Bài tập ngữ pháp Tiếng Anh nâng cao (Test 1)

Advanced level – Test 1
1. …………………… every child in the
school passed the swimming test.
A. Near to
B. Near by
C. Next to
D. Nearly
2. She can look back on her career with
great …………….
A. satisfied
B. satisfaction
C. satisfactory
D. satisfactorily
3. The captain as well as the
passengers …………… frightened.
A. be
B. been
C. was
D. were
4. Ann has got two sisters. Both of
them …………… married.
A. have
B. has
C. is
D. are
5. Each learner of English …………… a
good dictionary.
A. needs
B. need
C. is
D. are

6. Money, nor fame, nor
wealth …………… brought happiness
to everybody.
A. has
B. have
C. is
D. are
7. They …………………… at this
school before they became interpreters.
A. have taught
B. had taught
C. taught
D. were taught
8. The salary of a bus driver is much
higher …………….
A. in comparison with the salary of a
teacher
B. than a teacher
C. than that of a teacher
D. to compare as a teacher
9. Professional people expect you to call
them when it is necessary …………… an
appointment.
A. to cancel
B. canceling
C. cancil
D. canceled
10. A computer is usually chosen because
of its simplicity of operation and ease of
maintenance …………… its capacity to

store information.
A. the same as
B. the same
C. as well as
D. as well
11. In a new culture, many embarrassing
situations occur ……
a misunderstanding.
A. for
B. because of
C. because
D. of
12. Neptune is an extremely cold planet,
and …………….
A. so does Uranus
B. so has Uranus
C. so is Uranus
D. Uranus so
13. …………… that gold was discovered
at Sutter’s Mill and that the California
Gold Rush began.
A. Because in 1848
B. That in 1848
C. In 1848 that it was
D. It was in 1848
14. The job has no …………….
A. prospectively
B. prospects
C. prospector
D. prospective

15. Frost occurs in valleys and on low
grounds ……………on adjacent hills.
A. more frequently as
B. as frequently than
C. more frequently than
D. frequently than
16. Mount Rushmore can
be ………………… from more than 100
kilometers away.
A. see
B. saw
C. been seen
D. seen
17. I’d like you …………………… my
family this weekend.
A. meet
B. to meet
C. meeting
D. to meeeting
18. Mr. Green, along with his
friends, …………… arriving here
tonight.
A. is
B. are
C. were
D. was
19. The statement will be spoken just one
time; therefore, you must listen
very ………… in order to understand
what the speaker has said.

A. carefully
B. careful
C. care
D. careless
20. Cold objects emit …………… hot
objects.
A. fewer than infrared rays as
B. fewer infrared rays than
C. fewer infrared rays as
D. as fewer infrared rays
21. Gunpowder, in some ways the most
effective of all the explosive
materials, …………… a mixture of
potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.
A. were
B. had been
C. had
D. was
22. In the relatively short history of
industrial …………… in the United
States, New York city has played a vital
role.
A. developed
B. developing
C. development
D. develop
23. As the demand increases,
manufacturers who previously produced
only a large, luxury car ………
compelled to make a smaller model in

order to compete in the market.
A. is
B. are
C. will
D. should
24. She has …………… the conditions
for entry into the college.
A. satisfied
B. satisfaction
C. satisfactory
D. satisfactorily
25. For the first time in the history of the
country, the person …………… was
recommended by the president to replace
a retiring justice on the supreme court is a
woman.
A. which
B. whose
C. who
D. whom
26. Signor Risponso’s fame rested on the
breadth of his range, which
was …………… any other tenor, living or
dead.
A. greater than that of
B. as large as
C. more greater
D. broader than the one of
27. New words are constantly being
invented ……………. new objects and

concepts.
A. to describe
B. a description of
C. they describe
D. describe
28. You can’t …………… to learn a
foreign language in a week.
A. expectant
B. expected
C. expect
D. expectation
29. ………… rain or snow there are
always more than fifty thousand fans at
the football games.
A. Despite
B. In spite with
C. Despite of
D. Despite with
30. The prices of homes are …………….
high in urban areas that most young
people cannot afford to buy them.
A. as
B. so
C. such
D. so as