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
61 If airplane ticket wasn't expensive, I could fly to Singapore for my holidays a If b wasn't c could fly d for > b 62 Friends advised her to stop doing the housework because her old age a her b to stop c housework d because > d 63 Although she is 103 but she still does a lot of work in the flat a Although b is c but d a lot of > c 64 He had so a difficult exercise that he couldn't it a had b so c difficult d it > b 65 It is the larger city in Europe with a population of over eight million a is b larger c in d of > b 66 It is a beautiful building of two towers and a very big clock called Big Ben a beautiful b of c very d called > b 67 Many hundred years ago there were many villages and little towns in England a ago b were c little d in > c 68 They usually took a tree back with them and put it on the centre of the village a with b put c on d of > c 69 The international working class made the one of May their day of solidarity a working b made c one d of > c 70 The first May Day celebrated in England in 1890 a first b celebrated c in d 1890 > b 71 Television is one of man's important mean of communication a is b man's c mean d communication > c 72 Though TV, home viewers can see and learn about people, places and things in faraway lands a Though b learn c about d in > a 73 TV provides many more entertainment programs as any other kind a many b entertainment c as d any > c 74 Poverty desert countries in Africa can grow guayule a Poverty b countries c in d grow > a 75 The rubber farms will make a lot of money and give jobs to a great deal of people a rubber b make c a lot of d a great deal of > d 76 Around the age of sixteen you must make one of the biggest decision of your life a Around b of c must d decision > d 77 Junko Tabei, is a Japanese from Hokkaido, was the first woman to make this difficult climb a is b from c was d to make > a 78 A Tokyo newspaper - television company had organized the climb in 1975 a Tokyo b company c had organized d in > c 79 Bill and Fred was students at a university and they were friends a and b was c at d were > b 80 The noise on the roof of the trailer woke Bill and Fred up very quick a The b of c woke d quick > d