Bài tập ngữ pháp Tiếng Anh nâng cao (Test 5)

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Advanced level – Test 5
1. Because …………… food is as
nutritious for a baby as its mother’s milk,
many women are returning to the practice of
breast feeding.
A. not
B. no
C. none
D. some
2. Civil engineers had better ………… to
use steel supports in concrete structures built
on unstable geophysical sites.
A. planning
B. to plan
C. plan
D. plans
3. Three dangerous criminals escaped …
prison yesterday.
A. from
B. for
C. out
D. for
4. The exam results could ……………
your career.
A. determinant
B. determination
C. determine
D. determined
5. If the oxygen supply in the
atmosphere ………… replenished by

plants, it would soon be exhausted.
A. were not
B. was not
C. had not been
D. has not been
6. I used to earn …………… money, but
then I lost my job.
A. a lot of
B. many
C. lot
D. few
7. The practical and legal implications of
euthanasia, the practice of causing the
death of a person suffering from an
incurable disease, are so controversial …
it is illegal in most countries.
A. as
B. when
C. since
D. that
8. Since lightning was probably
significant in the formation of life,
understanding it might help us ………….
life itself.
A. understanding
B. understand
C. understood
D. to understanding
9. Starfishes and sea urchins, members of
the echinoderms or spiny skinned animals,

are particularly ………………. because of
their unusual structures.
A. to interest
B. interest
C. interested
D. interesting
10. ………. poetry is more enjoyable
when it is read aloud.
A. Almost
B. Most
C. Many
D. Few
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11. It is essential that cancer ………….
diagnosed and treated as early as possible
in order to assure a successful cure.
A. is
B. been
C. was
D. be
12. Products in this shop were …………
arranged, displayed, presented on the
shelves.
A. attract
B. attractive
C. attraction
D. attractively
13. The battle field was a ……… sight.
A. fear
B. fearsome

C. fearlessly
D. fearless
14. A vine climbs from one tree to
another, continuing to grow and support
itself even when the original supporting
tree is ……………. longer alive.
A. no
B. not
C. any more
D. none
15. Parents have great …………… for
their children’s future.
A. expectant
B. expectancies
C. expects
D. expectations
16. The consistency of protoplasm and
that of glue …………….
A. they are alike
B. are similar to
C. are similar
D. the same
17. The lights and appliances in most
homes use alternating current ……………
A. instead direct current
B. instead of direct current
C. that instead direct current
D. for direct current instead
18. When Franklin Roosevelt decided to
run for a fourth term, the opposition said

that he was …………….
A. so old
B. too old
C. oldest
D. very older
19. The decomposition of microscopic
animals at the bottom of the sea results in
an accumulation of ……. in porous rocks.
A. the oil
B. oil
C. an oil
D. oils
20. They discussed the matter calmly
and ……………
A. reason
B. reasoned
C. reasonable
D. reasonably
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21. I saw a sample ……………… her
work and it was quite impressed.
A. of
B. in
C. on
D. about
22. The U.S. postal service policy for
check approval includes a requirement
that two pieces of identification …………
A. must present
B. presented

C. be presented
D. for presentation
23. Nerve impulses …………. to the brain
at a speed of about one hundred yards per
second.
A. sending sensations
B. to send sensations
C. send sensations
D. be send sensations
24. Although exact statistics vary because
of political changes, ……………. separate
nation states are included in the official
lists at any one time.
A. more than two hundred
B. as much as two hundred
C. many as two hundred
D. most that two hundred
25. ……………. owe much of their
success as a group to their unusual powers
of migration.
A. That birds
B. A bird
C. The bird
D. Birds
26. I believe …………… things openly.
A. of discussing
B. for discussing
C. in discussing
D. on discussing
27. Research in the work place reveals

that people work for many reasons …….
A. money beside
B. money besides
C. beside money
D. besides money
28. Seals can ………. because they have a
thick layer of blubber under their fur.
A. keep them warm
B. keep themselves warm
C. they keep warm
D. keep their warm
29. Both liquids and gases flow freely
from a container because they have ……
A. not definite shape
B. none definite shape
C. nothing definite shape
D. no definite shape
30. One of Shaw’s ………., “Pygmalion”,
was the story that formed the basis for the
musical play “my fair lady”.
A. greatest work
B. greatest works
C. the greatest work
D. the greatest works