PRACTICE TEST 7

“What a beautiful dress you have!” Mary said to me.. Mary made a compliment on my beautiful dress.. Mary suggested that I should have that beautiful dress.. Mary advised me to wear that

PRACTICE TEST 7 Choose a, b, c, or d that is the best alternative.

1 The customers the company before our boss

A was leaving / arrive B already left / have arrived

C has been left / were arriving D had left / arrived

2 When the police to the scene of the accident, both drivers away

3 She is so annoying She her dirty dishes in the sink

C will be always leaving D had always left

4 The last bus is at eleven I miss it or else I be able to get home

5 You pay me back that money you owe me soon, or else!

6 “I help you,” John promised

7 She imagined herself in her favorite armchair at home

8 She objected children corporally

9 Sometimes we are made things that we do not want to do

10 He kept reading he fell asleep

11 We must hurry we will be late

12 you need me, I’ll be at Tom’s

13 Some of the grain to be contaminated

14 There a book, two notebooks, and some pens on John’s table

15 Each cat and each dog its own toy

16 have trouble with English pronunciation

C Quite a few students D A little of students

17 He has of passing his exams.

A any hopes B a few hope C a little hopes D little hope

18 He knows people in the class, so he feels lonely

19 I am late, ?

20 us?

A Will you join B You will join C Do you will join D Have you join

21 do you come to visit your grandparents? - Twice a month

22 is by the sea

A The Smith villa B The Smith’s villa C The Smiths villa D The Smiths’ villa

23 was a complete failure

A Last night performance B Last night’s performance

C Last night of performance D Performance’s last night

24 He has worked as a for a museum since last year

25 “What a beautiful dress you have!” Mary said to me

A Mary made a compliment on my beautiful dress.

B Mary suggested that I should have that beautiful dress.

C Mary advised me to wear that beautiful dress.

D Mary objected to wearing that beautiful dress.

26 If only I were at home now

A I wish I were at home now B I do not want to be at home now.

C I would rather not be at home now D I am at home now.

27 He was too anxious to do anything

A His anxiety didn’t have effects on him.

B He did everything although he was very anxious.

C He was so anxious that he could not do anything.

D Everything was done thanks to his anxiety.

28 Many of disagree with the changes that are happening

29 Did you want to talk to the chairman , or could personal assistant help you?

A himself / his B he / his C him / he D his / himself

30 Measles is a misery to children dangerous

31 What did you do at Christmas? - I stayed at home and watched TV

A the / Ø / the B Ø / the / the C Ø / Ø / Ø D the / the / Ø

32 He was honest, hard-working lawyer but he hated job

A a / Ø B an / the C the / a D Ø / the

33 Pacific Ocean is largest body of water on Earth

34 The house has just been sold

A to paint pink B pink painting C painting pink D painted pink

35 , she decided to quit the job

A Feeling dissatisfied B Felt dissatisfied

C She feeling dissatisfied D To be felt dissatisfied

36 My roommate, , has never been to Navy Pier before

A as a freshman from Geneva B that a freshman from Geneva

C is a freshman from Geneva D a freshman from Geneva

37 the early train tomorrow

A I will not take probably B I probably will not take

C Probably will not I take D I will take not probably

38 I to turn off the lights

A have to remind always her B have to always remind her

C always have to remind her D have always to remind her

39 For thousands of children every year, measles is

A a very serious illness B a serious very illness

C an illness very serious D a very illness serious

40 Peter has just inherited a large sum of money his uncle

41 Babbage was born 1791 and brought to be a brilliant mathematics

42 Unfortunately, there was not enough demand our product

43 The mention of price increase in petrol sent citizens out to the fill stations to _ as much as they could

44 Ben had planned a steak dinner for himself after on her plane

45 The firemen succeeded in because they acted promptly

A putting the fire out B sharing the fire with

C sending the fire for D making the fire up

46 Have you ever seen any photographs from great distances in outer space?

47 Natural resources

A are believed never to use up B believed never used up

C are believing to be used never up D are believed never to be used up

48 Millions of dollars’ worth of damage

A has caused with a storm B has been caused by a storm

C has been causing by a storm D has been caused with a storm

49 Only after a twelve-hour delay,

A their plane did take off B their plane took off

C did their plane take off D their plane take off

50 late his books home

A Not only Tony was / but he had also left

B Not only was Tony / but he had also left

C Tony was not only / but had he also left

D Was Tony not only / but also had he left

51 from your seminars

A Should you be absent on no account B Should you be absent on any account

C On no account you should be absent D On no account should you be absent

52 “ ?” John’s brother advised him

A Why don’t you try again B Why do you try again

C Why did you try again D Why must you try again

53 Mary asked me he would come the next day or not

54 Ronald asked me

A where Maria parked her car B where did Maria park her car

C where Maria parks her car D where does Maria park her car

55 Work on the line is monotonous and lacks

56 Fitting into a different is not

A culturist / easer B cultural / ease C culturally / easily D culture / easy

57 We all admire Michael Faraday for his story

58 Dorothy Punch taught us _ our listening and pronunciation skills

59 Do you know ?

A where we will be taking the test B will where we be taking the test

C will we be taking the test where D where will we be taking the test

60 is unbelievable

A All movies will be available B That all movies will be available

C As all movies will be available D That all movies which will be available

61 It is earth’s gravity people their weight.

62 Bren comes from, has a lot of good curry restaurants

63 The book I borrowed from the library yesterday has lost some pages

64 Someone stole my purse for the bus

A as soon as I am waiting B since I was waiting

65 a joke, everybody roared with laughter

66 it rains, I prefer staying in bed and reading magazines

67 Put the sign

A in where everyone can read it B where can everyone read it

C what everyone can read it D where everyone can read it

68 Many people think that playing football is

C the most interesting D the more interesting

69 Mary is than her husband

70 We are both outgoing, but Mary does not talk I do

71 cigarettes you smoke, your health becomes

72 If the demand increases,

73 What time would we get there a taxi?

74 , I would not have completed my overseas study

A My parents supported me B Due to my parents’ support

C Without my parents’ support D If my parents supported me

75 a sudden storm, the climbers would not have died

A Unless there had been B Provided that it were

C Supposed D If there were not

76 I need to buy a new coat soon the weather is getting cold

77 Because , I decided to go for a walk

A it was such a beautiful day B such a beautiful day

C of it was such a beautiful day D of the day is beautiful

78 We all felt tired the hot weather

79 only four years old, Oliver can do long multiplication

A Despite he is B In spite of he is C Despite D In spite

80 I sympathize with your difficulties, there is little I can do to help you

81 I will ask the boss for a rise

A as though losing my job B even if losing my job

C although I may lose my job D in spite of I may lose my job

82 The problem is not really complicated

A as I have ever thought B as though I think

83 Mary has little knowledge of computer, but she often pretends a programmer

A if only she is B if only she were C as if she were D as though she is

84 She has never gone abroad, but she talks about some foreign countries she had been there for a long time

85 She fills her car up that she will not run out of gas during her trip

A in order to make sure B so as she can make sure

C so that making sure D in order she can make sure

86 Walls are being built around the reserve poachers from hunting rare animals

A so preventing B so as they prevent C so as to prevent D so that preventing

87 Natural resources should be used economically they will not run out some day

88 carbon dioxide was emitted into the air the ozone layer is being destroyed

A So much / that B So many / that C So much / as D So many / as

89 Many people are to the computer that they do not care about any other intellectual activities

A such as addicted B so many addicted C so addicted D such addicted

90 It was a good arrangement there was not any a small mistake

Error identification

91 Exercise strengthens the heart, increases the level at which we burn fat, lowers the chance

of high blood pressure and diabetes, and preventing loss of bone strength

C D

92 Having a good diet and doing exercise are all that those which want to live long need

to do as soon as possible

D

93 Men has been interested in the stars ever since they first looked up into the sky

94 Nonverbal communication or body language is communication by facial expressions,

head or eye movements, hand signals, but body postures

D

95 One of the more famous monuments in the world, the Statue of Liberty, was presented

to the US in the 19 century by the people of France

D

96 When oil or coal is burnt, a great number of smoke that contains some kinds of acid

is produced

D

97 People who ingest polluted water can become ill and with prolonged exposure, may

develop cancers or getting children with birth defects

98 In 1969, the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, was such polluted with hazardous

wastes that it caught fire and burned

99 It is reported that about 7 billion dollars is spent each year to treat the diseases related to

be overweight

D

100 Nowadays, industry turns out more products at greater speed and with least labor to

meet the demands of the rapidly increasing population

D