PRACTICE TEST 7

PRACTICE TEST 7
Choose a, b, c, or d that is the best alternative.
1. The customers ______ the company before our boss ______
A. was leaving / arrive

B. already left / have arrived

C. has been left / were arriving

D. had left / arrived

2. When the police ______ to the scene of the accident, both drivers ______ away.
A. will get / go

B. get / will go

C. got / had gone

D. has got / went

3. She is so annoying. She ______ her dirty dishes in the sink.
A. always leaves

B. will always leave

C. will be always leaving

D. had always left

4. The last bus is at eleven. I ______ miss it or else I ______ be able to get home.
A. had better / will

B. ought not to / needn’t

C. may / would

D. mustn’t / won’t

5. You ______ pay me back that money you owe me soon, or else!
A. had better

B. would

C. would prefer

D. should not

C. may

D. could

6. “I ______ help you,” John promised.
A. will

B. would

7. She imagined herself ______ in her favorite armchair at home.
A. sit

B. to sit

C. sitting

D. sat

C. punishing

D. punish

8. She objected ______ children corporally.
A. to punishing

B. to punish

9. Sometimes we are made ______ things that we do not want to do.
A. do

B. to do

C. doing

D. done

C. until

D. since

C. but

D. because

C. And

D. By the time

C. have appeared

D. are appearing

10. He kept reading ______ he fell asleep.
A. when

B. while

11. We must hurry ______ we will be late.
A. or else

B. and

12. ______ you need me, I’ll be at Tom’s.
A. In case

B. But

13. Some of the grain ______ to be contaminated.
A. appear

B. appears

14. There ______ a book, two notebooks, and some pens on John’s table.
A. are

B. were

C. have been

D. is

C. have got

D. is having

15. Each cat and each dog ______ its own toy.
A. have

B. has

16. ______ have trouble with English pronunciation.
A. Quite students

B. Quite many students

C. Quite a few students

D. A little of students
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17. He has ______ of passing his exams.
A. any hopes

B. a few hope

C. a little hopes

D. little hope

18. He knows ______ people in the class, so he feels lonely.
A. few

B. a little

C. a few

D. every

B. am not I

C. aren’t I

D. don’t I

B. You will join

C. Do you will join

D. Have you join

19. I am late, ______?
A. am I
20. ______ us?

A. Will you join

21. ______ do you come to visit your grandparents? - Twice a month.
A. How

B. How often

C. How long

D. How about

B. The Smith’s villa

C. The Smiths villa

D. The Smiths’ villa

22. ______ is by the sea.
A. The Smith villa

23. ______ was a complete failure.
A. Last night performance

B. Last night’s performance

C. Last night of performance

D. Performance’s last night

24. He has worked as a ______ for a museum since last year.

A. door’s man

B. man of door

C. doorman

D. man’s door

25. “What a beautiful dress you have!” Mary said to me.
A. Mary made a compliment on my beautiful dress.
B. Mary suggested that I should have that beautiful dress.
C. Mary advised me to wear that beautiful dress.
D. Mary objected to wearing that beautiful dress.
26. If only I were at home now.
A. I wish I were at home now.

B. I do not want to be at home now.

C. I would rather not be at home now.

D. I am at home now.

27. He was too anxious to do anything.
A. His anxiety didn’t have effects on him.
B. He did everything although he was very anxious.
C. He was so anxious that he could not do anything.
D. Everything was done thanks to his anxiety.
28. Many of ______ disagree with the changes that are happening.
A. we

B. our

C. us

D. ours

29. Did you want to talk to the chairman ______, or could ______ personal assistant help you?
A. himself / his

B. he / his

30. Measles is a misery to children
A. They are

B. It is

C. him / he

D. his / himself

dangerous.
C. There are

D. Its

31. What did you do at ______ Christmas? - I stayed at ______ home and watched ______ TV.
A. the / Ø / the

B. Ø / the / the

C. Ø / Ø / Ø

D. the / the / Ø

32. He was ______ honest, hard-working lawyer but he hated ______ job.
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A. a / Ø

B. an / the

C. the / a

D. Ø / the

33. ______ Pacific Ocean is largest body of water on Earth.
A. The / Ø

B. Ø / the

C. The / the

D. Ø / Ø

C. painting pink

D. painted pink

34. The house ______ has just been sold.

A. to paint pink

B. pink painting

35. ______, she decided to quit the job.
A. Feeling dissatisfied

B. Felt dissatisfied

C. She feeling dissatisfied

D. To be felt dissatisfied

36. My roommate, ______, has never been to Navy Pier before.
A. as a freshman from Geneva

B. that a freshman from Geneva

C. is a freshman from Geneva

D. a freshman from Geneva

37. ______ the early train tomorrow.
A. I will not take probably

B. I probably will not take

C. Probably will not I take

D. I will take not probably

38. I ______ to turn off the lights.
A. have to remind always her

B. have to always remind her

C. always have to remind her

D. have always to remind her

39. For thousands of children every year, measles is ______
A. a very serious illness

B. a serious very illness

C. an illness very serious

D. a very illness serious

40. Peter has just inherited a large sum of money ______ his uncle.
A. from

B. for

C. as

D. off

41. Babbage was born ______ 1791 and brought ______ to be a brilliant mathematics.
A. about / in

B. on / for

C. over / with

D. in / up

42. Unfortunately, there was not enough demand ______ our product.
A. for

B. of

C. to

D. at

43. The mention of price increase in petrol sent citizens out to the fill stations to _______ as much as
they could.
A. buy up

B. sell for

C. pay out

D. stay away

44. Ben had planned a steak dinner for himself after ______ on her plane.
A. seeing Jackie off

B. sending Jackie out

C. running Jackie back

D. following Jackie for

45. The firemen succeeded in ______ because they acted promptly.
A. putting the fire out

B. sharing the fire with

C. sending the fire for

D. making the fire up

46. Have you ever seen any photographs ______ from great distances in outer space?
A. which took

B. took

C. taking

D. taken

47. Natural resources ______
A. are believed never to use up

B. believed never used up
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C. are believing to be used never up

D. are believed never to be used up

48. Millions of dollars’ worth of damage ______
A. has caused with a storm

B. has been caused by a storm

C. has been causing by a storm

D. has been caused with a storm

49. Only after a twelve-hour delay, ______
A. their plane did take off

B. their plane took off

C. did their plane take off

D. their plane take off

50. ______ late ______ his books home.
A. Not only Tony was / but he had also left
B. Not only was Tony / but he had also left
C. Tony was not only / but had he also left
D. Was Tony not only / but also had he left
51. ______ from your seminars.
A. Should you be absent on no account

B. Should you be absent on any account

C. On no account you should be absent

D. On no account should you be absent

52. “______?” John’s brother advised him.
A. Why don’t you try again

B. Why do you try again

C. Why did you try again

D. Why must you try again

53. Mary asked me ______ he would come the next day or not.
A. if

B. unless

C. that

D. when

54. Ronald asked me ______
A. where Maria parked her car

B. where did Maria park her car

C. where Maria parks her car

D. where does Maria park her car

55. Work on the ______ line is monotonous and lacks ______.
A. production / variety

B. product / various

C. produce / varied

D. productivity / vary

56. Fitting into a different ______ is not ______.
A. culturist / easer

B. cultural / ease

C. culturally / easily

D. culture / easy

57. We all admire Michael Faraday for his ______ story.
A. succeed

B. success

C. successful

D. successfully

58. Dorothy Punch taught us _______ our listening and pronunciation skills.
A. how improve

B. how we could improve

C. how improving

D. how can we improve

59. Do you know ______?
A. where we will be taking the test

B. will where we be taking the test

C. will we be taking the test where

D. where will we be taking the test

60. ______ is unbelievable.
A. All movies will be available

B. That all movies will be available

C. As all movies will be available

D. That all movies which will be available
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61. It is earth’s gravity ______ people their weight.

A. that gives

B. which to give

C. gives

D. whose gives

62. ______ Bren comes from, has a lot of good curry restaurants.
A. Bradford,

B. Bradford, where

C. Bradford, that

D. Bradford where

63. The book ______ I borrowed from the library yesterday has lost some pages.
A. whom

B. whose

C. from which

D. which

64. Someone stole my purse ______ for the bus.
A. as soon as I am waiting

B. since I was waiting

C. while I was waiting

D. when I will wait

65. ______ a joke, everybody roared with laughter.
A. When he is telling

B. In case he told

C. Telling

D. Every time he told

66. ______ it rains, I prefer staying in bed and reading magazines.
A. Whenever

B. As soon as

C. Until

D. Till

67. Put the sign ______
A. in where everyone can read it

B. where can everyone read it

C. what everyone can read it

D. where everyone can read it

68. Many people think that playing football is ______
A. most interesting

B. more than interesting

C. the most interesting

D. the more interesting

69. Mary is ______ than her husband.
A. old

B. older

C. the older

D. more older

70. We are both outgoing, but Mary does not talk ______ I do.
A. as much

B. much as

C. as many as

D. so much as

71. ______ cigarettes you smoke, ______ your health becomes.

A. The more / the worse

B. The many / The bad

C. The most / the worst

D. More / worse

72. If the demand increases, ______
A. prices will rise

B. prices would rise

C. so prices will rise

D. and prices rises

73. What time would we get there ______ a taxi?
A. we took

B. if we take

C. unless we take

D. provided that we took

74. ______, I would not have completed my overseas study.
A. My parents supported me

B. Due to my parents’ support

C. Without my parents’ support

D. If my parents supported me

75. ______ a sudden storm, the climbers would not have died.
A. Unless there had been

B. Provided that it were
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C. Supposed

D. If there were not

76. I need to buy a new coat soon ______ the weather is getting cold.
A. because

B. because of

C. due to

D. for

77. Because ______, I decided to go for a walk.
A. it was such a beautiful day

B. such a beautiful day

C. of it was such a beautiful day

D. of the day is beautiful

78. We all felt tired ______ the hot weather.
A. because

B. since

C. as

D. due to

79. ______ only four years old, Oliver can do long multiplication.
A. Despite he is

B. In spite of he is

C. Despite

D. In spite

80. ________ I sympathize with your difficulties, there is little I can do to help you.
A. As though

B. Even though

C. Though of

D. Despite

81. I will ask the boss for a rise ______
A. as though losing my job

B. even if losing my job

C. although I may lose my job

D. in spite of I may lose my job

82. The problem is not really complicated ______
A. as I have ever thought

B. as though I think

C. as if I thought

D. as though I will think

83. Mary has little knowledge of computer, but she often pretends ______ a programmer.
A. if only she is

B. if only she were

C. as if she were

D. as though she is

84. She has never gone abroad, but she talks about some foreign countries ______ she had been there
for a long time.

A. as if

B. if only

C. even if

D. if

85. She fills her car up ______ that she will not run out of gas during her trip.
A. in order to make sure

B. so as she can make sure

C. so that making sure

D. in order she can make sure

86. Walls are being built around the reserve ______ poachers from hunting rare animals.
A. so preventing

B. so as they prevent

C. so as to prevent

D. so that preventing

87. Natural resources should be used economically ______ they will not run out some day.
A. in order to

B. so as to

C. as to

D. in order that

88. ______ carbon dioxide was emitted into the air ______ the ozone layer is being destroyed.
A. So much / that

B. So many / that

C. So much / as

D. So many / as

89. Many people are ______ to the computer that they do not care about any other intellectual
activities.
A. such as addicted

B. so many addicted

C. so addicted

D. such addicted

90. It was ______ a good arrangement ______ there was not any a small mistake.
A. so / that

B. such / that

C. so / as

D. such / as

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91. Exercise strengthens the heart, increases the level at which we burn fat, lowers the chance
A
B
of high blood pressure and diabetes, and preventing loss of bone strength.
C
D
92. Having a good diet and doing exercise are all that those which want to live long need
A
B
C
to do as soon as possible.
D
93. Men has been interested in the stars ever since they first looked up into the sky.
A
B
C
D
94. Nonverbal communication or body language is communication by facial expressions,
A
B
C
head or eye movements, hand signals, but body postures.
D

95. One of the more famous monuments in the world, the Statue of Liberty, was presented
A
B
C
to the US in the 19 century by the people of France.
D
96. When oil or coal is burnt, a great number of smoke that contains some kinds of acid
A
B
C
is produced.
D
97. People who ingest polluted water can become ill and with prolonged exposure, may
A
B
develop cancers or getting children with birth defects.
C
D
98. In 1969, the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, was such polluted with hazardous
A
B
wastes that it caught fire and burned.
C
D
99. It is reported that about 7 billion dollars is spent each year to treat the diseases related to
A
B
C
be overweight.
D

100. Nowadays, industry turns out more products at greater speed and with least labor to
A
B
C
meet the demands of the rapidly increasing population.
D

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