PRACTICE TEST 11

PRACTICE TEST 11
Choose a, b, c, or d that is the best alternative.
1. He _______ this book for 3 months by the end of this week.
A. has been writing
2.

B. was writing

C. is writing

D. will have written

It _______ dry here at this time of the year. It _______ much.
A. is usually / does not rain

B. has usually been / is not raining

C. will usually be / has not rained

D. was usually / will rain

3. Yesterday evening the phone _______ three times while you _______ dinner out with your friends.
A. would have rung / are having

B. was ringing / have been having

C. rang / have had

D. had rung / were having

4. John _______ lazy but he is certainly not stupid.

A. should be

B. maybe

C. mustn’t be

D. must have been

5. My little brother _______ Japanese and French though he is only ten years old.
A. can speak

B. must be speaking

C. should have spoken

D. shouldn’t be speaking

6. You _______ to do the homework or the teacher will punish you.
A. mustn’t forget

B. needn’t forget

C. will be forgetting

D. must have forgot

7. Bob sent a report to the Chairman instead _______ the meeting.
A. to attend

B. to attending

C. of attending

D. attended

8. I regret _______ you that you did not pass the test. However, you should try
A. telling / do

B. told / doing

it again.

C. told / done

D. to tell / to do

C. asking

D. asked

9. It is no use _______ the boss for a pay rise.
A. ask

B. to ask

10. She does not study very well _______ I think she will pass her exams.
A. but

B. so

C. and

D. or

C. but

D. therefore

11. We like games and music, _______ reading.
A. as

B. as well as

12. She was not in the back yard, _______ was she upstairs.
A. or

B. nor

C. and

D. so

13. Do not add _______ to the machine. Just _______ will be enough.
A. some oil / no drop

B. a few oil / a little drop

C. many oils / any drop

D. too much oil / some drops

14. Bill spends _______ money on clothes, but
A. a little / some

on travelling

B. as many / some

C. a few / many

D. little / much

B. any homework

C. a lot of homework D. some homeworks

15. We have _______ to do.
A. few homeworks

16. _______ from here to the station? - Only 2 kilometers.
A. How far is it

B. How far does it

C. How long is it

D. How long does it
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17. You used to live in London, _______?
A. don’t you

B. didn’t you

C. weren’t you

D. haven’t you

C. Is

D. Was

18. _______ the room been cleaned yet?
A. Does

B. Has

19. Eight dollars _______ the price of a movie these days.
A. are

B. is

C. have been

D. were

C. Have

D. Were

C. were

D. were used to be

20. _______ the news on at 5 or 6 o’clock?
A. Is

B. Are

21. Seeing films _______ my favorite hobby.
A. is

B. are

22. I have just bought a cottage by _______
A. the lake side

B. the lake’s side

C. the side of the lake D. the side’s lake

23. I think your proposals are the same as _______
A. Peter

B. Peter’s

C. it of Peter

D. this of Peter

24. All of them hope that everything will be ready in _______
A. three day time

B. three days’ time

C. three-day’s time

D. time three days

25. Peter was not always so hopeless.
A. Peter never had a hope for anything.

B. Peter was used to being hopeless.

C. Peter gave up his hope.

D. Peter did not use to be so hopeless.

26. The number of people who approved of his ideas exceeded his expectations.
A. He had expected that nobody would disapprove of his ideas
B. He had expected that everybody would approve of his ideas.
C. Less people approved of his ideas than he had expected.
D. More people approved of his ideas than he had expected.
27. Julie and Anne had not met each other before the party.
A. Julie and Anne got acquainted when they were at the party.
B. The party prevented Julie and Anne from meeting each other.
C. The party was the place where Julie and Anne could not meet each other.
D. Julie and Anne used to meet each other for the party.
28. Mountain gorillas are an endangered species _______ habitats are being destroyed.

A. Its

B. His

C. Her

D. Their

29. John admitted that he _______ would take any blame.
A. itself

B. himself

C. themselves

D. ourselves

30. When _______ lived in the village, _______ only light was candles and an oil lamp.
A. we / ourselves

B. we / our

C. our / ours

D. ourselves / we

31. _______, she went to bed.
A. On reading a book and a newspaper after that
B. Reading a book and a newspaper then
C. After reading a book and a newspaper

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D. To read a book and a newspaper
32. _______, you may have only one solution.
A. In such a matter like this

B. Like this matter

C. In case the matter such as this

D. Being this matter

33. Peter was the last person _______
A. to learn the news

B. for learning the news

C. learnt the news

D. the news learnt

34. Only one of _______ world’s ten highest peaks is located outside of
A. the / the

B. the / an

C. Ø / Ø

Himalayas.

D. the / Ø

35. _______ flower gets its smell from _______ oil that the plant produces.
A. The / an

B. A / the

C. Ø / Ø

D. A / an

36. _______ cattle raising began in Texas before _______ Civil War.
A. Ø / Ø

B. Ø / the

C. A / the

D. The / Ø

37. On the trip to Paris, Mrs. Young fell in love with _______
A. an interesting young man

B. a young interesting man

C. a man interesting and young

D. an interesting man young

38. Daisy had _______

A. a careful look on the picture at the wall
B. a look careful at the picture on the wall
C. a careful look on the wall at the picture
D. a careful look at the picture on the wall
39. It _______ Put on the raincoat.
A. heavily is raining outside

B. is outside raining heavily

C. is outside raining heavily

D. is raining heavily outside

40. My birthday coincides _______ the national holiday.
A. on

B. with

C. as

D. to

41. Peter went _______ the man and asked him the best way to get _______ town.
A. out of / up to

B. up to / out of

C. on / into

D. for / away from

42. _______ conclusion, the company has made a substantial profit _______ its sales,
A. On / of

B. At / in

C. In / from

D. For / with

43. I wish you would never _______ stories like that.
A. make up

B. keep away

C. put off

D. take on

44. What are the main health problems that _______ smoking?
A. take on

B. put through

C. go with

D. get on

45. His father has two bodyguards _______ him every hour of the day.
A. keep off

B. think up

C. watch over

D. look for

46. Since the boy was disruptive, he _______ from school.
A. had expelled

B. was expelling

C. was be expelled

D. was expelled

47. While it is actually a planet, Venus _______ a star in the night sky.
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A. often mistakes for

B. has often mistaken C. is often mistaken

D. is often mistaken as

48. The process of selecting a variety of essential proteins _______ protein complementation.
A. calls

B. is called

C. called

D. are called

C. Have I seen never

D. Have I never seen

49. _______ a more beautiful ballet than that one.
A. Never I have seen

B. Never have I seen

50. _______ that a dangerous stretch of road lay ahead of us.
A. Little we realized

B. Little did we realize

C. Did we realize little

D. Did we little realize

51. Scientists have not been able to cure AIDS, _______ any vaccine against the disease.
A. nor they have found

B. nor have they found

C. not they have found

D. no have they found

52. Christopher asked me _______.
A. that I could dance

B. whether I can dance

C. if I could dance

D. if could I dance

53. Barbara asked me _______ her homework that afternoon.
A. whether must she do

B. that she has to do

C. if she had to do

D. if she must do

54. “_______,” the doctor advised his patient.
A. You had better stop drinking

B. I would like you to drink

C. You had better to drink

D. Please drink some more

55. Computers were not _______ available until the 1950s.

A. commerce

B. commercial

C. commercially

D. commercialize

56. The audience were very _______ by her _______.
A. impressive / performer

B. impress / performing

C. impressed / performance

D. impressing / perform

57. There is now intense _______ between schools to attract students.
A. compete

B. competition

C. competitive

D. competitor

58. It was very unfortunate _______
A. that the chairman was ill

B. if the chairman was ill

C. that the chairman is ill

D. the ill chairman

59. _______ the question asked by the campus authorities.
A. Whose the bike belonged to

B. That the bike belongs to

C. Who is the bike belonged

D. Which is the bike belong

60. Do you know _______?
A. how far the moon is from the earth
B. how far is the moon from the earth
C. that how far the moon is from the earth
D. that how far is the moon from the earth
61. You are the new secretary _______, aren’t you?
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A. started work yesterday
yesterday

B.

C. whom started work yesterday

who

started

work

D. which started work yesterday

62. All of the goals can be accomplished through procedures _______
A. whose we have developed

B. in which we have developed

C. for that we have developed

D. we have developed

63. The Chinese restaurant, _______ spacious and clean, is in the centre of the city.
A. is

B. that is

C. which is

D. where is

64. Will he wait _______?
A. before the show will end

B. since the show ends

C. until the show ends

D. after the show will end

65. Do not leave _______
A. no sooner I arrive

B. soon I arrive

C. before I arrive

D. before I will arrive

66. _______, you know that the moon is pulling the water up.
A. No longer you see high tide

B. Until do you see high tide

C. When you will see high tide

D. When you see high tide

67. I never want to move out. I shall remain _______.
A. where I am

B. where am I

C. what I am

D. what am I

68. Poor people have _______ access to basic social services _______ the rich do.
A. less / than

B. less / as

C. the least / than

D. the least / as

69. Lung cancer is one of _______ diseases among men.
A. the more common

B. the most common

C. many more common

D. many less common

70. Coins are _______ paper notes.
A. more durable as

B. more durable than

C. most durable than

D. most durable as

71. English wine is good but French wine is _______

A. more good

B. gooder

C. better

72. If you _______ to my advice when you began the work, you
A. took / were not

D. the better
in trouble now.

B. take / are not

C. had taken / would not have been

D. had taken / would not be

73. _______ you cross the road carelessly, you may get a traffic accident.
A. If

B. Unless

C. But for

D. If only

74. _______ our good market research, we _______ bankrupt.
A. Unless / will not have gone

B. If / will not go

C. Suppose / would not go

D. But for / would have gone

75. The dog _______ you if you _______ it.
A. will not attack / was not teasing
B. would not attack / had not teased
C. will not have attacked / did not teased
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D. would not have attacked / had not teased
76. ________ the teacher gave him an extra day to do the work he still could not complete it.
A. If

B. Even if

C. If only

D. As if

77. _______, I tried my best not to quit my university study.
A. In spite used to be in a financial difficulty
B. Despite I used to be in a financial difficulty
C. Though I used to be in a financial difficulty
D. Even though in a financial difficulty
78. _______ he lives optimistically.
A. Even if his unhappiness

B. Unhappy although he is

C. In spite of his unhappiness

D. Despite he is unhappy

79. Kathy put on weight _______ she had been eating too much sugar.
A. since

B. because of

C. due to

D. because the fact that

80. _______, we lost the game.
A. As the fact that I made a mistake

B. Due to my mistake

C. Because my mistake

D. In case my mistake

81. _______ she persevered steadily she achieved success.
A. Because

B. Due to

C. Thanks to

D. Because of

82. John and Mary are _______ they donate half of their salaries to charity.
A. such generous men that

B. so generous men that

C. such generous men as

D. so generous men as

83. They have _______ they cannot find time for themselves.
A. such many things to do that

B. such things for doing that

C. so much things to do that

D. so many things to do that

84. He read _______ he did not get enough knowledge for the exams.
A. so few books as

B. such few books that

C. such a few books as

D. so few books that

85. He always pays attention to her every word _______ some sort of goddess.
A. as she was

B. as if she were

C. if only she had been

D. as though she is

86. She told me not to ask anything but just to do _______ she did.
A. such as

B. as of

C. as

D. as though

87. Anne shrugged her shoulders _______ what happened.
A. as if she had not known

B. as though she has not known

C. if she had not known

D. as not known

88. We have economized as much as possible _______ a new car.
A. in order to buy

B. so as buying

C. so that buying

D. in order that will buy
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89. He held her tight _______ she would not fall.
A. so that

B. in order to

C. so as to

D. such that

90. The government are encouraging local people to plant more and more trees _______ the land from
erosion.
A. so preventing

B. in order that prevent

C. so to prevent

D. so as to prevent

Error Identification
91. In an effort to solve the problem of extinct, many countries have allocated large amounts

A
B
C
of land to animal reserves.
D
92. Many national parks and animal reserves charge admission prices to help paying the cost
A
B
C
of maintaining and they also depend on world organizations for support.
D
93. The word “robot” is used to refer to a wide range of machines, the common feature
A
of that is that they are all capable of movement and can be used to perform physical tasks.
B
C
D
94. Everyone sometimes have difficulty in sleeping, but if you miss a couple of hours of sleep,
A
B
C
no harm is done.
D
95. Oceans, that cover about 70% of the Earth’s surface, contain approximately 97% of
A
B
C
the Earth’s water supply.
D
96. As the result of a recent estimation, about 1 billion people around the world have some

A
B
knowledge of English, either as a native language, as a second language, nor as a foreign
C
D
language.
97. The invention of cars makes transportation many easier, but it is cars that are the greatest
A
B
C
contributor of air pollution.
D
98. Ecosystems regulate the climate, determine the composition of the atmosphere, make
A
B
C
new soil, controlling diseases, and provide food.
D
99. National Parks are usually located in places where have been largely undeveloped, and
A
B
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are often with exceptional native animals, plants, and unusual geological features.
C
D
100. Because an insufficient amount of protein in the diet can cause illnesses, it is imperative
A
B

that our diet containing an ample amount of the essential proteins.
C
D

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