PRACTICE TEST 8

PRACTICE TEST 8
Choose a, b, c, or d that is the best alternative.
1. The idea for redecorating the house came to my mind _______ to work last week.
A. as I drive

B. when was driving C. when driving

D. as I was driving

2. What do you think our friends _______ when we _______ to the party?
A. will be doing / get

B. are doing / will get

C. have done / will be getting

D. had done / got

3. _______ me to the airport, please? My car _______
A. Are you going to take / broke

B. Are you taking / breaks

C. Do you take / has broken

D. Will you take / has been broken

4. The article stated that he _______ read at the age of three.
A. can

B. could

C. would

D. might

C. mustn’t

D. would

5. You _______ take a sweater in case it gets cold.
A. should

B. needn’t

6. Be careful! Such small objects _______, causing serious injury or even death.
A. needn’t swallow

B. must be swallowing

C. must swallow

D. could be swallowed

7. It is obvious he is only interested _______ money.
A. to make

B. in make

C. to making

D. in making

8. Anne couldn’t find a taxi so I offered _______ her to the station.
A. drive

B. to drive

C. driving

D. driven

9. Let me _______ you some reasonable explanation.
A. give

B. to give

C. giving

D. gave

C. so

D. therefore

C. but

D. because

10. I sat down _______ drank my coffee.
A. and

B. but

11. Tina wanted to go home, _______ Dave did not.
A. so

B. and

12. The police had searched thoroughly, _______ found nothing.
A. therefore

B. so

C. and

D. yet

C. was choosing

D. choose

C. were barking

D. has barked

C. were

D. was be

C. a lot of

D. lot of

C. so many helps

D. a few help

13. Each of them _______ a good seat.
A. have chosen

B. are chosen

14. All of the dogs in the neighborhood _______.
A. barks

B. was barking

15. Statistics _______ a difficult subject.
A. is

B. are

16. Jack has _______ friends in Los Angeles.
A. lots

B. a lot

17. There is _______ available at the library.
A. plenty of help

B. many helps

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18. There is _______ to waste.
A. a great deal of times

B. few time

C. a little times

D. little time

19. _______ the matter with you?
A. What is

B. How is

C. What does

D. How does

C. Have

D. Does

C. are they

D. is it

C. Christmas’s Eve

D. Christmas of Eve

20. _______ you ever witnessed a fire?
A. Do

B. Are

21. Let’s begin now, _______?
A. shall we

B. will you

22. Do you often go to church on _______?
A. Christmas’ Eve

B. Christmas Eve

23. _______ has soared over the past 20 years,
A. The world’s economy

B. The world economy

C. The world of economy

D. The economy world’s

24. The city leaders have not chosen the _______ for a new university yet.

A. building’s site

B. building site

C. site of building

D. building of site

25. “I regret not to take that work,” Tom said.
A. Tom promised not to take that work.
B. Tom agreed to take that work.
C. Tom refused to take that work.
D. Tom said he regrets not to take that work.
26. Sam is not as strong as Peter.
A. Both Sam and Peter are not strong.

B. Neither Sam nor Peter is strong.

C. Peter is stronger than Sam.

D. Sam is the strongest.

27. Mary is not old enough to live on her own.
A. Mary is old and lives independently.
B. Mary is too old to live on her own.
C. Mary is so young that she cannot live on her own.
D. Mary lives on her own although she is young.
28. Several neighbors of _______ were at the party.
A. we

B. us

C. ours

D. our

29. She lost _______ key and locked _______ in the room.
A. her / she

B. her / herself

C. hers / she

D. herself / her

30. Anyone who drives _______ car at 100 miles an hour is asking for trouble.
A. its

B. our

C. his

D. hers

31. The lines at _______ cinema were very long, so I had to wait for _______ long time.
A. the / a

B. Ø / an

C. the / Ø

D. Ø / the

32. John was here _______ hour ago. Now, he has gone to Paris on _______ business.
A. a / the

B. an / Ø

C. the / a

D. an / the
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33. Listen! Dennis is playing _______ trumpet.
A. a

B. an

C. the

D. Ø

34. _______, we had to complete the trip in two hours.
A. To reach the airport on time

B. Reach the airport on time

C. As reaching the airport on time

D. Reached the airport on time

35. That book, _______, is about science fiction.
A. is publishing last year

B. is published last year

C. published last year

D. publishing last year

36. John was _______.
A. extremely rich indeed

B. as extremely rich indeed

C. for extremely rich indeed

D. being extremely rich indeed

37. The River Reiner burst its banks _______
A. after the heavy rain yesterday

B. the heavy rain after yesterday

C. after yesterday the heavy rain

D. after the heavy yesterday rain

38. John used to drive _______

A. an old German yellow car

B. a German old yellow car

C. an old yellow German car

D. a yellow German old car

39. _______ Is a tiring work.
A. In the running summer, a marathon

B. The summer running in a marathon

C. Running a marathon in the summer

D. A running marathon in the summer

40. The conference starts _______ 8 am. Please be _______ time.
A. at / on

B. in / off

C. on / at

D. for / in

41. Did you listen _______ the news _______ the radio last night?
A. at / over

B. to / on

C. of / through

D. for / in

42. He is addicted _______ the Internet, especially games online.
A. about

B. to

C. from

D. by

43. His test score _______ They were very disappointed.
A. put his parents through

B. let his parents down

C. took his parents on

D. showed his parents off

44. He _______ school because his family was in financial difficulty.
A. sent through

B. dropped out of

C. brought about

D. turned into

C. put on

D. kept out

45. My sister has recently _______ yoga as a hobby.
A. taken up

B. made over

46. _______ by Mr. Pike, my friend’s father?
A. Is the plane flying

B. Is the plane being flown

C. Is the plane be flown

D. Is the plane be flying

47. More and more foreign investments _______ in our country.
A. have carried out

B. have been carried out

C. carried out

D. are carrying
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48. Anyone who reaches the tape first _______ to be the winner.
A. will declare

B. will be declaring

C. will be declared

D. will have declared

49. _______ so depressed.
A. Has he never felt

B. Never he has felt

C. Never has he felt

D. Has he felt never

50. _______, I never seem to be able to finish off a whole pizza.
A. However am I hungry

B. However hungry am I

C. However I am hungry

D. However hungry I am

51. Hardly _______ home when _______ the message.
A. I had reached / I remembered

B. I had reached / did I remember

C. had I reached / I remembered

D. had I reached / did I remember

52. Betty wanted to know _______.
A. where I went yesterday

B. where did I go the day before

C. where I had gone yesterday

D. where I had gone the day before

53. She _______ to her birthday party the previous week.
A. said why did not I come

B. said why I did not come

C. asked why had not I come

D. asked why I had not come

54. “_______” my friend urged me.
A. Come on! Apply for the job,

B. Shall I apply for the job?

C. Would you mind applying for the job?

D. I will apply for the job,

55. The doctor may want to give an extra _______ injection at the same time as the measles _______.
A. protection / vaccine

B. protective / vaccination

C. protect / vaccinate

D. protector / vaccine

56. Drugs are one of the _______ profession’s most _______ tools.
A. medicine / value

B. medical / valuable

C. medicate / valuably

D. medicine / invaluable

57. A handshake should not be so _______ that it hurts the other person.
A. strength

B. strengthen

C. strong

D. strongly

C. happened

D. happened what

58. He does not remember _______ at the accident.
A. that happened

B. what happened

59. _______ is hire a tutor who can help them with their math skills.
A. What do they

B. What should they do

C. They should do

D. What they should do

60. _______ depends on _______ a computer or not.
A. That you will get the job / whether you can use
B. You will get the job / whether you can use
C. That you will get the job / you can use
D. You will get the job / you can use
61. The school library is an interesting place _______ you can get necessary information.
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A. in where

B. which

C. from that

D. from which

62. Jonathan has a little sister _______ he plays all the time.
A. with who

B. with whom

C. that

D. whose

63. The woman _______ next to me wants to ask a question.
A. sitting

B. sits

C. whom is sitting

D. whose is sitting

64. _______ Lee came to the country, he could not speak any word of English!
A. Since

B. While

C. No sooner

D. Before

65. _______ the news, I rushed straight to the police station.
A. Before I have heard

B. Whenever I hear

C. While I was hearing

D. As soon as I had heard

66. We will have finished our work _______ they arrive.
A. by

B. until

C. by the time

D. up to

67. The little boy said to his friend, “Hide this toy car _______”
A. that other boys cannot find it

B. where other boys cannot find it

C. where cannot other boys find it

D. so where other boys cannot find it

68. _______ the people in the world are living in poverty.
A. As many as half

B. So many as half

C. More half than

D. As much as half

69. Which mountain is _______, the Andes or the Rockies?
A. higher

B. the higher

C. more higher

D. the highest

70. Do it when you can but _______ it is done, _______.
A. soon / it is good

B. sooner / better

C. the more soon / the more good

D. the sooner / the better

71. You succeed again! You must be _______ man in the world.
A. happy

B. the happier

C. happiest

D. the happiest

72. You may get malaria _______ by a mosquito.
A. if you are bitten

B. unless you were bitten

C. if you would be bitten

D. unless you would be bitten

73. The company will cancel the commercial _______ they increase their earnings.
A. unless

B. if

C. provided that

D. without

74. If I _______ it was a formal party, I _______ wearing jeans and a jumper.
A. knew / would not go

B. had known / would not have gone

C. had been knowing / did not go

D. could know / will not have gone

75. _______ it were well-paid, I would accept this job.
A. Providing

B. Unless

C. But for

D. If only

76. I left home early _______ I had some important things to do.
A. for

B. because

C. because of

D. due to

77. Because _______, he is seldom at home.
A. of his business

B. his business
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C. of there is a lot of business

D. a lot of business

78. _______ it is your birthday, you can sit in the front.
A. Thanks to

B. Due to

C. Because of

D. Since

79. _______, she has not succeeded in the examination.
A. Even though Sarah’s cleverness

B. Although Sarah is clever

C. Despite Sarah is clever

D. In spite her cleverness

80. _______ the difficulties, they continued their plan.
A. Even if

B. Despite

C. In spite

D. Even though

81. _______ I could not persuade him to change his mind.

A. Even though trying my best

B. Despite I tried my best

C. Although I tried my best

D. In spite of I tried my best

82. It was _______ a cold day _______ we wrapped ourselves in blankets.
A. such / that

B. so / that

C. such / as

D. so / as

83. We have _______ time left that we have to take a taxi to the airport.
A. so little

B. such little

C. so many

D. such many

84. There were _______ in the sky that we could not see much.
A. so clouds

B. so many clouds

C. such clouds

D. such many clouds

85. He had his car checked in the garage _______ make sure that it would be ready for his trip.
A. so

B. so that

C. so as to

D. in order that

86. A lot of people head for the mountains with warm sleeping bags _______ they can sleep out and
watch the stars.
A. in order to

B. so as to

C. so that

D. that

87. Let’s go upstairs and talk _______ a bit of privacy.
A. so for getting

B. in order we get

C. so that getting

D. so as to get

88. The widow acted _______
A. as if her husband had not died

B. as though her husband does not die

C. as her husband had not died

D. as if her husband would not died

89. Practice more frequently _______
A. as your teacher has advised

B. as if your teacher had advised

C. even if your teacher advised

D. as though your teacher has advised

90. She has caused a lot of troubles but she behaves _______ an outsider.
A. as she were

B. as she had been

C. as though she were

D. as if she is

Error identification
91. To achieve independent has been the goal of many nations since World War II.
A
B
C
D
92. Though it was writing for children, Alice in Wonderland appeals to many adult readers.
A
B
C
D
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93. Exceeding speed limits and fail to wear safety bells are two common causes of automobile
A
B
C
D
death.
94. Gabriel Marquez, after received his 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature, appeared on the
A
B
C
cover of Time magazine.
D
95. Ships can only reach Antarctica during a relatively short period because the extremely
A
B
C

D
cold condition.
96. Though both cats and dogs existed before human beings, without man, they will not
A
B
C
D
have developed as many varieties.
97. Fruit and vegetables should be carefully washed whether eaten fresh or cook.
A
B
C
D
98. Oscar Wilde lived out his final days in obscurity in France in spite the brilliance of his
A
B
C
D
early career.
99. The Olympic Games, first celebrated in Athens in 1896, were held every four years so far,
A
B
C
except during the two world wars.
D
100. When they were first introduced, electronic calculators were less powerful and cost
A
B
C
many more than they do today.

D

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