1. This film ……… several scenes which were very funny.
A. features B. pictures C. depicts D. illustrates
2. Sales of margarine rose last year …………. those of butter.
A. comparing B. at a loss of C. at the expense of D. with regrad to
3. We all feel that his jokes about immigrants were in very poor ………
A. form B. view C. feeling D. taste
4. As the President was absent, I was asked to ……. the meeting.
A. officiate B. govern C. chair D. regulate
5. Theproduct was withdrawn from sale because there was no longer any … for it.
A. call B. interest C. claim D. order
6. The trouble with Stan is that he makes such a fuss about even the most……. injury.
A. slight B. trivial C. basic D. elementary
7. I had nochance to defend myself; the dog ……… for me as soon as I opened the door.
A. went B. ran C. fell D. stood
8. Please ………. a copy of your application form for at least six months.
A. return B. revise C. retain D. refer
9. They turned down the proposal ………… that it didn’t fulfil their requirements.
A. by reason B. on the grounds C. as a cause D. allowing
10.Sales reached a ………… in June and then fell off.
A. climax B. summit C. peak D. height
11.Get him to sign the contract before he has second……….
A. plans B. thoughts C. intentions D. ideas
12.Tim was ……. on causing mischief and nothing was going to stop him.
A. intent B. determined C. fixed D. obsessed
13.He muttered something under his …………, but I didn’t catch what he said.
A. mouth B. breath C. voice D. chin
14. How exactly did you set ……… training the horses to work so well together?
A. up B. to C. about D. out
15.If you’re at a(n) …… end, you could help me in the garden.
A. open B. free C. loose D. empty
16. He agreed to accept the position..that he would be given a share of the company’s profits.
A. in the agreement B. with the aim C. with the purpose D.on the understanding
17. This calculator has a number of ………. in the way it can be used.
A. reservations B. constrictions C. obstructions D. limitations
18.I could tell at a ……… that nothing had changed between Barbara and Edward.
A. glimpse B. blink C. wink D. glance
19. The new road currently under …… will solve the traffic problems in the town.
A. design B. progress C. construction D. work
20.I must go to bed early tonight; I sat up till the …….. hours to finish that report.
A. small B. late C. deep D. last
Your answer
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
II. The following passage contains 10 mistakes. Underline them in the passage and correct them in the space provided below. The first has been done as an example.
( 5points)
Traditional, mental tests have been divided into two types. Achievement tests are designed to measure acquiring skills and knowledge, particularly those that have been explicitness taught. The proficiency exams requiring by a few states for high school graduation are achievement tests. Aptitude tests are designed and measure a person’s ability to acquire new skills but knowledge. For example, vocation aptitude tests can help you decide whether you would do better like a mechanic or musician. However, all mental tests are, in some senses, achievement tests because they assumption some sort of past learning or experience that we have gained with certainly objects, words, or situations. The difference between achievement and aptitude tests is the degree and intentional use.
0. Traditional Traditionally Your answer
1……… 6……….
2………..……. 7……….
3……… 8………
4……… 9………
5……… 10………..
III. Phrasal Verbs. ( 5 points)
A. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable preposition. (2.5 points)
1. ________ hindsight, it is not hard to realize that leaving the country was her biggest mistake ever.
2. It stands _____ reason that you can’t simply say sorry and hope everything will be normal again.
3. She turned her nose _____ at the job because she thought it was not good enough for her.
4. They were imprisoned and deprived _____ their basic rights.
5. Losing his job came as a terrible blow ______ him.
6. The singer enjoyed being accompanied ____ the flute by her husband.
7. ______ mutual consent, they kept their divorce secret from their children.
8. The party was already _____ full swing by the time they got there.
9. He didn’t have time to prepare a speech, so he had to give one _____ the cuff.
10. Throughout the flight, he was very much _____ edge and didn’t start to relax until the plane had landed.
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
B. Use the verbs given below together with ONE appropriate particle to complete the following sentences. (2.5 points)
make turn get bring take
pass fall run come get
1. The lady _____ the bus, walked toward the shop and entered it.
2. The victim didn’t have the least idea how he _____ the plane crash.
3. Your new dress really ______ the color of your eyes.
4. Little children like to _____ their toys _____
5. He tried to _______ himself ____ as the leader of the community.
6. It is highly recommended that you replace the batteries before they completely ________.
7. The soldiers are ordered to ______.
8. Many pensioners find it hard to ______ on their small pensions after their retirement.
9. The murderer _____ himself ____ to the police one week after the crime.
10.Constant daydreaming doesn’t _____ a successful career in music.
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
IV. Use the correct tense and form of the verbs in brackets. (5 points)
a. It looks as if this light (1. burn) _____ all night. I (2. forget) ______ to switch it off before I went to bed last night.
b. John admitted (3. surprise) ______ by the unexpected birthday party last night.
c. Do they think that when the new great dam (4.build) _____, it (5. supply) _____ power for a third of the country’srequirements?
d. We’ll be in the same firm but we (6. not work) _____ together because we’ll be in different departments.
e. It was our fault to keep you (7.wait) ____ so long. We (8. inform) ____ you in advance.
f. He got angry because he (9. not be)_____ accustomed to (10. make) ____ fun of like that before.
g. The food we eat (11.seem)_______ to have profound effects on our health. Although science (12. make) ________ enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research (13. show) _____ that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses (14.be) ____ related to diet and forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well, especially cancer of the colon. People of different cultures are more prone (15.contract) ____ certain illnesses because of the characteristic foods they consume. That food is related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, government researchers (16. realize) _______ that nitrates and nitrites (commonly used to preserve color in meats) as well as other food additives caused cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it (17.become)_______ more difficult all the time to know which ingredients on the packaging labels of ( 18. process) __________
food are helpful or harmful. The additives that we eat (19. be) _______ not all so direct.
Farmers often give penicillin to cattle and poultry, and because of this, penicillin (20.
find) _____ in the milk of treated cows.
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
V. Use the correct form of the word in the box to fit each gap. (5 points)
It is strange but true that some of the most important scientific discoveries of the past hundred years have only gained (1. ACCEPT) ___________ because someone eminent in the field took an interest in a theory, while progress in other fields has at times been delayed for years because no one is possessing the (2. EXPERT) ______ to evaluate a theory was prepared to take it seriously.
1905 saw the (3. PUBLISH) _____ of a theory now known as the Theory of Relativity by a Young man called Albert Einstein. The (4. RESPONSE) ______ of the scientific community was one of total indifference until the distinguished German physicist, Max Planck, noticed it. Historians today believe that his (5. PATRON) ______ of Einstein was crucial to the theory being accepted.
Several years later, Einstein put forward his new theory of general relativity. A renowned physicist, Eddington, produced measurements that (6. APPEAR) _______
confirmed Eistein’s predictions. It is now known, however, that Eddington was highly (7.
SELECT) ______ in the result she published, ignoring any that did not prove the theory.
Einstein was eventually proved right though at first he was the (8. BENEFIT) _____ of doubtful research, only accepted because of the reputation of the man who presented it.
The conclusion is that where only a (9. HAND) _____ of people in the world possess the (10. QUALIFY) _____ to understand a theory, the rest of us must rely on their opinion until one of them can demonstrate that the others are mistaken.
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
VI. Choose the best word or phrase to fill each of the spaces. (5 points)
thoughts impediment confidence freedom proof
distance languages benefits opposition change
attainment interchange tone humanity tongue
The greatest (1) _____ to free intercourse between nations is neither (2) ______, nor the difference of mental habits, nor the (3) _____ of national interests; it is simply the imperfect manner in which languages are usually acquired, and the lazy contentment of mankind with a low degree of (4) _____ in a foreign tongue ,when a much higher degree of attainment would be necessary to any efficient (5) _____- of ideas. It seems probable that much of the future happiness of (6) _____ will depend upon a determination to learn foreign languages more thoroughly.
Foreigners do not open their minds to one who blunders about their menaings, their (7) ____ is only to be won by a demonstration of something like equality in intelligence, and nobody can give (8) ____ of this unless he has the means of making his (9) ____ itself, a somewhat bold and authoritative (10) _____.
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.