3500 SENTENCES OF CERTIFICATE b p44

a. the cup of tea
b. the tea's cup
c. the cup for the tea
a
6. The one in the window was ......... expensive that I couldn't afford it.
a. so
b. too
c. too much
d. very
a
7. It is ......... day that travel advisories have been issued for most of the major
highways.
a. such snowy
b. so snowy
c. such a snowy
d. such snowy a
c
8. Our reservations are for.................
a. sixth June
b. six June
c. the sixth of June
d. the six of June
c
9. They listened ............ while the examiner gave them the directions for Part I.
a. attentive
b. attentively
c. attentiveness
d. attention
b
10. The cookies that you sent over were ............. that I ate them all.
a. very good

b. too good
c. so good
d. good
c
11. I don't understand how John could have made.......... in judgment.
a. such big mistake
b. such a big mistake
c. so a big mistake
d. so big mistake


b
12. I only paid $3 for this dress. It was a real .....................
a. find
b. sale
c. bargain
d. cheap
c
13. Which horse shall we .............. on in the 2.15 race?
a. back
b. bet
c. place
d. win
b
14. He's always telling me what to do. He's so .............
a. cruel
b. bossy
c. helpful
d. charming
b

Test 62
Pronunciation
1. a. treat
b. appearance c. release
--> b
2. a. low
b. brown
c. grown
--> b
3. Choose the word with different stress from the others.
a. redundant
b. decision
c. assistant
--> d
4. Choose the word with different stress from the others.
a. deliver
b. promotion
c. average
--> c
5. Choose the word with different stress from the others.
a. reception
b. deliver
c. company
--> c
Find the mistakes
6. Mr. Baker, with his children, were at the cinema.
a. with
b. were
c. at
d. the

d. steal
d. throw

d. management

d. essential

d. successful


b
7. Each of you are responsible for the passengers safety.
a. Each of
b. are
c. for
d. safety
b
8. Mary will have everything ready so that not to keep her husband waiting.
a. ready
b. so that
c. not
d. waiting
b
9. The motion picture, one of the most popular forms of entertainment throughout
the world, is both an art as well as an industry.
a. most
b. of
c. throughout
d. as well as

d
10. Not all films are made to tell stories or being shown in theatres.
a. Not all
b. are
c. being
d. in
c
11.
The director's office is in the second floor. When you come out of the lift, it's
the second door on your right.
a. in
b. When
c. of
d. on
a
Grammar and Vocabulary
12. His parents gave him everything he asked for. He was thoroughly ...............
a. disturbed
b. ashamed
c. full up
d. spoilt
d
13. He wants to get to the top before he is thirty. He is very ..............
a. tall
b. ambitious
c. intelligent


d. industrial
b

14. A metronome is .................................................................................
a. an evil fairy
b. an instrument used by scientists to determine the age of meteors
c. a type of chimney
d. an instrument with a pendulum which can be altered to give musicians a regular
beat at different speeds
d
15.You can give me a receipt if you want to, but your word is ........ for me.
a. enough good
b. good as enough
c. good enough
d. good than enough
c
16. San usually does his work very ............ and well, but today he seemed a little
preoccupied.
a. careful
b. careful manner
c. carefully
d. care
c
17. Besides being expensive, the food in the cafeteria tastes ....................
a. badly
b. too badly
c. too much bad
d. bad
d
18. ................ here since 1976 when her parents moved from New York.
a. She's lived
b. She's living
c. She was living

d. She'd live
a
19. Mary overslept and was ........... late that she missed her bus.
a. so
b. too
c. much
d. very
a


20. I think it's ............... to take a few more pictures.
a. enough light
b. light as enough
c. light enough
d. enough as light
c
21. Last Sunday was ............. that we took a drive in the country.
a. so beautiful day
b. such a beautiful a day
c. such a beautiful weather
d. so beautiful a day
d
22. The conference was organized for all of the ........... in the state.
a. mathematic of teachers
b. mathematics teachers
c. mathematics teacher
d. mathematic's teachers
b
23. I am especially glad that Bob decided to come to the party because we hadn't
seen him................. several months.

a. since
b. until
c. before
d. for
d
24. John and I like to watch the games on TV because we can see more .............
than we could from a seat in the stadium.
a. clear
b. clearness
c. clearly
d. clearer
c
25. John always arrives on time. He's so ..................
a. careful
b. boring
c. punctual
d. timeless
c
26. She made the ........... mistake of forgetting to put the "s" on the verb in the third
person singular.


a. classic
b. important
c. classical
d. famous
a
27. Before the sermon, the vicar asked the .............. to sit down.
a. audience
b. assembly

c. crowd
d. congregation
d
28. After hours of wandering around in the desert they thought they saw an oasis, but
they were wrong. There was nothing there, it was only a .............
a. ghost
b. mirage
c. trick
d. vision
b
29. The boxer hit his opponent so hard that he was ................ for ten minutes.
a. unconscious
b. asleep
c. knocked about
d. stopped
a
30. The police, despite very careful ............... are still no nearer discovering who the
murderer is.
a. undertakings
b. enquiries
c. searches
d. surveys
b
31. My new glasses cost me .............. the last pair that I bought.
a. times three
b. three times more
c. three times as much as
d. as much three times as
c
32. Although she is very popular, she is not ............. her sister.

a. pretty as
b. as pretty


c. prettier than
d. most pretty than
c
33. Ms. Jones isn't as nice.............. Ms. Smith.
a. as
b. for
c. like
d. to
a
34. The rooms in Graduate Towers are ................ Patterson Hall.
a. larger than
b. larger than that of
c. larger than those in
d. larger than in
c
35. They are ........... my other neighbors.
a. more friendlier than
b. friendly than
c. friendlier as
d. friendlier than
d
36. Tuition at an American university runs .......... six thousand dollars a semester.
a. so high as
b. as high to
c. as high as
d. as high than

c
37. The data on the winter migration patterns of the Monarch butterfly are very
.................
a. interested
b. interest
c. interesting
d. of interest
c
38. In the ocean, ............ more salt in the deeper water.
a. is there
b. it may be
c. there is
d. it is
c


39. The tendency to develop cancer, even in high-risk individuals, can be
decreased ............. the amount of fruit and vegetables in the diet.
a. to increase
b. for increase
c. for increasing
d. by increasing
d
40. If endangered species ............ saved, rainforests must be protected.
a. are to be
b. be
c. can be
d. will be
a
41. Today's football match has been .............. because of bad weather. They will play

next Thursday instead.
a. postponed
b. cancelled
c. decided
d. shot up
a
42. In England, the money you borrow to buy a house from a Building Society is
called a ............
a. loan
b. contract
c. mortgage
d. search fee
c
43. During the fight outside the football ground, an eighteen-year-old youth was
accidentally killed. The person responsible was arrested and charged
with ....................
a. manslaughter
b. murder
c. mugging
d. violence
a
44. If both parties in the strike cannot agree, then the Government are sometimes
called into ...................
a. settle
b. decide
c. choose


d. arbitrate
d

45. The soldiers .................... around the square.
a. walked
b. strolled
c. marched
d. limped
c
46. The very idea of my being a thief is quite ......................
a. absurd
b. dishonest
c. futile
d. risky
a
47. Nothing can prevent me ………………… going to China.
a. in
b. about
c. from
d. with
c
48. On the average, a healthy heart .............. to pump five tablespoons of blood with
every beat.
a. must
b. ought
c. can
d. should
b
49. More murders are reported .................. December in the United States than
during any other month.
a. on
b. in
c. at

d. for
b
50. Adult eagles let their offspring ............... nests near their original nesting area.
a. build
b. builds
c. building
d. to build
a


Test 63 Pronunciation
1. Choose the word with different stress from the others.
a. technology
b. education
c. successful
--> b
2. Which word contains the final sound [t]
a. laughed
b. reported
c. greeted
--> a
3. Which word contains the final sound [s]
a. cakes
b. choices
c. sentences
--> a
4. Which word contains the final sound [d]
a. washed
b. laughed
c. reported

--> d
5. Which word contains the final sound [z]
a. cups
b. occasions
c. crops
--> b

d. compulsory

d. joined

d. buzzes

d. called

d. shirts

Find the mistakes
6. The other day Daisy met Peter whom brother he went to school with.
a. met
b. whom
c. went
d. with
b
7. She had to carry wallet in her hand, it was enough big to put in her pocket.
a. carry
b. in
c. enough
d. in
c

8. There's plenty of fresh fruit, so eat as much than you like.
a. There's
b. fruit
c. than
d. like
c
9. We can learn a lot about other countries by to see films.
a. can
b. a lot
c. about
d. to see
d