600 SENTENCES OF CERTIFICATE B I. GRAMMAR (300 SENTENCES) 1. The mausoleum is ................. by Thien Thu mountain, two towering columns and a vast expanse of water. a. feed b. feeding c. fed d. feeds > c 2. Put plants ............... a window so that they will get enough light. a. near to b. near of c. next to d. nearly > c 3. Employers often require that candidates have not only a degree ............. a. but two years experience b. also two years experience c. but also twoyear experience d. but more two years experience > c 4. Richard Nixon had been a lawyer and ............... before he entered politics. a. served in the Navy as an officer b. an officer in the Navy c. the Navy had him as an officer d. did service in the Navy as an officer > b 5. If one of the participants in a conversation wonders ............... no real communication has taken place. a. what said the other person b. what the other person said c. what did the other person say d. what was the other person saying > b 6. 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 7. Professional people expect ............... when it is necessary to cancel an appointment. a. you to call them b. that you would call them c. your calling them d. that you are calling them > a 8. Sedimentary rocks are formed below the surface of the earth ............... very high temperatures and pressures. a. where there are b. there are c. where are there d. there are where > a 9. Farmers look forward to ............... every summer. a. participating in the county fairs b. participate in the county fairs c. be participating in the county fairs d. have participated in the county fairs > a 10. Clipper ships were the swiftest sailing ships that …………………. to sea and the most beautiful. a. ever were put b. were ever putted c. were ever put d. ever were putted c 11. The ships had their days of …………………. in the 1840s and 1850s. a. glorious b. glory c. glorify d. gloriously b 12. Tea loses its flavor quickly …………………… in the hold of a vessel. a. when storing b. stored c. when stored d. storing c 13. Earl was one of the first American artists …………………. landscapes. a. painting b. painted c. for painting d. to paint d 14. The crime rate has continued to rise in American cities despite efforts on the part of both government and private citizens to curb ................ a. them b. him c. its d. it > d 15. In 1778, he ……………… to London to study with Benjamin West for four years. a. has gone b. had gone c. would go d. went d 16. No one has been able to satisfactorily explain how or ………………. the Moon sporadically sparks. a. when b. why c. what d. which b 17. The basic fiberoptics system is called a fiberscope, …………………. consists of two bundles of fibers. a. which b. in which c. where d. what a 18. Physicians can look into the lungs, heart and other areas that were formerly ……………….. to them. a. accessibly b. access c. accessible d. inaccessible d 19. ............... his highly individual conceptions of music and chaos, John Cage became a leading figure in avantgarde music. a. Such was b. Due to c. Because from d. That > b 20. Sanford Meisner ............... the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. a. founding and directing b. who founded and directed c. founded and directed d. in finding and directing > c
21 Mai and Lan have a row because they have misunderstood one another a have b because c misunderstood d one another > d 22 The workers are building a new bridge which is 150 meters in high a building b a new bridge c which d high > d 23 It's no use asking them keep quiet a no use b asking c them d keep > d 24 This text is too long for me to read it a is b long c to read d it > d 25 I can't get used to doing so difficult exercises a can't b used c doing d so > d 26 My father doesn't know speak English a My b doesn't c speak d English > c 27 She behaves as if she was a baby a behaves b as if c was d a > c 28 You wanted me to tell you about what I was doing here and how was my life a to tell b about c was doing d was > d 29 The course is good, but more hard than I thought a is b but c more hard d thought > c 30 Sleeping all day, to eat too much and never going out is unhealthy a Sleeping b to eat c much d never > b 31 The dentist gave me a check up and then telling me I needed two fillings a me b check up c telling d fillings > c 32 These engines used being started by hand But now they are started by electricity a used b being c But now d are > b 33 This house is often broken off and a lot of things are taken away a is b broken c off d away > c 34 My father has a mechanic to repair his motorbike monthly a has b a c to repair d monthly > c 35 There always is one wise woman who is both feared and respected by her people a always b wise c who d both > a 36 The woman tells them close their eyes tightly and cover them with their hands a tells b close c tightly d with > b 37 They visited America about a thousand years ago, on the eleventh century AD a visited b thousand c ago d on > d 38 Ha Dong is the town where I am born and grew up a is b where c am d grew > c 39 She is the girl about that I talked to you yesterday a the girl b that c to d yesterday > b 40 The lesson that we are learning now is very interested but difficult a that b now c interested d but > c