Advanced level – Test 4 1. In 1975, according to the national center for health statistics, the average life expectancy for people born during that year …………… 72.4 years. A. is B. were C. are D. was 2. A …………… mountaineer reached the top of the Himalaya last week. A. fearful B. fearfulness C. fearless D. fearlessness 3. Traditionally, the flag is ………………. in the morning and taken down at night. A. raised B. raise C. risen D. rise 4. One way to inform the public about factories that pollute the environment is through …………… programs on TV. A. agricultural B. educational C. industrial D. cultural 5. I didn’t enjoy this book on how to succeed in business. It wasn’t very ……………… A. poorly written B. well typed C. well written D. good written 6. The corals can be divided into three groups, two of which …………… extinct. A. is B. are C. was D. were 7. Without alphabetical order, dictionaries would be ……………… to use. A. possibility B. possible C. impossibility D. impossible 8. I was shocked ……………… the news of the crashed plane. A. about B. with C. of D. at 9. Jane Addams had already established full house in Chicago and ……………… her work in the women’s suffrage movement when she was awarded the Nobel prize for peace. A. began B. begun C. begin D. beginning 10. The extent to which an individual is a product of either heredity or environment ………………, but several theories have been proposed. A. cannot proved B. cannot be proved C. cannot prove D. can be proved 11. Every country ……… a national flag. A. is B. are C. has D. have 12. Optical fibers ………………… to deliver laser light. A. can also used B. can also use C. can also be used D. also can be used 13. The flag of the original colonies may or may not have been ………… by Betsy Ross during the revolution. A. made B. make C. to make D. making 14. Goods for sale at …………… prices. A. attract B. attractive C. attraction D. attractively 15. Your mistakes in composition are similar ……………… his. A. by B. to C. on D. with 16. Often a team of engineers is ………………. A. work on one project B. on one project work C. working on one project D. to working on one project 17. A vacuum will neither conduct heat nor ………………. A. transmit sound waves B. transmitting sound waves C. sound waves are transmitted D. the transmission of sound waves 18. To relieve pain caused by severe burns, prevent infection, and treat for shock, ……………… A. taking immediate steps B. to take immediate steps C. taken steps immediately D. take immediate steps 19. All the cereal grains ………………. grow on the prairies and plains of the United States. A. but rice B. except the rice C. but for rice D. excepting rice 20. All of them are freshmen, ………… whom come from countryside. A. most of B. most C. both a and b are coorrect D. most of the 21. …………… thought was given, but all was not approved. A. A large number of B. A great deal of C. May of D. Many 22. Green and magenta are complementary colors located opposite each other on the color wheel, ………… A. and blue and yellow so B. and too blue and yellow C. and so blue and yellow do D. and so are blue and yellow 23. Double-stars orbit ………………. A. each to other B. each other C. each other one D. other each one 24. A …………… is a person who searches for valuable minerals. A. prospect B. prospects C. prospector D. prospective 25. John F. Kennedy was the youngest president of the United States and ………………. to be assassinated. A. the fourth B. fourth C. four D. the four 26. Oscillatona, one of the few plants that can move about, ………………. a wavy, gliding motion. A. having B. have C. being D. with 27. Nitrogen must be ……………. with another element such as hydrogen or oxygen to be useful in agriculture or industry. A. combine B. combining C. to combine D. combined 28. In ancient times and throughout the middle ages, many people believed that the earth …………… motionless. A. is B. are C. was D. were 29. Anyone reproducing copyrighted works without permission of the holders of the copyrights ………… breaking the law. A. are B. is C. was D. were 30. Supersonic transport …………… the Concorde will probably be widely accepted as soon as problems of noise and atmospheric pollution are resolved. A. such B. so as C. so D. such as