D. If my wife had left the car keys, I could picked her up at the station.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
41. Everyone want to reduce the pollution of our environment.
A B C D
42. Peter can answer the questions more intelligent than I can.
A B C D
43. She never go home before she has finished her work.
A B C D
44. He was exciting at the news she told him yesterday.
A B C D
45. This is the bank from that we borrowed the money.
A B C D
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 6 to 10
Many animals are currently in danger of (46) _____. Human beings are causing thousands of kinds of animals to die off. Chemicals that pollute the environment can endanger animals. Hunters kill some animals. Hunters kill rhinoceroses for their horns. They kill tigers for their skins. They kill elephants for their ivory tusks.
Most (47) _____ animals today are in trouble because people are destroying their habitats. A habitat is a place where an animal normally lives. Forests, deserts, and wetlands are kinds of habitats.
Many endangered animals live in tropical rain forests. People cut down rain forests to build farms, roads, and towns. They (48) _____ water from wetlands. Gorillas and koala bears are endangered because of destruction of the forests in which they live.
Can we (49) _____ endangered animals? Governments can pass laws that make it illegally to hunt or sell endangered animals. They can pass laws against using chemicals that harm certain animals. Some biologists believe the best way to save endangered animals is to save their habitats. They work to set up (50) _____ areas such as parks and national forests where the animals can live. They keep the animals safe from hunters and other dangers.
46. A. extinction B. extinct C. exist D. existence 47. A. endangering B. endanger C. endangers D. endangered
48. A. to drain B. drainage C. drain D. draining
49. A. survive B. save C. reduce D. increase
50. A. remote B. isolated C. wilderness D. desert
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Test 20
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
1. A. friendly B. religion C. tent D. correct
2. A. comprise B. realize C. comic D. smile
3. A. chemistry B. champ C. church D. champion
4. A. beaches B. tomatoes C. fishes D. kisses
5. A. population B. hope C. compose D. control
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.
6. It’s high time you _________to study seriously.
A. begin B. began C. did begin D. would begin
7. I’m going to the market but I can’t think of ________to buy for dinner.
A. where B. what C. that D. which
8. Different conservation efforts have been made in order to save _______ species.
A. endangered B. danger C. dangerous D. endanger 9. This boy lied to you, _______you don't trust him anymore.
A. however B. and C. so D. but
10. My sister didn't get the job ______she had all the necessary qualifications.
A. although B. however C. therefore D. in spite of 11. We went out for ______ meal last night. ______ restaurant we went to was excellent.
A. a /The B. a / (nothing) C. the /(nothing) D. the /A 12 You can tell Tom what I said but he _______ keep it secret.
A. needn't B. need C. mustn't D. must
13. I can hear you quite clearly. You _______ shout.
A. might not B. cannot C. needn't D. mustn't
14. Another conversation effort is the development of wildlife habitat reserves as they are suitable for their _______.
A. survival B. surviving C. survivor D. survive
15. Extinction means situation ____a plant, or an animal or another away of life etc… stops existing.
A. in which B. to which C. for which D. on which 16. Rabbits are one of the agents that ______ make deserts.
A. help B. helped C. helps D. helping
17. We ______ out as soon as it ________ raining?
A. go/ will stop B. will go/ stops C. will go/ is stopping D. go/will have stopped 18. The toxic material on the derailed train _____ the atmosphere. [derail: go off the rail]
A. contaminated B. retained C. intoxicated D. redirected
19. In the future cars will still be with us, but instead of petrol they could run ______ anything from electricity to methane gas.
A. on B. by C. out D. with
20. There is more than one conservation effort ______ to save endangered animals.
A. to make B. to have made C. to be made D. to have been made 21.________you agree, nothing can be arranged.
A. unless B. without C. because D. lest
22. I didn’t do anything wrong. Why are you angry ___________ me?
A. at B. to C. of D. with
23. Don’t come until he ________ lunch.
A. finishes B. will finish C. finished D. would finish 24. We strongly recommend _________your luggage when you travel.
A. to insure B. you insuring C. your insurance D. you to insure 25. The weather report says that ________ ten inches of snow tomorrow.
A. may be there are B. there might be C. there may be D. we may be have 26. _______ in Rome than he was kidnapped.
A. No sooner he arrived B. Had he no sooner arrived C. No sooner had he arrived D. No sooner he had arrived 27. He did not agree with me at first, but in the end I _______persuade him.
A. might as well B. would C. could D. was able to 28. May I use your printer? - _________ go ahead.
A. By all means B. I’m afraid you can’t C. It’s my pleasure D. you are welcome 29. Are you coming tonight? -I’d love to, but I’m afraid I ________ then.
A. will be teaching B. will teach C. will have taught D. am teaching 30. How do you think I can make up with Peter?
Set aside ________ you disagree and try to find _________ you have in common.
A. Where/ what B. what/ what C. what/ whether D. where/ whether Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
One of the greatest advances in modern technology has been the (31)_______of computers. They are already widely used in industry and in universities and the time may come when it will be common for (32) _______people to use them as well. Computers are capable of doing extremely complicated work in all (33) _______of learning. They can solve the most complex mathematical problem or put thousands of unrelated facts (34) _______order. Because they work accurately and at high speeds they (35)_______research workers years of hard work.
It’s a mistake to believe that these machines could ‘think’. There is no (36) ____that human beings will be controlled by machines. Though computers are capable of learning from their mistakes and improving on their performance, they need detailed (37) _____from human beings in order to be able to operate. They can never, as it were, (38) ______independent lives, or rule the word by making decisions of their own. Computers are the most efficient (39) _____man has ever had and there is no limit to the ways they can be used to (40) ______our lives.
31. A. discovery B. device C. invention D. instrument
32. A. normal B. ordinary C. average D. medium
33. A. branches B. aspects C. departments D. kinds
34. A. to B. in C. out of D. under
35. A. prevent B. reduce C. avoid D. save
36. A. probability B. possibility C. chance D. occasion
37. A. manuals B. orders C. directions D. instructions
38. A. proceed B. conduct C. lead D. keep
39. A. assistant B. servicemen C. laborers D. servants
40. A. improve B. brighten C. upgrade D. heighten
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
41. Working as a booksell helps her to support her family.
A B C D
42. It is not easily for her to keep the children amused.
A B C D
43. She had hardly left home than it began to rain. [when]
A B C D
44. After having wrote the letter she went to the post office.
A B C D
45. No sooner had I hang up than the phone rang again.
A B C D
Choose the best sentence that has the same meaning as the original one by circling letter A, B, C or D.
46. Although he is driving a luxurious car, he is not rich.
A. He is not rich and he owns a luxurious car.
B. He has an expensive car and he is not very poor.
C. Driving an expensive car makes him become poor.