. Where

d. Which

--> a

115. Mary ............... me the way to Ho Tay lake.

a. gives

b. shows

c. tell

d. told

--> b

116. That man brings ............... every morning.

a. them milk

b. their milk

c. milk them

d. milk for them

--> a

117. Take these dishes and bowls .............. the kitchen.

a. in

b. on

c. at

d. into

--> d

118. You ............... to the seaside this summer.

a. are going

b. are going to go

c. will go

d. all are correct

--> d

119. I never ............ at home on Sundays.

a. stay

b. stays

c. don't stay

d. all are correct

--> a

120. Listen! My sister ............. in the next room.

a. is singing

b. sing

c. is going to sing

d. will sing

--> a

121. Your son ............... morning exercises everyday.

a. do

b. does

c. is doing

d. are doing

--> b

122. Tomorrow ........... my friend's birthday. I ......... some flowers for her.

a. is / will buy

b. will be / will buy

d. is / buy

d. will be / buy

--> a

123. It's often warm ............ summer and cool ............. autumn.

a. in / on

b. one / in

c. in / in

d. at / in

--> c

124. Her birthday is .......... August the third. She always gets a lot of presents .......... her birthday.

a. on / on

b. in/ in

c. on / in

d. in / at

--> a

125. Nam is learning English .............. his room and his dog is ........... the desk.

a. at / in

b. at / on

c. in / on

d. in / under

--> d

126. Are you free ................ today, Paul? No, I am very busy ................ the housework.

a. in / with

b. on / of

c. no word / with

d. at / to

--> c

127. Bob, would you like to go .......... the zoo ........... us on Sunday.

- I'd love to, but I am afraid not because I have a lot of exercises to do.

a. with / to

b. to / with

c. to / to

d. no word / with

--> b

128. Thanks ............ ringing. I am going to see you at half ............. seven.

a. of / to

b. for / to

c. for / past

d. of / over

--> c

129. Rebecca is English but she isn't ......... England. She comes to Vietnam .......... Thailand.

a. from / in

b. from / for

c. for / from

d. from / from

--> d

130. Look ........... that strange man. He is looking ......... Lan but Lan isn't here.

a. for / at

b. at / for

c. at / at

d. after / at

--> b

131. Count ....... one ........ one hundred, please.

a. on / to

b. to / on

c. from / to

d. to / to

--> c

132. Tom is .......... engineer.

a. the

b. an

c. a

d. one

--> b

133. There is .......... ink - pot on the desk.

a. the

b. a

c. an

d. some

--> c

134. What is ........ color of your pen?

a. the

b. a

c. an

d. any

--> a

135. Kate and Mary are going to ............. cinema.

a. the

b. a

c. an

d. no article

--> a

136. My parents are always at ......... home on Sundays.

a. the

b. a

c. an

d. no article

--> d

137. What's ............ weather like in winter in your country?

a. the

b. a

c. an

d. no article

--> a

138. Please, put these pencils in ....... box.

a. an

b. the

c. a

d. no article

--> b

139. Listen to .......... teacher, please. Don't talk in class.

a. the

b. a

c. an

d. no article

--> a

140. After dinner, I always wash ............. dishes.

a. an

b. a

c. the

d. no article

--> c

141. I never .......... to school on Sundays.

a. go

b. goes

c. went

d. don't go

--> a

142. Mrs. and Mr. Pike ............ dinner at the moment.

a. is having

b. are having

c. are eating

d. b & c are correct

--> d

143. He ........... eggs, bread and butter.

a. is wanting

b. doesn't want

c. do want

d. didn't want

--> b

144. What time .......... he  .............. lunch?

a. does / have

b. do / have

c. is / having

d. does / has

--> a

145. I need a book but she ............

a. needn't

b. doesn't

c. needs not

d. don't

--> b

146. ............... the Pikes ............. in the garden now?

a. Is / working

b. Doesn't / working

c. Are / working

d. Do / work

--> c

147. There .............. four  seasons in a year.

a. are

b. be

c. is

d. am

--> a

148. There ........... any sugar in the jar.

a. isn't

b. aren't

c. is

d. are

--> a

149. Mrs. Mary ................ me English.

a. teaching

b. teaches

c. teach

d. doesn't teaches

--> b

150. We have much ............... in the rainy season.

a. rainy

b. rain

c. raining

d. rains

--> b

151. The Bakers ................ lunch

a. having

b. is having

c. are having

d. has

--> c

152. I don't have ............... money

a. much

b. many

c. no

d. a few

--> a

153. ................. is the best football team in our school.

a. Our

b. Ours

c. We

d. Our’s

--> b

154. Many retirers feel useless because they ........................................

a. do volunteer work

b. have limited incomes

c. aren't working

d. can't help themselves

--> c

155. "It's very painful! .................... I've worked for a long time in my garden," the woman said.

a. because

b. for

c. by

d. as soon as

--> a

156. The woman has hurt her back ............. for too long.

a. to bend

b. by bending

c. for bending

d. owing to you bend

--> b

157. A lot of passengers who ................... in the ship crash are still suffering from shock.

a. is

b. are

c. was

d. were

--> d

158. "How many ships ...................... there in our merchant fleet?" Mr Pike asked me.

a. had been

b. have been

c. had been

d. are

--> d

159. I .................. in this garage as a car mechanic for 15 years.

a. has been working

b. have been working

c. had worked

d. worked

--> b

160. The person who ................ in charge of a car is the conductor.

a. is

b. are

c. was

d. were

--> a

161. She regretted ....................... how to ride a bicycle when she was young.

a. not to learn

b. not learning

c. not having learnt

d. b & c are correct

--> d

162. The doctor showed the patient .................. to do some exercises.

a. what

b. why

c. when

d. how

--> d

163. The doctor told his friend all about ................ the woman and asked him for his advice.

a. meet

b. meeting

c. to meet

d. he met

--> b

164. If I had taken your advice, I ................ a better life.

a. will have

b. shall have

c. would have

d. would have had

--> d

165. We have got high inflation. That's why prices keep .............. up.

a. go

b. to go

c. going

d. to going

--> c

166. They wanted to know why they ....................... it for her while she could do it by herself.

a. did

b. have done

c. should do

d. have to do

--> c

167. Firemen rescued several people from the ................ floor of the blazing building.

a. high

b. top

c. basement

d. low

-->b

168. When the electricity failed, he ................ a match to find the candles.

a. rubbed

b. scratched

c. struck

d. started

--> c

169. He filled in the necessary forms and ................. for the job.

a. appealed

b. asked

c. requested

d. applied

--> d

170. She is traveling to work by train today because her car is being ..................

a. stopped

b. broken

c. serviced

d. rented

-->c

171. The film lasted three hours with ................ of 15 minutes between part one and part two.

a. an interval

b. a pause

c. a stop

d. an interruption

--> a

172. I'm very busy at the moment so it may take a ............... time to answer your letters.

a. little

b. few

c. small

d. some

-->a

173. He was wearing a heavy overcoat to ............. himself against the cold.

a. conceal

b. protect

c. cover

d. wrap

--> b

174. It took Michael a long time to find a pair of shoes that .............. him.

a. liked

b. fitted

c. agreed

d. matched

--> b

175. ................. the traffic was bad, I arrived on time.

a. Although

b. In spite of

c. Despite

d. Even

--> a

176. He was unwilling to explain the reason ................. his absence.

a. for

b. why

c. of

d. that

--> a

177. John Jameson is a famous ................. who stole five million pounds from a bank.

a. crime

b. criminal

c. criminally

d. criminality

--> b

178. ................... your own business can cause a lot of financial worries.

a. Manage

b. Managing

c. Manager

d. Manageable

--> b

179. The surgeons tried their best to save his life, but unfortunately the operation was ........................

a. unsuccessfully

b. successful

c. successfulness

d. unsuccessful

-->d

180. I understand ............... what you are saying.

a. perfect

b. perfectly

c. perfection

d. imperfect

--> b

181. His promotion to manager was a popular ……………………………….

a. appoint

b. appointed

c. appointment

d. appointee

--> c

182. A holiday in America can be ....................... cheap.

a. surprise

b. surprised

c. surprising

d. surprisingly

--> d

183. My colleagues are very pleasant, but the manager was a little ................

a. unfriendly

b. friendly

c. friendship

d. friendless

--> a

184. I .................. this morning, and was late for school.

a. sleep

b. slept

c. overslept

d. oversleep

--> c

185. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are a ................. couple but they are very kind to their neighbors' .................

a. child / children

b. children / children

c. childish / child

d. childless / children

--> d

186. The air is naturally ...................... by foreign matter such as plant pollens and dust.

a. contaminated

b. contaminate

c. contamination

d. contaminating

--> a

187. The heavily ................... atmosphere in some industrial regions is called "smog", a word derived from "smoke" and "fog".

a. pollute

b. polluted

c. pollution

d. pollutant

--> b

188. Why are you always jealous ............... other friends?

a. with

b. of

c. for

d. to

--> b

189. The form-master was suspicious ................. my intention.

a. about

b. of

c. on

d. a & b are correct

--> d

190. He is confident .............. his success in the final examination.

a. about

b. of

c. on

d. a & b are correct

--> b

191. I was angry ..................... myself for making such a stupid mistake.

a. with

b. of

c. for

d. to

--> a

192. They were furious ................ me for not telling them the truth.

a. with

b. of

c. for

d. to

--> a

193. This chemical is harmful .................. us.

a. with

b. of

c. for

d. to

--> d

194. The monitor is responsible .................. our form-master .............. the class.

a. with / for

b. for / to

c. to / for

d. with / to

--> c

195. We were surprised ................ the way he behaves. It was quite out of character.

a. about

b. with

c. at

d. b & c are correct

--> c

196. These days everybody is aware ................ the danger of smoking.

a. about

b. of

c. on

d. for

--> b

197. Are you still upset .................. what I said to you yesterday?

a. about

b. of

c. on

d. for

--> a

198. We're short ............... staff in our office at the moment. There aren't enough people to do the work that has to be done.

a. in

b. of

c. at

d. with

--> b

199. Scientists and engineers have invented filters and other methods of removing ................. from industrial wastes.

a. pollute

b. polluted

c. pollution

d. pollutants

--> d

200. I'm sorry .................... the smell in this room. It's just been painted.

a. about

b. of

c. on

d. with

--> a

201. She's quite nice but I wouldn't like to be married ................ her.

a. with

b. on

c. about

d. to

--> d

202. We are always proud .............. our country.

a. of

b. on

c. about

d. to

--> a

203. I felt sorry ................. the children when they went ............... holiday. It rained every day and they had to spend most of the time indoor.

a. for / on

b. about / on

c. about / in

d. for / in

--> a

204. It wasn't polite .................. him to leave without saying a word.

a. with

b. to

c. on

d. of

--> d

205. Two things are very alike, so you say they are the .................. each other.

a. same with

b. same as

c. same like

d. same about

--> b

206. You like chocolate, .............................

a. and I do either

b. and me too

c. and I too

d. and so do I

--> d

207. .................... a doctor, I must advise you to give up smoking.

a. As

b. To

c. Like

d. Else

--> a

208. Please find a bill for $50 for the advice .......................................

a. gave you

b. what I gave you

c. which gave you

d. I gave you

--> d

209. She said .................... she meant him much.

a. though

b. like

c. like as if

d. as if

--> d

210. You play tennis ................. I do.

a. better than

b. more good than

c. more well

d. more well than

--> a

211. ......................... a lot of other people, we managed to survive the recession.

a. Contrary to

b. In contrast to

c. On the contrary with

d. In contrast with

--> b

212. If you ............... me, just say so.

a. disagree with

b. differ from

c. differ with

d. differ by

--> a

213. If you don't like this one, try something .....................

a. other

b. more

c. else

d. another

--> c

214. How much should I charge .................... giving her all that advice?

a. by

b. because of

c. owing to

d. for

--> d

215. A lot of houses in our neighborhood ................. repairing.

a. demand

b. need

c. require

d. use

--> b

216. I didn't realize you were a foreigner. Your ............. of English is very good.

a. knowledge

b. quality

c. skill

d. speech

--> c

217. Oh, dear, I see we've ............................ coffee. Do you mind drinking tea?

a. done without

b. gone off

c. run out of

d. turned out

--> c

218. I have a very bad ........................... for names.

a. imagination

b. memory

c. mind

d. thought

--> b

219. When someone is old he is in his second ...................

a. child

b. childhood

c. childish

d. childlike

--> b

220. She is ........................ to leave as soon as possible.

a. cautious

b. anxious

c. worried

d. nervous

--> b

221. The coins are ................ to be over a thousand years old.

a. described

b. said

c. told

d. mentioned

--> b

222. Who will ................. Jean's cat while she is away?

a. take care of

b. take track of

c. take advantage of

d. get in touch with

--> a

223. I don't like your ................ behavior. You are grown up but you are still .............

a. childish / childlike

b. childlike / childish

c. childish / a child

d. childlike / a child

--> a

224. "Do you think I .............. to send my old lover a gift on her birthday?" Peter asked.

a. should

b. had better

c. ought

d. must

--> c

225. ..................... the rice so that it won't boil over.

a. Set fire to

b. Put an eye on

c. Pay attention to

d. Put an end to

--> b

226. John ................. every new girl he meets.

a. takes care of

b. takes track of

c. falls in love with

d. gets in touch with

--> c

227. Do you ................. the long distance telephone calls which you make in your office each month?

a. pay attention to

b. keep track of

c. take advantage of

d. get in touch with

--> b

228. It is up to the police to ....................... these robberies.

a. keep an eye to

b. pay attention to

c. put an end to

d. get in touch with

--> c

229. Sit here with us. We can move over and ...................... you on this sofa.

a. keep an eye to

b. pay attention to

c. make room for

d. get in touch with

--> c

230. No one knows who ............... the building.

a. set fire to

b. put an eye on

c. pay attention to

d. put an end to

--> a

231. John came to see me .................. day. It was last Friday, I think.

a. another

b. other

c. the next

d. the other

--> d

232. I met two strangers on the way to work. One of them greeted me and .............. didn't.

a. others

b. another

c. others

d. the other

--> d

233. He will ........................... a special sale to get some new shirts.

a. keep an eye on

b. take track of

c. take advantage of

d. put an end to

--> c

234. Some people like to have the windows open all the time; ........... don't.

a. other

b. another

c. others

d. the other

--> c

235. I can't see him today. I'll have to see him .............. day.

a. another

b. other

c. the next

d. the other

--> a

236. We spent the night in a small village and continued our journey ................ day.

a. another

b. other

c. the next

d. the other

--> c

237. Bill and ............... boys are playing in the yard. Jane and .............. girls are in the front room.

a. others / another

b. other / others

c. the next / the next

d. the other / the other

--> d

238. She ...................... to the cinema last night.

a. went over

b. went on

c. went out

d. went off

--> c

239. I've been trying to .................... him all day.

a. fall in love with

b. take track of

c. take advantage of

d. get in touch with

--> d

240. An ever-growing proportion of this .................. consists of unburned hydrocarbon gases from the exhausts of automobiles.

a. pollute

b. polluted

c. pollution

d. pollutant

--> c

241. His wife died in ............... when he was only 24 years old.

a. children

b. childhood

c. childbed

d. childbirth

--> c

242. ............................ policeman directing the traffic.

a. Take care of

b. Take track of

c. Keep an eye on

d. Pay attention to

--> d

243. The bomb ................when he rang the bell.

a. went over

b. went on

c. went out

d. went off

--> d

244. No one really believed it when the news came through that the "Titanic" had ................ on her maiden voyage.

a. gone over

b. gone on

c. gone down

d. gone off

-->  c

245. Does this jacket .............. my trousers?

a. go with

b. go through with

c. go ahead

d. go off

--> a

246. He ............... about his new car all the time.

a. goes over

b. goes on

c. goes out

d. goes off

-->  b

247. Do you think you could ................ this work with me some time, Peter?

a. go over

b. go on

c. go out

d. go off

--> a

248. We have permission to ............ with the plan.

a. go ahead

b. go over

c. go on

d. go off

--> a

249. I know you find the course boring, Pauline, but since you've started it, you might as well ................. it.

a. go with

b. go through with

c. go ahead

d. go off

--> b

250. Take a map with you ............... you lose your way.

a. in case

b. so

c. because

d. although

--> a

251. The play was very boring ............ they walked out.

a. although

b. so that

c. since

d. so

--> d

252. I couldn't unlock it .............. I had the wrong key.

a. because

b. so that

c. since

d. so

--> a

253. He agreed to go climbing .............. he hated heights.

a. although

b. in case

c. since

d. because

--> a

254. He got a new alarm clock .................... he'd get up on time.

a. although

b. so that

c. since

d. so

--> b

255. He hasn't written to us ................. he left.

a. as long as

b. since

c. by the time

d. as soon as

--> b

256. She'll only do the job .............. you pay her more.

a. before

b. after

c. if

d. while

--> c

257. I never take an umbrella ............... it's raining heavily.

a. when

b. whenever

c. if

d. unless

--> d

258. It rained, which spoiled our picnic; but if it ............................ it ............. a great success.

a. didn't rain / would be

b. had rained / would have been

c. hadn't rained / would have been

d. rained / would be

--> c

259. I live in a pleasant room ............... the garden.

a. overlook

b. to overlook

c. overlooking

d. overlooked

--> c

260. I hope they ................ this road by the time we come back next summer.

a. repaired

b. will repair

c. would repair

d. will have repaired

--> d

261. The book is divided into five parts and each of these ................ three sections.

a. have

b. has

c. will have

d. had

--> b

262. Norman E. Borlaug was the first agricultural scientist to ................. the Nobel Peace Prize.

a. receive

b. have

c. take

d. accept

--> a

263. The building of the new bridge will ................ as planned.

a. go up

b. put up

c. go out

d. go ahead

--> d

264. I see the price of bread has .............. again.

a. gone up

b. put up

c. gone out

d. fallen out

--> a

265. He was caught shop - lifting but since this was his first offence he was .............. with a warning.

a. gone out

b. gone ahead

c. fallen out

d. let off

--> d

266. She ............... her father; everyone says how alike they are!

a. takes after

b. takes off

c. falls out

d. lets off

-> a

267. There was a power cut and all the lights .....................

a. went up

b. put up

c. went out

d. went ahead

--> c

268. You look upset, Sven. Have you and Inger ................ again?

a. gone out

b. gone grey

c. fallen out

d. let off

--> c

269. Paul, do you think you could .................. me ................ for the night? It's a bit too late to go home now.

a. let me off

b. go me out

c. fall me out

d. put me up

--> d

270. Children made their hair ......................

a. go out

b. go grey

c. fall out

d. let off

--> b

271. Mexico changed from a country with a wheat ............... to one that was a wheat exporter.

a. lack

b. length

c. shortage

d. inadequacy

--> c

272. Charlie Chaplin was not an instant .................. in Hollywood.

a. succeed

b. successful

c. success

d. unsuccessful

--> c

273. I got a very .................... welcome when I finally arrived.

a. enthusiastic

b. enthusiasm

c. enthusiastically

d. enthusiast

--> a

274. I'm looking for a ...................... job.

a. temporality

b. temporize

c. temporary

d. temporal

--> c

275. In 1829, Morse sailed ................ Europe to study classic art in Italy.

a. to

b. for

c. in

d. at

--> a

276. Was it Bell who ..................... the telephone?

a. invented

b. discovered

c. creased

d. made

--> a

277. The rulers of Viet Nam's last imperial line, the Nguyen Dynasty, all came from .............. family.

a. same

b. the same

c. different

d. the other

--> b

278. When a body enters the earth's atmosphere, it travels ...............

a. very rapidly

b. in a rapid manner

c. fastly

d. with great speed

--> a

279. Thank you for bringing me along. I never thought Shakespeare could be so ............. fun.

a. many

b. much

c. few

d. some

--> b

280. You should say ................ and do .................

a. many / few

b. much / little

c. few / many

d. little / much

--> d

281. Very .............. people knew about it.

a. few

b. less

c. much

d. little

--> a

282. He is a man of ............... words.

a. less

b. little

c. fewer

d. few

--> d

283. In 1927 Charlie Chaplin received a public ................... from Hollywood in the form of a special Oscar.

a. apologize

b. apologise

c. apology

d. apologizer

--> c

284. ................. heard about the book, but ............... read it.

a. Many / few

b. Much / little

c. Many / little

d. Few / Fewer

--> a

285. "Do you know English?" "Just ..........................."

a. much

b. many

c. little

d. less

--> c

286. She has very .................. knowledge of the matter.

a. few

b. little

c. some

d. many

--> b

287. The forces were unequal, they were .............. we were ...............

a. many / few

b. much / little

c. few / much

d. little / much

--> a

288. We have imported ...................... computers this year than last year.

a. few

b. less

c. fewer

d. many

--> c

289. There has been .............. demand for computers this year than last year.

a. few

b. little

c. fewer

d. more

--> d

290. Always make sure your luggage has ................. on it when you travel.

a. a card

b. a cartel

c. a label

d. a traveling-bag

--> c

291. Last December the boss gave all his ................ a bonus.

a. employ

b. employable

c. employee

d. employees

--> d

292. Are you sure we're going in the right .................?

a. direct

b. directly

c. direction

d. directed

--> c

293. My new car is more .............. than the one I had before.

a. economy

b. economical

c. economic

d. economics

--> b

294. He works as an ................. for a local firm.

a. electric

b. electricity

c. electrician

d. electronic

--> c

295. I've been .................. since I must find work soon.

a. unemployed

b. employed

c. employable

d. unemployable

--> a

296. She studied ................. at university.

a. economy

b. economical

c. economic

d. economics

--> d

297. The price of ................. has gone up again.

a. electric

b. electricity

c. electrician

d. electronic

--> b

298. Her ............... was so angry at her attitude that he fired her.

a. employ

b. employer

c. employers

d. employing

--> b

299. She looked ................ at me as she said it.

a. direct

b. directly

c. direction

d. directed

--> b

300. On my salary we have to live as ....................... as possible.

a. economy

b. economical

c. economically

d. economic

--> c

II. FIND THE MISTAKES (300 SENTENCES)

1. What is the higher mountain in the world?

a. What

b. is

c. higher

d. in

--> c

2. I wish my mother gives me presents more often.

a. wish

b. gives

c. me

d. more often

--> b

3. The teacher was pleasing with the result of your examination.

a. The

b. was

c. pleasing

d. of

--> c

4. The little boy didn't know how lacing his shoes.

a. The little boy

b. didn't

c. how

d. lacing

--> d

5. You are quite so thin that you can slip between the bars.

a. are

b. quite so

c. can slip

d. between

--> b

6. To turn on the light, I was surprised at what I saw.

a. To turn

b. on

c. was

d. at

--> a

7. I would rather live on a farm than to live in a city.

a. would rather

b. live

c. on

d. to live

--> d

8. The school library is free and open for all the pupils and teaching staff.

a. is

b. and

c. for

d. all

--> c

9. Why don't you borrow books in the local lending library?

a. Why

b. don't

c. borrow

d. in

--> d

10. He had to admit that there were something in what mother kept saying.

a. admit

b. were

c. what

d. saying

--> b

11. The students suggested buying flowers for the teachers in the Teachers' Day.

a. The students

b. buying

c. for

d. in

--> d

12. No one have solved such a difficult problem.

a. have

b. solved

c. such

d. difficult

--> a

13. During their meat, they discussed what to do at the weekend.

a. During

b. meat

c. to do

d. at

--> b

14. If you write the essay careful, you will get good mark.

a. If

b. write

c. careful

d. will

--> c

15. Ordinary Americans are friendly and not afraid to show its feelings.

a. Ordinary

b. are

c. not

d. its

--> d

16. The girl who were injured in the accident is now in hospital.

a. who

b. were

c. in

d. is

--> b

17. Thank you very much of the present that you sent me.

a. very

b. much

c. of

d. that

--> c

18. There wasn't some directory in the telephone box from which I was phoning.

a. wasn't

b. some

c. the

d. from

--> b

19. The man who I was waiting for didn't turn up.

a. The man

b. who

c. was

d. for

--> b

20. Women wear make-up to beautiful themselves.

a. wear

b. make-up

c. beautiful

d. themselves

--> c

21. Mai and Lan have a row because they have misunderstood one another.

a. have

b. because

c. misunderstood

d. one another

--> d

22. The workers are building a new bridge which is 150 meters in high.

a. building

b. a new bridge

c. which

d. high

--> d

23. It's no use asking them keep quiet.

a. no use

b. asking

c. them

d. keep

--> d

24. This text is too long for me to read it.

a. is

b. long

c. to read

d. it

--> d

25. I can't get used to doing so difficult exercises.

a. can't

b. used

c. doing

d. so

--> d

26. My father doesn't know speak English.

a. My

b. doesn't

c. speak

d. English

--> c

27. She behaves as if she was a baby.

a. behaves

b. as if

c. was

d. a

--> c

28. You wanted me to tell you about what I was doing here and how was my life.

a. to tell

b. about

c. was doing

d. was

--> d

29. The course is good, but more hard than I thought.

a. is

b. but

c. more hard

d. thought

--> c

30. Sleeping all day, to eat too much and never going out is unhealthy.

a. Sleeping

b. to eat

c. much

d. never

--> b

31. The dentist gave me a check up and then telling me I needed two fillings.

a. me

b. check up

c. telling

d. fillings

--> c

32. These engines used being started by hand. But now they are started by electricity.

a. used

b. being

c. But now

d. are

--> b

33. This house is often broken off and a lot of things are taken away.

a. is

b. broken

c. off

d. away

--> c

34. My father has a mechanic to repair his motorbike monthly.

a. has

b. a

c. to repair

d. monthly

--> c

35. There always is one wise woman who is both feared and respected by her people.

a. always

b. wise

c. who

d. both

--> a

36. The woman tells them close their eyes tightly and cover them with their hands.

a. tells

b. close

c. tightly

d. with

--> b

37. They visited America about a thousand years ago, on the eleventh century AD.

a. visited

b. thousand

c. ago

d. on

--> d

38. Ha Dong is the town where I am born and grew up.

a. is

b. where

c. am

d. grew

--> c

39. She is the girl about that I talked to you yesterday.

a. the girl

b. that

c. to

d. yesterday

--> b

40. The lesson that we are learning now is very interested but difficult.

a. that

b. now

c. interested

d. but

--> c

41. She made me to pay for the damage I had done.

a. made

b. to pay

c. for

d. had done

--> b

42. He warned me to make an eye on my luggage as that place was full of thieves.

a. me

b. to make

c. on

d. full

--> b

43. When you are late for class, you should apologize for your teacher.

a. When

b. for

c. should

d. for

--> d

44. The village that I was born and grew up is situated on the Red River.

a. that

b. grew

c. situated

d. on

--> a

45. Some children, before going to school, go to kindergartens, officially are called nursery schools.

a. before

b. go

c. officially

d. are called

--> d

46. English children start school in six and finish at sixteen.

a. English

b. start

c. in

d. at

--> c

47. I don't feel as tired after a train journey so I do after a car journey.

a. don't

b. tired

c. so

d. after

--> c

48. The child ran fastly to get to school.

a. child

b. fastly

c. to

d. school

--> b

49. If it will rain this afternoon, we will have to cancel our picnic.

a. If

b. will rain

c. will

d. cancel

--> b

50. He is very weak to lift this suitcase.

a. very

b. weak

c. to

d. this

--> a

51. Sun weather can always be depended on in southern countries.

a. Sun

b. always

c. on

d. in

--> a

52. The man that wife and family are away seems very lonely.

a. that

b. and

c. are

d. seems

--> a

53. Each year more and more people try setting new and unusual records.

a. more and more

b. people

c. setting

d. unusual

--> c

54. Someone else put 49,999 dominoes in a line and knocking them all down.

a. else

b. dominoes

c. in

d. knocking

--> d

55. The peel were actually 52 meters long.

a. The

b. were

c. actually

d. long

--> b

56. Why did all the customers at the Red Lion have to pay of their beer that week?

a. did

b. at

c. have to

d. of

--> d

57. The heavy rain made it possible for us to have our picnic.

a. heavy

b. it

c. possible

d. to

--> c

58. If you make a five-days trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone everyday.

a. make

b. five-days

c. enters

d. zone

--> b

59. When he arrived at the furniture shop, they had been sold the table he wanted.

a. at

b. furniture

c. had been sold

d. wanted

--> c

60. May Day regularly is celebrated in many countries around the world.

a. regularly

b. celebrated

c. in

d. around

--> a

61. If airplane ticket wasn't expensive, I could fly to Singapore for my holidays.

a. If

b. wasn't

c. could fly

d. for

--> b

62. Friends advised her to stop doing the housework because her old age.

a. her

b. to stop

c. housework

d. because

--> d

63. Although she is 103 but she still does a lot of work in the flat.

a. Although

b. is

c. but

d. a lot of

--> c

64. He had so a difficult exercise that he couldn't do it.

a. had

b. so

c. difficult

d. it

--> b

65. It is the larger city in Europe with a population of over eight million.

a. is

b. larger

c. in

d. of

--> b

66. It is a beautiful building of two towers and a very big clock called Big Ben.

a. beautiful

b. of

c. very

d. called

--> b

67. Many hundred years ago there were many villages and little towns in England.

a. ago

b. were

c. little

d. in

--> c

68. They usually took a tree back with them and put it on the centre of the village.

a. with

b. put

c. on

d. of

--> c

69. The international working class made the one of May their day of solidarity.

a. working

b. made

c. one

d. of

--> c

70. The first May Day celebrated in England in 1890.

a. first

b. celebrated

c. in

d. 1890

--> b

71. Television is one of man's important mean of communication.

a. is

b. man's

c. mean

d. communication

--> c

72. Though TV, home viewers can see and learn about people, places and things in faraway lands.

a. Though

b. learn

c. about

d. in

--> a

73. TV provides many more entertainment programs as any other kind.

a. many

b. entertainment

c. as

d. any

--> c

74. Poverty desert countries in Africa can grow guayule.

a. Poverty

b. countries

c. in

d. grow

--> a

75. The rubber farms will make a lot of money and give jobs to a great deal of people.

a. rubber

b. make

c. a lot of

d. a great deal of

--> d

76. Around the age of sixteen you must make one of the biggest decision of your life.

a. Around

b. of

c. must

d. decision

--> d

77. Junko Tabei, is a Japanese from Hokkaido, was the first woman to make this difficult climb.

a. is

b. from

c. was

d. to make

--> a

78. A Tokyo newspaper - television company had organized the climb in 1975.

a. Tokyo

b. company

c. had organized

d. in

--> c

79. Bill and Fred was students at a university and they were friends.

a. and

b. was

c. at

d. were

--> b

80. The noise on the roof of the trailer woke Bill and Fred up very quick.

a. The

b. of

c. woke

d. quick

--> d

81. In April 1984, David Hempleman - Adams walked through northern Canada to the North Pole with himself.

a. In

b. walked

c. to

d. with

--> d

82. David was a braveryName=hwd2; HotwordStyle=None;  man to go on this adventure by himself.

a. was

b. bravery

c. on

d. himself

--> b

83. Biddenden, England is a small town of 1,500 person, with a history of nine hundred years.

a. is

b. of

c. person

d. hundred

--> c

84. Each Easter Monday, old people, widowName=hwd11; HotwordStyle=None; s, widowerName=hwd10; HotwordStyle=None; s, and others living on small incomeName=hwd9; HotwordStyle=None; s take part withName=five; HotwordStyle=None;  a ceremonyName=hwd8; HotwordStyle=None;  called Chulkurst CharityName=hwd7; HotwordStyle=None; .

a. old

b. living

c. with

d. called

--> c

85. Her family were patriotName=hwd20; HotwordStyle=None; s who supportName=ten; HotwordStyle=None; ed the American RevolutionalName=hwd19; HotwordStyle=None;.

a. were

b. patriotName=hwd20; HotwordStyle=None; s

c. who

d. Revolutional

--> d

86. She would be killed if that she did not betrayName=hwd6; HotwordStyle=None;  the patriots in the area.

a. would

b. if that

c. did not

d. in

--> b

87. The city of Lufkin, Texas, has had much than ten million employeeName=hwd17; HotwordStyle=None; s working for it without pay.

a. city

b. has had

c. much

d. working

--> c

88. These employers have not taken vacationName=hwd15; HotwordStyle=None; s, asked for sick leaveName=hwd14; HotwordStyle=None; , or complained about having to work long hours.

a. employers

b. taken

c. asked

d. having

--> a

89. The worms eat the waste and turn it into clean fertilizerName=hwd3; HotwordStyle=None;  whom the city then sells to farmers.

a. eat

b. into

c. whom

d. to

--> c

90. During the RevolutionaryName=hwd16; HotwordStyle=None;  War, American patriot wives and children frequently had to take refugeName=hwd15; HotwordStyle=None;  in fortName=hwd14; HotwordStyle=None; s escaping attackName=hwd13; HotwordStyle=None; s.

a. During

b. wives

c. take

d. escaping

--> d

91. The women would spend their time to make bread and bulletName=hwd12; HotwordStyle=None; s for the soldierName=hwd11; HotwordStyle=None; s.

a. would

b. their

c. to make

d. for

--> c

92. The women were indignantName=hwd7; HotwordStyle=None;  and decided that they themselves would do one more effort to drive offName=hwd6; HotwordStyle=None;  the enemyName=hwd5; HotwordStyle=None; .

a. were

b. decided

c. do

d. to drive

--> c

93. The delayName=hwd2; HotwordStyle=None;  to prevent the surrender and allowed time for reinforcementsName=hwd1; HotwordStyle=None;  to arrive and drive off the enemy.

a. to prevent

b. allowed

c. to arrive

d. drive

--> a

94. The Japanese first developed fake foodName=hwd4; HotwordStyle=None;  in the 1920s to introduce people to unfamiliarName=hwd3; HotwordStyle=None;  West dishes.

a. Japanese

b. developed

c. in

d. West

--> d

95. David was a young man who working in an office in a big city.

a. was

b. who

c. working

d. an

--> c

96. He decided to have a holiday in a beautiful place in the mountains where there were much streams.

a. to have

b. in

c. where

d. much

--> d

97. A rich men and his wife went in a shop to buy a braceletName=hwd3; HotwordStyle=None; .

a. men

b. wife

c. in

d. to buy

--> a

98. She traveled to villages and religiousName=hwd5; HotwordStyle=None;  centers, with only an interpreterName=hwd4; HotwordStyle=None;  and a few men to carry her camping equipments.

a. traveled

b. religious

c. men

d. equipments

--> d

99. She adoptName=hwd2; HotwordStyle=None; ed a fifteen-years-old Sikkimese boy to travel with her.

a. adoptName=hwd2; HotwordStyle=None; ed

b. fifteen-years-old

c. to travel

d. with

--> b

100. One day a lady saw a mouseName=hwd4; HotwordStyle=None;  to run across her kitchen floor.

a. One

b. saw

c. to run

d. kitchen

--> c

101. She did not want to go back to the shops because it was very lately.

a. did not

b. to go

c. because

d. lately

--> d

102. The last time I went to London, I didn't have time to visit all the place I wanted to see.

a. time

b. to

c. didn't

d. place

--> d

103. I soon got to know where were the main streets.

a. got

b. where

c. were

d. streets

--> c

104. I can spend quite a long time in Westminster Abbey and learn ofName=3a; HotwordStyle=None;  all the interesting things there.

a. quite

b. in

c. of

d. there

--> c

105. They are very pleasant to travel by steamer down the Thames from Westminster to Tower Bridge.

a. They are

b. pleasant

c. by

d. down

--> a

106. One day a fame singer was invited by a rich lady to her house.

a. One day

b. fame

c. was

d. to

--> b

107. At ten o'clock, the singer was asked coming upstairs to the lady's guests.

a. was asked

b. coming

c. upstairs

d. to

--> b

108. William H.Harrison, the man who served the most short term, died of pneumoniaName=hwd12; HotwordStyle=None;  several weeks after his inaugurationName=hwd11; HotwordStyle=None; .

a. who

b. the most short

c. of

d. after

--> b

109. Abraham Lincoln was one of four presidents who was assassinated.

a. one

b. presidents

c. who

d. was

--> d

110. James A. Garfield was shot during his first year in office by a man to that he wouldn't give a job.

a. shot

b. during

c. that

d. wouldn't

--> c

111. He doesn't much like the work, but he enjoyed the relationshipName=hwd6; HotwordStyle=None; s with the other workers.

a. much

b. but

c. enjoyed

d. with

--> c

112. After getting her six-year-old daughter ready and driving her to the school, she starts on the housework.

a. getting

b. six-year-old

c. driving

d. the school

--> d

113. She finds housework bored and doesn't like to stay at home all day.

a. finds

b. bored

c. doesn't

d. to stay

--> b

114. A artistName=hwd4; HotwordStyle=None;  went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer.

a. A

b. to

c. beautiful

d. for

--> a

115. The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying so kind things about the paintings.

a. pleased

b. saying

c. so

d. about

--> c

116. Several members of his family did a great deal to encourageName=hwd9; HotwordStyle=None;  him in the field of scientific.

a. Several

b. to encourage

c. in

d. scientific

--> d

117. While he dealt with the deafName=hwd7; HotwordStyle=None;  and investigatingName=hwd6; HotwordStyle=None;  the science of acousticsName=hwd5; HotwordStyle=None; , his studies eventuallyName=hwd4; HotwordStyle=None;  ledName=ten; HotwordStyle=None;  to the inventionName=hwd3; HotwordStyle=None;  of the multiple telegraph and his greatest invention - the telephone.

a. dealt

b. investigating

c. eventually

d. invention

--> b

118. Along in joggingName=hwd10; HotwordStyle=None;  and swimming, cyclingName=hwd9; HotwordStyle=None;  is one of the best all-roundName=one; HotwordStyle=None;  forms of exercise.

a. in

b. cycling

c. one

d. of

--> a

119. It can help to increase your strongName=hwd8; HotwordStyle=None;  and energyName=hwd7; HotwordStyle=None; , giving you more efficient muscleName=hwd6; HotwordStyle=BookDefault; s and a stronger heart.

a. to increase

b. strong

c. giving

d. stronger

--> b

120. Doing too much too quickly can damageName=hwd3; HotwordStyle=None;  muscles that aren't used to work.

a. Doing

b. quickly

c. aren't

d. to work

--> d

121. If you had any doubtName=hwd2; HotwordStyle=None; s about taking up cycling for health reasons, talk to your doctor and ask his or her advice.

a. had

b. about

c. talk

d. ask

--> a

122. The decayName=hwd11; HotwordStyle=None;  begins in a little crackName=hwd10; HotwordStyle=None;  in the enamelName=hwd9; HotwordStyle=None;  to coverName=hwd8; HotwordStyle=None;  of the tooth.

a. begins

b. a little

c. to cover

d. of

--> c

123. We should eat food that is good at our teeth and our body.

a. should

b. is

c. at

d. teeth

--> c

124. Some accidents cause injurieName=hwd14; HotwordStyle=None; s but some lead to die.

a. cause

b. but

c. some

d. die

--> d

125. The Transport DepartmentName=hwd12; HotwordStyle=None;  organizes road safetyName=hwd11; HotwordStyle=None;  campaignName=one; HotwordStyle=None; s every year in order that reduceName=hwd10; HotwordStyle=None;  traffic accidents.

a. Transport

b. safety

c. in order that

d. accidents

--> c

126. If everyone takes care when crossing the road, there will be more traffic accidents.

a. If

b. takes

c. crossing

d. more

--> d

127. Coffee and tea is favorite hot drinks of people in all parts of the world.

a. and

b. is

c. drinks

d. in

--> b

128. In the United States, which more coffee is used than in any other nation, many people drink their coffee " black", without cream or sugar.

a. In

b. which

c. any

d. without

--> b

129. In China, Japan and other OrientalName=hwd1; HotwordStyle=None;  countries, where tea is the national drink, people almost use never sugar in their tea.

a. Oriental

b. where

c. almost

d. never

--> d

130. Richard leaves at home at about half past eight, with his schoolbag under his arm.

a. at

b. about

c. with

d. under

--> a

131. He doesn't buy a ticket every day so he has a season ticketName=hwd1; HotwordStyle=None; .

a. doesn't

b. a

c. so

d. season

--> c

132. Schools in England are not the same from in our countryName=hwd10; HotwordStyle=None; .

a. Schools

b. are not

c. from

d. our

--> c

133. In England school children do not go to school on Saturdays with Sundays.

a. children

b. school

c. on

d. with

--> d

134. In some places, winter begins in November and ending in March or April.

a. In

b. begins

c. ending

d. or

--> c

135. You can see a lot of childs running and jumping in the snow or playing with snowballName=hwd2; HotwordStyle=None; s.

a. see

b. childs

c. in

d. playing

--> b

136. One day their mother took them in their aunt's house to play while she went to the big city to buyName=hwd6; HotwordStyle=None;  some new clothes.

a. took

b. in

c. while

d. some

--> b

137. Two old gentlemen lived in a quiteName=hwd8; HotwordStyle=None;  street in Paris.

a. gentlemen

b. in

c. quite

d. Paris

--> c

138. They went often for walks together in the streets when the weather was fine.

a. often

b. together

c. when

d. was

--> a

139. In England nobody under the age of eighteen are allowName=hwd8; HotwordStyle=None; ed to drink in a public barName=hwd7; HotwordStyle=None; .

a. In

b. nobody

c. are

d. to drink

--> c

140. There is a prisonName=hwd9; HotwordStyle=None;  in iceland which allowName=hwd8; HotwordStyle=None; s its prisonerName=hwd7; HotwordStyle=None; s going out without any guards to work everyday.

a. is

b. allowName=hwd8; HotwordStyle=None; s

c. going

d. to work

--> c

141. Mary and her husband wanted to give the old lady to a nice birthday presentName=hwd8; HotwordStyle=None; .

a. her

b. to give

c. to

d. nice

--> c

142. He is such famous that he has a great many fans.

a. is

b. such

c. has

d. fans

--> b

143. The police caught he because he was involved in a robbery.

a. police

b. he

c. because

d. in

--> b

144. If he doesn't understand the lesson, his father often explains it for him.

a. understand

b. his

c. often

d. for

--> d

145. Most of the building in this town are rather unattractive, but this church is an exception.

a. of

b. building

c. rather

d. but

--> b

146. She has a strongly determination to be a teacher.

a. has

b. strongly

c. determination

d. be

--> b

147. The government are trying playing down their involvement in the affair.

a. are

b. playing

c. their

d. in

--> b

148. The expansion of this factory will to create more employment to local people.

a. expansion

b. this

c. to create

d. local

--> c

149. There is a chill striking me when I go alone in night.

a. is

b. striking

c. when

d. in

--> d

150. This morning, I encountered a friend I haven't seen for a long times.

a. encountered

b. haven't

c. for

d. times

--> d

151. It is possible to infer two completely opposite conclusion from this set of facts.

a. is

b. to infer

c. completely

d. conclusion

--> d

152. He is not very sanguine about his chances of successful.

a. very

b. sanguine

c. about

d. successful

--> d

153. She admires Korean actresses in so far as she wears as them.

a. admires

b. actresses

c. as

d. them

--> c

154. She presented reward for the return of her lost bracelet.

a. presented

b. for

c. of

d. lost

--> a

155. We are interested of the conservation of forests.

a. interested

b. of

c. conservation

d. of

--> b

156. I think there are any resources that we have left untapped.

a. are

b. any

c. that

d. untapped

--> b

157. He enrichs his knowledge by listening to the radio every night.

a. enrichs

b. knowledge

c. listening

d. every night

--> a

158. We have searched for some of the books to which you need.

a. have

b. for

c. books

d. to which

--> d

159. It is many years for Mount Vesuvius last erupted.

a. is

b. years

c. for

d. last

--> c

160. Reforming the education system will be a difficulty process.

a. Reforming

b. system

c. will

d. difficulty

--> d

161. I found it hardly to keep my concentration with such a noise going on.

a. it

b. hardly

c. concentration

d. such

--> b

162. I keep my reference books near in my desk for convenience.

a. keep

b. reference

c. near in

d. convenience

--> c

163. Put the cap back on the bottle, otherwise the juice would spill.

a. Put

b. on

c. otherwise

d. would

--> d

164. All pilots are responsible for their passengers' safe.

a. pilots

b. responsible

c. for

d. safe

--> d

165. The country air are fresh, moreover, it is not polluted.

a. country

b. are

c. moreover

d. polluted

--> b

166. I always make a point of checking that all the windows are shut after I go out.

a. make

b. checking

c. all

d. after

--> d

167. We are having a little get-together to celebrate David promotion.

a. having

b. a little

c. to celebrate

d. David

--> d

168. She is enough old to be independent of her parents.

a. old

b. to be

c. of

d. parents

--> a

169. The train he got on has an accident but he was unharmed.

a. he

b. has

c. but

d. was

--> b

170. You need attach a label to each piece with luggage.

a. need

b. a

c. to

d. with

--> d

171. You should wear conspicuous clothes when to walk at night.

a. wear

b. when

c. to walk

d. at

--> c

172. She made a few conventional remark about the weather.

a. made

b. conventional

c. remark

d. the

--> c

173. She can look back on her career with greatly satisfaction.

a. look

b. on

c. with

d. greatly

--> d

174. I feel a certain apprehension with my interview tomorrow.

a. feel

b. certain

c. with

d. tomorrow

--> c

175. What was she said convinced me that I was mistaken.

a. was

b. said

c. me

d. mistaken

--> a

176. A well tool-box is a handy thing to have in the house.

a. well

b. handy

c. to

d. in

--> a

177. One of his less attractive trait is criticizing his wife in public.

a. of

b. less

c. trait

d. in

--> c

178. The driver was tooting his horn as he reached the bend.

a. The

b. was tooting

c. as

d. reached

--> b

179. Try to more positive in dealing with the problem.

a. Try

b. to

c. in

d. with

--> b

180. She had real psyched herself up for the big match.

a. had

b. real

c. herself

d. for

--> b

181. When life was simple, man's needs were few and he could supply their all.

a. When

b. was

c. few

d. their

--> d

182. The woman who come in does not know the man well.

a. woman

b. come

c. know

d. well

--> b

183. I live in Elgol, is a small village on the south-west coast of the island.

a. live

b. is

c. on

d. of

--> b

184. I stop for passengers and empty the five post box along the road.

a. for

b. and

c. box

d. along

--> c

185. I pick up the school children that live along my route and took them to the school in Broadford.

a. up

b. that

c. took

d. to

--> c

186. There are a school for young children in Elgol, but the older children have to travel into the town.

a. are

b. for

c. in

d. older

--> a

187. Sometimes it takes me about three hours finishing my round.

a. Sometimes

b. me

c. hours

d. finishing

--> d

188. Stories are the goodest way of teaching moral lessons to young people.

a. goodest

b. teaching

c. moral

d. to

--> a

189. I talk about the Tower of London, and then of the lives of people in England today.

a. the

b. and

c. of

d. lives

--> c

190. Sun Jingxiu, a 80-year-old retired teacher, is the oldest storyteller in the country.

a. a

b. retired

c. oldest

d. in

--> a

191. Small children doesn't understand that hot water and hot drinks can be dangerous.

a. doesn't

b. that

c. drinks

d. be

--> a

192. More oftenly the children have fallen through a glass door or window and are badly hurt.

a. oftenly

b. have

c. through

d. badly

--> a

193. The two young woman are watching people dancing, and waiting for an invitation to join in.

a. woman

b. watching

c. waiting

d. to join

--> a

194. Her dark dress reflects a view of life which is many less optimistic.

a. dark

b. reflects

c. which

d. many

--> d

195. I spent an hour trying to find a phone so that I could ring you telling you I'd be a little late this morning.

a. spent

b. to find

c. so that

d. telling

--> d

196. I wanted something fresh to eat while I were in Britain.

a. something

b. to eat

c. were

d. in

--> c

197. In towns, there was very few bus shelters until about thirty years ago.

a. In

b. was

c. until

d. years

--> b

198. Most people no longer wears the kinds of clothes that protect them from the wind, cold and rain.

a. Most

b. wears

c. that

d. from

--> b

199. Most of them were build in the nineteenth century and some are very grand.

a. of

b. build

c. nineteenth

d. are

--> b

200. They were intended to persuade people to drink water, instead with beer or spirits.

a. were

b. to persuade

c. to drink

d. with

--> d

201. Communication will be impossible if everyone made up his own language.

a. Communication

b. will

c. if

d. his

--> b

202. The more words you know, the most ideas you can express.

a. more

b. know

c. most

d. can

--> c

203. Words are the main things we using in communicating what we want to say.

a. are

b. things

c. using

d. what

--> c

204. As well as talking with our voices we can also talking with our bodies.

a. well

b. with

c. also

d. talking

--> d

205. They may nod her head to show that they have understood or shake it to indicate disagreement.

a. her

b. to show

c. have

d. disagreement

--> a

206. Written language without of punctuation is not easy to follow.

a. Written

b. of

c. is

d. to follow

--> b

207. We use volume and pitch emphasizing words and make meanings clear.

a. use

b. and

c. emphasizing

d. make

--> c

208. The division between the roles of the mother and the father is no longer very clearly.

a. between

b. roles

c. no longer

d. clearly

--> d

209. A father can change the baby, dressed the children or make the dinner.

a. change

b. dressed

c. the

d. make

--> b

210. A father is the person who provides us for money to feed and clothe ourselves.

a. is

b. who

c. for

d. and

--> c

211. A dad is the person who you ask for pocket money.

a. person

b. who

c. for

d. money

--> b

212. The table manners you have in a restaurant is very different from those you have at home.

a. table

b. manners

c. is

d. those

--> c

213. All the parks are beautiful kept and are for the use and enjoyment of the people.

a. All

b. beautiful

c. for

d. enjoyment

--> b

214. There always is nearly a crowd at the door of the theatre asking for returned tickets.

a. always

b. crowd

c. at

d. asking

--> a

215. China teams are famous for their skill in table tennis.

a. China

b. are

c. for

d. in

--> a

216. There was once a foreignerName=1; HotwordStyle=None;  who went in England to learn English.

a. was

b. who

c. in

d. to learn

--> c

217. If you ever go into a house in JapanName=1; HotwordStyle=None; , you must remembering to take off Name=2; HotwordStyle=None; your shoes.

a. ever

b. into

c. remembering

d. off

--> c

218. Many houses have no other furnituresName=10; HotwordStyle=None;  in their rooms.

a. Many

b. no

c. furnitures

d. in

--> c

219. You will see a bowlName=12; HotwordStyle=None;  of flowers or a long silkName=13; HotwordStyle=None;  paintingsName=14; HotwordStyle=None;  on one of the wallName=15; HotwordStyle=None; s.

a. a

b. of

c. paintings

d. wallName=15; HotwordStyle=None; s

--> c

220. You may be surprised seeing that there are no bedrooms.

a. be

b. seeing

c. that

d. no

--> b

221. One of the greatest difficultiesName=1; HotwordStyle=None;  for foreignName=2; HotwordStyle=None;  students in American universities are the lecture systemName=3; HotwordStyle=None; .

a. One

b. difficulties

c. for

d. are

--> d

222. It is not easy to take good notes from a lecture on a foreign language.

a. is

b. good

c. from

d. on

--> d

223. The first skill to learn is how to write only the more important words, not whole sentenceName=13; HotwordStyle=None; s.

a. first

b. to learn

c. more

d. whole

--> c

224. Her mother died early with her father tried hard to bring upName=2; HotwordStyle=None;  the four children.

a. early

b. with

c. hard

d. to bring

--> b

225. Marie learnt to read and write in the age ofName=3; HotwordStyle=None;  four.

a. learnt

b. to read

c. in

d. of

--> c

226. She worked very hard and became a famous chemistName=6; HotwordStyle=None;  and physicistsName=7; HotwordStyle=None; .

a. very

b. hard

c. became

d. physicists

--> d

227. Jim was having dinnerName=1; HotwordStyle=None;  at a restaurant when Henry was coming in.

a. was having

b. at

c. when

d. was coming

--> d

228. He could understand algebraName=4; HotwordStyle=None;  and to speak French when he was six.

a. understand

b. to speak

c. when

d. was

--> b

229. English is the nativeName=1; HotwordStyle=None;  or officialName=2; HotwordStyle=None;  language on one-fifthsName=3; HotwordStyle=None;  of the landName=5; HotwordStyle=None;  areaName=4; HotwordStyle=None;  of the world.

a. is

b. official

c. one-fifths

d. of

--> c

230. Many universities, school classes taught in English even thoughName=7; HotwordStyle=None;  the native language is not English.

a. Many

b. taught

c. even though

d. native

--> b

231. I myself prefer the underground as it is rapidity, easy and cheap.

a. myself

b. the

c. rapidity

d. cheap

--> c

232. There are such many cars and buses in London that one can not drive along the roads quickly, and without many stopName=2; HotwordStyle=None; s.

a. such

b. in

c. that

d. without

--> a

233. If you don't know London very good, it is very difficult to find the bus you want.

a. If

b. don't

c. good

d. to find

--> c

234. Some butterflies flies more than 3000 kilometers on their journeyName=7; HotwordStyle=None;  to the south.

a. Some

b. flies

c. more than

d. on

--> b

235. On the wintering places, millions of butterflies coverName=10; HotwordStyle=None;  the trees and groundName=11; HotwordStyle=None;  like a carpetName=12; HotwordStyle=None; .

a. On

b. wintering

c. of

d. like

--> a

236. It is certainly true that the averageName=1; HotwordStyle=None;  woman has weaker muscleName=2; HotwordStyle=None; s that the average man.

a. certainly

b. average

c. has

d. that

--> d

237. When men lived in caveName=3; HotwordStyle=None; s and hunt animals for food, strength of body was the most important thing.

a. lived

b. hunt

c. strength

d. most

--> b

238. Most of the words are the same in American and in British English, but the American people say any English words not like people do in England.

a. Most

b. same

c. any

d. do

--> c

239. In Canada much people speak English because they also came from England many years ago.

a. In

b. much

c. because

d. also

--> b

240. Jim gets up at half past seven everyday, has breakfast at eight o'clock, and starts works at half past nine.

a. at

b. has

c. starts

d. works

--> d

241. Peter usually gets up at eleven o'clock and has breakfast on lunchtime.

a. usually

b. gets

c. has

d. on

--> d

242. Holiday towns and fishing villages in the South - West are prepared to fightName=hw3; HotwordStyle=None;  the oil pollutionName=18; HotwordStyle=None;  which is threatenName=hw4; HotwordStyle=None; ing local beaches.

a. fishing

b. prepared

c. which

d. local

--> b

243. Yesterday there was a collisionName=hw5; HotwordStyle=None;  in the English ChannelName=hw6; HotwordStyle=None;  between the "S.P Titan", who is one of the biggest oil tankers in the world, and a Dutch cargoName=hw8; HotwordStyle=None;  ship.

a. was

b. between

c. who

d. tankers

--> c

244. HelicopterName=hw15; HotwordStyle=None; s rescueName=hw16; HotwordStyle=None; d both crewName=17; HotwordStyle=None; s, and nobody dies in the collision.

a. rescueName=hw16; HotwordStyle=None; d

b. both

c. dies

d. in

--> c

245. Hundreds of small boats, which are carrying detergentName=hw17; HotwordStyle=None; s, is sprayName=hw18; HotwordStyle=None; ing the oil.

a. of

b. which

c. carrying

d. is

--> d

246. The Amazon forestName=hw1; HotwordStyle=None; , in Brazil, coverName=hw2; HotwordStyle=None; s five million square kilometerName=hw3; HotwordStyle=None; s - an areaName=hw4; HotwordStyle=None;  as bigger as the whole of Europe excluding Russia.

a. coverName=hw2; HotwordStyle=None; s

b. million

c. bigger

d. excluding

--> c

247. If the destructionName=hw9; HotwordStyle=None;  of the forest continues at the same rate, there would be nothing left by the year 2005.

a. If

b. continues

c. would

d. left

--> c

248. Scientists says that the disappearance of the trees is already causing changes in the climateName=hw7; HotwordStyle=None; .

a. says

b. disappearance

c. of

d. in

--> a

249. Brunei is one of the smallest but most rich countries in the world.

a. one

b. smallest

c. most rich

d. in

--> c

250. Most them think that Brunei is in the Middle EastName=hw2; HotwordStyle=None;  but it isn't.

a. them

b. that

c. in

d. isn't

--> a

251. And the beauty is that there are so little people to shareName=hw4; HotwordStyle=None;  all this money.

a. beauty

b. that

c. little

d. this

--> c

252. In 1980 the Sultan met an air hostessName=hw9; HotwordStyle=None;  calling Mariam Bell and fell in love with her.

a. met

b. calling

c. fell

d. with

--> b

253. Factory chimneyName=hw7; HotwordStyle=None; s give outName=hw8; HotwordStyle=None;  smoke that containing sulphur dioxideName=hw9; HotwordStyle=None;  and nitrogen oxideName=hw10; HotwordStyle=None; .

a. Factory

b. give

c. containing

d. and

--> c

254. When it rains, these acids dissolveName=hw15; HotwordStyle=None;  in the rain and make it to be acidic.

a. it

b. dissolve

c. in

d. to be

--> d

255. Acid rain is believed be the worst pollution problem of all.

a. is

b. be

c. worst

d. of

--> b

256. Acid rain has harmName=hw16; HotwordStyle=None; ed aquaticName=hw17; HotwordStyle=BookDefault;  life by to turnName=20; HotwordStyle=None;  many lakes into lifelessName=hw18; HotwordStyle=None;  bodies of water.

a. has harmName=hw16; HotwordStyle=None; ed

b. to turn

c. into

d. of

--> b

257. It is not possible to do this on a large enough scaleName=hw25; HotwordStyle=None;  to save all the lake.

a. is

b. possible

c. large

d. lake

--> d

258. Car exhaust fumes contain carbon monoxideName=hw26; HotwordStyle=None;  and leadName=hw27; HotwordStyle=None;  which are high poisonousName=hw28; HotwordStyle=None; .

a. exhaust

b. contain

c. which

d. high

--> d

259. 1.6 billion gallonName=hw1; HotwordStyle=None; s were soldName=14; HotwordStyle=None;  every year, in over one hundred and sixty countries.

a. were

b. in

c. hundred

d. countries

--> a

260. It is certainly that Coca-Cola will be drunk far into the twenty-first century.

a. certainly

b. drunk

c. into

d. twenty-first

--> a

261. At the intersectionName=hw2; HotwordStyle=None;  for Broad Street and Park Avenue, Kim had the green light and drove into the intersection.

a. At

b. for

c. green

d. into

--> b

262. No one were hurt, but the damageName=hw4; HotwordStyle=None;  to Kim's car was heavy.

a. No one

b. were

c. to

d. was

--> b

263. When we have guestName=hw1; HotwordStyle=None; s to our house, we should be very polite to their.

a. When

b. to

c. should

d. their

--> d

264. The Americans tend to be informal while they're being received company or coming for a social engagementName=hw12; HotwordStyle=None; .

a. tend

b. to be

c. being received

d. coming for

--> c

265. Women don't usually shake handsName=14; HotwordStyle=None;  as they are introduced to each other but men did.

a. don't

b. as

c. to

d. did

--> d

266. A Suez CanalName=hw1; HotwordStyle=None; connectName=hw4; HotwordStyle=None; s the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Suez and separateName=hw5; HotwordStyle=None; s the continentName=hw6; HotwordStyle=None; s of Africa and Asia.

a. A

b. connectName=hw4; HotwordStyle=None; s

c. separateName=hw5; HotwordStyle=None; s

d. of

--> a

267. Ships sailing in Europe to Asia once had to take the routeName=hw8; HotwordStyle=None;  around the SouthernName=hw9; HotwordStyle=None;  tipName=hw10; HotwordStyle=None;  of Africa.

a. sailing

b. in

c. take

d. around

--> b

268. She has taken the driven testName=hw2; HotwordStyle=None;  three times, but she hadn't been able to pass the test yet.

a. has taken

b. driven

c. hadn't been

d. yet

--> b

269. Walt Whitman, born in New York in 1819, was two of America's unusual literary figures.

a. born

b. in

c. two

d. figures

--> c

270. He has given freely of his time by caring for the wounded during the Civil War.

a. has given

b. freely

c. caring

d. wounded

--> a

271. He had felt that it was necessary achieving a new poetic form in order to communicate his views.

a. had felt

b. was

c. achieving

d. communicate

--> c

272. Although many believed the "talking leaf" to be the gift from the Great Spirit but Sequoyah refused to accept that theory.

a. many

b. to be

c. but

d. to accept

--> c

273. In 1821, after twelve years of work, he had successfully developing a written language that would enable thousands of Indians to read and write.

a. after

b. successfully

c. developing

d. would

--> c

274. After inventing dynamite, Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very richness man.

a. inventing

b. became

c. very

d. richness

--> d

275. Every year on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death, the awards are presented for the winners.

a. on

b. death

c. presented

d. for

--> d

276. No awards was presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II.

a. No

b. was

c. from

d. at

--> b

277. Franklin initiated many improvement in the city of Philadelphia.

a. initiated

b. improvement

c. in

d. city

--> b

278. Franklin played an importance role in the early history of the United States.

a. an

b. importance

c. early

d. the

--> b

279. Elizabeth Blackwell was born on England in 1821 and emigrated to New York City when she was ten years old.

a. was

b. on

c. in

d. to

--> b

280. She decided that she wanted to become a doctor, who was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century.

a. wanted

b. who

c. for

d. in

--> b

281. In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decides to further her education in Paris.

a. after

b. from

c. decides

d. further

--> c

282. Ever since humans have inhabited the earth, they have made use of variety forms of communication.

a. humans

b. inhabited

c. use

d. variety

--> d

283. Body language transmits ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either intentionally nor unintentionally.

a. transmits

b. certain

c. either

d. nor

--> d

284. It is believed that when a she-wolf loses her litter, she seeking a human child to take its place.

a. believed

b. when

c. seeking

d. to take

--> c

285. In 1925, he joined the advertising department of Doubleday Page and Company, one of the most large publishing houses in New York.

a. joined

b. advertising

c. the most

d. houses

--> c

286. He was a favorite contributor to many leading magazines, and her name became a household word.

a. favorite

b. leading

c. her name

d. became

--> c

287. We were sitting quiet by the side of a lake when we had an unpleasant surprise.

a. sitting

b. quiet

c. side

d. unpleasant

--> b

288. If you are planning to transfer, remember that you must to obtain the permission before leaving the university where you are currently studying.

a. to transfer

b. to obtain

c. leaving

d. where

--> b

289. You must complete the form I -538, have it to sign by the foreign student advisor at the school where you are currently studying.

a. complete

b. to sign

c. at

d. currently

--> b

290. As more women in the United States moved up the professional ladder, more are finding it necessity to make business trips alone.

a. As

b. women

c. professional

d. necessity

--> d

291. It is a well idea to encourage your husband and children to learn to cook a few simple meals while you are away.

a. well

b. to encourage

c. to learn

d. meals

--> a

292. The invention of the electric telegraph gave birth of the communications industry.

a. invention

b. birth

c. of

d. communications

--> c

293. With increasing development and use of computer technology, there is a newly disease to worry about.

a. With

b. development

c. use

d. newly

--> d

294. In some countries in Europe, teachers are allowed giving children some homework only at weekends.

a. in

b. are

c. giving

d. homework

--> c

295. Five prisoners were injured when they attempted to escape in the prison last night.

a. were

b. when

c. attempted

d. in

--> d

296. Is driving a car more dangerous than to fly in a modern plane?

a. driving

b. dangerous

c. than

d. to fly

--> d

297. I'd like to write applying for the post of accountant in your company.

a. to write

b. applying

c. of

d. in

--> b

298. I have five years of experience like an accountant and can speak English fluently.

a. experience

b. like

c. speak

d. fluently

--> b

299. I feel very happy to get your letter after so a long time.

a. happy

b. to get

c. so

d. time

--> c

300. The driver asked the passengers not to get off the bus while it was moved.

a. asked

b. to get

c. while

d. moved

--> d

600 SENTENCES OF CERTIFICATE B

I. GRAMMAR (300 SENTENCES)

1. The mausoleum is ................. by Thien Thu mountain, two towering columns and a vast expanse of water.

a. feed

b. feeding

c. fed

d. feeds

--> c

2. Put plants ............... a window so that they will get enough light.

a. near to

b. near of

c. next to

d. nearly

--> c

3. Employers often require that candidates have not only a degree .............

a. but two years experience

b. also two years experience

c. but also two-year experience

d. but more two years experience

--> c

4. Richard Nixon had been a lawyer and ............... before he entered politics.

a. served in the Navy as an officer

b. an officer in the Navy

c. the Navy had him as an officer

d. did service in the Navy as an officer

--> b

5. If one of the participants in a conversation wonders ............... no real communication has taken place.

a. what said the other person

b. what the other person said

c. what did the other person say

d. what was the other person saying

--> b

6. The salary of a bus driver is much higher ................

a. in comparison with the salary of a teacher

b. than a teacher

c. than that of a teacher

d. to compare as a teacher

--> c

7. Professional people expect ............... when it is necessary to cancel an appointment.

a. you to call them

b. that you would call them

c. your calling them

d. that you are calling them

--> a

8. Sedimentary rocks are formed below the surface of the earth ............... very high temperatures and pressures.

a. where there are

b. there are

c. where are there

d. there are where

--> a

9. Farmers look forward to ............... every summer.

a. participating in the county fairs

b. participate in the county fairs

c. be participating in the county fairs

d. have participated in the county fairs

--> a

10. Clipper ships were the swiftest sailing ships that …………………. to sea and the most beautiful.

a. ever were put

b. were ever putted

c. were ever put

d. ever were putted

à c

11. The ships had their days of …………………. in the 1840s and 1850s.

a. glorious

b. glory

c. glorify

d. gloriously

à b

12. Tea loses its flavor quickly …………………… in the hold of a vessel.

a. when storing

b. stored

c. when stored

d. storing

à c

13. Earl was one of the first American artists …………………. landscapes.

a. painting

b. painted

c. for painting

d. to paint

à d

14. The crime rate has continued to rise in American cities despite efforts on the part of both government and private citizens to curb ................

a. them

b. him

c. its

d. it

--> d

15. In 1778, he ……………… to London to study with Benjamin West for four years.

a. has gone

b. had gone

c. would go

d. went

à d

16. No one has been able to satisfactorily explain how or ………………. the Moon sporadically sparks.

a. when

b. why

c. what

d. which

à b

17. The basic fiber-optics system is called a fiberscope, …………………. consists of two bundles of fibers.

a. which

b. in which

c. where

d. what

à a

18. Physicians can look into the lungs, heart and other areas that were formerly ……………….. to them.

a. accessibly

b. access

c. accessible

d. inaccessible

à d

19. ............... his highly individual conceptions of music and chaos, John Cage became a leading figure in avant-garde music.

a. Such was

b. Due to

c. Because from

d. That

--> b

20. Sanford Meisner ............... the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City.

a. founding and directing

b. who founded and directed

c. founded and directed

d. in finding and directing

--> c

21. Experiments in the sonic imaging of moving objects ............... in both the United States and Europe well before the Second World War.

a. were conducting

b. have been conducted

c. had been conducted

d. being conducted

--> c

22. ............... billions and billions of stars exist in the vast space beyond our Milky Way galaxy.

a. That is estimated

b. An estimate that

c. That the estimate

d. It is estimated that

--> d

23. ............... gene-bearing bodies within the nuclei of living organisms.

a. Chromosomes

b. Chromosomes that are

c. Chromosomes are

d. Chromosomes while they are

--> c

24. Abner Doubleday, ..............., was credited with the invention of baseball in 1839.

a. who become a Union army general

b. which became a Union army general

c. who were a Union army general

d. a Union army general

--> d

25. ............... photosynthesis were to stop, life would disappear from the planet Earth relatively quickly.

a. For

b. However

c. If

d. Although

--> c

26. Each fiber in the bundle …………….. only a tiny fraction of the total image.

a. transmit

b. transmitted

c. transmits

d. to transmit

à c

27. Antonio Gaudi, architect of Barcelona's Holy Family Church, died before seeing ............... the structure.

a. on completion of

b. the completion of

c. completing of

d. their completing of

--> b

28. This is the factory ................................. at work.

a. they are

b. where they are

c. where are

d. in where they are

--> b

29. America's first globe maker was James Wilson, who ................... and blacksmith in his earlier life.

a. a farmer had been

b. had been a farmer

c. farming

d. being a farmer

--> b

30. Napoleon ................... the West Indian island of Santo Domingo in 1801.

a. attacked

b. is attacking

c. has attracted

d. attacking

--> a

31. Modern industrial methods have supplanted individual crafts, ................... stone carvers, coopers, and cobblers virtually extinct.

a. make blacksmiths,

b. made blacksmiths,

c. making them blacksmiths,

d. making blacksmiths,

--> d

32. Not only knowledge and skills, but also attitudes ................... in school for students' future adjustment to society.

a. when cultivated

b. cultivated

c. which need to be cultivated

d. need to be cultivated

--> d

33. On Mercator's maps, the far northern and southern polar regions are ....................

a. greatly exaggerated in area.

b. exaggerating greatly in area.

c. greatly exaggerate in area.

d. great exaggeration in area.

--> a

34. On the slope of Long's Peak in Colorado ................... the ruin of a gigantic tree.

a. that lies

b. lies

c. where lies

d. lie

--> b

35. ................... in Shanghai than in any other city in China.

a. More people live

b. More people living

c. It has more people

d. More living people

--> a

36. The earth spins on its axis and ................... 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09 seconds for one complete rotation.

a. need

b. needed

c. needing

d. needs

--> d

37. ................... on the environment for the gratification of its needs.

a. Each organism to depend

b. Every organism depends

c. All organisms depending

d. Many organisms can depend

--> b

38. Of Charles Dickens' many novels, expectations perhaps ................... to many readers.

a. the most satisfying one

b. most satisfying one

c. more than satisfying one

d. the more satisfying than

--> a

39. ..................., the nation's capital remained in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

a. While designing Washington, D.C.

b. Washington, D.C., was designed

c. While Washington, D.C., was being designed

d. Washington, D.C., designed

--> c

40. Children learn primarily by ................... the world around them.

a. experiencing directly of

b. experience direct

c. directly physical experience

d. direct physical experience of

--> d

41. It is earth's gravity that ................... people their weight.

a. gives

b. give

c. giving

d. given

--> a

42. Generally speaking, people should have ................... as their desires will allow.

a. much education

b. as much education

c. education

d. for education

--> b

43. A dolphin six ................... length can move as fast as most ships.

a. foot in

b. feet in

c. foot of

d. feet of

à b

44. With new technology, cameras can take pictures of underwater valleys ................... color.

a. within

b. for

c. in

d. by

--> c

45. ................. the fifth largest among the nine planets that make up our solar system.

a. The Earth is

b. The Earth being

c. That the Earth is

d. Being the Earth

--> a

46. In mathematics, a variable is a symbol ................. some element of a set.

a. and representing

b. represents

c. that represents

d. represents that

--> c

47. .................. actress's life is in many ways unlike that of other women.

a. An

b. A

c. As the

d. That the

--> a

48. About 20 miles from Boston, .................. a little town named Concord that has a rich history.

a. has

b. there is

c. there are

d. where is

--> b

49. An advisor to both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry Truman, ................. of Bethune Cookman College.

a. Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune was the founder

b. Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune, who was the founder

c. the founder was Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune

d. did the founder Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune

--> a

50. Warmth, moisture, and oxygen are three necessary requirements ................. most seedlings.

a. for cultivating

b. for cultivate

c. as cultivating

d. can cultivate

--> a

51. They share the housework …..................... between them.

a. equally

b. equal

c. they are equal

d. and equal

--> a

52. A well-known large natural lake is Lake Tahoe, ................. straddles the California-Nevada border.

a. and

b. which

c. since

d. for

---> b

53. Before ................., they used horse-drawn wooden carts.

a. farmers have had tractors

b. tractors owned by farmers

c. having tractors farmers

d. farmers had tractors

--> d

54. Tuna, ................., may weigh up to 1,000 pounds.

a. is the sea giant

b. can be giants of the sea

c. one of the sea giants

d. the sea of the giant

--> c

55. Physical fitness exercises can cause injuries ................. the participants are not careful.

a. that

b. to

c. if

d. with

--> c

56. Total weight of all the ants in the world is much greater than .................

a. to all human beings

b. all human beings is that

c. that of all human beings

d. is of all human beings

--> c

57. ................. for overall health.

a. Extra fiber in one's diet is helpful

b. Extra fiber is one's helpful diet

c. Helpful one's diet is extra fiber

d. One's diet is helpful in extra fiber

--> a

58. Elephants scratch themselves with sticks ..................

a. holding in their trunks

b. in their trunks holding

c. hold in their trunks

d. held in their trunks

--> d

59. Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" .............. $39.9 million, three times the previous record.

a. once sold for

b. for sale once

c. selling for once

d. for once sold

--> a

60. Some monkeys, ................., use their tails in a way similar to a hand.

a. like the spider monkey

b. spider monkey likes

c. to the spider monkey

d. the monkey likes the spider

--> a

61. Black, red, and even bright pink diamonds ......................

a. occasionally to find

b. occasionally found

c. have occasionally been found

d. have occasionally found

--> c

62. Between the California Coast Range and the Sierra Nevada .....................

a. great Central Valley

b. the great Central Valley

c. being the great Central Valley

d. lies the great Central Valley

--> d

63. It is gravity ................. objects toward the earth.

a. pull

b. that pulls

c. to pull

d. what pulls

--> b

64. ................. their territories but rather than fight, they howl.

a. Wolves protectively jealous

b. Jealous of wolves

c. Protection of wolves

d. Wolves jealously protect

--> d

65. ................. strength of 70 horses, a forklift toils all day long in a warehouse lifting great weights.

a. Because the

b. With the

c. Some

d. The

--> b

66. The growth of two-income families in the United States .................. of people moving to a new social class.

a. has resulted in millions

b. results of millions

c. millions of results

d. resulting in millions

--> a

67. Using a globe can be ................. it is educational.

a. enjoyable

b. to enjoy as

c. as enjoyable

d. as enjoyable as

--> d

68. Each mediocre book we read means one less great book that we would otherwise have a chance ..................

a. to read them

b. read

c. reading

d. to read

--> d

69. Most accidents in the home can be prevented by ................. elimination of hazards.

a. that

b. that the

c. there is a

d. the

--> d

70. ................. problems in sailing in tropical seas is the coral reefs.

a. One of the biggest

b. The biggest one

c. Of the biggest one

d. There are the biggest

--> a

71. The strongest dump trucks work in rock quarries, ................. tons of rocks and soil at one time.

a. that they move

b. they move

c. where they move

d. which they move

--> c

72. Alice Freeman, ................. to head Wellesley College at age 27, is one of the youngest college presidents in history.

a. who was appointed

b. has been appointed

c. that is appointed

d. is appointed

--> a

73. Helen Keller lost both her sight and hearing after a severe illness .................

a. of her age in 19 months

b. she was 19 months old

c. when she was 19 months old

d. when 19 months old she was

--> c

74. Because aluminum is lighter and cheaper ............., it is frequently used for high-tension power transmission.

a. as copper

b. than copper

c. for copper

d. more copper

--> b

75. It is only recently that ballets have been based on themes ............. American life.

a. reflecting

b. reflects

c. is reflecting

d. reflected

--> a

76. Poison oak generates irritating poisons ............. even if people merely brush against the plants.

a. they can affect people

b. that can affect people

c. what can effect people

d. which do they affect

--> b

77. ............. ants live in colonies, keep farms, go to war, carry off slaves, and have a society somewhat like human beings.

a. Studies of ant life show that

b. Studies of ant life that

c. That is studied

d. That the studies of ant life

--> a

78. Generic medications are just as ............., and much less expensive.

a. effectively brand-name products

b. brand-name products effective

c. brand-name products as effective

d. effective as brand-name products

--> d

79. ............. is no way to tell the exact number of heroin addicts in the United States.

a. It

b. There

c. What

d. Each

--> b

80. Ernest Hemingway is ............. of modern fiction.

a. one of the molders

b. the molders one

c. who is one of the molders

d. the molders who is the one

--> a

81. ............. occasions for congratulations.

a. Birthdays that usually considered

b. Usually considering birthdays

c. Birthdays are usually considered

d. That considered birthdays usually

--> c

82. Forty-niners ............. to California for gold in 1848.

a. rushed

b. are rushed

c. have rushed

d. rushing

--> a

83. In order for people to work together effectively, they need ............. each other's needs.

a. to be sensitive to

b. is sensitive for

c. sensitivity

d. sensitive

--> a

84. It is good form to use the name of the person ..............

a. who are greeting

b. you are greeting

c. which you are greeting

d. greeting for you

--> b

85. ............. the promotion of health and to helping people avoid injury and disease.

a. To commit the Red Cross

b. The Red Cross to commit

c. Committed to the Red Cross is

d. The Red Cross is committed to

--> d

86. People usually can get a sufficient amount of the calcium their bodies ............. from the food they consume.

a. need

b. needs

c. needing

d. to need

--> a

87. It is possible ............. may assist some trees in saving water in the winter.

a. the leaves are lost

b. when leaves have lost

c. that the loss of leaves

d. to lose leaves

--> c

88. Hollywood, the heart of America's motion picture industry, ............. of Los Angeles a century ago.

a. was only a quiet suburb

b. only quiet suburb was

c. quiet suburb only was

d. suburb was quiet only

--> a

89. Kitchen appliances called blenders became ............. in the 1930s, when Stephen J. Poplawski developed a machine that excelled at making his favorite drink.

a. establish

b. establishing

c. established

d. which establish

--> c

90. Built at the beginning of the century, the Library of Congress houses one of the largest ............. collections of books in the world.

a. and fine

b. and finest

c. or finest

d. yet fine

--> b

91. In the preparation of fibrous material for production uses, stiff woody fibers from plants ............. fibers from animal sources.

a. the most heat the

b. need more heat than

c. than more heat needed

d. need the more heat than

--> b

92. Partnership is an association of two or more individuals who ............. together to develop a business.

a. worked

b. they work

c. work

d. working

--> c

93. Chosen as the nation's capital at the end of the American Civil War, ............. a city of over a million people.

a. Washington, D.C., is now

b. for Washington, D.C.,

c. to Washington, D.C.,

d. now in Washington, D.C.,

--> a

94. Within an area of only 100 miles, Death Valley sinks to 282 feet below sea level while Mount Whitney ............. to a height of 14,494 feet.

a. soaring

b. soar

c. soared

d. soars

-> d

95. The cosmopolitan flavor of San Francisco is enhanced by ............. shops and restaurants.

a. an ethnic

b. its many ethnic

c. its ethnicity

d. ethnicity

--> b

96. ............. that increasing numbers of compact-disc players will be bought by consumers in the years to come.

a. They are anticipated

b. In anticipation

c. Anticipating

d. It is anticipated

--> d

97. Birds all over the world ............. in distances up to thousands of miles.

a. migrating

b. migrated

c. migrate

d. are migrated

--> c

98. Cellulose, which ............. for making paper, can be found in all plants.

a. is used

b. uses

c. are used

d. is using

--> a

99. ............. , human beings have relatively constant body temperature.

a. Alike all mammal

b. Alike all mammals

c. Like all mammals

d. Like all mammal

--> c

100. So far there is no vaccine ............. in sight for the common cold.

a. or curing

b. has cured

c. or cure

d. having cured

--> c

101. The Louisiana Territory, an area ............. the size of France, was bought by the United States from France for $15,000,000 in 1803.

a. than more four times

b. more than four times

c. four times than more

d. is four times more than

--> b

102. Despite claims that filters and low-tar tobacco make smoking somewhat safer, in fact they only marginally reduce, ............. eliminate the hazards.

a. none

b. no

c. not

d. nor

--> c

103. ............. many of the designs for the new capital were considered lost forever, Benjamin Banneker helped reproduce the original plans.

a. When

b. During

c. If as

d. How

--> a

104. Few natural elements exist in ............. that they are rarely seen in their natural environments.

a. such small quantities

b. so small quantities

c. very small quantities

d. small quantity

--> a

105. Generally speaking, every person ............. the potential to be a teacher, to some extent.

a. has

b. to have

c. having

d. have

--> a

106. ............. business, a merger is a combination of two or more corporations under one management.

a. The

b. At

c. On

d. In

--> d

107. ............. of commodities by air began in the 1920s at the same time as airmail service.

a. The shipping

b. A ship

c. The shipped

d. To ship

--> a

108. Jan Malzeliger's invention, the shoe-lasting machine, ............. production but it also cut the cost of shoe production by half.

a. not only increased

b. not increased only

c. increased only

d. only have increased

--> a

109. It can sometimes ............. a home.

a. to take months to sell

b. take several months to sell

c. selling takes several months

d. to sell taking several months

--> b

110. Jellyfish are probably ............. on Earth.

a. most numerous predators

b. the most numerous predators

c. most numerous of predators

d. the most predators

--> b

111. In the United States ............. is the most concentrated is New Orleans.

a. French influence the city

b. the city where French influence

c. where the city influences French

d. where the French influence the city

--> b

112. A log grabber has a long arm ............., which stretches out to pick up logs.

a. calls a jib

b. calling a jib

c. a jib called

d. called a jib

--> d

113. A home computer ............. an opportunity for convenient and efficient work at home.

a. provides

b. to be providing

c. which provides

d. providing it

--> a

114. Eli Whitney's milling machine remained unchanged for a century and a half because ............. was so efficient.

a. it

b. he

c. of

d. its

--> a

115. Some of the rainwater from clouds evaporates before ..............

a. reaching the ground

b. to reach the ground

c. reach the ground

d. the ground reaches

--> a

116. Once an offending allergen has been identified ............. tests, it is possible for the doctor to give specific desensitizing injections.

a. means of

b. by means of

c. of the means by

d. by means

--> b

117. Sometimes ............. wears people out and is worse than the lack of sleep itself.

a. to sleep the desire

b. the desire to sleep

c. to desire sleep is

d. the desire to sleep who

--> b

118. Although dissimilar in almost every other respect, birds and insects have both evolved efficient ............. capabilities.

a. fly

b. flying

c. to fly

d. is flying

--> b

119. The wheel, ............. has remained important for 4,000 years, is one of mankind's first inventions.

a. how

b. when

c. which

d. about

--> c

120. ............. children master the basics, advanced development becomes easier.

a. The

b. Once

c. That

d. Even

--> b

121. ............. there is a close correlation between stress and illness.

a. Some psychologists believe

b. Believed some psychologists

c. Some psychologists to believe

d. Some psychologists believing

--> a

122. ............. is often used in soups and sauces.

a. Parsley, an inexpensive herb,

b. Parsley is an inexpensive herb

c. Inexpensive parsley, herb

d. An herb is inexpensive parsley,

---> a

123. Perspiration increases ............. vigorous exercise or hot weather.

a. during

b. when

c. at the time

d. for

--> a

124. Goddard developed the first rocket to fly faster .............

a. than sound is

b. does sound

c. sound

d. than sound

--> d

125. Even if the unemployment rate ............. sharply, the drop may still be temporary.

a. to drop

b. dropping

c. have dropped

d. drops

--> d

126. Studies indicate ............. collecting art today than ever before.

a. there are that more people

b. more people that are

c. that there are more people

d. people there are more

--> c

127. Thieu Tri was a ............... poet who would pen a verse or two at a moment's notice.

a. prolific

b. prolifically

c. prolificacy

d. prolificity

--> a

128. I've been to the theater ................... of times.

a. much

b. a little

c. most of

d. few

--> d

129. But ............... of the plays I've seen are modern.

a. a few of

b. a little

c. most

d. many

--> c

130. When I studied Shakespeare, I thought his plays were ............... boring.

a. a great deal of

b. few

c. much

d. many

--> c

131. .................. of Shakespeare's plays are about history.

a. A few of

b. Many

c. Much

d. A little

--> b

132. They spent ............. time studying Victorian literature.

a. few

b. many

c. a large number of

d. much

--> d

133. .................. popular expressions in our language have interesting background.

a. Little

b. Many

c. A large number

d. Much

--> b

134. At the beginning everybody spoke English very quickly and I couldn't understand ...........  But after ................. days, it is easier and .................. things I had learnt came back to me.

a. much / a few / many

b. a lot / little / a lot

c. much / much / a great number

d. many / a few / many

--> a

135. They ................. in New York next week.

a. arrive

b. will arrive

c. has arrived

d. have arrived

--> b

136. This is the best performance of Hamlet that I ............. in years.

a. had seen

b. saw

c. have seen

d. see

--> c

137. They .......... that you are going to be late.

a. will know

b. know

c. knew

d. have known

--> b

138. The people that I ................. here have been very friendly.

a. to meet

b. meet

c. have met

d. had met

--> b

139. The plug has come out of the .......................

a. sock

b. socket

c. socking

d. soccer

--> b

140. She says that she .......... the bill next week.

a. pays

b. will pay

c. has paid

d. is paying

--> b

141. That is the best book that I ......... on that subject.

a. had read

b. read

c. have read

d. am reading

--> c

142. Yesterday I met the woman who ............... us with the work next month.

a. will help

b. helps

c. has helped

d. is helping

--> a

143. That ........... the best movie that I had seen for a long time.

a. will be

b. has been

c. is

d. was

--> d

144. He said that he .............. me there at 4.30 this afternoon.

a. would meet

b. met

c. will meet

d. meets

--> a

145. Maxwell .......... three dollars for the tie he bought at Macy's.

a. had paid

b. paid

c. pays

d. would pay

--> b

146. The salesman was telling me that he ......... ten cars last week.

a. sold

b. had sold

c. would sell

d. has sold

--> b

147. Did Bob say that he ............. from Princeton in 1951?

a. would graduate

b. graduates

c. has graduated

d. had graduated

--> d

148. We bought a used car that had belonged to an old couple who used the car only when they ............ shopping.

a. go

b. went

c. are going

d. has gone

--> b

149. The man who will replace Mr. Stuart ............... yesterday.

a. arrives

b. will arrive

c. arrived

d. has arrived

--> c

150. We thought that they .............. to Arizona yesterday.

a. would move

b. moved

c. will move

d. had moved

--> b

151. We'll wait until she..................

a. arrive

b. arrives

c. will arrive

d. shall arrive

--> b

152. Call Jack as soon as you ............. in town.

a. get

b. gets

c. will get

d. shall get

--> a

153. He knows he has ……………. when he is asked to appear on TV.

a. arrived

b. arrives

c. will arrive

d. shall arrive

--> a

154. I'll think about your suggestion while I .......... for you.

a. am waiting

b. will wait

c. wait

d. waits

--> a

155. Before Jack leaves New York, he ............ several new plays.

a. see

b. saw

c. has seen

d. had seen

--> c

156. They will be very happy when they ............... the news.

a. hear

b. will hear

c. heard

d. has heard

--> a

157. I always .......... better after I have rested a while.

a. feel

b. feels

c. will feel

d. has felt

--> a

158. We will have learned many new words before we ................ through this course.

a. have got

b. got

c. get

d. will get

--> c

159. It is two o'clock, and I .................. my homework yet.

a. haven't finished

b. didn't finish

c. hadn't finished

d. don't finish

--> a

160. We usually go out to dinner when we ................ late.

a. work

b. worked

c. has worked

d. had worked

--> a

161. She will be ready when he ..................... here.

a. get

b. gets

c. has got

d. will get

--> b

162. The child always cries when his mother ........... out of the house.

a. go

b. goes

c. will go

d. has gone

--> b

163. They often listen to the radio while they ............ in their car.

a. is traveling

b. travel

c. will travel

d. has traveled

--> b

164. We saw several old friends while we ........... in Baltimore.

a. are

b. were

c. has been

d. will be

--> b

166. Raymond ............ two new shirts when he was downtown today.

a. buy

b. bought

c. had bought

d. has bought

--> b

167. After we had had breakfast, we ............ the house.

a. leave

b. left

c. had left

d. has left

--> b

168. I had heard the news before you ................ me about it.

a. tell

b. told

c. has told

d. had told

--> b

169. It ................. when I got up this morning.

a. rains

b. rained

c. had rained

d. was raining

--> d

170. Mary was not feeling well when she ............. down yesterday.

a. fall

b. fell

c. has fallen

d. had fallen

--> b

171. He signed the contract after he ............ each statement carefully.

a. reads

b. read

c. has read

d. had read

--> d

172. Jim had just turned out the lights when the doorbell ................

a. rings

b. rang

c. has rung

d. had rung

--> b

173. I work so hard that I ................ tired.

a. am

b. was

c. be

d. has been

--> a

174. I'll return the books to the library if I ............. time.

a. have

b. had

c. will have

d. would have

--> a

175. Richard left dirty footmarks wherever he .............

a. go

b. goes

c. went

d. had gone

--> c

176. I worked so hard that I ................ tired.

a. am

b. was

c. be

d. has been

--> b

177. Don't handle those cups and saucers as if they ................. made of iron.

a. are

b. were

c. has been

d. had been

--> b

178. I am standing where I ................ the game.

a. can see

b. could see

c. can't see

d. couldn't see

--> a

179. Use the paint-brush as I ................ you yesterday.

a. show

b. showed

c. had showed

d. has showed

--> b

180. Everywhere I ............ there were dirty footmarks.

a. look

b. looked

c. has looked

d. will look

--> b

181. We couldn't play the match because the frog ............ too thick.

a. is

b. be

c. was

d. will be

--> c

182. We shall come and see you if we ............ a holiday.

a. have

b. will have

c. would have

d. has had

--> a

183. I often avoid .................. to parties.

a. go

b. to go

c. going

d. c & d are correct

--> c

184. He enjoys ................ a lot.

a. smoke

b. to smoke

c. smokes

d. smoking

--> d

185. Their mother often suggests ................... with some friends.

a. go out

b. to go out

c. going out

d. a & c are correct

--> c

186. I don't feel like ............. for a walk now.

a. to go

b. go

c. going

d. a & c are correct

--> d

187. I'm sorry, I can't remember ................. her last week.

a. meet

b. to meet

c. meeting

d. to meeting

--> c

188. Well, I'm interested in ................... English.

a. learn

b. to learn

c. learning

d. b & c are correct

--> c

189. Certainly, It's worth ........................... the thesis.

a. try to write

b. trying to write

c. trying writing

d. try writing

--> b

190. Now, I think she is accustomed .................. eight hours a day.

a. work

b. to work

c. working

d. to working

--> d

191. The fabric is .................... a material which catch fire easily.

a. made of

b. made from

c. made in

d. made

--> a

192. There were signs everywhere ............... people to keep out of the grass in the park.

a. to tell

b. tell

c. telling

d. to telling

--> c

193. It is very difficult ................... a twin from the other.

a. tell

b. to tell

c. telling

d. to telling

--> b

194. He is agreeable ……………… to Nam’s proposal.

a. about

b. to

c. in

d. with

--> b

195. There are so many signs along that road .................................. down because that road is very slippery.

a. warning motorists to slow

b. warn motorists to slow

c. warn motorists slowing

d. to warn motorists slowing

--> a

196. Each of these sounds ............... me sleepy.

a. make

b. made

c. makes

d. has make

--> c

197. Either Minh or his friends …………… going to the beach today.

a. is

b. are

c. was

d. were

--> b

198. Everyone in the class ................. the novel.

a. has read

b. have read

c. has red

d. have red

--> a

199. He often ………… his dog when he comes home.

a. whistles

b. whistle

c. is whistling

d. are whistling

--> a

200. One of the golf clubs ....................... in the corner of the room at this moment.

a. stand

b. stands

c. is standing

d. are standing

--> c

201. One of the rooms .............. an air conditioner.

a. contain

b. contains

c. is containing

d. are containing

--> b

202. Everyone of the clerks ................ punch the time clock.

a. has

b. have

c. has to

d. have to

--> c

203. Each of his assistants ................ the telephone.

a. answer

b. answers

c. is answering

d. are answering

--> b

204. Each of the girls ........... the piano.

a. play

b. plays

c. is playing

d. are playing

--> b

205. I wonder why the English .............. on the left hand side of the road.

a. drive

b. drove

c. has driven

d. had driven

--> a

206. He .............. the custom was grounded in good sense.

a. say

b. said

c. has said

d. had said

--> b

207. A horse ............. always mounted from the left.

a. is

b. was

c. has been

d. had been

--> a

208. There ................... no rule about the movement of traffic before the Pope came to visit Paris.

a. is

b. are

c. was

d. were

--> c

209. Thus a custom ............... born.

a. is

b. was

c. has been

d. had been

--> b

210. There ............. only one place in the whole of England where it ........... legal to drive on the right.

a. is / is

b. was / was

c. are / is

d. were / was

--> a

211. The founders of the American nature ..................... the custom after the Revolution.

a. reverse

b. reversed

c. has reversed

d. had reversed

--> b

212. When Bonaparte came along, he ................. it the law of the land.

a. makes

b. made

c. has made

d. had made

--> b

213. The king just .............. here yesterday.

a. comes

b. came

c. has come

d. had come

--> b

214. Many people ............ their jobs because of the firm's collapse.

a. lose

b. lost

c. has lost

d. had lost

--> b

215. I ......................... cleaning the floor, and now it's dirty again.

a. just finish

b. just finished

c. have just finished

d. had just finished

--> c

216. I .................. a ghost in my life.

a. never see

b. never saw

c. have never seen

d. had never seen

--> c

217. They ............. dinner before coming here.

a. have

b. had

c. have had

d. had had

--> d

218. He waked up and down until he .................. by the returning warmth.

a. is reassured

b. was reassured

c. has been reassured

d. have been reassured

--> b

219. I will wait until you ............... back.

a. come

b. came

c. has came

d. will come

--> a

220. We always take out umbrellas with us when it ...............

a. rains

b. rained

c. has rained

d. had rained

--> a

221. I sat near the window whenever I ............... a bus.

a. take

b. took

c. has taken

d. had taken

--> b

222. It was raining hard when I ............. there.

a. get

b. got

c. has got

d. had got

--> b

223. She ................the  piano since she was a child.

a. plays

b. played

c. has played

d. had played

--> c

224. The sun ............ in the east.

a. rise

b. rose

c. rises

d. has risen

--> c

225. How long do you want me to heat the oil?

- Heat it till it ............... to smoke.

a. begins

b. began

c. has begun

d. had begun

--> a

226. How long are you going to stay here?

- I'm going to stay here till my brother .............. his exams.

a. finishes

b. finished

c. would finish

d. will finish

--> a

227. When will you start the trip?

- We'll leave as soon as we .............. our tickets.

a. get

b. got

c. will get

d. would get

--> a

228. - I'm learning English.

- Well, when we ............... English fluently, we may find a good job.

a. speak

b. spoke

c. has spoken

d. will speak

--> a

229. - By the time you ............. this book, your meal will get cold.

- Oh, I only have a few pages left.

a. read

b. will read

c. have read

d. had read

--> c

230. - Are you taking English courses?

- Yes, and my teacher says that when I ................... five courses, I shall be able to speak it quite fluently.

a. have taken

b. took

c. has taken

d. will take

--> a

231. - Is your father at home?

- No, he is away on business. If you have a message for him, I ................. it to him as soon as he ............ home.

a. give / gets

b. give / will get

c. will give / get

d. will give / gets

--> d

232. - Please tell me how to get to the post office?

- Go till you ................ to a square with a statue in the middle; then turn left and you .................. it on your right.

a. come / fine

b. come / will find

c. will come / find

d. will come / will find

--> b

233. - What did he say before he left for Paris?

- He said he would give me a ring as soon as he ............... Paris.

a. reaches

b. reached

c. will reach

d. would reach

--> b

234. - I thought you were going to the concert.

- I was. But when I got there, the tickets ............... sold out. So I ........... go back home.

a. was / had to

b. had been / have to

c. had been / had to

d. were / had to

--> c

235. - How long have you been working in this firm?

- I have been working here for five years. When I .............. here for fifteen years, I'll be able to get some pension.

a. work

b. will be working

c. has worked

d. has been working

--> a

236. Tell us what ............... to you yesterday?

a. happen

b. happened

c. had happened

d. has happened

--> b

237. We ............ you a telegram as soon as we ............ in Chicago tomorrow.

a. will send / arrive

b. would send / arrived

c. will send / will arrive

d. send / arrive

--> a

238. The druggist .................. for home when we ............ to the store yesterday.

a. already left / got

b. had already left / got

c. already left / had got

d. had already left / had got

--> b

239. Mr. Carlson ................ to another man when I .......... him this morning.

a. is talking / see

b. was talking / saw

c. had  talked / saw

d. has talked / saw

--> b

240. I .............. Mr. Harris your message when I see him tomorrow.

a. give

b. gave

c. will give

d. would give

--> c

241. When George .............. this afternoon, he ................ his friends.

a. will come / will bring

b. comes / will bring

c. comes / brings

d. will come / brings

--> b

242. The Andersons .................. into their new apartment last week.

a. moves

b. move

c. moved

d. has moved

--> c

243. As I .............. the street, two cars ............... by me at full speed yesterday.

a. crossed / raced

b. crossed / was racing

c. crossed / had raced

d. crossed / were racing

--> d

244. Mr. Brink ................ the Atlantic by the time the news reaches him.

a. cross

b. are crossing

c. will be crossing

d. crosses

--> c

245. If we ............... the news sooner, we would have written to John.

a. received

b. had received

c. receive

d. will receive

-->b

246. I'm sure they .......... Ellen the information if they had it.

a. give

b. will give

c. gave

d. would give

--> d

247. If a policeman ........... an accident, he will take the driver's name.

a. see

b. will see

c. would see

d. sees

-->d

248. We are going to buy the furniture if we ............... some money.

a. borrow

b. borrowed

c. will borrow

d. would borrow

-->a

249. What ................. tomorrow if you ............... a millionaire?

a. are you going to do / are

b. were you doing to do / was

c. will you do / was

d. would you do / were

--> d

250. If Carl ................... so careless, he wouldn't lose his good job.

a. wasn't

b. weren't

c. hadn't been

d. wouldn't be

--> b

251. If you ...................... the instruction, read them again.

a. don't understand

b. didn't understand

c. hadn't understood

d. wouldn't understand

-->a

252. I .................. it unless I had seen it with my own eyes.

a. will not believe

b. would not believe

c. would not have believed

d. would not have believe

-->c

253. Fred ................ it unless he had your permission.

a. will not do

b. would not do

c. would do

d. wouldn't have done

--> b

254. I .................. that job even if the manager offers it to me.

a. don't accept

b. will not accept

c. would not accept

d. didn't accept

-->b

255. I was reluctant ................. a decision without ................ all the facts.

a. to make / to know

b. to make / knowing

c. making / to know

d. making / knowing

-->b

256. The man was accused of .................... private property.

a. to steal

b. stealing

c. stolen

d. b & c are correct

--> b

257. After we .................. all our exercises, we went to the cinema.

a. completed

b. has completed

c. has been completing

d. had completed

--> d

258. None of us ................. such a delicious meal like this.

a. taste

b. tastes

c. tasted

d. has tasted

--> b

259. The country is very .................., so travelling on the road is difficult.

a. mountain

b. mountain-high

c. mountain-side

d. mountainous

--> d

260. The teacher streaked the need for regular .....................

a. attend

b. attendant

c. attendance

d. attender

--> c

261. John's ..................... improved at his new school.

a. behave

b. behavioral

c. behavior

d. behaviorism

-->c

262. Jim always does what he says; he's a very .................... person.

a. rely

b. reliably

c. reliance

d. reliable

--> d

263. The company is very efficient and gives a ................... service.

a. speed

b. speeding

c. speedy

d. speediness

--> c

264. Dogs are very ...................... pets.

a. faith

b. faithful

c. faithfully

d. faithfulness

-->b

265. Since ................ has been so poor, the class has to be closed.

a. attend

b. attendant

c. attendance

d. attendee

--> c

266. Do you have a ................ costume in your country?

a. national

b. nation

c. native

d. nationality

-->a

267. The weather will be better with ................... showers.

a. occasion

b. occasional

c. occasionally

d. occasionality

--> b

268. I had no map. That's why I got lost. If I ................ a map, I ............ all right.

a. have / will be

b. had / would be

c. had had / would have been

d. a & b are correct

--> c

269. Most people ................. the Union meeting if they had had longer notice of it.

a. would have attended

b. would attend

c. will attend

d. shall attend

--> a

270. The boy with his dog ............... here last night.

a. is

b. are

c. was

d. were

--> c

271. Each of the boy ................ won a prize.

a. have

b. has

c. was

d. were

--> b

272. He's got a lot of books ...............

a. read

b. to read

c. reading

d. for read

--> b

273. I heard the door ..............

a. open

b. to open

c. opening

d. a & c are correct

--> d

274. In your office, who is responsible for ............... the mail?

a. take care of

b. caring of

c. taking of

d. taking care of

--> d

275. There is ................... to believe that he is not prepared for his future work.

a. reason

b. reasonable

c. reasonably

d. a reason

--> d

276. This company offers a lot of ................. jobs.

a. attractive

b. attracted

c. attraction

d. attract

--> a

277. The farmers need ................ their crops.

a. rotate

b. to rotate

c. rotating

d. a & b are correct

--> d

278. A new road is being ................ in my village.

a. build

b. built

c. to build

d. building

--> b

279. When the wastes are poured into the atmosphere, the air ................ unpleasant to breathe.

a. become

b. becomes

c. became

d. has become

--> b

280. Now farmers are accustomed ................. this fertilizer to their fields.

a. apply

b. applying

c. to apply

d. to applying

--> d

281. Well, I think that the prices here are .......................

a. reason

b. reasonable

c. reasonably

d. a reason

--> b

282. Do you feel .................. to this kind of job?

a. attractive

b. attracted

c. attraction

d. attract

--> b

283. American women ...................... independent.

a. are used to be

b. are used to being

c. is used to being

d. is used to be

--> b

284. Which would you ................., tea or coffee?

a. preference

b. preferential

c. prefer

d. preferable

--> c

285. They are ................. doing the same thing every day.

a. bored with

b. fond of

c. afraid of

d. like

--> a

286.  Ask the shop ..................... where the washing powder is.

a. nurse

b. assistant

c. barber

d. conductor

--> b

287. That ................... sells very good meat.

a. baker

b. dentist

c. architect

d. butcher

--> d

288. If my tooth doesn't stop hurting. I'll go and see my .....................

a. actor

b. dentist

c. writer

d. jockey

--> b

289. Not many buses have a ................ You usually pay the driver.

a. manager

b. farmer

c. conductor

d. porter

--> c

290. Look! The ............... is feeding the lions.

a. keeper

b. pianist

c. postman

d. engineer

--> a

291. She is an .................... girl.

a. attractive

b. attracted

c. attraction

d. attract

--> a

292. After your eye test, the .................. will tell you if you need glasses.

a. dentist

b. doctor

c. surgeon

d. optician

--> d

293. The .............. wanted to write an article about me in the paper.

a. agent

b. musician

c. journalist

d. announcer

--> c

294. I hope the ................. can repair our car quickly.

a. mechanic

b. reporter

c. surgeon

d. engineer

--> a

295. He got drunk after drinking some …………….. drink.

a. rich

b. strong

c. clever

d. powerful

--> b

296. The ................ of the moon for the earth causes the tides.

a. attractive

b. attracted

c. attraction

d. attract

--> c

297. He was ..................... right when he said that the man was guilty.

a. reason

b. reasonable

c. reasonably

d. a reason

--> c

298. Another word for "damage" is ...........................

a. wound

b. injury

c. destruction

d. destroy

--> c

299. “To employ” means to ........................

a. borrow

b. buy

c. hire

d. work

--> c

300. Another word for "entire" is ........................

a. whole

b. part

c. strong

d. completed

--> a

II. FIND THE MISTAKES (300 SENTENCES )

1. Although the dog appeared harmless, it, in fact, was quite dangerous.

a. Although

b. harmless

c. in fact

d. quite

--> c

2. Nobody whom was at the meeting will say anything to the press.

a. Nobody

b. whom

c. will

d. to

--> b

3. Thanks in Laura’s support, I was able to finish the project.

a. Thanks

b. in

c. was

d. finish

--> b

4. Not many of the person in Britain speak a single word of my

language.

a. many

b. person

c. single

d. of

--> b

5. I will be sure you didn’t lock the front door. Here is the key.

a. will be

b. didn’t

c. front

d. is

--> a

6. Keeping calmly is the secret of passing your driving test.

a. Keeping

b. calmly

c. passing

d. driving

--> b

7. The fox was unsuccessful on reaching the grapes.

a. was

b. on

c. reaching

d. the

--> b

8. It is believed for that the man escaped in a stolen car.

a. It is

b. for

c. escaped

d. in

--> b

9. I think that you are drawn up some excellent plans. I must congratulate you.

a. think

b. are

c. some

d. must

--> b

10. The critics were strong impressed by her performance.

a. critics

b. strong

c. by

d. performance

--> b

11. They had to be dismantle the vehicle to get them across the gorge.

a. be

b. vehicle

c. to get

d. across

--> a

12. I do wishes you would stop biting your nails, Brian! It really annoys me.

a. wishes

b. would

c. biting

d. annoys

--> a

13. Sarah wore dark glasses so to that no one would recognize her.

a. wore

b. to

c. would

d. her

--> b

14. I found it when I was looking through some old paper.

a. it

b. when

c. was looking

d. paper

--> d

15. I think you should tolerant of other people’s weaknesses.

a. think

b. should tolerant

c. other

d. weaknesses

--> b

16. The cost of living has increasing so much that he finds it difficult to live within his income.

a. living

b. increasing

c. much

d. within

--> b

17. Uncle Ho’s earnest desire was that our country might progress at equality rate with other countries in the world.

a. earnest

b. might

c. equality

d. with

--> c

18. I am sure he shan’t fail to keep his words.

a. am

b. shan’t

c. to keep

d. words

--> b

19. He very much surprised me when he said he was loving me.

a. very much

b. me

c. said

d. was loving

--> d

20. Throughout his speech, the boys were deeply attention.

a. Throughout

b. speech

c. deeply

d. attention

--> d

21. The old man is expecting with pleasure the visit of his grandchildrens.

a. old

b. expecting

c. pleasure

d. grandchildrens

--> d

22. My friend was crazy although he was informed of the news of his mother’s death.

a. crazy

b. although

c. informed

d. death

--> b

23. The soldier leaped into the water so soon as the ship touched the shore.

a. leaped

b. into

c. so soon as

d. touched

--> c

24. His fondness for the game increase with his proficiency.

a. fondness

b. for

c. increase

d. proficiency

--> c

25. Her handwriting is so badly that I can’t read.

a. handwriting

b. so

c. badly

d. can’t

--> c

26. Although he is industrious, he hasn’t successed.

a. Although

b. is

c. industrious

d. successed

--> d

27. Winning that prize have made him very conceited.

a. Winning

b. have

c. him

d. conceited

--> b

28. When he was a child, he loves dismantling things to see how they worked.

a. When

b. loves

c. to see

d. how

--> b

29. English people in general don’t like complaining on public.

a. people

b. in

c. don’t

d. on

--> d

30. We are moving to Bristol next week but we are promising to stay in contact with you.

a. are moving

b. but

c. are promising

d. with

--> c

31. It was hard not to start laughing when she started to singing.

a. hard

b. laughing

c. started

d. singing

--> d

32. If you will go to the party with us, I will pick you up.

a. If

b. will go

c. with

d. will pick

--> b

33. More people are infecting with HIV this year than they were 5 years ago.

a. More

b. infecting

c. this

d. were

--> b

34. I expect you will be surprised to get a letter from my.

a. expect

b. will

c. to get

d. my

--> d

35. Last Wednesday I had an accident when I was driving to the work.

a. had

b. an

c. when

d. the

--> d

36. A child run out in front of my car, and I had to stop such suddenly that the car behind crashed into me.

a. out

b. such

c. behind

d. into

--> b

37. It is very bored, and I would be pleased to see you if you had any spare time.

a. bored

b. would

c. had

d. any

--> a

38. It is pointless to have that old typewriter repair.

a. pointless

b. have

c. that

d. repair

--> d

39. The sea was so rough that the ferry can’t sail.

a. The

b. was

c. that

d. can’t

--> d

40. He lives for the others and he finds his life meaningfully.

a. for

b. others

c. finds

d. meaningfully

--> d

41. You needn’t to make an appointment to see the bank manager.

a. needn’t

b. to make

c. to see

d. bank

--> b

42. If you don’t want Sally to be angry with you, I suggested you apologise.

a. If

b. don’t

c. to be

d. suggested

--> d

43. It was careful of you to leave the window open last night.

a. was

b. careful

c. to leave

d. open

--> b

44. The train journey from London to Bristol take two hours.

a. journey

b. to

c. take

d. hours

--> c

45. George is not nearly as energetic than he used to be.

a. nearly

b. as

c. than

d. be

--> c

46. He can speak France well enough to go to the conference.

a. France

b. well

c. enough

d. to

--> a

47. If only you had tried harder, you might pass the exam.

a. If only

b. had tried

c. might pass

d. exam

--> c

48. She was dismissed because her typing was poorly.

a. was

b. dismissed

c. typing

d. poorly

--> d

49. She doesn’t know the difference between margarine with butter.

a. doesn’t

b. difference

c. between

d. with

--> d

50. The man in which painting bears a strong resemblance to my uncle.

a. which

b. bears

c. strong

d. to

--> a

51. Karajan was the first person recognizing her extraordinary musical gift.

a. was

b. first

c. recognizing

d. musical

--> c

52. Its lack of irregular verbs makes Esperanto an unique language.

a. Its

b. verbs

c. makes

d. an

--> d

53. Perhaps no one will ever know what did happened that fateful night.

a. Perhaps

b. ever

c. did

d. that

--> c

54. There was another revolutionary in microchip technology in 1971.

a. was

b. revolutionary

c. technology

d. in

--> b

55. No one stands a chance of beating Mansell in this year’s champion.

a. stands

b. of

c. this year’s

d. champion

--> d

56. If he had done his homework, his parents might have let him to go to the party.

a. had done

b. parents

c. let

d. to go

--> d

57. In the event, the extra insurance we took out wasn’t be necessary.

a. In

b. insurance

c. took

d. be

--> d

58. He speaks more persuasive than his brother does.

a. speaks

b. more

c. persuasive

d. does

--> c

59. He forgotten about the gun until he got home.

a. forgotten

b. gun

c. until

d. got

--> a

60. Alan worked too hard at the office, and this led to his ill.

a. worked

b. hard

c. this

d. ill

--> d

61. I haven’t enjoyed myself so many for years.

a. haven’t

b. myself

c. many

d. for

--> c

62. Immediately after his arrival, things went to wrong.

a. Immediately

b. arrival

c. things

d. to

--> d

63. You can eat as much as you like at the newly lunch-bar.

a. eat

b. much

c. at

d. newly

--> d

64. It takes a ship approximately eight hours to complete the trip through the canal and cost an average of fifteen thousands dollars.

a. approximately

b. complete

c. through

d. thousands

--> d

65. You think that fat people is always jolly, but you are wrong.

a. that

b. is

c. jolly

d. wrong

--> b

66. My parents prefer to live in the countryside because they dislike the

noisy and traffic of the city.

a. prefer

b. in

c. dislike

d. noisy

--> d

67. I have to use the public telephone because my is out of order.

a. use

b. public

c. my

d. of

--> c

68. There have been an increase in road-accidents in the last few years.

a. have

b. increase

c. road-accidents

d. few

--> a

69. It began to rain when the manager had got out of the office this morning.

a. began

b. when

c. had got

d. this

--> c

70. When the boy was twelve, his father died of a dangerous diseases.

a. When

b. was

c. of

d. diseases

--> d

71. Most of doctors agree that smoking is bad for your health.

a. of

b. that

c. smoking

d. for

--> a

72. It’s a waste of time to try and explain anything with Tony.

a. a

b. to try

c. anything

d. with

--> d

73. Everyone but to Jane failed to produce the correct answer.

a. Everyone

b. to

c. produce

d. correct

--> b

74. Thank you very much for your letter who arrived a few days ago.

a. you

b. for

c. who

d. a few

--> c

75. I’m sorry I haven’t wrote for such a long time but I’ve been very busy.

a. sorry

b. wrote

c. such

d. been

--> b

76. It was in very bad conditional and it needed a lot of work.

a. in

b. conditional

c. needed

d. a lot of

--> b

77. We have finished most of the it now and it looks very nice.

a. finished

b. the

c. and

d. very

--> b

78. Peter and I have decided to give an hour-warming in May 3rd.

a. have

b. to give

c. hour-warming

d. in

--> d

79. Please be give me a ring and let me know if you can make it.

a. be

b. let

c. know

d. make

--> a

80. I was reluctant making a promise to buy more goods from the same company.

a. reluctant

b. making

c. to buy

d. more

--> b

81. Everyone who comes to this city notice the beauty of its architecture.

a. who

b. comes

c. notice

d. its

--> c

82. Tina has an habit of upsetting people unintentionally.

a. has

b. an

c. of

d. unintentionally

--> b

83. I think you should be tolerant of other people’ weaknesses.

a. think

b. be

c. of

d. people’

--> d

84. The meeting was be rearranged shortly before it had been due to take place.

a. be

b. shortly

c. before

d. to

--> a

85. Every possible effort were made by the orphanage to find the boy’s parents.

a. Every

b. were

c. to find

d. boy’s

--> b

86. The Minister gave no precisely figures about the casualties.

a. The

b. no

c. precisely

d. casualties

--> c

87. The new musical has been delighted theatre audiences throughout the country.

a. The new musical

b. has been delighted

c. theatre audiences

d. throughout the country

--> b

88. They’ve been arguing about the motor-way extension since years.

a. been

b. about

c. extension

d. since

--> d

89. I am afraid our problem are only just beginning.

a. problem

b. only

c. just

d. beginning

--> a

90. Recent research shows that we use for the left and right hemispheres of our brain for different mental functions.

a. Recent

b. shows

c. for

d. different

--> c

91. Our present financial problems will soon been a thing of the past.

a. financial

b. problems

c. been

d. of

--> c

92. I spoke to Colonel and Mrs. Tibbs only since last week, just before they died in that terrible train accident.

a. to

b. since

c. just

d. terrible

--> b

93. When I bought it, I thought it was a beautiful color, but I don't like it any much.

a. When

b. thought

c. a

d. much

--> d

94. If we wait long, we will get what we do want.

a. wait

b. will get

c. what

d. do

--> d

95. We have been thought the matter over and have finally come to a decision.

a. thought

b. over

c. finally

d. to

--> a

96. The first thing we notice about this people is that their needs were not at all supernatural.

a. thing

b. this

c. is

d. at all

--> b

97. Cheques should only be accept with proof of identity.

a. only

b. accept

c. of

d. identity

--> b

98. People no longer smoke so much cigarettes as they used to.

a. no longer

b. so much

c. as

d. used to

--> b

99. It's not necessary to have any previous experience to apply in the job.

a. to have

b. any

c. experience

d. in

--> d

100. It would not be surprising if some form of memory of such an important events should survive to this day.

a. would

b. memory

c. events

d. to

--> c

101. She gave me to understand she would leaving any day.

a. gave

b. understand

c. leaving

d. any

--> c

102. His shop has gone into business after making heavy losses.

a. has gone

b. into

c. making

d. losses

--> b

103. She was one of five astronauts on the space shuttle "Challenger", that completed a successful six-day voyage in space in June 1983.

a. astronauts

b. on

c. that

d. in

--> c

104. Your friends are taken in his fantastic story of having get to the Pole alone.

a. are

b. fantastic

c. get

d. alone

--> c

105. The successful of our local theatre has put our city on the map.

a. successful

b. local

c. has put

d. on

--> a

106. The more I read about history, the more it brings to home to me how relevant history is for us today.

a. more

b. about

c. to

d. for

--> c

107. If you see ever a tall and skinny Chinese boy with a mole on his chin, it’s me.

a. ever

b. skinny

c. mole

d. me

--> a

108. My name is Fang Yaorong and I would be 12 on the first of June this year.

a. would

b. be

c. on

d. of

--> a

109. I wear thickness glasses because I didn’t take proper care of my eyesight when I was young.

a. thickness

b. proper

c. eyesight

d. when

--> a

110. I attend for school in the morning at Ghim Moth Primary School.

a. for

b. in

c. at

d. Primary

--> a

111. Water on the earth is being recycled continuously in a process is known as the hydrologic cycle.

a. the earth

b. is being recycled

c. continuously

d. is known

--> d

112. Every morning, I walked to school with my neighbor John, who is also my classmate.

a. walked

b. with

c. neighbor

d. also

--> a

113. This groundwater is extremely important to life on earth, since 95 percent of the earth's water is in the ocean and are too salty for human beings or plants.

a. extremely

b. to

c. are

d. for

--> c

114. Chemicals liked sulfuric acid and soda were manufactured long before man began to understand the nature of the atom.

a. liked

b. were

c. long

d. began

--> a

115. Most of the models were given for me over the years.

a. Most

b. models

c. for

d. over

--> c

116. Dent station is situated on the Seatle to Carliste railway line, said be the most scenic in the country.

a. is situated

b. railway line

c. be

d. the most scenic

--> c

117. We have never stayed in such the expensive hotel before.

a. have

b. never

c. the

d. before

--> c

118. A fire has destroyed most of the old city of London in the 1600s.

a. A

b. has destroyed

c. the old city

d. in

--> b

119. The manager was very astounding when they told him about the robbery.

a. was

b. astounding

c. when

d. about

--> b

120. Winners were greatly honored by having olive wreaths placed on their heads and having poems singing about their deeds.

a. honored

b. having

c. placed

d. singing

--> d

121. A country can’t be prosperously if it’s not quite independent.

a. A

b. prosperously

c. quite

d. independent

--> b

122. They went on smoking all through during the meal.

a. went on

b. smoking

c. during

d. meal

--> c

123. These new machine have put an end to queuing.

a. These

b. machine

c. an

d. to

--> b

124. The instructions say you just add boiling waters to the soup powder.

a. instructions

b. just

c. boiling

d. waters

--> d

125. The house seemed to have been unoccupying for several months.

a. seemed

b. been

c. unoccupying

d. for

--> c

126. You must drive more slowly than in town.

a. must

b. more

c. slowly

d. than

--> d

127. Be sure to say goodbye to your grandmother before you will leave.

a. to say

b. to

c. before

d. will leave

--> d

128. The rate of inflation has fallen steadily during recently months.

a. inflation

b. fallen

c. steadily

d. recently

--> d

129. Most people consider that stealing was wrong.

a. Most

b. that

c. stealing

d. was

--> d

130. Dickens’s last novel was unfinished when he had died.

a. Dickens’s

b. last

c. unfinished

d. had died

--> d

131. Please would you to send me further details, of the job advertised?

a. Please

b. to send

c. further

d. advertised

--> b

132. Children learn a lot about how to behave in a situation as this.

a. about

b. to behave

c. in

d. as

--> d

133. I write to his almost every day.

a. write

b. to

c. his

d. almost

--> c

134. Even though I admire his courage, I think he has been foolish.

a. Even though

b. admire

c. think

d. has been

--> d

135. We would get the job finished much quicker if everyone worked as hardly as everyone else.

a. would get

b. much quicker

c. as hardly as

d. everyone else

--> c

136. One of the patients in a local hospital has one typhoid.

a. patients

b. in

c. local

d. one

--> d

137. I think cycling is preferable with walking.

a. cycling

b. preferable

c. with

d. walking

--> c

138. He said he disapproved of people which smoked.

a. said

b. disapproved

c. of

d. which

--> d

139. You can’t possible expect me to have supper ready by 8 o’clock.

a. possible

b. expect

c. to have

d. ready

--> a

140. I had been looking for this book for months and at last I have found it.

a. had been

b. for

c. at last

d. have found

--> a

141. I am writing to tell you how much I had enjoyed the few hours I spent with you and your family yesterday evening.

a. am writing

b. how much

c. had enjoyed

d. spent

--> c

142. I have been in England for the beginning of October and this was my first invitation to dinner with an English family.

a. have been

b. for

c. was

d. with

--> b

143. I found the conversational most interesting and was glad to practise my English.

a. found

b. conversational

c. interesting

d. glad

--> b

144. I would also like congratulating you on your excellent cooking.

a. also

b. congratulating

c. on

d. cooking

--> b

145. I was very gratefully for all the helpful information you gave me about the courses in English.

a. very

b. gratefully

c. information

d. about

--> b

146. I hope to find a suitable school within the next few day.

a. to find

b. suitable

c. within

d. day

--> d

147. The English courses will not be too hard to me to study.

a. courses

b. will not

c. too

d. to

--> d

148. Would please you give my best wishes to your husband and children?

a. please

b. give

c. best

d. to

--> a

149. Thank you again with an extremely pleasant evening.

a. Thank

b. with

c. extremely

d. pleasant

--> b

150. A house in that district will cost you at less $200,000.

a. in

b. district

c. will cost

d. at less

--> d

151. Although both his legs were broken on the crash, he managed to get out of the car before it exploded.

a. were

b. on

c. to get

d. exploded

--> b

152. The patient recovered more rapidly than expecting.

a. recovered

b. rapidly

c. than

d. expecting

--> d

153. As soon as the ship arrived safe at the airport, the victims were taken to hospital.

a. As soon as

b. safe

c. were taken

d. hospital

--> b

154. We would put out to sea if the weather is good.

a. would

b. out

c. to

d. if

--> a

155. Do not blame me if the tin-opener is break.

a. Do not

b. blame

c. if

d. is break

--> d

156. Please check in damage before signing the delivery note.

a. in

b. damage

c. signing

d. delivery

--> a

157. The fact that every children has the same educational opportunities is essential.

a. that

b. children

c. educational

d. is

--> b

158. John did not celebrated a party until he received the offer of promotion in writing.

a. celebrated

b. until

c. promotion

d. writing

--> a

159. You can use it as length as you like, and it will not wear out.

a. can use

b. as length as

c. you like

d. wear out

--> b

160. If things go wrong, James, wherever you do, do not panic.

a. things

b. go

c. wherever

d. panic

--> c

161. More than 1,000 runner participated in this year’s Manchester marathon.

a. More than

b. 1,000 runner

c. in

d. marathon

--> b

162. The way he took everything she does for granted really annoyed her.

a. took

b. does

c. granted

d. annoyed

--> b

163. The personnel promised him that she would not tell anyone that he has been in prison.

a. promised

b. would

c. that

d. has been

--> d

164. In my arrival home, I realised that I had left my book in the room.

a. In

b. arrival

c. realised

d. had left

--> a

165. My father is going to be really angry what he finds out that I have lost the car key.

a. really

b. what

c. that

d. have lost

--> b

166. People whose live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

a. whose

b. glass

c. shouldn’t

d. stones

--> a

167. He spent most of his times traveling around the world and now he is writing about his experiences.

a. times

b. traveling

c. is writing

d. experiences

--> a

168. I wrote to him last week but so far I received no reply to my letter.

a. wrote

b. so far

c. received

d. to

--> c

169. If the earth suddenly stopped to spin, we would all fly off it.

a. If

b. to spin

c. would

d. off

--> b

170. This building will have finished by the end of 2000.

a. will

b. have finished

c. by

d. of

--> b

171. I heard that you had bought that house and be moved there before you got your promotion.

a. heard

b. had bought

c. be moved

d. got

--> c

172. We had no sooner left the house when it began to rain.

a. had

b. no sooner

c. when

d. began

--> c

173. Never to put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

a. Never

b. to put

c. until

d. what

--> b

174. My father is tired of living in the city although he wants to live in a quiet village.

a. tired

b. of

c. although

d. to live

--> c

175. She went to the dentist because she got an toothache.

a. went

b. because

c. got

d. an toothache

--> d

176. Jeremy invents frequently ridiculous stories like that.

a. frequently

b. ridiculous

c. stories

d. like

--> a

177. Although Bob didn’t speak Dutch, he decided settling in Amsterdam.

a. Although

b. didn’t speak

c. decided

d. settling

--> d

178. Without for this treatment, the patient would have died.

a. Without

b. for

c. patient

d. would have died

--> b

179. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order that obtain a higher price on the market.

a. simply

b. to fatten

c. in order that

d. on

--> c

180. John asked Oliver if she could remember what she had put the camera.

a. asked

b. if

c. could

d. what

--> d

181. I can’t describe people as well as you could.

a. describe

b. people

c. as well as

d. could

--> d

182. I was scared to tell him what me really thought.

a. was scared

b. to tell

c. me

d. really

--> c

183. There are about 3,000 living languages in the world today, but only about six of them are major language of the world.

a. are

b. living languages

c. six of them

d. language

--> d

184. Jack has become confidently as a result of his success.

a. has become

b. confidently

c. as

d. his success

--> b

185. He didn’t given any reason for his strange behavior that day.

a. didn’t given

b. any reason

c. strange

d. that day

--> a

186. I had lost his phone number so I couldn’t to contact him before.

a. had lost

b. so

c. to contact

d. before

--> c

187. A lot of things keep stopping me for walking.

a. A lot of

b. stopping

c. for

d. walking

--> c

188. She couldn't believe that she has finally found her brother.

a. believe

b. that

c. has

d. finally

--> c

189. The invention of the transistor on 1948 brought about a revolution in computer development.

a. invention

b. on

c. about

d. computer

--> b

190. Some improvement have recently been made in the bus service in this town.

a. improvement

b. recently

c. been

d. in

--> a

191. The new musical has taken theatre audiences throughout the country with storm.

a. musical

b. audiences

c. throughout

d. with

--> d

192. There’s quiet a lot of criticism directed at the police nowadays.

a. There’s

b. quiet

c. criticism

d. directed

--> b

193. She has a good commands of spoken English.

a. has

b. good

c. commands

d. spoken

--> c

194. Her reaction where she finally found her brother was one of disbelief.

a. where

b. finally

c. found

d. was

--> a

195. As the teacher talked to us, I pretended to drop a pencil and bent over.

a. As

b. talked

c. pretended

d. bent over

--> b

196. I am very glad that you have chosen for me.

a. very

b. that

c. have chosen

d. for

--> d

197. I am afraid that I am unable accepting the offer.

a. afraid

b. that

c. unable

d. accepting

--> d

198. I shall be take up a similar position with another company soon.

a. take up

b. position

c. another

d. soon

--> a

199. As pay and conditions are gooder there I am turning down your offer.

a. conditions

b. gooder

c. there

d. down

--> b

200. Thank you for the time what you gave to my application.

a. for

b. time

c. what

d. to

--> c

201. I am sure you would find a suitable applicant to fill the vacancy.

a. sure

b. would find

c. suitable

d. to fill

--> b

202. The rough sea made the ferry be unable to sail.

a. The rough sea

b. made

c. be unable

d. to sail

--> c

203. The destroy of the old city London in 1600s was caused by a fire.

a. destroy

b. city

c. in

d. was caused

--> a

204. The spectators were moved with tears when they saw the Prince to kill himself.

a. were moved

b. with tears

c. when

d. to kill

--> b

205. You can borrow the book from him if you promise to keep it cleanly.

a. borrow

b. from

c. to keep

d. cleanly

--> d

206. It is be important that your brother should stop smoking at once.

a. be important

b. that

c. smoking

d. at once

--> a

207. The policeman ordered the children not to playing football in the street.

a. ordered

b. the children

c. not to playing

d. in the street

--> c

208. Another attempt to climb that mountain will be done next year.

a. Another attempt

b. to climb that mountain

c. will be done

d. next year

--> c

209. It’s wrong of you giving her a chance to talk.

a. wrong

b. of

c. giving

d. to talk

--> c

210. If the atmosphere is polluted, the solar energy that reaching the earth may be dangerous.

a. is polluted

b. energy

c. reaching

d. may be

--> c

211. I was very interested to read your article for global warming in the newspaper.

a. was

b. to read

c. for

d. in

--> c

212. I am afraid I don’t agree with you on a number of point.

a. am

b. with

c. on

d. point

--> d

213. On the contrary we need to make the public more aware of so danger.

a. On

b. to make

c. more

d. so

--> d

214. We most all put pressure on the authorities if we want something be done.

a. most all

b. on the authorities

c. something

d. be done

--> d

215. Lastly you seem to suggest doing nothing in of case the scientists are wrong.

a. Lastly

b. to suggest

c. nothing

d. in of case

--> d

216. Well, if they are right, it will be too late by the time we will find out.

a. if

b. will be

c. by the time

d. will find

--> d

217. I will not able to go to the art exhibit with you tonight because I am a bit under the weather.

a. will not able

b. to go

c. a bit

d. under

--> a

218. I may not have my problem to solve but at least I know I am on the right track.

a. may not

b. to solve

c. at least

d. on

--> b

219. Julia has to work very hard to make both ends to meet.

a. very hard

b. to make

c. both ends

d. to meet

--> d

220. When NASA decided to put a woman into space, none of the Sally's friends were surprised that they chose Sally.

a. to put

b. into

c. the

d. that

--> c

221. There are a ban on smoking on the tube.

a. are

b. on

c. smoking

d. on the tube

--> a

222. He cannot come to terms with the fact that he would never race again.

a. come

b. to

c. with

d. would

--> d

223. People in Spain are very friendly with visitors and we weren't able to speak Spanish when we stayed there.

a. are

b. with

c. and

d. when

--> c

224. The café was in a mess and we have to do it up.

a. The café

b. in a mess

c. have to

d. up

--> c

225. The last day of the holiday will ended in disaster.

a. The last day

b. of the holiday

c. will ended

d. in disaster

--> c

226. That dress has only the most slight mark on it.

a. That

b. only

c. the most slight

d. on

--> c

227. My decision to get up and dance coincided with the band’s decide to stop playing.

a. to get up

b. with

c. decide

d. playing

--> c

228. They were just as well as we had expected.

a. were

b. just

c. as well as

d. had expected

--> c

229. The minister’s popular suffered as a result of the scandal.

a. minister’s

b. popular

c. as

d. of

à b

230. The teacher agreed introducing the new methods.

a. The teacher

b. agreed

c. introducing

d. the new methods

à c

231. Most stories will accept a credit card instead by cash.

a. Most

b. will accept

c. instead by

d. cash

à c

232. Our opinions on the subject is identical.

a. Our opinions

b. on

c. is

d. identical

à c

233. Local residents said they are against the new traffic scheme.

a. Local

b. are

c. against

d. traffic

à b

234. Mandy is exciting about going to Greece on holiday.

a. exciting

b. about

c. to

d. on

à a

235. I would like to thank your brother of his help.

a. would like

b. to thank

c. of

d. help

à c

236. Harry’s parents were not pleased for his failure in the final examination.

a. Harry’s parents

b. pleased

c. for

d. final

à c

237. Please forgive me for broke your camera.

a. forgive

b. me

c. broke

d. your camera

à c

238. It would be nice to able to fly a plane.

a. would be

b. nice

c. to able to

d. fly a plane

à c

239. Don’t shout all the time, it’s so be annoying!

a. Don’t shout

b. all the time

c. so

d. be annoying

à d

240. I regrets not going to university.

a. regrets

b. not

c. going

d. to

à a

241. I will call the police if you don’t left me alone.

a. will call

b. if

c. don’t left

d. alone

à c

242. He lost his money simple because he wasn’t careful.

a. lost

b. simple

c. because

d. careful

à b

243. We didn’t hurry, so we miss the train.

a. hurry

b. so

c. miss

d. the train

à c

244. We are busy, so we won’t join for you.

a. are busy

b. so

c. won’t

d. for

à d

245. If you had done as I told you, I think you would have succeeded now.

a. had done

b. as

c. think

d. would have succeeded

à d

246. I am afraid I didn’t have time to listen to you.

a. am

b. didn’t

c. to listen

d. to you

à b

247. I regret I didn’t choose English since I started secondary school.

a. regret

b. choose

c. since

d. started

à c

248. The boy is too poor going to school.

a. The boy

b. too poor

c. going

d. to

à c

249. Without Jack’s help, I wouldn’t have been able to moving the table.

a. Without

b. Jack’s help

c. wouldn’t have been

d. moving

à d

250. I will phone you as soon as I arrived there.

a. will phone

b. as soon as

c. arrived

d. there

à c

251. While Diana watched her favorite television program, there was a power cut.

a. While

b. watched

c. favorite

d. was

--> b

252. I will tell you my news when I will see you tomorrow.

a. will tell

b. my

c. when

d. will see

--> d

253. There are such many places of interest in London that Jane can’t decide where to go first.

a. such

b. interest

c. can’t

d. where

--> a

254. Our new teacher gave an interesting lecture at Spain history.

a. Our

b. gave

c. interesting

d. at

--> d

255. You can’t withdraw any money unless you don’t show us your identity card.

a. can’t withdraw

b. any

c. don’t show

d. identity

à c

256. She has so many money that she can buy whatever she wants to.

a. has

b. so many

c. can buy

d. whatever

à b

257. It is such a boring book that nobody like it.

a. is

b. such

c. boring

d. like

à d

258. The scientist wanted to know who has been trying to stop the experiment.

a. The scientist

b. who

c. has been trying

d. to stop

à c

259. He wanted to know if had I seen Mary the day before.

a. wanted

b. if

c. had

d. the day before

à c

260. She decided to go to bed because the television program was bored.

a. to go

b. because

c. television

d. bored

à d

261. There was so many people in front of me that I couldn’t see all the singers on the stage clearly.

a. was

b. so many

c. on

d. clearly

à a

262. Give the package to whomever has authority to sign for it.

a. whomever

b. has

c. to sign

d. it

à a

263. I have never had a most amusing song book than this one before.

a. never

b. most

c. amusing

d. before

à b

264. John has visited Hawaii and Alaska, and he assures me that he likes Alaska the best.

a. has visited

b. assures

c. that

d. the best

à d

265. Don't you think this is the most boring song you had ever heard?

a. Don't

b. this is

c. the most boring

d. had ever heard

à d

266. This fridge is very old to keep things at a proper temperature.

a. very

b. to keep

c. at

d. temperature

à a

267. The children were surprised when the teacher made them to close their books.

a. were surprised

b. when

c. made

d. to close

à d

268. We were pleased to have the opportunity to watch such talented dancers to perform a highly new ballet.

a. were pleased

b. to watch

c. such talented

d. to perform

à d

269. We believe that she already feels very badly about her mistake.

a. already feels

b. badly

c. about

d. mistake

à b

270. I put the food in the fridge because I wanted him to get cold.

a. put

b. in

c. him

d. to get

à c

271. I didn’t see Nancy since she moved to London.

a. didn’t see

b. since

c. moved

d. to

à a

272. Jane gave up to smoke because she wanted to save money.

a. gave up

b. to smoke

c. because

d. to save

à b

273. I came here so as to I could see you.

a. came

b. so as to

c. could

d. you

à b

274. In my opinion that girl is enough beautiful to be a movie star.

a. In my opinion

b. enough

c. to be

d. star

à b

275. I picked up the vase carefully so as to not break it.

a. picked up

b. carefully

c. not

d. it

à c

276. We put up a fence to prevent the rabbit to escape.

a. put up

b. fence

c. to prevent

d. to escape

à d

277. They no longer didn’t smoke cigarettes.

a. no longer

b. didn’t

c. smoke

d. cigarettes

à b

278. He seldom come to class late.

a. seldom

b. come

c. to

d. late

à b

279. She no longer wastes time to chatter with her friends.

a. no longer

b. wastes

c. to chatter

d. with

à c

280. She has gone in a diet so that she will lose weight.

a. has gone

b. in

c. so that

d. will lose

à b

281. The new workers aren’t used for the working conditions here.

a. aren’t

b. for

c. working

d. here

--> b

282. It is a common saying that we do not full value a thing until we lose it.

a. common

b. full

c. until

d. lose

à b

283. Mary, which car broke down, had to take a taxi.

a. which

b. down

c. had to

d. a

--> a

284. When considering of equal value, the goods can be exchanged.

a. When

b. considering

c. equal

d. be

--> b

285. She is no longer a beautiful girl any more.

a. is

b. a

c. beautiful

d. any more

--> d

286. Mary is finally used to cook on electric stove.

a. is

b. finally

c. to cook

d. on

à c

287. It is not true that the British talks about the weather more than any other nation.

a. is

b. talks

c. more than

d. any other

à b

288. When I heard the telephone ring, I will answer it immediately.

a. When

b. ring

c. will answer

d. immediately

à c

289. I study English so that to improve my knowledge.

a. study

b. so that

c. to improve

d. my knowledge

à c

290. Jane was standing outside a shop when I was seeing her.

a. was standing

b. outside

c. when

d. was seeing

à d

291. The mother smiled happy and took the baby in her arms.

a. mother

b. happy

c. took

d. in

à b

292. We are going to invite a person who has special skill showing you how to control this machine.

a. to invite

b. who

c. showing

d. to control

à c

293. Amanda finally managed to get a good job, and so does Nancy.

a. finally

b. to get

c. and

d. so does

à d

294. How much times did Lan and Mai have to do the experiment?

a. How much

b. did Lan and Mai

c. have to

d. do

à a

295. A lunch of soup and sandwiches do not appeal to all of the students.

a. A

b. of soup

c. do not

d. appeal to all of

à c

296. Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from Mexico, are planning to attend the festivities.

a. with her cousins

b. from

c. are

d. to attend

à c

297. How long is it since they buy the house?

a. How long

b. is

c. since

d. buy

à d

298. We won’t get to the airport in least than 30 minutes.

a. won’t get

b. to

c. in

d. least than

à d

299. Despite knowing the area well, I got be lost.

a. Despite

b. knowing

c. be

d. lost

à c

300. The men continued to feel unsafely until he crossed the border.

a. men

b. continued

c. unsafely

d. crossed

à c

800 SENTENCES OF CERTIFICATE C

I. GRAMMAR (400 SENTENCES)

1. ........................ every child in the school passed the swimming test.

a.      Near to

b.      Near of

c.      Next to

d.      Nearly

à d

2. She can look back on her career with great ……………..

a. satisfied

b. satisfaction

c. satisfactory

d. satisfactorily

à b

3. The captain as well as the passengers …………….. frightened.

a. be

b. been

c. was

d. were

à c

4. Ann has got two sisters. Both of them …………….. married.

a. has

b. have

c. is

d. are

à d

5. Each learner of English …………….. a good dictionary.

a. needs

b. need

c. is

d. are

à a

6. Money, nor fame, nor wealth …………….. brought happiness to everybody.

a. has

b. have

c. is

d. are

à a

7. They …………………….. at this school before they became interpreters.

a. have taught

b. had taught

c. taught

d. were taught

à b

8. The salary of a bus driver is much higher …………….

a. in comparison with the salary of a teacher

b. than a teacher

c. than that of a teacher

d. to compare as a teacher

à c

9. Professional people expect you to call them when it is necessary ………………….. an appointment.

a. to cancel

b. cancel

c. canceling

d. canceled

à a

10. A computer is usually chosen because of its simplicity of operation and ease of maintenance ............... its capacity to store information.

a. the same as

b. the same

c. as well as

d. as well

--> c

11. In a new culture, many embarrassing situations occur ................ a misunderstanding.

a. for

b. of

c. because of

d. because

--> c

12. Neptune is an extremely cold planet, and ................

a. so does Uranus

b. so has Uranus

c. so is Uranus

d. Uranus so

--> c

13. ............... that gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill and that the California Gold Rush began.

a. Because in 1848

b. That in 1848

c. In 1848 that it was

d. It was in 1848

--> d

14. The job has no ……………..

a. prospectively

b. prospects

c. prospector

d. prospective

à b

15. Frost occurs in valleys and on low grounds ...............on adjacent hills.

a. more frequently as

b. as frequently than

c. more frequently than

d. frequently than

--> c

16. Mount Rushmore can be ....................... from more than 100 kilometers away.

a. see

b. saw

c. been seen

d. seen

--> d

17. I’d like you ........................ my family this weekend.

a. meet

b. to meet

c. meeting

d. to meeting

--> b

18. Cold objects emit ............... hot objects.

a. fewer than infrared rays as

b. fewer infrared rays than

c. fewer infrared rays as

d. as fewer infrared rays

--> b

19. Mr. Green, along with his friends, …………….. arriving here tonight.

a. is

b. are

c. was

d. were

à a

20. The statement will be spoken just one time; therefore, you must listen very ………….. in order to understand what the speaker has said.

a. carefully

b. careful

c. care

d. careless

à a

21. Gunpowder, in some ways the most effective of all the explosive materials, …………….. a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.

a. were

b. had been

c. had

d. was

à d

22. In the relatively short history of industrial …………….. in the United States, New York city has played a vital role.

a. developed

b. development

c. developing

d. develop

à b

23. As the demand increases, manufacturers who previously produced only a large, luxury car ……….. compelled to make a smaller model in order to compete in the market.

a. is

b. are

c. will

d. should

à b

24. She has …………….. the conditions for entry into the college.

a. satisfied

b. satisfaction

c. satisfactory

d. satisfactorily

à a

25. For the first time in the history of the country, the person …………… was recommended by the president to replace a retiring justice on the supreme court is a woman.

a. which

b. whose

c. who

d. whom

à c

26. Signor Risponso's fame rested on the breadth of his range, which was ............... any other tenor, living or dead.

a. greater than that of

b. as large as

c. more greater

d. broader than the one of

--> a

27. New words are constantly being invented ……………. new objects and concepts.

a. to describe

b. a description of

c. they describe

d. describe

à a

28. You can’t …………….. to learn a foreign language in a week.

a. expectant

b. expected

c. expect

d. expectation

à c

29. ………… rain or snow there are always more than fifty thousand fans at the football games.

a. Despite

b. In spite with

c. Despite of

d. Despite with

à a

30. The prices of homes are ……………. high in urban areas that most young people cannot afford to buy them.

a. as

b. so

c. such

d. so as

à b

31. To see the statue of liberty and ……………. pictures from the top of the empire state building are two reasons for visiting New York city.

a. taking

b. take

c. taken

d. to take

à d

32. I can’t see the …………….. of sitting on the beach all day.

a. attract

b. attractive

c. attractiveness

d. attractively

à c

33. Factoring is the process of finding two or more expressions whose product is equal …………… the given expression.

a. to

b. as

c. with

d. by

à a

34. Bricks baked in a kiln are much harder …………….. that are dried in the sun.

a. those

b. than do those

c. than those

d. ones

à c

35. Since infection can cause …………… fever ……………. pain, it is a good idea to check a patient's temperature.

a. both / as well as

b. both / as good as

c. both / with

d. both / and

à d

36. Schizophrenia, a behavioral disorder typified by a fundamental break with reality, …………….. by genetic predisposition, stress, drugs, or infections.

a. may be triggered

b. may triggered

c. may trigger

d. may be trigger

à a

37. They asked us, Henry and ……………, whether we thought that the statistics had been presented fairly and accurately.

a. I

b. me

c. mine

d. my

à b

38. They thought that he was guilty ……………… racial discrimination.

a. of

b. with

c. for

d. about

à a

39. In purchasing a winter coat, it is very important …………….. it on with heavy clothing underneath.

a. for trying

b. to try

c. of trying

d. try

à b

40. What happened in New York …………… a reaction from city workers, including firemen and policemen who had been laid off from their jobs.

a. was

b. were

c. is

d. are

à a

41. The result of the experiment was ……………..

a. satisfied

b. satisfaction

c. satisfactory

d. satisfactorily

à c

42. A number of ……………. submitted their manuscripts under pseudonyms to conceal the fact that they were women.

a. novel

b. novelist

c. novels

d. novelists

à d

43. Some executives require that the secretary …………….. responsible for writing all reports as well as for balancing the books.

a. is

b. be

c. was

d. been

à b

44. Although a doctor may be able to diagnose a problem ………………, he still may not be able to find a drug to which the patient will respond.

a. perfect

b. perfectible

c. perfectly

d. perfection

à c

45. This law is purely ……………...

a. prospect

b. prospects

c. prospector

d. prospective

à d

46. The number of the days in a week …………….. seven.

a. needs

b. are

c. need

d. is

à d

47. Although the red cross accepts blood from most donors, the nurses will not ………….. you give blood if you have just had a cold.

a. let

b. leave

c. want

d. need

à a

48. Most comets have two kinds of tails, one made up of dust, ……………… made up of electrically charged particles called plasma.

a. one another

b. the other

c. other ones

d. each other

à b

49. By 1820, there were over sixty steamboats on the Mississippi river, ……………… were quite luxurious.

a. many of them

b. which many

c. many of which

d. many that

à c

50. The native people of the Americans are called Indians because when Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492, he thought that he …………….. the east Indies.

a. has reached

b. has been reached

c. had been reached

d. had reached

à d

51. Most school-leavers have the …………….. to go to work because they want to live independently.

a. keen

b. keenly

c. keenness

d. keener

à c

52. …………….. objections to the plan haven’t happened.

a. Expectant

b. Expected

c. Expect

d. Expectation

à b

53. Many students  are so afraid ……………… failing that they deny all invitations.

a. at

b. about

c. to

d. of

à d

54. It is important that the TOEFL office …………….. an applicant's registration.

a. will confirm

b. confirm

c. confirms

d. must confirm

à b

55. Please state your name, age and ……………..

a. occupied (v)

b. occupied (adj)

c. occupation

d. occupational

à c

56. Deserts are often formed …………….. they are cut off from rain-bearing winds by the surrounding mountain ranges.

a. because

b. in spite of

c. so

d. due to

à a

57. …………….. that the English settled in Jamestown.

a. In 1607 that it was

b. That in 1607

c. Because in 1607

d. It was in 1607

à d

58. Staying in a hotel costs …………….. renting a room in a dormitory for a week.

a. twice more than

b. twice as much as

c. as much twice as

d. as much as twice

à b

59. When friends insist on …………….. expensive gifts, it makes most Americans uncomfortable.

a. them to accept

b. their accepting

c. they accepting

d. they accept

à b

60. Do any of these designs …………….. you?

a. attract

b. attractive

c. attractiveness

d. attractively

à a

61. There are twenty species of wild roses in North America, all of which have prickly stems, pinnate leaves, and large flowers, which usually smell ………….

a. sweetly

b. sweet

c. sweetness

d. sweetish

à b

62. Having …………. the topics for their essays, the students were instructed to make either a preliminary outline or a rough draft.

a. chose

b. chosen

c. choose

d. choice

à b

63. Gilbert Stuart is considered by most art critics …………….. greatest portrait painter in the North American colonies.

a. that he was

b. as he was

c. who was the

d. the

à d

64. As a safety measure, the detonator for a nuclear device may be made of …………….., each of which is controlled by a different employee.

a. two equipments

b. two pieces of equipments

c. two pieces of equipment

d. two equipment pieces

à c

65. An equilateral triangle is a triangle …………….. and three angles of equal size.

a. that have three sides of equal length

b. it has three sides equally long

c. that has three sides of equal length

d. having three equal length sides in it

à c

66. Some students set confused ……………… having to suffer long and hard years before they attain any level of success.

a. with

b. in

c. about

d. of

à c

67. …………….. are found on the surface of the moon.

a. Craters and waterless seas that

b. When craters and waterless seas

c. Craters and waterless seas

d. Since craters and waterless seas

à c

68. His …………….. made him cry.

a. fearful

b. fearfulness

c. fearless

d. fearlessness

à b

69. …………….. two waves pass a given point simultaneously, they will have no effect on each other's subsequent motion.

a. So that

b. They are

c. That

d. If

à d

70. A child in the first grade tends to be …………….. all of the other children in the class.

a. the same old to

b. the same age than

c. as old like

d. the same age as

à d

71. I’m …………….. to succeed.

a. determinant

b. determination

c. determine

d. determined

à d

72. The bird's egg is such an efficient structure for protecting the embryo inside …………….. difficult for the hatchling to break.

a. that is

b. that

c. and is

d. that it is

à d

73. We had hoped …………….. the game, but the other team played very well.

a. state university to win

b. that state university win

c. that state university would win

d. state university's winning

à c

74. The artistic medium of clay is …………….. that images have been found near the remains of fires from the last ice age.

a. so old

b. such an old

c. oldest

d. old

à a

75. Unlike most Europeans, many Americans …………….. a bowl of cereal for breakfast every day.

a. used to eating

b. are used to eat

c. are used to eating

d. use to eat

à c

76. His body-guard will keep him safe ……………… the crowded.

a. from

b. on

c. to

d. of

à a

77. The most common form of treatment ……………….. mass inoculation and chlorination of water sources.

a. it is

b. they are

c. is

d. are

à c

78. People with exceptionally high intelligence quotients may not be the best employees since they become bored ……………… their work unless the job is constantly changing.

a. of

b. with

c. in

d. of

à b

79. Neither the mathematics department nor the biology department at state university requires that the students ……………… a thesis in order to graduate with a master's degree.

a. must write

b. write

c. will write

d. would write

à b

80. The oxygen content of mars is not ……………… to support life as we know it.

a. sufficient enough

b. too sufficient

c. enough sufficient

d. sufficient

à d

81. Students in the United States often support themselves by babysitting, working in restaurants, or ……………… taxicabs.

a. they drive

b. to drive

c. driving

d. drive

à c

82. She viewed the …………….. of a week alone in the house without much enthusiasm.

a. prospect

b. prospects

c. prospector

d. prospective

à a

83. Those of us who have a family history of heart disease should make yearly appointments with ……………… doctors.

a. their

b. our

c. his

d. her

à b

84. Although federal support for basic research programs ……………… much less than it was ten years ago, more funds are now available from the national science foundation.

a. are

b. is

c. was

d. were

à b

85. Located in New York, apartments cost more to rent than they …………. in other, smaller cities.

a. do

b. did

c. will

d. would

à a

86. This new model not only saves time but also …………. by operating on two batteries instead of four.

a. energy

b. to save energy

c. save energy

d. saves energy

à d

87. The government requires that a census be taken every ten years ……………. accurate statistics may be compiled.

a. so

b. so that

c. such

d. such that

à b

88. The main …………….. of economics success is our ability to control inflation.

a. determinant

b. determination

c. determine

d. determined

à a

89. Who is responsible ……………… the project?

a. for

b. to

c. with

d. about

à a

90. Television has little …………….. for me.

a. attract

b. attractive

c. attraction

d. attractively

à c

91. In 1975, according to the national center for health statistics, the average life expectancy for people born during that year …………….. 72.4 years.

a. is

b. were

c. are

d. was

à d

92. A …………….. mountaineer reached the top of the Himalaya last week.

a. fearful

b. fearfulness

c. fearless

d. fearlessness

à c

93. Traditionally, the flag is ………………. in the morning and taken down at night.

a. raised

b. raise

c. risen

d. rise

à a

94. One way to inform the public about factories that pollute the environment is through …………….. programs on TV.

a. agricultural

b. educational

c. industrial

d. cultural

à b

95. I didn’t enjoy this book on how to succeed in business. It wasn’t very ……………..

a. poorly written

b. well typed

c. well written

d. good written

à c

96. The corals can be divided into three groups, two of which …………… extinct.

a. is

b. are

c. was

d. were

à b

97. Without alphabetical order, dictionaries would be ……………… to use.

a. possibility

b. possible

c. impossibility

d. impossible

à d

98. I was shocked ……………… the news of the crashed plane.

a. about

b. with

c. of

d. at

à d

99. Jane Addams had already established full house in Chicago and ……………… her work in the women's suffrage movement when she was awarded the Nobel prize for peace.

a. began

b. begun

c. begin

d. beginning

à b

100. The extent to which an individual is a product of either heredity or environment ………………, but several theories have been proposed.

a. cannot proved

b. cannot be proved

c. cannot prove

d. can be proved

à b

101. Every country …………….. a national flag.

a. is

b. are

c. has

d. have

à c

102. Optical fibers ………………… to deliver laser light.

a. can also used

b. also can use

c. can also be used

d. also can be used

à c

103. The flag of the original colonies may or may not have been ………… by Betsy Ross during the revolution.

a. made

b. make

c. to make

d. making

à a

104. Goods for sale at …………….. prices.

a. attract

b. attractive

c. attraction

d. attractively

à b

105. Your mistakes in composition are similar ……………… his.

a. by

b. to

c. on

d. with

à b

106. Often a team of engineers is ……………….

a. work on one project

b. on one project work

c. working on one project

d. to working on one project

à c

107. A vacuum will neither conduct heat nor ……………….

a. transmit sound waves

b. transmitting sound waves

c. sound waves are transmitted

d. the transmission of sound waves

à a

108. To relieve pain caused by severe burns, prevent infection, and treat for shock, ………………..

a. taking immediate steps

b. to take immediate steps

c. taken steps immediately

d. take immediate steps

à d

109. All the cereal grains ………………. grow on the prairies and plains of the United States.

a. but rice

b. except the rice

c. but for rice

d. excepting rice

à a

110. All of them are freshmen, …………….. whom come from countryside.

a. most of

b. most

c. both a and b are correct

d. most of the

à a

111. …………….. thought was given, but all was not approved.

a. A large number of

b. A great deal of

c. Many of

d. Many

à b

112. Green and magenta are complementary colors located opposite each other on the color wheel, ………………..

a. and blue and yellow so

b. and too blue and yellow

c. and so blue and yellow do

d. and so are blue and yellow

à d

113. Double-stars orbit ………………. .

a. each to the other

b. each other

c. each other one

d. other each one

à b

114. A …………….. is a person who searches for valuable minerals.

a. prospect

b. prospects

c. prospector

d. prospective

à c

115. John F. Kennedy was the youngest president of the United States and ………………. to be assassinated.

a. the fourth

b. fourth

c. four

d. the four

à a

116. Oscillatona, one of the few plants that can move about, ………………. a wavy, gliding motion.

a. having

b. has

c. being

d. with

à b

117. Nitrogen must be ……………. with another element such as hydrogen or oxygen to be useful in agriculture or industry.

a. combine

b. combining

c. to combine

d. combined

à d

118. In ancient times and throughout the middle ages, many people believed that the earth …………… motionless.

a. is

b. are

c. was

d. were

à c

119. Anyone reproducing copyrighted works without permission of the holders of the copyrights ………….. breaking the law.

a. are

b. is

c. was

d. were

à b

120. Supersonic transport …………… the Concorde will probably be widely accepted as soon as problems of noise and atmospheric pollution are resolved.

a. such

b. so as

c. so

d. such as

à d

121. Because …………….. food is as nutritious for a baby as its mother's milk, many women are returning to the practice of breast feeding.

a. not

b. no

c. none

d. some

à b

122. Civil engineers had better ………… to use steel supports in concrete structures built on unstable geophysical sites.

a. planning

b. to plan

c. plan

d. plans

à c

123. Three dangerous criminals escaped ……………… prison yesterday.

a. from

b. for

c. out

d. for

à a

124. The exam results could …………….. your career.

a. determinant

b. determination

c. determine

d. determined

à c

125. If the oxygen supply in the atmosphere ………….. replenished by plants, it would soon be exhausted.

a. were not

b. was not

c. had not been

d. has not been

à a

126. I used to earn …………….. money, but then I lost my job.

a. a lot of

b. many

c. lot

d. few

à a

127. The practical and legal implications of euthanasia, the practice of causing the death of a person suffering from an incurable disease, are so controversial …………….. it is illegal in most countries.

a. as

b. when

c. since

d. that

à d

128. Since lightning was probably significant in the formation of life, understanding it might help us ……………. life itself.

a. understanding

b. understand

c. understood

d. to understanding

à b

129. Starfishes and sea urchins, members of the echinoderms or spiny skinned animals, are particularly ………………. because of their unusual structures.

a. to interest

b. interest

c. interested

d. interesting

à d

130. ………. poetry is more enjoyable when it is read aloud.

a. Almost

b. Most

c. Many

d. Few

à b

131. It is essential that cancer …………. diagnosed and treated as early as possible in order to assure a successful cure.

a. is

b. been

c. was

d. be

à d

132. Products in this shop were …………….. arranged, displayed, presented on the shelves.

a. attract

b. attractive

c. attraction

d. attractively

à d

133. The battle field was a …………….. sight.

a. fear

b. fearsome

c. fearlessly

d. fearless

à b

134. A vine climbs from one tree to another, continuing to grow and support itself even when the original supporting tree is ……………. longer alive.

a. no

b. not

c. any more

d. none

à a

135. Parents have great …………….. for their children’s future.

a. expectant

b. expectancies

c. expects

d. expectations

à d

136. The consistency of protoplasm and that of glue …………….

a. they are alike

b. are similar to

c. are similar

d. the same

à c

137. The lights and appliances in most homes use alternating current …………….

a. instead direct current

b. instead of direct current

c. that instead direct current

d. for direct current instead

à b

138. When Franklin Roosevelt decided to run for a fourth term, the opposition said that he was …………….

a. so old

b. too old

c. oldest

d. very older

à b

139. The decomposition of microscopic animals at the bottom of the sea results in an accumulation of ……………. in porous rocks.

a. the oil

b. oil

c. an oil

d. oils

à b

140. They discussed the matter calmly and ……………..

a. reason

b. reasoned

c. reasonable

d. reasonably

à d

141. I saw a sample ……………… her work and it was quite impressed.

a. of

b. in

c. on

d. about

à a

142. The U.S. postal service policy for check approval includes a requirement that two pieces of identification ……………...

a. must present

b. presented

c. be presented

d. for presentation

à c

143. Nerve impulses ……………. to the brain at a speed of about one hundred yards per second.

a. sending sensations

b. to send sensations

c. send sensations

d. be send sensations

à c

144. Although exact statistics vary because of political changes, ……………. separate nation states are included in the official lists at any one time.

a. more than two hundred

b. as much as two hundred

c. many as two hundred

d. most that two hundred

à a

145. ……………. owe much of their success as a group to their unusual powers of migration.

a. That birds

b. A bird

c. The bird

d. Birds

à d

146. I believe …………….. things openly.

a. of discussing

b. for discussing

c. in discussing

d. on discussing

à c

147. Research in the work place reveals that people work for many reasons …………….     .

a. money beside

b. money besides

c. beside money

d. besides money

à d

148. Seals can ……………. because they have a thick layer of blubber under their fur.

a. keep them warm

b. keep themselves warm

c. they keep warm

d. keep their warm

à b

149. Both liquids and gases flow freely from a container because they have ……………..

a. not definite shape

b. none definite shape

c. nothing definite shape

d. no definite shape

à d

150. One of Shaw's ……………., “Pygmalion”, was the story that formed the basis for the musical play “my fair lady".

a. greatest work

b. greatest works

c. the greatest work

d. the greatest works

à b

151. Although the scientific community had hoped that the field of transplantation ……………., the shortage of organ donors has curtailed research.

a. progress

b. had progressed

c. would progress

d. progressing

à c

152. The seed heads of teasel plants raise the nap on coarse tweed cloth ……………. than do the machine tools invented to replace them.

a. more efficiently

b. efficiently more

c. efficient

d. most efficient

à a

153. We are all amenable ……………… discipline.

a. with

b. at

c. to

d. for

à c

154. ……………. unknown quantities is the task of algebra.

a. To found

b. Find

c. The find

d. Finding

à d

155. I read two books but neither book …………….. very interesting.

a. has been

b. had been

c. was

d. were

à c

156. The yearly path of the sun around the heavens ……………..

a. is known as the ecliptic

b. known as the ecliptic

c. it is known to be ecliptic

d. knowing as the ecliptic

à a

157. This table is already ……………..

a. occupy

b. occupied

c. occupation

d. occupational

à b

158. A dolphin ……………. a porpoise in that it has a longer nose.

a. different

b. differs

c. different than

d. differs from

à d

159. The …………….. I’m late is that I missed the bus.

a. reason

b. reasoned

c. reasonable

d. reasonably

à a

160.    …………… like “Macdonalds” and “Kentucky fried chicken” have used franchising to extend their sales internationally.

a. Chain's restaurants

b. Chains restaurants

c. Chain restaurant

d. Chain restaurants

à d

161. A baby is under parental ……………..

a. guidance

b. guide

c. guided

d. guideless

à a

162. Uranus is just ……………. to be seen on a clear night with the naked eye.

a. bright enough

b. enough brightly

c. as enough bright

d. bright as enough

à a

163. Before Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, many people died ……………..

a. infected with simple bacteria

b. from simple bacterial infections

c. infections were simple bacteria

d. infecting of simple bacteria

à b

164. That most natural time units are not simple multiples of each other ……………. in constructing a calendar.

a. it is a primary problem

b. is a primary problem

c. a primary problem is

d. a primary problem

à b

165. ……………. the plow is being displaced by new techniques that protect the land and promise more abundant crops.

a. As a whole

b. Wholly

c. On a whole

d. The whole

à a

166. In excess of 80 percent of the UN's budget is used ……………. the economic development of member nations.

a. support

b. supporting

c. the support

d. to support

à d

167. The bacteria in milk is destroyed when ……………. to at least 62°C.

a. it be heated

b. it heated

c. it is heated

d. it will be heated

à c

168. In order for people who spoke different languages to engage in trade ……………., they often developed a simplified language called “pidgin”.

a. with each the other

b. with each to the other

c. with each another

d. with each other

à d

169. The two main ……………. are permanent magnets and electromagnets.

a. kinds of magnets

b. kind of magnets

c. kind magnets

d. kinds magnets

à a

170. You ought to book in advance. You can’t rely …………….. a hotel room.

a. on finding

b. in finding

c. of finding

d. about finding

à a

171. According to a recent survey, ……………. doctors do not have a personal physician.

a. a large amount of

b. large amount of

c. a large number of

d. large number of

à c

172. There are many beautifully preserved historic buildings …………….

a. in Beacon street in Boston

b. in Beacon street at Boston

c. on Beacon street in Boston

d. at Beacon street on Boston

à c

173. The prime rate is the rate of interest that a bank will charge when it ………… money to its best clients.

a. lent

b. borrows

c. borrowed

d. lends

à d

174. The area where a microchip is manufactured must be the …………… environment possible.

a. most cleanest

b. cleanest

c. more cleanest

d. cleaner

à b

175. Mathematics is ……………… and serves so many of the sciences that it is a prerequisite for studying every scientific discipline.

a. such important field

b. such an important field

c. such a important field

d. so an important field

à b

176. Studies of job satisfaction are unreliable because there ……………. so many variables and because the admission of dissatisfaction may be viewed as a personal failure.

a. was

b. were

c. is

d. are

à d

177. I knew I could rely ……………… them to get the job done.

a. in

b. with

c. of

d. on

à d

178. Champlain founded a base at port royal in 1605, and …………. a fort at Quebec three years later.

a. builds

b. built

c. to built

d. building

à b

179. Natural gas often occurs together …………….. petroleum in the minute pores of rocks such as sandstone and limestone.

a. with

b. in

c. by

d. along

à a

180. There is no limit to the diversity to be ……………. in the cultures of people throughout the world.

a. finding

b. found

c. find

d. to find

à b

181. We were very proud of his ……………..

a. fearful

b. fearfulness

c. fearless

d. fearlessness

à d

182. The Sloths spend most of …………… time hanging upside down from trees and feeding on leaves and fruit.

a. its

b. his

c. her

d. their

à d

183. The native people in the Americas were referred to as Indians because according to the ………… at the time, Christopher Columbus had reached the East Indies.

a. believe

b. belief

c. believed

d. believer

à b

184. …………….. missile was used in the war between American and Irak.

a. Guidance

b. Guide

c. Guided

d. Guideless

à c

185. A barometer is a device with a sealed metal chamber designed ……………… the changes in the pressure of air in the atmosphere.

a. to reading

b. read

c. reading

d. to read

à d

186. Cotton fiber, like other vegetable fibers, ……………. composed mostly of cellulose.

a. are

b. is

c. has

d. have

à b

187. Almost all life depends ………. chemical reactions with oxygen to produce energy.

a. with

b. to

c. on

d. for

à c

188. It may be argued that modern presidents have far ……………. responsibilities than their predecessors did.

a. great

b. more great

c. greater

d. most great

à c

189. She put a (well-) …………….. case for increasing the fees.

a. reason

b. reasoned

c. reasonable

d. reasonably

à b

190. Many grasshoppers can produce sounds by ……………. their hind legs against their wings.

a. rub

b. to rub

c. rubbed

d. rubbing

à d

191. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was not only a poet and an author but ……….. the chairman of the modern language department at Harvard university for more than eighteen years.

a. also

b. as well

c. so well

d. so

à a

192. It’s an …………….. advice service.

a. occupied (v)

b. occupied (adj)

c. occupation

d. occupational

à d

193. Some important characteristics of the baroque style were a renewed interest in ornamentation and a powerful ………………. of both light and shade.

a. use

b. useful

c. useless

d. to use

à a

194. I’ve succeeded ……………… hold of the telephone number.

a. in getting

b. on getting

c. upon getting

d. about getting

à a

195. The girl took a long hike on the first morning at camp.

a. horseback ride

b. bike ride

c. walk

d. go

à c

196. The elevator broke down, and we had to walk up to the tenth floor.

a. fell

b. stopped functioning

c. exploded

d. spread

à b

197. Two little boys approached me and said, “Give me some money”.

a. came down to

b. came up to

c. came around to

d. came on to

à b

198. The cabinet consists of secretaries of departments, who report to the president, give him advice, and ……………. him make decisions.

a. helping

b. to help

c. help

d. with helping

à c

199. The jury isn’t satisfied ……………… his answer.

a. to

b. with

c. about

d. of

à b

200. Each of the intelsat satellites ………….. in a fixed position from which they relay radio signals to more than seventy earth stations.

a. remain

b. remains

c. remained

d. remaining

à b

201. The examiner must have pleased ………….. my performance.

a. for

b. with

c. about

d. in

à b

202. “Grateful for” means:

a. fed up with

b. proud of

c. fond of

d. thankful for

à d

203. They informed me about it. That’s the …………….. I received.

a. inform

b. informs

c. informations

d. information

à d

204. She said she ……………….. this race.

a. wants to win

b. want to win

c. wanted to win

d. wanting to win

à c

205. The thief was …………….. to six months’ imprisonment.

a. given

b. allowed

c. sent

d. sentenced

à d

206. Some people think that the camel ……………….. water in its hump.

a. store

b. stores

c. stored

d. had stored

à b

207. Instead of ……………… about the good news, Tom seemed to be indifferent.

a. exciting

b. being excited

c. to excite

d. to be excited

à b

208. Women …………….. to live longer than men.

a. tend

b. tendency

c. tendentious

d. tendentiously

à a

209. I finally finished ……………… at 7.00 p.m. and served dinner.

a. cooking

b. being cooked

c. to cook

d. to be cooked

à a

210. Would you mind not ……………… the radio until I have finished with this phone call?

a. turning on

b. being turned on

c. to turn on

d. to be turned on

à a

211. Ann hoped ……………… to join the private club. She could make important business contracts there.

a. inviting

b. being invited

c. to invite

d. to be invited

à d

212. The fact that many students tend ……………… interest in literature.

a. lose

b. losing

c. to lose

d. being lost

à c

213. The tourists complained …………….. any sleep.

a. for not getting

b. about not getting

c. on not getting

d. in not getting

à b

214. She’s perfectly …………….. in her demands.

a. reason

b. reasoned

c. reasonable

d. reasonably

à c

215. It is a thing worth ………………

a. being done

b. to be done

c. doing

d. do

à c

216. There are ways ……………… that.

a. doing

b. to be done

c. done

d. to do

à d

217. Prices continue to show an upward ……………..

a. tend

b. tendency

c. tendentious

d. tendentiously

à b

218. The quality of this photograph is not noticeably different ……………… that one.

a. for

b. with

c. from

d. of

à c

219. You should get into the habit of ……………… at least one newspaper daily.

a. to read

b. reading

c. being read

d. read

à b

220. It is very important that you learn how ……………… this tool.

a. to use

b. using

c. use

d. used

à a

221. Historians will never agree completely the effects of ………………

the world’s first atomic bomb ……………… the World War II.

a. drop / to end

b. dropping / to be ended

c. dropping / to end

d. drop / end

à c

222. She was unable to speak from ……………..

a. fear

b. fearsome

c. fearful

d. fearless

à a

223. We felt ashamed ……………… his action.

a. to

b. of

c. on

d. for

à b

224. A good student must know ………………

a. to study hard

b. to be a good student

c. how to study effectively

d. the way of effectively in study

à c

225. Radioactivity causes cancer and may ……………… future generations.

a. create

b. affect

c. develop

d. even help

à b

226. The pilot agreed to land the plane only …………… the hijackers threatened in shoot some of the passengers.

a. which

b. when

c. that

d. where

à b

227. We was delighted ……………… you’ve won the first prize in the National mathematics competition.

a. that

b. when

c. why

d. where

à a

228. You were responsible ……………… the error.

a. to

b. for

c. on

d. in

à b

229. He was ……………… to prevent it.

a. power

b. powerly

c. powerless

d. unpower

à c

230. Either my answer or yours …………….. wrong.

a. is

b. are

c. has

d. have

à a

231. He returned money to the man who ……………… it.

a. loose

b. have lost

c. lost

d. had lost

à d

232. The film didn’t ……………… to our expectations.

a. equal

b. give

c. equally

d. gave

à a

233. There are three categories ……………… answers you can choose one.

a. of

b. about

c. with

d. in

à a

234. Children with …………….. faces waiting for the pantomime to start.

a. expectant

b. expected

c. expect

d. expectation

à a

235. Those fellows seem dull and I want to get ……………… of them quickly.

a. pant

b. rid

c. chance

d. difficult

à b

236. The suggestions above are just some of the ways to increase your ……………….. awareness.

a. culture

b. culturally

c. cultural

d. cultured

à c

237. My roommates ……………… dinner by the time I got home.

a. finished

b. finish

c. had finished

d. have finished

à c

238. We express our thoughts by means ……………… word.

a. in

b. to

c. on

d. of

à d

239. The witness’s account was not ……………… with the facts.

a. match

b. reliable

c. consistent

d. confirmed

à c

240. It was not until she had arrived home ……………… remembered her appointment with the doctor.

a. when she

b. that she

c. and she

d. she

à b

241. Is this car capable …………….. us all way to our hometown?.

a. in getting

b. about getting

c. of getting

d. for getting

à c

242. The people at the party were worried about Jane because no one was aware ……………… she had gone.

a. of where

b. of the place where

c. where that

d. the place

à a

243. Minh did not do well in the class because ………………

a. he studied bad.

b. he was not good studywise.

c. he was a badly student.

d. he failed to study properly.

à d

244. He made a speech at a wedding reception. He spoke during the ………………

a. wedding

b. marriage

c. ceremony

d. party

à d

245. Let’s ask our teacher how to solve this problem ……………… we can’t agree on the answer.

a. because of

b. since

c. consequently

d. as long as

à b

246. Mr. Phuong will substitute ……………… the history teacher who is out of town.

a. from

b. at

c. for

d. with

à c

247. ……………… you select reverse gear, the car goes backwards.

a. In spite of

b. Unless

c. If

d. For

à c

248. ……………… I get angry and upset, I try to take ten deep breaths.

a. Until

b. Whenever

c. Therefore

d. For

à b

249. A …………….. railway accident happened 3 days ago.

a. fearful

b. fearfulness

c. fearless

d. fearlessness

à a

250. A small fish needs camouflage to hide itself ……………… its enemies cannot find it.

a. so that

b. so

c. therefore

d. due to

à a

251. I wouldn’t give a ……………… to a young child for his birthday.

a. flowers

b. fruit

c. basket of fruit

d. money

à c

252. Did they …………….. to Polihale Beach when they were in Hawaii?

a. go

b. went

c. gone

d. to go

à a

253. Do you think ………….. is a good gift?

a. gloves

b. money

c. cookies

d. chocolates

à b

254. My grandparents gave me some beautiful ………………… when I finished high school.

a. jewelry

b. necklace

c. piece of jewelry

d. ring

à a

255. A comedy is a movie …………….. you laugh.

a. who makes

b. who make

c. that makes

d. in that makes

à c

256. If you cross your eyes, they …………….. that way.

a. are staying

b. stayed

c. wouldn’t stay

d. won’t stay

à d

257. Andrew is very good …………….. jokes.

a. for telling

b. in telling

c. at telling

d. about telling

à c

258. We plan to investigate the possibility ……………… spending a week at the seashore.

a. in

b. of

c. on

d. for

à b

259. What will happen if you …………….. to a lot of loud music?

a. have listened

b. are listening

c. listen

d. listened

à c

260. Huge areas have been …………….. because of the nuclear accident.

a. evacuated

b. transmitted

c. restrained

d. disturbed

à a

261. He was a very unpopular man in the village. Nobody …………….. him.

a. quarrelled

b. hated

c. liked

d. objected

à c

262. The country was in total …………….. as all of the political factions attempted to gain control after the revolution.

a. confusion

b. confustion

c. confusment

d. confusian

à a

263. In order to make a good …………….. at a job interview, you should prepare well for the interview.

a. impressment

b. impressian

c. impresstion

d. impression

à d

264. What someone says to you can create amusing problems.

a. inunderstanding

b. misunderstanding

c. ununderstanding

d. ilunderstanding

à b

265. If television programs were not violent, they would not …………….. in increased violence in the viewers.

a. contribute

b. result

c. give

d. conclude

à b

266. A few of the passengers were trying to get some sleep, but …………….. of them were reading.

a. almost

b. all most

c. most

d. mostly

à c

267. A lot of the passengers were traveling home to …………….. Christmas with their families.

a. last

b. hold

c. keep

d. spend

à d

268. Designing …………….. for actors to wear requires a lot of creativity.

a. scripts

b. sets

c. costumes

d. kinds

à c

269. The three men were found guilty …………….. fraud.

a. with

b. for

c. of

d. by

à c

270. Every house in the street …………….. the same.

a. is

b. are

c. has

d. have

à a

271. What is she so nervous ………………?

a. about

b. for

c. to

d. with

à a

272. Such …………….. statements are likely to provoke strong opposition.

a. tend

b. tendency

c. tendentious

d. tendentiously

à c

273. The man was found guilty …………….. from his employer.

a. of stealing

b. for stealing

c. in stealing

d. with stealing

à a

274. She went on her work with an air of ……………..

a. determinant

b. determination

c. determine

d. determined

à b

275. He …………….. that if we started at dawn, we would be there by noon.

a. reason

b. reasoned

c. reasonable

d. reasonably

à b

276. The patient is getting on ……………..

a. satisfied

b. satisfaction

c. satisfactory

d. satisfactorily

à d

277. My brother and my sister …………….. engineers.

a. is

b. are

c. has

d. have

à b

278. He did not look at straight to his father’s eyes. He answered ……………..

a. fearful

b. fearfully

c. fearless

d. fearlessly

à b

279. The earth, ………………. is the fifth largest planet in the solar system, is the third planet from the sun.

a. who

b. whom

c. which

d. that

à c

280. They took part in school’s activities ……………..

a. keen

b. keenly

c. keenness

d. keener

à b

281. She went to meet him with an air of ……………..

a. expectant

b. expectancy

c. expect

d. expectation

à b

282. Alexander Graham Bell …………….. the telephone by the time I was born.

a. had already invented

b. has already finished

c. already finished

d. already finish

à a

283. The army ……………..  the enemy’s capital.

a. occupied (v)

b. occupied (adj)

c. occupation

d. occupational

à a

284. People objected ……………. to wait so long.

a. with having

b. to having

c. for having

d. about having

à b

285. - Is April twenty-first the day ……………..?

- No, the twenty-second.

a. you’ll arrive then

b. when you arrive

c. on that you’ll arrive

d. when you’ll arrive on

à b

286. The severe drought …………….. occurred last summer ruined the corn crop.

a. that is

b. which it

c. it

d. that

à d

287. Florida, ……………..  the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every year.

a. is

b. known as

c. is known as

d. that is known as

à b

288. The new shopping mall is gigantic. It’s advertised as a place …………….. you can find just about anything you might want to buy.

a. where

b. which

c. in where

d. in that

à a

289. Lola’s marriage has been arranged by her family. She is marrying to a man ……………..

a. that she hardly knows him

b. whom she hardly knows

c. whose she hardly knows

d. she hardly knows him

à b

290. People who exercise frequently have greater physical endurance than those ……………..

a. who doesn’t

b. that doesn’t

c. which don’t

d. who don’t

à d

291. Is this the address to …………….. you want the package sent?

a. where

b. that

c. which

d. whom

à c

292. That book is by a famous anthropologist. It’s about the people in Samoa …………….. for two years.

a. that she lived

b. that she lived among them

c. among whom she lived

d. where she lived among them

à c

293. By the time Jason arrived to help, we …………….. moving everything.

a. has already finished

b. had already finished

c. already finished

d. already finish

à b

294. The apartment was hot when I got home, so I …………….. the air conditioner.

a. had turned on

b. turn on

c. turned on

d. would turn on

à c

295. We engaged a …………….. to show us the way across the mountains.

a. guidance

b. guide

c. guided

d. guideless

à b

296. The farmer’s barn caught fire during the night. By the time the fire fighters arrived, the building …………….. to the ground.

a. burned

b. had been burned

c. was burned

d. had burned

à d

297. The suit cost me more than a week’s salary. Until then, I …………….. so much on one outfit.

a. never had spent

b. never has spent

c. had never spent

d. has never spent

à c

298. Yesterday a hornet …………….. me under my arm. That really hurt! When I put on my shirt after working in the garden, I hadn’t seen that there was a hornet in it.

a. had stung

b. sting

c. stung

d. was stung

à c

299. Sophie is very keen …………….. to art college.

a. in going

b. at going

c. about going

d. on going

à d

300. If any of your questions are still …………….., you could do some more research in order to have answers.

a. inanswered

b. unanswered

c. imanswered

d. iranswered

à b

301. We were not happy with the plans …………….. the architect showed us for our new house. Obviously, he had never designed a home like the one we wanted.

a. that

b. in that

c. in which

d. who

à a

302. When I saw that Mike was having trouble, I …………….. him. He was very appreciative.

a. was helping

b. were helping

c. helped

d. help

à c

303. My wife and I went to Disneyland when we visited Los Angeles last spring. Prior to that time, we …………….. to such a big amusement park. It was a lot of fun.

a. had never been

b. were never been

c. never were

d. were never

à a

304. Last year I experienced …………. I had flown in an air plane for fairly long distances before, but never as long as when I went to Australia last June.

a. how can tedious long plane trips be

b. how tedious can long plane trips be

c. how long plane trips can be tedious

d. how tedious long plane trips can be

à d

305. I don’t want you ……………… my arriving late.

a. mention

b. to mention

c. mentioning

d. mentioned

à b

306. If you can’t unscrew the lid, try …………….. it with a hammer.

a. to hit

b. hit

c. hitting

d. hits

à c

307. I remember …………….. him say the grass needed ………… yesterday.

a. to hear / cutting

b. hearing / to cut

c. hearing / cutting

d. to hear / to cut

à c

308. I advise you ……………… before deciding …………… the job.

a. waiting / accepting

b. waiting / to accept

c. to wait / to accept

d. to wait / accepting

à c

309. We regret ………………. that the lecture was very dull and wasn’t worth …………………..

a. to say / to listen to

b. saying / listening to

c. saying / to listen to

d. to say / listening to

à b

310. I couldn’t resist ………… him why he was trying ………. meeting me.

a. asking / to avoid

b. asking / avoiding

c. to ask / to avoid

d. to ask / avoiding

à a

311. The police suspect him of ………………. stolen goods.

a. to try to sell

b. try to sell

c. trying selling

d. trying to sell

à d

312. Peace in the area was elusive as the wind.

a. easy

b. slow in coming

c. difficult to catch

d. near

à c

313. 37-year-old Timothy Lindlaw is now designing …………….. for offices.

a. furniture

b. furnitures

c. some furnitures

d. a furniture

à a

314. After he …………….. a highly successful computer business for two years, he started his second business in a small garage.

a. has run

b. runs

c. was running

d. had run

à d

315. He …………….. his first million pounds by the time he was thirty.

a. has made

b. used to make

c. had made

d. would make

à c

316. After …………….. with the workers of his company, he suddenly dismissed them.

a. quarrel

b. quarrelling

c. quarrelled

d. have quarrelled

à b

317. I had made five million pounds before things …………….. to go wrong.

a. have begun

b. began

c. begin

d. would begin

à b

318. He said that he …………….. to call his new company “Office-Fit” and was already very successful.

a. had decided

b. was deciding

c. decided

d. has decided

à a

319. They hope that their plan will be a ……………..

a. succeed

b. successful

c. succession

d. success

à d

320. We asked him what countries he ……………..

a. had been visited

b. had visited

c. has been visiting

d. visited

à b

321. Did they say they …………… me?

a. will telephone

b. would telephone

c. have telephoned

d. had telephoned

à b

322. The …………….. of coming in time in small.

a. possible

b. possibly

c. possibility

d. impossible

à c

323. There was a nasty …………….. at Newton crossroads yesterday morning.

a. event

b. accident

c. happening

d. emergency

à b

324. A bus overturned, and some of the passengers were badly ……………..

a. pained

b. wounded

c. knocked down

d. injured

à d

325. Several …………….. helped to pull people out of the wreckage.

a. bystanders

b. spectators

c. audience

d. supporters

à a

326. Most of the passengers were found to be suffering from severe ……………..

a. surprise

b. shock

c. worry

d. nervousness

à b

327. The bus had crashed into a brand new car and had completely …………….. it, although fortunately there was no one in the car.

a. hit

b. knocked

c. wrecked

d. crashed

à c

328. The police took the names and addresses of as many …………….. as possible.

a. suspects

b. witnesses

c. viewers

d. judges

à b

329. It is believed that the injured passengers have the right to claim ……………

a. rewards

b. prizes

c. refund

d. compensation

à d

330. This hat looks …………….. on me.

a. nice

b. well

c. beautifully

d. pretty

à a

331. I have designed the kitchen so that my son can’t reach everything.

a. repaired

b. prepared

c. planned

d. altered

à c

332. What led you to leave your job and make this trip?

a. told

b. caused

c. put

d. brought

à b

333. In the end we had so little time together that our marriage was breaking up.

a. forgotten

b. shorten

c. coming to an end

d. boring

à c

334. The yacht had set out for France despite the warning.

a. left

b. rushed

c. aimed

d. cruised

à a

335. She’s just bought a pair of silk tights.

a. pantyhose

b. gloves

c. socks

d. soc

à a

336. They never expected that …………….. find the bicycle.

a. they are going to

b. they are will

c. they would

d. they shall

à c

337. The car was easy to recognize, …………….. it wasn’t difficult for the police to catch the thieves.

a. because

b. that

c. so

d. but

à c

338. By the end of next year, they …………….. the new stadium.

a. will finish

b. finish

c. will have finished

d. they are finishing

à c

339. The news of the President’s death astonished the world.

a. alerted

b. astounded

c. heard

d. announced

à b

340. A multitude of people attended.

a. small number

b. select group

c. huge crowd

d. large

à c

341. He’s just arrived to find his wife in tears.

a. embarrassed

b. panicky

c. crying

d. confused

à c

342. People have a …………….. for special occasions, such as a wedding, a funeral and a graduation.

a. meal

b. dance

c. festival

d. ceremony

à d

343. …………….. work is the work which is done the same way all the time.

a. Routine

b. Manual

c. Mental

d. Office

à a

344. To …………….. means to help someone remember.

a. memorize

b. reconsider

c. remind

d. suggest

à c

345. People …………….. their money because they want their money to grow in value.

a. save

b. invest

c. put away

d. hide

à b

346. Henry will not be able to attend the meeting tonight because ……………..

a. he must to teach a class.

b. he will have teaching a class.

c. of he will teach a class.

d. he will be teaching a class.

à d

347. Alfred has not ……………

a. never before lived alone

b. ever lived alone before

c. hardly live alone before

d. lived lonelinessly in previous time.

à b

348. The committee has met and ……………..

a. they have reached a decision.

b. its decision was reached at.

c. it has reached a decision.

d. its decision reached.

à a

349. John’s score on the test is the highest in class. …………………….

a. He should study last night.

b. He had studied hard.

c. He must have studied hard last night.

d. He must have to study hard last night.

à c

350. The chairman requested that ………..

a. the members studied more carefully the problem.

b. the problem was more carefulnessly studied.

c. with more carefulness the problem could be studied.

d. the members study the problem more carefully.

à d

351. Florida relies heavily on income from fruit crops, and ……………

a. also California

b. California too

c. so does California

d. California is as well

à c

352. She wanted to serve some coffee to her guests, however, …………..

a. she had not many sugar.

b. there was not a great amount of the sugar.

c. she did not have much sugar.

d. she was lacking in amount of sugar.

à c

353. After the funeral, the residents of the apartment building …………..

a. sent faithfully flowers to the cemetery

b. sent to the cemetery faithfully flowers

c. sent faithfully to the cemetery flowers

d. sent flowers faithfully to the cemetery

à d

354. The land and the house that you own are your ……………….

a. property

b. saving

c. personal belongings

d. private area

à a

355. A …………… is an object that help you remember a place you have visited.

a. memory

b. souvenir

c. crime

d. note

à b

356. If someone commits a ……………. in Britain, the police try to catch him.

a. mistake

b. divorce

c. crime

d. misunderstanding

à c

357. The book contained a lot of ………… about how little petrol the car used.

a. information

b. news

c. fact

d. examination

à a

358. The irate crowded edged closer to the police barricades.

a. calm

b. large

c. friendly

d. angry

à d

359. There is gainsaying the validity of her remarks.

a. denying

b. agreeing with

c. assisting

d. hunting

à a

360. Carol dozed off while we watched the ballet.

a. left

b. went away

c. napped

d. withdrew

à c

361. She’s very stubborn.

a. patient

b. obstinate

c. courageous

d. nice

à b

362. She has a full schedule.

a. working day

b. programme of work

c. busy day

d. project

à b

363. Radioactivity causes cancer and may affect future generations.

a. harm

b. be bad for

c. kill

d. pollute

à b

364. The soldiers evacuated out of the area as the enemy advanced.

a. bombed

b. protected

c. left (because of danger)

d. attacked

à c

365. She offered a silly excuse.

a. took

b. gave

c. considered

d. accepted

à b

366. It must be ……………… more than that.

a. worth

b. cost

c. costly

d. expensive

à a

367. I wouldn’t eat fish …………… I was extremely hungry.

a. provided that

b. or

c. unless

d. providing that

à c

368. When I leave school next week, I …………… this class for ten years.

a. teach

b. shall have taught

c. will teach

d. shall teach

à b

369. We invited them ………….. the meeting next week.

a. to attend

b. for attending

c. attending

d. attend

à a

370. “To call up” is to …………

a. criticize

b. surrender

c. visit

d. telephone

à d

371. “To give up” means:

a. To give all

b. To give everything

c. To surrender

d. To give a part of

à c

372. The teacher crossed out several words in my composition.

a. emphasized

b. corrected

c. added

d. cancelled

à b

373. To check out of a hotel is to ……………..

a. register it

b. leave it

c. complain

d. ask for a room

à b

374. Children under the age of eight ………….. allowed to participate this game.

a. hasn’t

b. haven’t

c. isn’t

d. aren’t

à d

375. Employers often require that candidates have not only a degree ……………….

a. but two years experience

b. also two years experience

c. but also two-year experience

d. but more two years experience

à c

376. Today the noise and smoke of factories …………… the environment polluted.

a. make

b. makes

c. want

d. wants

à a

377. Neither oil nor coal …………. used to produce electricity.

a. was

b. are

c. is

d. were

à c

378. None of us ……….. agreed with his thought.

a. is

b. are

c. has

d. have

à c

379. Not only these boys but also that girl …………….. to class late.

a. come

b. comes

c. has

d. have

à b

380. Neither of these documents ………….. translated into English.

a. was

b. need

c. were

d. needs

à c

381. …………….. people have a perfect place from their childhood that brings back lovely feelings.

a. Most of

b. Most

c. Most the

d. Most many

à b

382. With his father's guidance, Mozart ……………. playing the clavier at the age of three and composing at the age of five.

a. begun

b. began

c. begin

d. begins

à b

383. …………….. officials expect increases on the funding for higher education.

a. A little

b. Much

c. Many

d. Little

à c

384. The area has …………….. the richest and most expensive farmland in the country.

a. some

b. some of

c. both a and b are correct

d. some for

à b

385. Since 1969 there have been …………….. attempts to find a political solution to that country problem.

a. the number of

b. a number of

c. a great deal of

d. a large amount of

à b

386. …………….. fruit is grown in this area.

a. Many

b. A lots

c. A lot of

d. Few

à c

387. They had spent so …………….. time on gaining the independence.

a. much

b. many

c. a lot

d. very

à a

388. Too …………….. factors are involved in getting a good job.

a. much

b. many

c. both a and b are correct

d. little

à b

389. …………….. our products are sold overseas.

a. Many of

b. Much of

c. A great deal of

d. Little of

à a

390. …………….. screws have come loose. I’ll have to tighten them.

a. A little

b. Several

c. Much

d. A great deal of

à b

391. Besides rain, ………………. is seldom pure.

a. water naturally

b. natural water

c. water of nature

d. the nature's water

à b

392.The FDA was set up in 1940 ………………. that maintain standards for the sale of food and drugs.

a. to enforce the laws

b. to enforcing laws

c. enforcing laws

d. enforced the laws

à a

393. …………….. shops are closed on Saturday afternoon.

a. Most the

b. Most

c. Most of

d. Most our

à b

394. There are …………….. organizations to help the deaf and the blind.

a. much

b. a little

c. many

d. little

à c

395. ……………. electricity depends on a knowledge of atoms and the subatomic particles of which they are composed.

a. The understanding

b. To understand

c. Understanding

d. For understanding

à c

396. If England had not imposed a tax on tea two hundred and twenty years ago, …………….. the United States have remained part of the British commonwealth?

a. will

b. would

c. have

d. had

à b

397. Scientific fish farming, known as aquaculture, has existed for more than 4000 years, but scientists who …………… research in this field are only recently providing the kind of information that growers need to increase production.

a. make

b. makes

c. does

d. do

à d

398. I paid …………….. money for a new house.

a. many

b. a number of

c. a large number of

d. a lot of

à d

399. A good summary should be …………….. and ……………..

a. short / clear

b. long / full of detail

c. long / exciting

d. short / lengthy

à a

400. Frank Lloyd Wright has been acclaimed by colleagues as ………….. of all modern architects.

a. the greater

b. the greatest

c. the more great

d. the most great

à b

II. FIND THE MISTAKES (400 SENTENCES )

1. The main office of the factory can be found in Maple Street in New York City.

a. The main

b. be found

c. in

d. in

--> c

2. Because there are less members present tonight than there were last night, we must wait until the next meeting to vote.

a. less

b. than

c. were

d. to vote

--> a

3. David is particularly fond of cooking, and he often cooks really delicious meals.

a. particularly

b. fond of

c. often cooks

d. really

--> d

4. The progress made in space travel for the early 1960s is remarkable.

a. progress

a. made

c. in space

d. for

--> d

5. Sandra has not rarely missed a play or concert since she was seventeen years old.

a. not rarely

b. a play

c. since

d. was seventeen years old

--> a

6. The governor has not decided how to deal with the new problems already.

a. The

b. has

c. how to deal with

d. already

--> d

7. There was a very interesting news on the radio this morning about the earthquake in Italy.

a. There was

b. a

c. on the

d. about

--> b

8. The professor had already give the homework assignment when he had remembered that Monday was a holiday.

a. the homework assignment

b. had remembered

c. Monday

d. was

--> b

9. Having been beaten by the police for striking an officer, the man will cry out in pain.

a. by

b. for striking an officer

c. the man

d. will cry out

--> d

10. This table is not study enough to support a television, and that one probably isn’t neither.

a. not study enough

b. to support

c. that one

d. neither

--> d

11. The bridge was hitting by a large ship during a sudden storm last week.

a. was hitting

b. during

c. sudden

d. last

--> a

12. The company representative sold to the manager a sewing machine for forty dollars.

a. The company

b. to the manager

c. sewing

d. for

--> b

13. The taxi driver told the man to don’t allow his disobedient son to hang out the window.

a. taxi driver

b. told the man

c. to don’t allow

d. to hang out

--> c

14. These televisions are quite popular in Europe, but those ones are not.

a. quite

b. in

c. those ones

d. are

--> c

15. Harvey seldom pays his bills on time, and his brother does too.

a. pays his bills

b. on time

c. his

d. does too

--> d

16. The price of crude oil used to be a great deal lower than now, wasn’t it?

a. price of

b. great

c. lower

d. wasn’t it

--> d

17. When an university formulates new regulations, it must relay its decision to the students and faculty.

a. an

b. new regulations

c. it

d. must relay its

--> a

18. Jim was upset last night because he had to do too many homeworks.

a. upset

b. because

c. had to do

d. many homeworks

--> d

19. There is some scissors in the desk drawer in the bedroom if you need them.

a. is

b. scissors

c. in

d. in

--> a

20. The Board of Realtors doesn’t have any informations about the increase in rent for this area.

a. informations

b. about

c. increase

d. in rent for

--> a

21. George is not enough intelligent to pass this economics class without help.

a. enough intelligent

b. to pass

c. this

d. economics

--> a

22. There were so much people trying to leave the burning building that the police had a great deal of trouble controlling them.

a. There were

b. much

c. the burning

d. that

--> b

23. John lived in New York since 1960 to 1975, but he is now living in Detroil.

a. in

b. since

c. is now living

d. in

--> b

24. The fire began in the fifth floor of the hotel, but it soon spread to adjacent floors.

a. in

b. fifth

c. of

d. soon spread

--> a

25. Mrs. Anderson bought last week a new sports car; however, she has yet to learn how to operate the manual gearshift.

a. last week a new sports car

b. however

c. has yet to learn

d. how to operate

--> a

26. She wishes that we didn’t send her the candy yesterday because she’s on a diet.

a. didn’t send

b. her the candy

c. because

d. on

--> a

27. They are planning on attending the convention next month, and so I am.

a. planning on

b. attending

c. next

d. so I am

--> d

28. Today was such beautiful day that I couldn’t bring myself to complete all my chores.

a. such beautiful

b. myself

c. to complete

d. my chores

--> a

29. While they were away at the beach, they allowed their neighbors use their barbecue grill.

a. While

b. were

c. their neighbors

d. use

--> d

30. The artist tried stimulate interest in painting by talking his students to the museums.

a. stimulate

b. interest in

c. by talking

d. to the

--> a

31. Mumps are a very common disease which usually affects children.

a. are

b. common disease

c. which

d. usually

--> a

32. Nancy said that she went to the supermarket before coming home.

a. that

b. went

c. to

d. before coming

--> b

33. Before she moved here, Arlene had been president of the organization since four years.

a. Before

b. been

c. of the

d. since

--> d

34. Each of the nurses report to the operating room when his or her name is called.

a. of the

b. report

c. his or her name

d. is called

--> b

35. The athlete, together with his coach and several relatives, are traveling to the Olympic Games.

a. athlete

b. with

c. his coach

d. are

--> d

36. Professor Duncan teaches both anthropology as well as sociology each fall.

a. teaches

b. both

c. anthropology

d. each fall

--> b

37. My brother is in California on vacation, but I wish he was here so that he could help me repair my car.

a. in

b. on

c. was

d. me repair my car

-> c

38. I certainly appreciate him telling us about the delay in delivering the materials because we had planned to begin work tomorrow.

a. certainly

b. him

c. telling us

d. delivering

-> b

39. The chemistry instructor explained the experiment in such of a way that it was easily understood.

a. in

b. such of a way

c. was

d. easily understood

-> b

40. Rudolph Nureyev has become one of the greatest dancer that the ballet world has ever known.

a. has become

b. greatest

c. dancer

d. ever known

-> c

41. He has less friends in his classes now than he had last year.

a. less

b. his

c. than

d. last year

-> a

42. The town we visited was a four-days journey from our hotel, so we took the train instead of the bus.

a. was

b. four-days

c. took

d. of the

-> b

43. The influence of the nation’s literature, art, and science have captured widespread attention.

a. nation’s

b. science

c. have

d. widespread

-> c

44. The leader emphasized the need for justice and equality between his people.

a. the need

b. for justice

c. between

d. people

-> c

45. Many of the population in the rural areas is composed of manual laborers.

a. Many

b. rural areas

c. composed of

d. laborers

-> a

46. Several people have apparent tried to change the man’s mind, but he refuses to listen.

a. have

b. apparent

c. the man’s mind

d. to listen

-> b

47. Keith is one of the most intelligent boys of the science class.

a. the

b. most

c. of

d. science

-> c

48. The girls were sorry to had missed the singers when they arrived at the airport.

a. were sorry

b. had missed

c. when

d. arrived at

-> b

49. When Keith visited Alaska, he lived in a igloo in the winter months as well as in the spring.

a. lived

b. a

c. months

d. as well as

-> b

50. The harder he tried, the worst he danced before the large audience.

a. tried

b. worst

c. danced

d. large

-> b

51. The officials object to them wearing long dresses for the inaugural dance at the country club.

a. to

b. them

c. wearing

d. at the country club

--> b

52. Janet is finally used to cook on an electric stove after having a gas one for so long.

a. cook

b. after having

c. one

d. for so long

-> a

53. He knows to repair the carburetor without talking the whole car apart.

a. knows

b. the

c. talking

d. apart

--> c

54. Stuart stopped to write his letter because he had to leave for the hospital.

a. to write

b. because

c. leave

d. for the hospital

--> a

55. She must retyping the report before she hands it in to the director of financing.

a. retyping

b. before

c. hands it in

d. to the

--> a

56. How much times did Rich and Jennifer have to do the experiment before they obtained the results they had been expecting.

a. much

b. did Rich and Jennifer have to

c. obtained the results

d. been expecting

--> a

57. Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their own research paper this semester.

a. students

b. in the

c. their

d. own

--> c

58. Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from New Mexico, are planning to attend the festivities.

a. with

b. her cousins from

c. are

d. to attend

--> c

59. They are going to have to leave soon, and so do we.

a. are

b. to have to

c. leave soon

d. so do

--> d

60. All the students are looking forward spending their free time relaxing in the sun this summer.

a. students

b. are

c. forward spending

d. their

--> c

61. Dresses, skirts, shoes, and the children’s clothing is advertised at reduced prices this weekend.

a. children’s clothing

b. is advertised

c. at

d. prices

--> b

62. Mary and her sister just bought two new winters coats at the clearance sale.

a. her sister

b. just bought

c. two new

d. winters

--> d

63. A lunch of soup and sandwiches do not appeal to all of the students.

a. A

b. of

c. do

d. appeal to all of

--> c

64. Some of us have to study their lessons more carefully if we expect to pass this examination.

a. have to

b. their

c. more carefully if

d. to pass

--> b

65. Mr. Peters used to think of hisself as the only president of the company.

a. think

b. hisself

c. as the only

d. of the company

--> b

66. This instructor advised the students for the procedures to follow in writing the term paper.

a. for

b. procedures

c. follow

d. in writing

--> a

67. Although both of them are trying to get the scholarship, she has the highest grades.

a. of them

b. are trying

c. to get

d. highest

--> d

68. The new technique calls for heat the mixture before applying it to the wood.

a. calls

b. heat

c. applying

d. it to the wood

--> b

69. The pilot and the crew distributed the life preservers between the twenty frantic passengers.

a. and the crew

b. distributed

c. between

d. frantic passengers

--> c

70. A five-thousand-dollars reward was offered for the capture of the escaped criminals.

a. A

b. dollars

c. was offered

d. for the capture of

--> b

71. The equipment in the office was badly in need of to be repaired.

a. equipment

b. in the office

c. was badly

d. to be repaired

--> d

72. A liter is one of the metric measurements, aren’t they?

a. A

b. one of the

c. measurements

d. aren’t they

--> d

73. We thought he is planning to go on vacation after the first of the month.

a. is

b. to go on vacation

c. after

d. the first of

--> a

74. There are a large amount of furniture in the storeroom to the left of the library entrance.

a. are

b. of furniture

c. in the storeroom

d. to the left of

--> a

75. The president refuses to accept either of the four new proposals made by the contractors.

a. to accept

b. either

c. new proposals

d. made by

--> b

76. While searching for the wreckage of a unidentified aircraft, the Coast Guard encountered severe squalls at sea.

a. While searching

b. the

c. a

d. severe squalls at sea

--> c

77. Although a number of police officers was guarding the priceless treasures in the museum, the director worried that someone would try to steal them.

a. was guarding

b. treasures in

c. would try to

d. steal

--> a

78. Since it was so difficult for American Indians to negotiate a peace treaty or declare war in their native language, they used a universal understood form of sign language.

a. so difficult for

b. to negotiate

c. in their native language

d. universal

--> d

79. Louis Braille designed a form of communication enabling people to convey and preserve their thoughts to incorporate a series of dots which were read by the finger tips.

a. enabling

b. to convey

c. to incorporate

d. were read

--> c

80. While verbalization is the most common form of language in existence, humans make use of many others systems and techniques to express their thoughts and feelings.

a. the most common form

b. existence

c. others systems

d. to express

--> c

81. The need for a well-rounded education was an idea espoused by the Greeks in time of Socrates.

a. for

b. well-rounded education

c. espoused

d. in time of

--> d

82. Writers and media personnel sell theirselves best by the impression given in their verbal expression.

a. personnel

b. theirselves

c. by the

d. expression

--> b

83. In the spirit of the naturalist writers, that author’s work portrays man’s struggle for surviving.

a. In the spirit

b. naturalist

c. author’s

d. surviving

-> d

84. Stephen Crane’s story is a clinical portrayal of man as an animal trapped by the fear and hunger.

a. Stephen Crane’s story

b. a

c. of man as an animal

d. the fear

-> d

85. Engineers succeeded on putting more and more components on each silicon chip.

a. succeeded

b. on

c. more and more

d. on

-> b

86. For a long time, this officials have been known throughout the country as political bosses and law enforcers.

a. this

b. have been known

c. as

d. law enforcers

-> a

87. Nora hardly never misses an opportunity to play in the tennis tournaments.

a. never

b. an

c. to play

d. in

-> a

88. Air pollution, together with littering, are causing many problems in our large, industrial cities today.

a. with

b. are

c. many

d. in our large

-> b

89. Because of the severe snow storm and the road blocks, the air force dropped food and medical supplies close the city.

a. Because of

b. the

c. dropped food

d. close the city

-> d

90. Hummingbirds are the only birds capable to fly backward as well as forward, up, and down.

a. the only birds

b. to fly

c. as well as

d. forward

-> b

91. The news of the president’s treaty negotiations with the foreign government were received with mixed emotions by the citizens of both governments.

a. The

b. were

c. received with mixed emotions

d. of both governments

-> b

92. Angie’s bilingual ability and previous experience were the qualities that which helped her get the job over all the other candidates.

a. were

b. that which

c. helped her

d. the other

-> b

93. Joel giving up smoking has caused him to gain weight and become irritable with his acquaintances.

a. Joel

b. smoking has

c. caused him to gain

d. become irritable

-> a

94. They asked me what did happen last night, but I was unable to tell them.

a. what did happen

b. last night

c. unable to

d. tell them

-> a

95. The test administrator ordered we not to open our books until he told us to do so.

a. test

b. we

c. not to open

d. told us to do so

-> b

96. Our new neighbors had been living in Arizona since ten years before moving to their present house.

a. Our new

b. had been living

c. since

d. before moving to

-> c

97. I would of attended the meeting of the planning committee last week, but I had to deliver a speech at a convention.

a. would of

b. of the planning

c. had to deliver

d. at a convention

-> a

98. We are suppose to read all of chapter seven and answer the questions for tomorrow’s class.

a. suppose

b. all of chapter

c. answer

d. for tomorrow’s class

-> a

99. The explanation that our instructor gave us was different than the one yours gave you.

a. our

b. gave us

c. than

d. yours gave you

-> c

100. In the sixteenth century, Spain became involved in foreign wars with several other European countries and could not find the means of finance the battles that ensued.

a. In the sixteenth

b. became involved in foreign

c. several other

d. of finance

-> d

101. Neither of the girls have turned in the term papers to the instructor yet.

a. girls

b. have

c. to the

d. yet

-> b

102. After studying all the new materials, the student was able to rise his test score by twenty-five points.

a. After studying

b. all the new

c. was able

d. rise

-> d

103. The book that you see laying on the table belongs to the teacher.

a. that

b. see

c. laying

d. belongs to

-> c

104. I suggest that he goes to the doctor as soon as he returns from talking the exam.

a. that

b. goes

c. to the doctor

d. returns from

-> b

105. She is looking forward to go to Europe after she finishes her studies at the university.

a. looking

b. go

c. finishes

d. at the

-> b

106. They said that the man jumped off of the bridge and plunged into the freezing water.

a. that

b. jumped

c. of

d. plunged into

-> c

107. Mr. Anderson used to jogging in the crisp morning air during the winter months, but now he has stopped.

a. jogging

b. crisp morning

c. during

d. the winter months

-> a

108. The first truly success helicopter was designed by the German engineer Heinrich Focke.

a. first

b. success

c. was designed

d. German

-> b

109. I do not know where could he have gone so early in the morning.

a. could he have

b. gone

c. so early

d. in the

-> a

110. The people tried of defending their village, but they were finally forced to retreat.

a. of defending

b. their

c. forced

d. to retreat

-> a

111. The professor was considering postponing the examination until the following week because the students’ confusion.

a. considering

b. postponing

c. the following week

d. because

-> d

112. Having lost the election, the presidential candidate intends supporting the opposition despite the objections of his staff.

a. Having lost

b. supporting

c. despite

d. the objections of

-> b

113. The congressman, accompanied by secret service agents and aides, are preparing to enter the convention hall within the next few minutes.

a. by

b. are

c. to enter

d. within the next

-> b

114. Because of the torrential rains had devastated the area, the governor sent the National Guard to assist in the clean-up operation.

a. Because of

b. torrential

c. had devastated

d. to assist in

-> a

115. Lack of sanitation in restaurants are a major cause of disease in some areas of the country.

a. of sanitation

b. are

c. cause of

d. in some areas of

-> b

116. Had the committee members considered the alternatives more carefully, they would have realized that the second was better as the first.

a. Had the committee members

b. more carefully

c. second was

d. as the first

-> d

117. Malnutrition is a major cause of death in those countries where the cultivation of rice have been impeded by recurrent drought.

a. is a major

b. in those countries

c. have

d. by recurrent drought

-> c

118. The decision to withdraw all support from the activities of the athletes are causing an uproar among the athletes’ fans.

a. to withdraw

b. all support

c. are causing

d. among

-> c

119. Underutilized species of fish has been proposed as a solution to the famine in many underdeveloped countries.

a. Underutilized

b. has been

c. as

d. to the famine

-> b

120. Because the residents had worked so diligent to renovate the old building, the manager had a party.

a. Because

b. had worked

c. diligent

d. to renovate

-> c

121. John’s wisdom teeth were troubling him, so he went to a dental surgeon to see about having them pull.

a. were troubling

b. to see about

c. them

d. pull

-> d

122. Hardly he had entered the office when he realized that he had forgotten his wallet.

a. Hardly he had

b. the office

c. that he had

d. forgotten his

-> a

123. Sury had better to change her study habits if she hopes to be admitted to a good university.

a. had

b. to change

c. hopes to be

d. to a good university

-> b

124. The teacher told the students to don’t discuss the take-home exam with each other.

a. told

b. to don’t

c. discuss

d. with each other

-> b

125. Some bacteria are extremely harmful, but anothers are regularly used in producing cheeses, crackers, and many other foods.

a. are extremely

b. anothers

c. regularly

d. many other foods

-> b

126. Most Americans would not be happy without a color television, two cars, and working at an extra job.

a. Most

b. without

c. a

d. working at

-> d

127. The lion has long been a symbol of strength, power, and it is very cruel.

a. The

b. long

c. a

d. it is very cruel

-> d

128. All the scouts got theirselves ready for the long camping trip by spending their weekends living in the open.

a. All

b. theirselves

c. the

d. living

-> b

129. Nobody had known before the presentation that Sue and her sister will receive the awards for outstanding scholarship.

a. had known

b. the

c. will receive

d. the

-> c

130. Alice Walker has written books of poetry and short stories, a biography and several novel.

a. has written

b. books of poetry

c. a biography

d. several novel

-> d

131. Until his last class at the university in 1978, Bob always turns in all of his assignments on time.

a. Until

b. turns

c. of

d. on

-> b

132. When I last saw Janet, she hurried to her next class on the other side of the campus and did not have time to talk.

a. last

b. hurried

c. the other

d. did not have

-> b

133. Before we returned from swimming in the river near the camp, someone had stole our clothes, and we had to walk back with our towels around us.

a. Before we returned

b. had stole

c. back

d. around

--> b

134. Patrick was very late getting home last night, and unfortunately for him, the dog barking woke everyone up.

a. getting home

b. for him

c. dog

d. up

--> c

135. He has been hoped for a raise for the last four months, but his boss is reluctant to give him one.

a. has been hoped

b. last

c. to give

d. one

--> a

136. After driving for twenty miles, he suddenly realized that he has been driving in the wrong direction.

a. After driving

b. realized

c. has been driving

d. in

--> c

137. The Department of Foreign Languages are not located in the new building opposite the old one.

a. The

b. are

c. in

d. opposite

--> b

138. The Nobel Prize winner, accompanied by her husband and children, are staying in Sweden until after the presentation.

a. by

b. are

c. until

d. after

--> b

139. Neither of the scout leaders know how to trap wild animals or how to prepare them for mounting.

a. of the

b. know

c. or

d. for mounting

--> b

140. Those of you who signed up for Dr.Daniel’s anthropology class should get their books as soon as possible.

a. Those of

b. for

c. their

d. as possible

--> c

141. Would you like to come and staying with us while you’re in town.

a. Would you like

b. come

c. staying

d. you’re in town

--> c

142. Since vitamins are contained in a wide variety of foods, people seldom lack of most of them.

a. are

b. in a

c. variety of

d. lack of

--> d

143. Psychological experiment indicate that people remember more math problems that they cannot solve than those they are able to solve.

a. experiment

b. solve

c. those

d. to solve

--> a

144. The sun is a huge fiery globe at a average distance of 93,000,000 miles from the Earth.

a. a

b. fiery globe

c. a

d. from

--> c

145. Before becoming successful, Charles Kettering, former vice-president of General Motors, was so poor that he has to use the hayloft of a barn as a laboratory.

a. successful

b. so poor

c. has to

d. as

--> c

146. Despite the metric system is used throughout the world, it is still not commonly used in the United States.

a. Despite

b. is used

c. is still

d. commonly

--> a

147. Some gorillas beat their chests as an express of high spirits.

a. beat

b. as

c. express

d. high

--> c

148. Because Walter Reed’s efforts and those of the people who worked with him, human beings no longer fear the dreaded disease of yellow fever.

a. Because

b. those

c. no longer

d. dreaded disease

--> a

149. The continental shelves is the shallow area of the ocean floor that is closest to the continents.

a. shelves

b. of

c. ocean floor

d. closest

--> a

150. The average adult get two to five colds each year.

a. The

b. get

c. to

d. colds

--> b

151. Fishing have been found to contain a particular type of fat that may help lower blood cholesterol levels.

a. Fishing

b. to contain

c. that

d. levels

--> a

152. Benjamin Franklin’s ability to learn from observation and experience contributed greatly to him success in public life.

a. ability

b. contributed greatly

c. him

d. in

--> c

153. Industrial lasers are most often used for cutting, welding, drilling, and measure.

a. Industrial

b. most often

c. for

d. measure

--> d

154. Alice Walker is probably best known for her novel The Color Purple, publishing in 1982.

a. probably

b. for her novel

c. publishing

d. in 1982

--> c

155. Psychologists at the University of Kansas has studied the effects of the color of a room on people’s behavior.

a. has studied

b. effects

c. color

d. on people’s

--> a

156. Montaigne, the illustrious French philosophy, was elected mayor of Bordeaux, which was his home town.

a. the

b. philosophy

c. was elected

d. which was

--> b

157. Certain pollens are more likely to cause an allergic reaction than another.

a. Certain

b. likely

c. an allergic

d. another

--> d

158. Computers have made access to information instantly available just by push a few buttons.

a. have

b. access

c. instantly available

d. by push

--> d

159. Mined over 2,000 years ago, copper is one of the earliest know metals.

a. Mined

b. ago

c. the

d. know

--> d

160. Many of the early word of T.S Eliot expresses the anguish and barrenness of modern life and the isolation of the individual.

a. Many

b. expresses

c. barrenness

d. isolation

--> a

161. The novel reveal the horror, drudgery, and joy of black life in rural Georgia.

a. The novel

b. reveal

c. joy of black life

d. rural Georgia

--> b

162. During wedding ceremonies in the United States, guests are usually silence.

a. During

b. ceremonies

c. guests

d. silence

--> d

163. How the Earth is in the shadow of the moon, we see an eclipse of the sun.

a. How

b. in the shadow

c. the

d. an

--> a

164. The children’s television program called Sesame Street was seeing in 84 countries in 1989.

a. The children’s

b. called

c. seeing

d. in

--> c

165. Some research suggests what there is a link between the body’s calcium balance and tooth decay.

a. research

b. what

c. link between

d. and

--> b

166. Louisa May Alcott infused her own life into the character of Jo in a book Little Women.

a. her

b. into

c. of

d. in a book

--> d

167. Rock music was original a mixture of country music and rhythm and blues.

a. Rock music

b. original

c. country music

d. and

--> b

168. An increasing number of office works use computer programs as daily routine.

a. increasing

b. of

c. works

d. daily

--> c

169. Traveling ballet companies were uncommon before her Augusta Maywood formed the first traveling troupe.

a. Traveling

b. were

c. her

d. traveling

--> c

170. The virtues of ordinary life is the focus of many poems.

a. The

b. ordinary

c. is

d. many

--> c

171. Economic goods often consist to material items, but they can also be services to people.

a. goods

b. to

c. but

d. be

--> b

172. Moby-Dick is a novel that telling the story of a ship captain’s single-minded hatred of a huge while whale.

a. novel

b. telling

c. single-minded

d. of

--> b

173. Earwax lubricates and protects the ear from foreign matter such water and insects.

a. Earwax lubricates

b. foreign

c. such

d. insects

--> c

174. Before creating the telegraph, Samuel Morse made their living as a painter.

a. creating

b. made

c. their

d. as

--> c

175. Some jellyfish make daily journeys from deep water to the surface and back, while others migrate horizontal.

a. make

b. from deep

c. while

d. horizontal

--> d

176. To putting a large amount of information on a map, a variety of symbols must be used.

a. To putting

b. on

c. variety

d. must be used

--> a

177. Before the nineteenth century it was rarely to find organized systems of adult education.

a. Before

b. it

c. rarely

d. systems

--> c

178. Smoking is the number one prevent cause of death in the United States.

a. Smoking

b. the

c. prevent

d. of death

--> c

179. Not single alphabet has ever perfectly represented the sounds of any of Earth’s natural languages.

a. Not

b. perfectly

c. sounds

d. any of

--> a

180. The ozone layer must be protected because it shields the Earth from excessive ultraviolet radiate.

a. must be protected

b. it

c. from

d. radiate

--> d

181. Carbohydrates and fats are two essential sources of energy for animal grow.

a. and fats

b. sources

c. for

d. grow

--> d

182. By passing sunlight through a prism, the light is separate into a spectrum of colors.

a. By passing

b. through

c. is separate

d. spectrum of

--> c

183. In spite modern medical technology, many diseases caused by viruses are still not curable.

a. In spite

b. many

c. by viruses

d. not

--> a

184. Though Pablo Picasso was primarily a painting, he also became a fine sculptor, engraver, and ceramist.

a. Though

b. primarily

c. painting

d. fine

--> c

185. People who live in small towns often seem more warm and friendly than people who live in populated densely areas.

a. small towns

b. seem

c. who

d. populated densely

--> d

186. It took eight years to complete the Erie Canal, the 365-mile waterway which it connects Albany and Buffalo in New York State.

a. It

b. to complete

c. the 365-mile

d. which it connects

--> d

187. Every candidate under considering for a federal job must undergo a thorough medical examination.

a. under

b. considering

c. undergo

d. medical

--> b

188. The masterpiece A Christmas Carol wrote by Charles Dickens in 1843.

a. The

b. wrote

c. by

d. in

--> b

189. Species like snakes, lizards, coyotes, squirrels, and jack rabbits seems to exist quite happily in the desert.

a. like

b. seems to

c. quite happily

d. the

--> b

190. The disposable camera, a single-use camera preloaded with print film, has appeared in the late 1980s, and has become very popular.

a. a

b. preloaded with

c. has appeared

d. has become

--> c

191. Until recently, photocopy machines were regarded strict as business and professional office equipment that required a lot of expensive servicing.

a. Until

b. were regarded

c. strict as

d. that required

--> c

192. Before bridges were built, all transport across major rivers in the United States were by ferryboat.

a. bridges

b. were built

c. were

d. by

--> c

193. Telling a story through letters was a narratively structure commonly used by eighteenth-century novelists.

a. Telling a story

b. narratively structure

c. commonly used

d. eighteenth-century novelists

--> b

194. People in the world differ in his beliefs about the cause of sickness and health.

a. differ

b. his

c. about

d. and

--> b

195. In the 1840s, hundreds of families pioneer moved west in their covered wagons.

a. In the

b. hundreds

c. families pioneer

d. their

--> c

196. When children get their first pair of glasses, they are often surprise to see that trees and flowers have sharp clear outlines.

a. When

b. pair

c. surprise

d. have

--> c

197. The indiscriminate and continual use of any drug without medical supervision can be danger.

a. use of

b. without

c. medical

d. danger

--> d

198. In 1931 Jane Adams was a Nobel Peace Prize recipient for she humanitarian achievements.

a. In

b. was

c. she

d. achievements

--> c

199. Even on the most careful prepared trip, problems will sometimes develop.

a. Even

b. careful

c. trip

d. will sometimes

--> b

200. Many people say that California is a state of geographic remarkable diversity.

a. Many

b. a state

c. geographic remarkable

d. diversity

--> c

201. An uncultivated tea plant might grow about 30 feet height.

a. uncultivated

b. tea plant

c. about

d. height

--> d

202. A galaxy, where may include billions of stars, is held together by gravitational attraction.

a. where

b. of

c. is

d. by

--> a

203. Rocks can be broken apart by water that seeps into the cracks and freeze in low temperatures.

a. broken apart

b. that

c. freeze

d. temperatures

--> c

204. Alexander Graham Bell was once a teacher who run a school for the deaf in Massachusetts.

a. once

b. run

c. for

d. in

--> b

205. Some fish use their sense of smell as a guide when return to a spawning site.

a. fish

b. their

c. as

d. return

--> d

206. In Quebec, Canada, the flowing of the maple sap is one of the first sign of spring.

a. In

b. the flowing

c. is

d. sign

--> d

207. Antique auctions are getting more and more popular in the United States because increasing public awareness of the value of investing in antiques.

a. auctions

b. more and more

c. because

d. the value of

--> c

208. Archaeological evidence reveals that Native Americans lived on the East Coast of the United States 13 centuries before.

a. reveals that

b. lived on

c. of the

d. before

--> d

209. Diamond itself is the only material hard enough to cut and polishes diamonds.

a. itself

b. only

c. hard enough

d. polishes

--> d

210. The change from day to night results the rotation of the Earth.

a. change

b. to

c. results

d. the Earth

--> c

211. As Ingrid Bergman lived a life of courage, she also approached die with courage.

a. As

b. a life

c. she

d. die

--> d

212. Residents in some sites can call an electrical inspector to have the wiring in their house is checked.

a. sites

b. an

c. to have

d. is checked

--> d

213. The best way to eliminate a pest is to controlling the food accessible to it.

a. The best

b. to controlling

c. food accessible

d. it

--> b

214. The Earth depends the sun for its heating.

a. The

b. depends

c. sun for

d. heating

--> b

215. The famous aviator Chales Lindbergh was a early supporter of rocket research.

a. famous aviator

b. a

c. supporter

d. rocket research

--> b

216. Cholesterol help the body by making hormones and building cell walls, but too much cholesterol can cause heart problems.

a. help

b. by making

c. too much

d. can cause

--> a

217. Luther Burand was a pioneer in the process of graft immature plants onto fully mature plants.

a. a pioneer

b. graft

c. fully

d. plants

--> b

218. With its compound eyes, dragonflies can see moving insects approximately 18 feet away.

a. its

b. moving

c. approximately

d. feet

--> a

219. An X-ray microscope enables a person to see on solid materials such as metal and bone.

a. enables

b. on

c. such as

d. bone

--> b

220. The United States has a younger population as most other major industrial countries.

a. has

b. as

c. other

d. countries

--> b

221. Before the invention of the printing press, books have been all printed by hand.

a. Before

b. the printing

c. have been

d. by

--> c

222. As the Asian economic miracle spreads throughout the Pacific, wage increases everywhere is affecting millions of consumers.

a. As

b. spreads

c. is

d. millions

--> c

223. The surface of the tongue covered with tiny taste buds.

a. the

b. covered

c. tiny

d. buds

--> b

224. Cosmic distance is measured on light-years.

a. Cosmic

b. is

c. on

d. years

--> c

225. A million of tourists from all over the world visit New York every day.

a. A

b. of

c. all over

d. visit

--> b

226. Whereas Earth has one moon, planet call Mars has two small ones.

a. Whereas

b. has

c. call

d. ones

--> c

227. An ardent feminist, Margaret Fuller, through her literature, asked that women be given a fairly chance.

a. through

b. that

c. be

d. fairly

--> d

228. No longer is scientific discovery a matter of one person alone working.

a. No

b. is

c. matter of

d. alone working

--> d

229. The scientific method consists of forming hypotheses, collect data, and testing results.

a. scientific

b. consists of

c. collect

d. results

--> c

230. All data in computer are changed into electronic pulses by an input unit.

a. in computer

b. into

c. by

d. unit

--> a

231. The basic law of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are taught to all elementary school students.

a. law

b. division

c. taught

d. school

--> a

232. A largely percentage of Canadian export business is with the United States.

a. largely

b. of

c. is

d. with

--> a

233. The famous Jim Thorpe won both the pentathlon or decathlon in the 1912 Olympic Games.

a. The famous

b. won

c. or

d. in

--> c

234. Acute pharyngitis pain is most often caused by a viral infection, for who antibiotics are ineffective.

a. is

b. caused by

c. who

d. are ineffective

--> c

235. Knowledges about cultures provides insights into the learned behaviors of groups.

a. Knowledges

b. insights into

c. learned

d. behaviors

--> a

236. A fiber-optic cable across the Pacific went into service in April 1989, link the United States and Japan.

a. across

b. went into

c. in

d. link

--> d

237. Dislike the gorilla, the make adult chimpanzee weighs under 200 pounds.

a. Dislike

b. make

c. under

d. pounds

--> a

238. Before lumberjacks and mechanical equipments, they used horses and ropes to drag lops.

a. Before

b. equipments

c. used

d. to drag

--> b

239. George Gershwin not only composed popular songs for musicals, also wrote more serious concerts.

a. composed

b. for

c. also

d. more serious

--> c

240. Among the world’s 44 richest countries there has been not war since 1945.

a. Among the

b. richest

c. there

d. not

--> d

241. Caricature, a type of comic exaggeration, is common used in political cartoons.

a. type of

b. exaggeration

c. common

d. in

--> c

242. One and more sentences related to the same topic form a paragraph.

a. and

b. related to

c. same

d. form

--> a

243. Mirrors done of shiny metal were used by the Egyptians in ancient times.

a. done

b. were used

c. in

d. times

--> a

244. Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are one of America’s national treasures.

a. are

b. of

c. national

d. treasures

--> a

245. In his early days as a direct, Charlie Chaplin produced 62 short silent comedy films in four years.

a. his

b. direct

c. short silent

d. in four

--> b

246. Some studies show that young babies prefer the smell of milk to those of other liquids.

a. that young babies

b. smell

c. those

d. liquids

--> c

247. Plants absorb water and nutrients and anchoring themselves in the soil with their roots.

a. absorb water

b. anchoring themselves

c. the soil

d. their roots

--> b

248. To understand the directions, they must be read carefully.

a. To understand

b. the

c. they must be read

d. carefully

--> c

249. The children were surprised when the teacher had them to close their books unexpectedly.

a. were surprised

b. when

c. to close

d. unexpectedly

--> c

250. Sitting alone in his room, the strange noise frightened him.

a. Sitting

b. in

c. his

d. the strange noise frightened him

--> d

251. The young girl dreamed a dream that she was being carried away by monsters.

a. dreamed

b. a dream

c. was being carried

d. by

--> b

252. It had been a long winter, but at last it was nearly across.

a. had been

b. but

c. nearly

d. across

--> d

253. We can think of no reason about such strange behavior.

a. think

b. no

c. about

d. behavior

--> c

254. Alan kept to try, although he didn’t have much chance of success.

a. to try

b. although

c. didn’t have

d. much

--> a

255. When I moved into my new flat. I saw many furniture in it.

a. When

b. into

c. many

d. in it

--> c

256. From 1785 to 1790, the capital of the U.S will be located in New York city.

a. From

b. to

c. the

d. will be located

--> d

257. The water in the Great Salt Lake is at less four times saltier than seawater.

a. The

b. in

c. at less

d. saltier

--> c

258. The Joneses have visited Hawaii and Alaska, and they assure me that they like Alaska the best.

a. have visited

b. and

c. assure

d. the best

--> d

259. This refrigerator is very old to keep things at a proper temperature.

a. very

b. to keep

c. at

d. a

--> a

260. He finally noticed that it was we, Diana and me, who always turned in the reports on time.

a. finally

b. we

c. me

d. turned

--> c

261. When only a child my father took me to the circus.

a. When

b. only

c. my father took me

d. the

--> c

262. Going to the hill, we saw an old temple.

a. to

b. the

c. saw

d. an

--> a

263. Between the communitarian philosophers, three of the most influential were Robert Owen, Charles Fourier, and John Humphrey Noyes.

a. Between

b. three

c. influential

d. and

--> a

264. Entering into the room, I found the light quite dazzling.

a. Entering

b. into

c. quite

d. dazzling

--> b

265. Mimosa Hotel is only 2 km from the most beautifully beaches.

a. Mimosa Hotel

b. only 2 km

c. from

d. beautifully

--> d

266. After visiting the museum he had not very much time left.

a. visiting

b. had not

c. very

d. left

--> b

267. Before they had gone out they had been watching the news on T.V.

a. Before

b. had gone

c. had been watching

d. on

--> b

268. She never wrote a letter by hand since she bought a word processor.

a. wrote

b. by

c. since

d. bought

--> a

269. Please promise not telling anybody my secret.

a. promise

b. not

c. telling

d. anybody

--> c

270. Maria had never complained about have a handicap.

a. had

b. complained

c. about

d. have

--> d

271. I enjoy to talk to her on the phone. I look forward to seeing her next week.

a. to talk

b. to

c. look

d. to seeing

--> a

272. When I entered the room, I saw my young son to stand on the kitchen table.

a. entered

b. saw

c. young

d. to stand on

--> d

273. Mr. Lee didn’t remember bring his passport when he went to the consulate.

a. didn’t remember

b. bring

c. went

d. to

--> b

274. George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t neither.

a. has not

b. the assignment

c. yet

d. hasn’t neither

--> d

275. After John eaten dinner, he wrote several letters and went to bed.

a. eaten

b. he wrote

c. several letters

d. went to bed

--> a

276. After she had bought himself a new automobile, she sold her bicycle.

a. had bought

b. himself

c. she sold

d. her

--> b

277. He was drink a cup of coffee when the telephone rang.

a. was drink

b. a cup

c. when

d. rang

--> a

278. When you come after class this afternoon, we discussed the possibility of your writing a research paper.

a. When

b. after

c. discussed

d. your

--> c

279. A short time before her operation last month, Mrs. Carlyle dreams of her daughter who lives overseas.

a. A short time

b. last

c. dreams

d. lives overseas

--> c

280. After she had dressed and ate breakfast, Lucky rushed off to her office for a meeting with her accountant.

a. ate

b. rushed off

c. to her

d. with

--> a

281. The teacher repeated the assignment again for the students, since they had difficulty understanding what to do after he had explained it the first time.

a. The

b. again

c. since they

d. had explained

--> b

282. The company has little money that it can’t hardly operate anymore.

a. has

b. little

c. that it

d. can’t hardly

--> b

283. The professor is thinking to go to the conference on environment next month.

a. is

b. to go

c. on environment

d. next month

--> b

284. The statement will be spoken just one time; therefore, you must listen very careful in order to understand what the speaker has said.

a. will be spoken

b. must listen

c. careful

d. has said

--> c

285. The pilot agreed to land the plane only when the hijackers threatened to shoot some of the passenger.

a. to land

b. only

c. to shoot

d. passenger

--> d

286. Someone was showed the child how to use the telephone.

a. was showed

b. the child

c. to use

d. the

--> a

287. The search party had idea little where start looking.

a. had

b. idea little

c. start

d. looking

--> b

288. Police have to break the meeting up yesterday.

a. have to

b. break

c. the

d. up

--> a

289. We are suppose to read all of chapter seven and answer the question for tomorrow’s class.

a. suppose

b. all of chapter

c. answer

d. for tomorrow’s class

--> a

290. Because the committee was anxious to attend the celebration, the president dispensed to reading the minutes.

a. Because the committee was anxious

b. the

c. to reading

d. minutes

--> c

291. The customer was interested see one of those new pocket cameras with the built-in flash.

a. The

b. see

c. those

d. the built-in

--> b

292. My teacher said we should write another composition for tomorrow related for our experience at last week’s workshop.

a. should write

b. related for

c. at

d. week’s

--> b

293. The jury be trying to reach a decision.

a. The

b. be

c. to

d. reach

--> b

294. Of the two landscape that you have shown me, this one is the more picturesque.

a. Of the two landscape

b. that

c. me

d. the more

--> a

295. Linh didn’t lose any time in applying for the teaching position on math.

a. lose

b. in applying

c. the teaching

d. on math

--> d

296. When the roads became too slippery, we decided to return to the cabin and wait for the storm to subsiding.

a. too slippery

b. to return

c. wait for

d. subsiding

--> d

297. When teenagers finish high school, they have several choices; going to college, getting a job or the army.

a. teenagers

b. several choices

c. going to

d. the army

--> d

298. Teachers whom do not spend enough time on class preparation often have difficulty in explaining new lessons.

a. whom

b. enough time

c. class preparation

d. explaining new lessons

--> a

299. The hotel was such very noise that they couldn’t sleep.

a. The hotel

b. such very noise

c. that

d. couldn’t sleep

--> b

300. Get on the bus outside the station, and get them off at Park street.

a. Get on

b. outside

c. get them off

d. at

--> c

301. We were married for twenty-five years, Helen. You could at least give me a chance to run.

a. were married

b. twenty-five years

c. at least

d. chance to run

--> a

302. Their room had such a very unpleasant view that it makes them feel quite miserable.

a. Their room

b. such

c. very unpleasant view

d. it makes

--> d

303. I don’t know why she talks in so a loud voice.

a. I don’t know

b. she talks

c. so

d. a loud voice

--> c

304. Because it was a long time since I knew him. I am not sure if I will remember him.

a. was

b. a long time

c. sure if

d. remember him

--> a

305. American colonists used an extensive system of barter in order to a lack of money and credit might be overcome.

a. American colonists

b. extensive system

c. in order to

d. might be overcome

--> c

306. We are going to stop here for a moment to get some petrols.

a. are going to stop

b. here

c. for a moment

d. petrols

--> d

307. One way to save words is by using infinitive phrase instead to clauses.

a. One way

b. is

c. using infinitive

d. instead to

--> d

308. The main office of the factory can be found in Mapple Street in New York city.

a. The main

b. be found

c. in

d. in

--> c

309. If a small child plays with matches, he or she might get burnt.

a. If

b. small child

c. plays with

d. might

--> d

310. Is finish a job you have started very important to you?

a. Is

b. finish

c. have started

d. to you

--> d

311. Not smoking and drinking alcohol are the most important things you can do talking care of your health.

a. Not smoking and drinking

b. important things

c. talking care

d. your health

--> c

312. Gunpowder, in some ways the most effective of all the explosive materials, were a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.

a. in

b. all the

c. were

d. of

--> c

313. What should you do if you’ve finish to use your calculator?

a. should

b. if

c. to use

d. your calculator

--> c

314. Travelling to a foreign country is always interesting, especially if it is a country that is completely different to your own.

a. Travelling to

b. always interesting

c. is completely

d. different to

--> d

315. It is generally a best idea to place the thesis statement at or near the end of the introductory paragraph.

a. best idea

b. place

c. at or near

d. introductory paragraph

--> a

316. There are many similarities and differences among life in the country and life in the city.

a. There are

b. similarities and differences

c. among

d. life

--> c

317. My friends are still talking about the day while I fell in the river.

a. are

b. talking about

c. while

d. fell in

--> c

318. John found himself in a room where was very large and dark.

a. himself

b. where

c. large

d. dark

--> b

319. Stuart stopped to write his letter because he had to leave for school.

a. to write

b. because

c. leave

d. for school

--> a

320. Janet is finally used to cook on electric stove.

a. is

b. finally

c. to cook

d. on

--> c

321. They are going to have to leave soon, and so do we.

a. are

b. to have to

c. leave soon

d. so do

--> d

322. How much times did Rich and Jennifer have to do the experiment.

a. How much

b. did Rich and Jennifer

c. have to

d. do

--> a

323. She refused to tell us why was she crying.

a. refused

b. to tell

c. us

d. was she crying

--> d

324. A lunch of soup and sandwiches do not appeal to all of the students.

a. A

b. of soup

c. do not

d. appeal to all of

--> c

325. Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from Mexico, are planning to attend the festivities.

a. with her cousins

b. from

c. are

d. to attend

--> c

326. All students are looking forward to spend their free time relaxing in the sun this summer.

a. students

b. are

c. to spend

d. in the sun

--> c

327. He knows to repair the carburetor without talking the whole car apart.

a. knows

b. carburetor

c. talking

d. apart

--> c

328. A five thousands dollars reward was offered for the capture of the escaped criminals.

a. five thousands dollars

b. was offered

c. the

d. of

--> a

329. Give the package to whomever has authority to sign for it.

a. whomever

b. has

c. to sign

d. it

--> a

330. In the relatively short history of industrial developing in the United States, New York City has played a vital role.

a. relatively

b. developing

c. in

d. has played

--> b

331. As the demand increases, manufacturers who previously produced only a large, luxury car is compelled to make a smaller model in order to compete in the market.

a. As

b. is

c. to make

d. to compete

--> b

332. The children were surprised when the teacher made them to close their books.

a. were surprised

b. when

c. made

d. to close

--> d

333. We were pleased to have the opportunity to watch such talented dancers to perform a highly new ballet.

a. were pleased

b. to watch

c. such talented

d. to perform

-->  d

334. Your friend always is getting bad marks because he plays computer games too much.

a. always is

b. bad marks

c. plays

d. too much

--> a

335. Now that the newspaper arrived we can see the scores of the football match.

a. Now that

b. arrived

c. can see

d. of

--> b

336. We believe that she already feels very badly about her mistake.

a. already feels

b. badly

c. about

d. mistake

--> b

337. I didn’t see Jim since he moved to London.

a. didn’t see

b. since

c. moved

d. to

--> a

338. For the first time in the history of the country, the person which was recommended by the president to replace a retiring justice on the Supreme Court is a woman.

a. which

b. to replace

c. on

d. is

--> a

339. Extreme patriots always believe that their country is better than any countries.

a. Extreme

b. their

c. better

d. any

--> d

340. In my opinion that girl is enough beautiful to be a movie star.

a. In my opinion

b. enough

c. to be

d. star

--> b

341. Jim’s counselor recommended that he should take a foreign language in his freshman year instead of waiting until the following year.

a. he should take

b. in his

c. of waiting

d. the

--> a

342. Visitors are not permitted entering the park after dark because of the lack of security and lighting.

a. Visitors

b. entering

c. because of

d. of

--> b

343. Marcy said that she knew how the procedures for doing the Experiment, but when we began to work in the laboratory, she found that she was mistaken.

a. knew how

b. to work

c. found that

d. mistaken

--> a

344. Jack’s professor had him to rewrite his thesis many times before allowing him to present it to the committee.

a. to rewrite

b. many times

c. allowing him

d. to the committee

--> a

345. We wish today was Sunday so that we could spend the day in the country communing with nature.

a. was

b. so that

c. could spend

d. in the

--> a

346. Standing among so many strangers the frightened child began to sob uncontrollable.

a. Standing among

b. the frightened

c. to sob

d. uncontrollable

--> d

347. Max’s new sport car costs much more than his friend Joe.

a. sport

b. costs

c. much more

d. friend Joe

--> d

348. Paul did so well in his speech today that he should have rehearsed it many times the past week.

a. so

b. that

c. should have

d. the past week

--> c

349. Our Spanish professor would like us spending more time in the laboratory practicing our pronunciation.

a. us

b. spending

c. time

d. practicing

--> b

350. Sally must have called her sister last night, but she arrived home too late to call her.

a. must have called

b. arrived

c. too late

d. her

--> a

351. The average age at which people begin to need eyeglasses vary considerably.

a. at which

b. begin to need

c. vary

d. considerably

-->c

352. Generally regarded as distinct continents, Europe and Asia are simply vast geography divisions of a larger land mass.

a. Generally

b. as

c. simply

d. geography

-->d

353. The specific gravity of the water in the great Salt Lake is too great that one cannot sink or completely submerge in it.

a. specific

b. too

c. completely

d. submerge

--> b

354. Did you use to crying so much every night when you were a baby?

a. Did you use to

b. crying

c. every night

d. were

--> b

355. It has been known for the last two centuries that lightning was a form of electricity.

a. It has

b. the last

c. was

d. a form

--> c

356. The intention of environmentalists is to protect the disappearing spotted owl with the least disruptive to the lumber industry.

a. is

b. to protect

c. disappearing

d. disruptive

-->d

357. The common notion that fish is an excellent food improving brain is not supported by any scientific information.

a. that

b. improving

c. supported

d. scientific

-->b

358. His sister told him finish his homework before going to the movies.

a. told

b. finish

c. homework

d. going

--> b

359. Not only cigarettes but alcohol is believed to be harmful to one’s health.

a. Not only

b. but

c. is believed

d. to

--> b

360. The first step of scientific research is to decide how gather data.

a. scientific

b. is

c. to decide

d. gather

--> d

361. Caffeine in coffee is relative harmless if people drink it moderately.

a. in

b. relative

c. it

d. moderately

--> b

362. SPSSX is a computer program designed specific for statistical analysis with a large amount of data.

a. designed

b. specific

c. statistical

d. with

--> b

363. New York City, which is one of the largest cities in the world, is larger than any other cities in the United States.

a. is

b. cities

c. larger

d. cities

--> d

364. Even though she hated the food, but her father forced her to eat it.

a. Even though

b. but

c. forced

d. to eat

--> b

365. This diamond necklace is worth. It is made of glass.

a. diamond

b. worth

c. It

d. made of

--> b

366. When you get burns, you should ease the pain with warmly water packs.

a. When

b. burns

c. should

d. warmly

--> d

367. “The shop cross the road is where I bought the flowers from.” said Mary.

a. cross the road

b. where

c. the flowers from

d. said

--> a

368. It was really surprise that those children survived the fire that destroyed all the houses.

a. It was really surprise

b. those

c. survived

d. the

--> a

369. Mary was afraid that the English teacher would be angry to her because she left her English exercise book at home.

a. was afraid

b. would be angry

c. to

d. left

--> c

370. If you try to concentrate on one subject for too long, you might fed-up and not really learn anything.

a. try to concentrate

b. on

c. for

d. might fed-up

--> d

371. Cotton used to rank first between Alabama's crops, but it represents only a fraction of the agricultural production now.

a. Cotton

b. rank

c. between

d. represents

--> c

372. Salmon lay their eggs and die in freshwater, although they live in salt water when most of their adult lives.

a. lay

b. although

c. when

d. adult lives

--> c

373. To building their nests, tailor - birds use their bills as needles.

a. building

b. nests

c. their

d. as

--> a

374. Fountain pens first became commercial available about a hundred years ago.

a. first

b. commercial

c. about

d. ago

--> b

375. With its strong claws and its many protruding tooth a gopher is an excellent digger.

a. With

b. strong claws

c. protruding tooth

d. is

à c

376. Drug addiction has resulted of many destroyed careers, and expulsions from school or college.

a. has

b. of

c. destroyed

d. expulsions

--> b

377. Because of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the United States begin to realize the true value of the Louisiana territory.

a. Because

b. begin

c. the true value

d. territory

--> b

378. Americans annually import more than $3 billion worthy of Italian clothing, jewelry, and shoes.

a. Americans

b. more

c. worthy

d. clothing

--> c

379. Akuce Ganuktibm, she spent her life working with the health and welfare of the families of workers.

a. she

b. her life

c. welfare

d. the

--> a

380. There are many different ways of comparing the economy of one nation with those of another.

a. There are

b. of comparing

c. those

d. another

--> c

381. Male guppies, like many other male fish, are more color than females.

a. Male

b. like

c. are

d. color

--> d

382. When rhinos take mud baths, the mud create a barrier to biting insects.

a. When

b. the

c. create

d. biting

--> c

383. Benjamin Franklin, as an inventor, he had broad interests, mechanical skills, persistence, and a practical view of life.

a. as an

b. he

c. persistence

d. of

--> b

384. In the stock market, the fluctuations in Standard and Poor 's 500 Index does not always conform to Dow Jones Averages.

a. In

b. does

c. always

d. to

--> b

385. A jellyfish, which isn't really a fish, it has no brain, no bones, and no face.

a. isn't

b. a

c. it

d. bones

--> c

386. International trade, going traveling, and television have lain the groundwork for modern global life styles.

a. going traveling

b. have lain

c. for

d. styles

--> a

387. The most visible remind of the close relationship between the United States and France is the famous Statue of Liberty, which stands in New York harbor.

a. remind

b. between

c. is

d. which

--> a

388. A prism is used to refract white light so it spreads out in a continuous spectrum of colors.

a. to refract

b. so

c. out

d. of

-> b

389. Despite of rain or snow there are always more than fifty thousand fans at the OSU football games.

a. Despite of

b. are

c. thousand

c. at

--> a

390. The prices of homes are as high in urban areas that most young people cannot afford to buy them.

a. are

b. as

c. that

d. afford to

--> b

391. To see the Statue of Liberty and taking pictures from the top of the Empire State Building are two reasons for visiting New York City.

a. taking

b. from

c. are

d. visiting

--> a

392. There are twenty species of wild roses in North America, all of which have prickly stems, pinnate leaves, and large flowers, which usually smell sweetly.

a. are

b. all of

c. have

d. sweetly

--> d

393. Having chose the topics for their essays, the students were instructed to make either a preliminary outline or a rough draft.

a. Having chose

b. for

c. the students

d. either

--> a

394. Factoring is the process of finding two or more expressions whose product is equal as the given expression.

a. is

b. finding

c. whose

d. as

--> d

395. Grandma Moses having been able to continue farming, she might never have begun to paint.

a. having been able

b. to continue

c. might never have begun

d. to paint

--> a

396. Since infection can cause both fever as well as pain, it is a good idea

to check a patient's temperature.

a. Since

b. can cause

c. as well as

d. to check

--> c

397. Schizophrenia, a behavioral disorder typified by a fundamental break with reality, may be triggered by genetic predisposition, stressful, drugs, or infections.

a. typified

b. with

c. may be triggered

d. stressful

--> d

398. They asked us, Henry and I, whether we thought that the statistics had been presented fairly and accurately.

a. Henry and I

b. thought

c. had been presented

d. accurately

--> a

399. In purchasing a winter coat, it is very important for trying it on with heavy clothing underneath.

a. In

b. for trying

c. on

d. underneath

--> d

400. What happened in New York were a reaction from city workers, including firemen and policemen who had been laid off from their jobs.

a. happened

b. were

c. including

d. had been laid

--> b