PRACTICE TEST 1

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PRACTICE TEST 1 Choose a, b, c, or d that is the best alternative.

1 He to make breakfast before his wife up

A has already started / wakes B had already started / woke

C will already start / is waking D is already staring / has waken

2 The musician the guitar for about an hour

A is playing B has been playing C will be playing D was playing

3 When I home yesterday morning, my son and my wife to work

A have arrived / slept / went B arrived / was sleeping / had gone

C had arrived / had slept / has gone D was arriving / would sleep / could go

4 It is Mary’s new house It a fortune!

A shall cost B needn’t cost C will cost D must cost

5 In the end Gary’s injury was not very serious We so much

6 we go out for dinner tonight? - Yes, let’s

7 Although Jack is only ten years old, he is well-known his verse

8 I do not care card games general

9 The Pikes earn money raising poultry

10 He promised me some money but he failed his words

11 I think she actually expects me the washing up for her

12 My friends asked me with them but I refused

A to go shopping B for going to shop C going to shop D go shopping

13 George’s advisor spends with him

14 He does not know people in the class

15 Johnny does not have

A many suit B many suits C a lot of suit D much suit

16 You can your coat if you feel hot

17 The bomb and three people were killed

A got in B put away C went off D stayed up

18 Though I tried my best, I failed to them

A keep up with B run out of C get together D go away from

19 They could not find Peter because they knew the name of the street number of his house

A neither / nor B either / or C not only / but also D hardly / than

20 He could not help, thought of his beloved wife

21 had he left the room an explosion was heard

22 the message I gave you?

23 Peter has already come, ?

24 do you meet each other? - Once or twice a month

25 A high percentage of the population for Mr Pike

26 Either the director or the actors at fault

27 Each of the students responsible for doing his or her work in the library

28 Someone broke when we were on holiday last week

29 Your writing was not so convincing as

30 Presidential elections are due to be held in

31 The man is the new manager

A wears a traditional suit B wearing a traditional suit

C that wearing a traditional suit D worn a traditional suit

32 , we ate a lot of sashimi

33 He seems to forget that there are a lot of things before he can graduate

A to do B doing C that doing D did

34 What was music you were playing when we came in?

35 It is best restaurant in Lyon, but it is too expensive to eat there very often

36 I like weather in Florida in March

37 I think Jane deserved to be fired for her

A totally behavior irresponsible B behavior totally irresponsible

C irresponsible totally behavior D totally irresponsible behavior

38 appeared to be coming from the science lab next door

A The unpleasant odor of burning plastic

B The odor unpleasant of burning plastic

C The unpleasant odor of plastic burning

D The odor unpleasant of plastic burning

39 Some roses were planted

A in the garden yesterday by Tommy B yesterday in the garden by Tommy

C by Tommy yesterday in the garden D in the garden by Tommy yesterday

40 The books that are on the desk are

41 I like trousers are very fashionable

A your / They B yours / Their C you / Theirs D you / Them

42 John invited David and Gill and two of friends

43 The beginning of the Symbolist movement in art having begun in the late 1880’s

A is regarded as B is regarded C is regarding D regarded as

44 The vague and misleading instructions in two entirely opposite ways,

A could easily been interpreted B could be easily interpret

C could easily be interpreted D could easily interpreted

45 Successful applicants attracting salary, bonus and benefits

A will pay B will be paid C will be paying D are paying

46 to explain the lesson the classroom

A Hardly the teacher had started / when did the principal enter

B Had hardly the teacher started / the principal entered

C Hardly had the teacher started / when the principal entered

D The teacher hardly had started / when entered the principal

47 most of us got poor results

A So difficult was the test that B Was difficult so the test that

C So difficult the test was that D So difficult was the test

48 such a talented singer.

A Have we enjoyed seldom B Seldom we have enjoyed

C Seldom have we enjoyed D Have we seldom enjoyed

49 Mary said that she had been ill

A yesterday B last day C the day before D the next day

50 Anne asked the shopping

51 Justin asked me

52 knows no geographic borders, no age limits, and no ethnical boundaries

53 The contestant hit the target with great

54 He is very in plants and animals

A interest B interested C interesting D interestingly

55 The teacher did not know

56 Can you please tell me ?

A what time the next bus arrives B what time arrives the next bus

C when arrives the next bus D when does the bus arrive

57 is a mystery I wish that I could ask him

A How did it B What he did it C How he did it D When did it

58 I was too tired to continue my work

A Though I was tired, I would try to continue my work.

B I was so tired that I could not continue my work.

C My work was continued despite my tiredness.

D I was tired enough to continue my work.

59 “I will do it for you, Mary”, Peter said

A Peter advised Mary to do it B Peter advised Mary not to do it.

C Peter promised to do it for Mary D Peter wanted Mary to do it.

60 This course will take us six months to complete

A In six months’ time, this course will be completed.

B We will take a course in six months.

C To complete this course will last over six months.

D Six months is not enough to complete this course.

61 The victims injured in the disaster are recovering in hospital

A were B which were C who were D whose were

62 A guide is a person tourists around a place

63 Love is a feeling

A difficult to describe B which is difficult to describe

C whom is difficult to describe D is difficult to describe

64 Ann was waiting for me

65 Jake will have finished the report

A for the boss needs it B up to the time the boss will need it

C before the boss will need it D by the time the boss needs it

66 we were having the picnic, it started to rain

67 We can go

68 Today is it was yesterday

A hotter than B as hot than C more hot than D many hotter than

69 The results are not we have ever expected

A as better as B more better than C better as D as good as

70 Earning money has always been the thing that pleases him most he becomes, he is

A The more rich / the more happy B The richest / the happiest

C The richer / the happier D Richer and richer / Happier and happier

71 The climber was seventy miles in the wrong direction and got

72 I had learned harder when I was at university

73 he gets here soon, we will have to start the meeting without him

74 at home, I would enjoy my favorite show

A Suppose I am B Unless were I C Were I D If were I

75 , they would not have sold their house

A If they had had financial difficulty

B But for their financial difficulty

C Unless their financial difficulty

D Providing that they did not have financial difficulty

76 , she stopped to help the blind woman

A As in a hurry B Even though she hurried

77 she was afraid of going out alone at night, she decided she had to find out where he had gone

78 They had a lovely holiday

A though it rained everyday B even though the rain

C as though the rain D in spite it rained everyday

79 You should behave toward others

A as you would like to be treated B as would you like to be treated

80 Jack smiled - a private joke

C as if he would be enjoying D as though he had been enjoying

81 It looks the train would be late

82 It was interesting novel that I stayed up all night to finish it

83 Mary has her phone rings constantly

A so many friends that B so much friends that

C such many friends that D many so friends that

84 Carol wrote her essay carefully she did not make any mistakes

85 Dr Chan adjusted the overhead projector the students would be able to see the chart more clearly

A such that B so as to C in order to D in order that

86 Sarah went to the computer lab out her research report

87 The lecturer finished his lecture five minutes early the students could come and ask him questions

88 They did not tell her the truth they did not want to sadden her

89 He could not understand he did not learn French very well

90 Because , they decided to study astronomy

A of the fact that their interest in comets B for their interest in comets

C of their interest in comets D their interest in comets

Error Identification

91 The number of people living in poverty have grown to 1.2 million people

A B That is about one in every five people

C D

92 Every second, a hectare of the world rainforest is destroyed That is equivalent to two

football fields

D

93 Recycling helps reducing greenhouse gas emissions that affect global climate

94 The Games’ organizers faced significant bed shortages because the record number of

more than 13,000 athletes and officials who attended the 2006 Games

D

95 The big grow in the population is affecting the developmental activities and demand

for foodstuffs

D

96 As the highest mountain on Earth, the Mount Everest represents the ultimate challenge

for mountain climbers

D

97 Coal has provided the majority of our electricity and was a principal source of energy

since the Industrial Revolution

D

98 The symptoms of diabetes in the early stages are too slight that people do not notice them

99 Because human eyes are not very good for determining speeds of approaching objects,

A B radar can show a pilot how fast nearly planes are moving

100 Not only knowledge and skills or attitudes need to be cultivated for students’ future

adjustment to society

D