b. is c. since d. buy 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 d 299. Despite knowing the area well, I got be lost. a. Despite b. knowing c. be d. lost c 300. The men continued to feel unsafely until he crossed the border. a. men b. continued c. unsafely d. crossed 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 d 2. She can look back on her career with great …………… a. satisfied b. satisfaction c. satisfactory d. satisfactorily b 3. The captain as well as the passengers …………… frightened. a. be b. been c. was d. were c 4. Ann has got two sisters. Both of them …………… married. a. has b. have c. is d. are d 5. Each learner of English …………… a good dictionary. a. needs b. need c. is d. are a 6. Money, nor fame, nor wealth …………… brought happiness to everybody. a. has b. have c. is d. are a 7. They …………………… at this school before they became interpreters. a. have taught b. had taught c. taught d. were taught 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 c 9. Professional people expect you to call them when it is necessary ………………… an appointment. a. to cancel b. cancel c. canceling d. canceled 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 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 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 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 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 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 b 24. She has …………… the conditions for entry into the college. a. satisfied b. satisfaction c. satisfactory d. satisfactorily 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 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 a 28. You can’t …………… to learn a foreign language in a week. a. expectant b. expected c. expect d. expectation 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 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 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 d 32. I can’t see the …………… of sitting on the beach all day. a. attract b. attractive c. attractiveness d. attractively 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 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 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 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 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 b 38. They thought that he was guilty ……………… racial discrimination. a. of b. with . Mill and that the California Gold Rush began. a. Because in 1 848 b. That in 1 848 c. In 1 848 that it was d. It was in 1 848 > d 14. The job has no …………… a. prospectively b. prospects c. prospector d satisfactorily b 3. The captain as well as the passengers …………… frightened. a. be b. been c. was d. were c 4. Ann has got two sisters. Both of them …………… married. a. has b. have c. is d. are d 5. Each. border. a. men b. continued c. unsafely d. crossed c 800 SENTENCES OF CERTIFICATE C I. GRAMMAR (40 0 SENTENCES) 1. every child in the school passed the swimming test. a. Near to b. Near of c. Next