○Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
I arrived at a little town late at night and felt too tired to drive any further so I went to a hotel.
“ 1 you give me a room for the night?” I asked the receptionist. “I’m sorry”, she said.
“You should have booked a room in advance. If you had, it would have been all right. But now everything’s full.
I wish I 2 suggest somewhere else but this is the only hotel in town and every room 3 “.
“What a nuisance!” I said. “I 4 since breakfast and I’m very tired.” “Well,” she said kindly, “before 5
completely, 6 the register. Someone 7 his reservation. Yes, here’s a telegram;
“I 8 on the ７th instead of the 6th.” “You can have this gentleman’s room for tonight.”
1. A: may B: might C: can D: should
2. A: would B: can C: could D: should
3. A: has been booked up weeks ago B: was booked up weeks ago
C: has been booked up since weeks D: was booked up since weeks
4. A: travel B: am traveling C: have been traveling D: was traveling
5. A: giving up B: to give up C: taking up D: to take up
6. A: let’s look B: let’s look at C: will we look D: we will look at
7. A: might change B: may have changed C: could change D: can have changed
8. A: will be arrive B: will be arrived C: would arrive D: am arriving
○Choose the word or group of words that is not correct.
1. Protein molecules are the most complex than the molecules of carbohydrates and lipids.
A B C D
2. The grizzly bear, which can grow up to eight feet tall, has been called a more dangerous animal of North America. A B C D
3. The bones of mammals, not alike those of other vertebrates, show a high degree of differentiation.
A B C D
4. The United States receives a large amount of revenue from taxation of a tobacco products.
A B C D
5. The author Frances Scott Key Fitzgerald is better know as F. Scott Fitzgerald.
A B C D
6. Because the plan that was made yesterday is no linger feasible, the manager had to choose another alternatives. A B C
D
7. Sulfa drugs had been used to treat bacterial infection until penicillin becomes widely available.
A B C D
8. The development of permanent teeth, alike that of deciduous teeth, beings before birth.
A B C D
9. A crowd of several hundred fan watched the ceremony from behind a fence.
A B C D
10. A pearl develops when a tiny grain of sand or some another irritant accidentally enters into the shell of a pearl oyster. A B C D
11. Particular issues that concern teenagers were covering in the half-hour program.
A B C D
12. Workers training for a specific job have a strong possibility of being replace by a machine.
A B C D
13. A bankruptcy may be either voluntary nor involuntary.
A B C D
14. Some of the most useful resistor material are carbon, metals, and metallic alloys.
A B C D
15. The latest medical report indicated that the patient’s temperature was near normal and their lungs were
A partially cleared. B C D
○Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct
A Telephone Call
Hello Mary! I 26 you before now but I 27 so hard at the office that I didn’t have time.
My boss 28 on holiday tomorrow and he 29 arrange everything before he 30 . If he had given me sensible instructions I could have done the work next week. But you 31 the same problem with your boss.
Anyway 32 two tickets for the new play at the Grand Theatre on Saturday 33 and see it together?
26. A: should have rung B: must have rung C: had to ring D: ought to ring
27. A: must work B: must have worked C: have had to work D: ought to work
28. A: will go B: is going C: shall go D: shall be going
29. A: wants that I B: would that I C: would like that I D: wants me to
30. A: leaves B: shall leave C: will leave D: is leaving
31. A: have to have B: can have C: ought to have D: must have
32. A: they have been given to me B: I have been given C: I am given D: they are given to me
33. A: May we go B: Do you like to go C: Shall we go D: Will we go
○Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct
My wife’s mother was taken ill two days ago so my wife had to go and look after her. Before 1 my wife said,
“I had better tell you where everything is or you 2 know what to do. But my train is leaving in half an hour’s time and I must get to mother’s house as soon as I 3 .” “ 4 “ I said. “I can look after myself.”
Now I realize that I 5 for a map of the house. If I 6 I would have found all the food I needed. But when my wife 7 back tomorrow, she won’t have any dirty dishes to wash up because I 8 in restaurants since she went away.
1. A: she was leaving B: that she left C: leaving D: to leave
2. A: shan’t B: shouldn’t C: wouldn’t D: won’t
3. A: can B: may C: could D: might
4. A: Not to mind B: Don’t worry C: Not to import D: Don’t matter
5. A: had to ask B: ought to ask C: must have asked D: should have asked
6. A: had B: have C: did D: would
7. A: comes B: come C: shall come D: will come
8. A: am eating B: eat C: have been eating D: ate
○Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct
9. He’s ______his sister.
A: much taller than B: much taller that C: much tall than D: much more tall that
10. She had three sons, all ______becomes doctors.
A: of which B: which C: of whom D: who
11. You ______go now. It’s getting late.
A: had rather B: would rather C: would better D: had better
12. I’m going to spend a few days with some ______of mine, who live in the north of Scotland.
A: relatives B: familiars C: neighbors D: companies
13. The ______outside the house said “No Parking”.
A: advice B: signal C: label D: notice
14. He’s used to ______in public.
A: be speaking B: the speaking C: speaking D: speak
15. He arrived late, ______was annoying.
A: what B: that C: which D: the which
16. She let the children ______to play.
A: going out B: that they went out C: to go out D: go out
17. It was ______that he couldn’t finish it alone.
A: a so difficult work B: a so difficult job C: such a difficult job D: such a difficult work
18. I ______photographs
A: enjoy taking B: enjoy to take C: amuse taking D: amuse to take
19. I ______me what happened.
A: would like you tell B: would like you to tell C: would like you telling D: would like that you tell
20. ______he wasn’t hungry, he ate a big meal.
A: Although B: In spite C: Unless D: Even
○Choose the word that is not correct
1. The vibrations that make musical sounds are more pleasanter than those causing noise.
A B C D
2. We see lightning before we hear the thunder it causes because sound travels more slowly than light is.
A B C D
3. Despite the fact that the South Pole is as snow-covered as the North Pole is is colder than the North Pole.
A B C D
4. Caviar is generally spread on toast flavored with a few drops of lemon juice, and eating as an appetizer with
various beverages. A B C D
5. Each year, tourists from all over the world travel to Poland to visit a birthplace of Fredric Chopin.
A B C D
6. Although caffeine is a moderate habit-forming drug, coffee is not regarded as harmfully to the average
healthy adult. A B C
D
7. A perennial is a plant that grows more than two consecutive seasons without be replanted.
A B C D
8. Clouds hold water that evaporates from the land or the sea, later the water in clouds returned to the land
as rain or snow. A B C
D
9. Until recently, California was largest producer of oranges in the U.S.
A B C D
10. Linus Pauling has wins two Nobel Prizes: the 1954 Nobel Prize in chemistry and the 1965 Nobel Prize.
A B C D
○Choose the correct answer.
1. “______you ‘re busy. We’ll talk now”.
“That’s fine. I’m not busy at the moment.”
A: If B: Providing C: Unless
2. “If you watch the news, you ______a lot.”
“I know. I watch it every day.”
A: learn B: were learning C: would learn
3. “______you wear warm clothes, you won’t get cold.”
“I’ll wear an extra jumper.”
A: Unless B: Providing C: Supposing
4. “Shall I invite John to the party?”
“Well, were I you, I ______him.”
A: would invite B: will invite C: am inviting
5. “______the teacher comes back now, what will you do?”
“I don’t know.”
A: When B: Providing C: Supposing
6. “Could I see the menu, please?”
“Yes, sir. If you ______a seat, I will fetch it for you.”
A: take B: had taken C: have taken
7. “Don’t cry. Everything will be alright.”
“Yes, but if I ______the bus, I wouldn’t have been late for school.”
A: didn’t miss B: hadn’t missed C: don’t miss
8. “When water boils, it ______stream.”
“Yes, I know, and the stream is hot, too.”
A: would produce B: produce C: produces
9. “Can you help me, please?”
“Well, if I wasn’t studying, I ______you.”
A: would help B: help C: will help
10. “John crashed his car yesterday.”
“I know, but if he hadn’t been changing the cassette, he ______.”
A: won’t crash B: wouldn’t crash C: wouldn’t have crashed
11. “Can I have some chocolate, please?”
“If you behave yourself, I ______you some later.”
A: would buy B: might buy C: buy
12. “Should you see Colin, ______and tell me.”
“I will.”
A: come B: to come C: will come
13. “If we were rich, we ______expensive clothes.”
“Well, unfortunately we aren’t rich!”
A: could afford B: can afford C: afford
○Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
1. Peter ______(be able to) help you if he was here.
2. If I had closed the window, the cat ______(not/jump) out.
3. I ______(call) for help if I got stuck in a lift.
4. Had I known him, I ______(talk) to him.
5. John ______(may/lose) his job if he is rude to the boss.
6. If you ______(save) some money, you would have been able to go on holiday last year.
7. You may win if you ______(take) part in the contest.
8. If I had toothache, I ______(go) to the dentist.
9. They would have helped us move house if we ______(ask) them.
10. If Jane ______(be) older, she could live by herself.
11. We would have changed our plans if we ______(hear) the weather forecast.
12. Emma ______(send) a card if she had remembered it was their anniversary.
13. Robert ______(feel) better if you talked to him.
14. If Sam was still living nearby, you ______(can/invite) him for dinner.
15. If you ______(put) your money in your wallet, you will not lose it.
16. If you ______(like) chocolate, you will love this cake.
17. If Bill ______(come) home early, he will eat dinner with us.
18. Sandra will join us later unless she ______(have) a lot of work to do.
○Choose the word that is not correct
1. Voyager 2 is as spacecraft which has greatly expanded us knowledge of the solar system.
A B C D
2. Dolphins, whales, and many other sea creatures use high sophisticated navigation systems.
A B C D
3. The smallest things in the universe are, paradoxically, be explored by the largest machines.
A B C D
4. Fiber is important element in nutrition, and it aids in protecting the digestive tract as well.
A B C D
5. Copper is a metal which is easy worked and which mixes well with other metals to form alloys.
A B C D
6. An exchange rate is the price of one currencies in term of another.
A B C D
7. The Bactrian, or Asian, camel can be identified by their two humps.
A B C D
8. Much university-educated people managed to avoid being conscripted into the army at the outbreak of the
A war. B C D
9. The anthropologist is interested not in the actions of an individual, but in the social significant of these
A B C actions. D
10. The treasures of the ancient world they never cease to amaze us.
A B C D
11. Every recruits was given a uniform, supplies, and training.
A B C D
12. The jury took a long times to reach an agreement among themselves.
A B C D
13. Some of the most famous Middle Eastern newspapers, The Pyramids, was established in Egypt in 1875.
A B C D
14. The beautiful of Cyprus, with its pine-covered mountains, sandy beaches, historical monuments, and
A B picturesque villages, is legendary.
C D
15. Much unknown plants and animals are disappearing as the tropical forests are destroyed.
A B C D
16. It is the dream of every mountaineers to climb the world’s highest peak.
A B C D
17. Most critics agree that William Shakespeare was the greater writer in the English language.
A B C D
18. Much nutritionists argue that people’s intake of fat should be reduced.
A B C D
19. Fish are unable to sleep, but sometimes a fish in an aquarium will lie on their side and appear to be
A B C
completely unaware of everything around it.
D
○Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct
On the way to the Seaside
“Darling! There’s hardly any petrol left in the tank. I 26 it up before we left home. 27 a garage quite near but I 28 drive carefully until we 29 there. If only I 30 the petrol before we started out! Damn! I 31 this to happen for the last ten minutes. I’ll have to push the car to the side of the road because we 32 if we leave it here. But I can’t imagine what 33 to let this happen.”
26. A: must have filled B: should have filled C: would have filled D: had to fill