301 Test 55 Pronunciation 1. a. seemed b. loved c. joined d. hoped > d 2. a. do b. go c. so d. no > a 3. a. parade b. change c. graze d. calf > d 4. a. while b. where c. whose d. white > c 5. a. lake b. knife c. keep d. neck > b Find the mistakes 6. Despite the fact that I prefer to be a history teacher, I am studying in the Business School in order I am able to get a job in industry. a. Despite b. to be c. in d. in order d 7. It is important to be polite to people who is older than us. a. to be b. who c. is d. us c 8. She lives in a hotel is restricted to senior citizens. a. lives b. is restricted c. to d. citizens b 9. My aunt has two children, whose their names are Nick and Dick. a. has b. whose c. their d. names c 10. He comes from Venezuela, that is a Spanish-speaking country. a. comes b. that c. a d. Spanish-speaking b Grammar and Vocabulary 11. Could you wait for a few minutes until my boss back? a. will get b. gets c. will be getting d. is getting b 12. You should drive carefully, because accidents often at this corner. a. occurring b. occur c. occurred d. are occurred b 13. blind can see nothing. a. The b. A c. The rest 302 d. Another a 14. Peter was not feeling well so we gave him to do than you. a. fewer works b. less work c. little works d. least work b 15. It is usually better not to things, in case they are not returned. a. lend b. offer c. borrow d. lose a 16. You can learn as much theory as you like, but you only master a skill by it a lot. a. practising b. training c. exercising d. doing a 17. Some people think it is to use long and little-known words. a. clever b. international c. skilled d. sensitive a 18. He enjoyed the dessert so much that he accepted a second when it was offered. a. load b. pile c. helping d. sharing c 19. He soon received promotion, for his superiors realised that he was a man of considerable a. ability b. possibility c. future d. opportunity a 20. Is there a bank where I can these pounds for dollars? a. exchange b. turn c. alter d. arrange a 21. We wish that he such a lot of work, because we know that he would have enjoyed the party. a. hadn't had b. hadn't c. didn't have had d. hadn't have a 22. I wish that the weather not so hot. a. was b. be c. were d. is c 303 23. I wish that we with my father when he flies to Paris next week. a. could go b. had gone c. will go d. are a 24. After Daisy had researched and her paper, she found some additional material that she should have included. a. wrote b. written c. writing d. have written b 25. The man who was driving the van would not admit that he had been careless, and a. neither the other driver b. neither would the other driver c. neither had the other driver d. the other driver neither b 26. I think that you had better earlier so that you can take the first bus. a. to start to get up b. started getting up c. start getting up d. to get up c 27. When the clock struck six, Mrs. White a. has got up b. was getting up c. has been getting up d. got up d 28. I'll ring you up as soon as I the news. a. have heard b. will hear c. will have d. am hearing a 29. Nam caught a bad cold because he in the rain. a. stood b. was standing c. has stood d. had been standing d 30. If you the window, we shall feel warmer. a. have close b. would close c. closed d. close d 31. The safety committee's report recommended that all medicines should be kept out of the of children. a. hold b. hand c. reach d. grasp c 32. In the jar there was a which looked like jam. a. substance b. material c. solid d. powder a 304 33. He is very stubborn, so it will be difficult to him to go. a. persuade b. suggest c. make d. prevent a 34. He put a against the tree and climbed up to pick the apples. a. scale b. staircase c. grade d. ladder d 35. It's six years now since the Socialists came to in that country. a. power b. force c. control d. command a 36. In a greengrocer's, there is a lot of when fruit and vegetables are not sold. a. rot b. waste c. ruin d. rest b 37. Hurry up! They're only got seats left. a. a little b. a few c. a lot of d. a plenty of b 38. The children better leave out. It's getting late. a. should b. would c. had d. ought c 39. Some people like meat with much fat in it …………. others hate it. a. despite b. in spite of c. even though d. whereas d 40. A lot needs to the house before anyone can move in. a. doing b. be done c. to do d. done a 41. I knew him I was a child. a. until b. when c. since d. during b 42. Pioneer men and women endured terrible hardships, and a. so do their children b. neither did their children c. also the childs 305 d. so did their children d 43. There were two small rooms in the beach house, served as a kitchen. a. the smaller of which b. the smallest of which c. the smaller of whom d. the smallest of that a 44. Neither Jane nor her brothers films. a. like b. likes c. is liking d. has liked a 45. Our flight from Amsterdam to London was delayed the heavy fog. a. because b. otherwise c. as result d. because of d 46. Our new neighbors had been living in Arizona ten years before moving to their present house. a. since b. in c. for d. during c 47. My sister is working for a big firm. She is working for a big a. party b. company c. factory d. store b 48. They have stayed in many different houses. They haven't stayed in place. a. the only b. a similar c. the same d. alike c 49. This child can have a meal a. only in the morning b. at any time c. only at midday d. only in the evening b 50. My telephone service is private. It isn't a. general b. national c. international d. public d . should drive carefully, because accidents often at this corner. a. occurring b. occur c. occurred d. are occurred b 13. blind can see nothing. a. The b. A c. The rest 302 d. Another. fewer works b. less work c. little works d. least work b 15. It is usually better not to things, in case they are not returned. a. lend b. offer c. borrow d. lose a 16. You can. skill by it a lot. a. practising b. training c. exercising d. doing a 17. Some people think it is to use long and little-known words. a. clever b. international c. skilled d. sensitive