Bài tập ngữ pháp Tiếng Anh nâng cao (Test 7)

Advanced level – Test 7
1. We were very proud of his …………….
A. fearful
B. fearfulness
C. fearless
D. fearlessness
2. The Sloths spend most of ……………
time hanging upside down from trees and
feeding on leaves and fruit.
A. its
B. his
C. her
D. their
3. The native people in the Americas were
referred to as Indians because according to
the ………… at the time, Christopher
Columbus had reached the East Indies.
A. believe
B. belief
C. believed
D. believer
4. …………… missile was used in the
war between American and Irak.
A. Guidance
B. Guide
C. Guided
D. Guideless
5. A barometer is a device with a sealed
metal chamber designed ………………
the changes in the pressure of air in the
atmosphere.

A. to reading
B. read
C. reading
D. to read
6. Cotton fiber, like other vegetable
fibers, ……………. composed mostly of
cellulose.
A. are
B. is
C. has
D. have
7. Almost all life depends ……. chemical
reactions with oxygen to produce energy.
A. with
B. to
C. on
D. for
8. It may be argued that modern presidents
have far ……………. responsibilities than
their predecessors did.
A. great
B. more great
C. greater
D. most great
9. She put a (well-) …………… case for
increasing the fees.
A. reason
B. reasoned
C. reasonable
D. reasonably

10. Many grasshoppers can produce
sounds by ……………. their hind legs
against their wings.
A. rub
B. to rub
C. rubbed
D. rubbing
11. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was not
only a poet and an author but ….….….…
the chairman of the modern language
department at Harvard university for more
than eighteen years.
A. also
B. so well
C. so
D. a
12. It’s an …………… advice service.
A. occupied (v)
B. occupied (adj)
C. occupation
D. occupational
13. Some important characteristics of the
baroque style were a renewed interest in
ornamentation and a
powerful ………………. of both light and
shade.
A. use
B. useful
C. useless
D. to use

14. I’ve succeeded ……………… hold of
the telephone number.
A. in getting
B. on getting
C. upon getting
D. about getting
15. The girl took a long hike on the first
morning at camp.
A. horseback ride
B. bike ride
C. walk
D. go
16. The elevator broke down, and we had
to walk up to the tenth floor.
A. fell
B. stopped functioning
C. exploded
D. spread
17. Two little boys approached me and
said, “Give me some money”.
A. came down to
B. came up to
C. came around to
D. came on to
18. The cabinet consists of secretaries of
departments, who report to the president,
give him advice, and ……………. him
make decisions.
A. helping
B. to help

C. help
D. with helping
19. The jury isn’t satisfied ………………
his answer.
A. to
B. with
C. about
D. of
20. Each of the intelsat
satellites ………… in a fixed position
from which they relay radio signals to
more than seventy earth stations.
A. remain
B. remains
C. remained
D. remaining
21. The examiner must have pleased ……
my performance.
A. for
B. with
C. about
D. in
22. “Grateful for” means:
A. fed up with
B. proud of
C. fond of
D. thankful for
23. They informed me about it. That’s
the …………… I received.
A. inform

B. informs
C. informations
D. information
24. She said she ……………… this race.
A. wants to win
B. want to win
C. wanted to win
D. wanting to win
25. The thief was …………… to six
months’ imprisonment.
A. given
B. allowed
C. sent
D. sentenced
26. Some people think that the camel …
water in its hump.
A. store
B. stores
C. stored
D. had stored
27. Instead of ……………… about the
good news, Tom seemed to be indifferent.
A. exciting
B. being excited
C. to excite
D. to be excited
28. Women …………… to live longer
than men.
A. tend
B. tendency

C. tendentious
D. tendentiously
29. I finally finished ……………… at
7.00 p.m. and served dinner.
A. cooking
B. being cooked
C. to cook
D. to be cooked
30. Would you mind not ………………
the radio until I have finished with this
phone call?
A. turning on
B. being turned on
C. to turned on
D. to be turned on
ĐÁP ÁN
1. D
2. D
3. B
4. C
5. D
6. B
7. C
8. C
9. B
10. D
11. A
12. D
13. A
14. A

15. C
16. B
17. B
18. C
19. B
20. B
21. B
22. D
23. D
24. C
25. D
26. B
27. B
28. A
29. A
30. A