Bài tập ngữ pháp Tiếng Anh nâng cao (Test 11)

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Advanced level – Test 11
1. We were not happy with the plans … …
the architect showed us for our new house.
Obviously, he had never designed a home like
the one we wanted.
A. that
B. in that
C. in which
D. who
2. When I saw that Mike was having trouble,
I him. He was very appreciative.
A. was helping
B. were helping
C. helped
D. help
3. My wife and I went to Disneyland when we
visited Los Angeles last spring. Prior to that
time, we ………… to such a big amusement
park. It was a lot of fun.
A. had never been
B. were never been
C. never been
D. were never
4. Last year I experienced ………. I had flown
in an air plane for fairly long distances before,
but never as long as when I went to Australia
last June.
A. how can tedious long plane trips be
B. how tedious can long plane trips be
C. how long plane trips can be tedious

D. how tedious long plane trips can be
5. I don’t want you ……… my arriving late.
A. mention
B. to mention
C. mentioning
D. Mentioned
6. If you can’t unscrew the lid, try …………
it with a hammer.
A. to hit
B. hit
C. hitting
D. hits
7. I remember …………… him say the grass
needed ………… yesterday.
A. to hear / cutting
B. hearing / to cut
C. hearing / cutting
D. to hear / to cut
8. I advise you … before deciding …………
the job.
A. waiting / accepting
B. waiting / to accept
C. to wait / to accept
D. to wait / accepting
9. We regret ……………. that the lecture was
very dull and wasn’t worth …………………
A. to say / to listen to
B. saying / listening to
C. saying / to listen to
D. to say / listening to

10. I couldn’t resist ……… him why he was
trying ………. meeting me.
A. asking / to avoid
B. asking / avoiding
C. to ask / to avoid
D. to ask / avoiding
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11. The police suspect him of ……………….
stolen goods.
A. to try to sell
B. try to sell
C. trying selling
D. trying to sell
12. Peace in the area was elusive as the wind.
A. easy
B. slow in coming
C. difficult to catch
D. near
13. 37-year-old Timothy Lindlaw is now
designing …………… for offices.
A. furniture
B. furnitures
C. some furnitures
D. a furniture
14. After he …………… a highly successful
computer business for two years, he started his
second business in a small garage.
A. has run
B. runs
C. was running

D. had run
15. He …………… his first million pounds
by the time he was thirty.
A. has made
B. used to make
C. had made
D. would make
16. After …………… with the workers of
his company, he suddenly dismissed them.
A. quarrel
B. quarrelling
C. quarrelled
D. have quarrelled
17. I had made five million pounds before
things …………… to go wrong.
A. have begun
B. began
C. begin
D. would begin
18. He said that he …………… to call his
new company “Office-Fit” and was already
very successful.
A. had decided
B. was deciding
C. decided
D. has decided
19. They hope that their plan will be a ……
A. succeed
B. successful
C. succession

D. success
20. We asked him what countries he ………
A. had been visited
B. had visited
C. has been visiting
D. visited
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21. Did they say they …………… me?
A. will telephone
B. would telephone
C. have telephoned
D. had telephoned
22. The ……… of coming in time in small.
A. possible
B. possibly
C. possibility
D. impossible
23. There was a nasty ………… at Newton
crossroads yesterday morning.
A. event
B. accident
C. happening
D. emergency
24. A bus overturned, and some of the
passengers were badly ……………
A. pained
B. wounded
C. knocked down
D. injured
25. Several …………… helped to pull

people out of the wreckage.
A. bystanders
B. spectators
C. audience
D. supporters
26. Most of the passengers were found to be
suffering from severe ……………
A. surprise
B. shock
C. worry
D. nervousness
27. The bus had crashed into a brand new car
and had completely …………… it, although
fortunately there was no one in the car.
A. hit
B. knocked
C. wrecked
D. crashed
28. The police took the names and addresses
of as many …………… as possible.
A. suspects
B. witnesses
C. viewers
D. judges
29. It is believed that the injured passengers
have the right to claim ……………
A. rewards
B. prizes
C. refund
D. compensation

30. This hat looks …………… on me.
A. nice
B. well
C. beautifully
D. pretty
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KEYS
1. A
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. C
7. C
8. C
9. B
10. B
11. D
12. C
13. A
14. D
15. C
16. B
17. B
18. A
19. D
20. B
21. B
22. C
23. B

24. D
25. A
26. B
27. C
28. B
29. D
30. A