3500 SENTENCES OF CERTIFICATE b p46

a. stocky
b. plump
c. lanky
d. skinny
c
17. I can't read what you've written, I'm afraid. Your handwriting is totally ...........
a. messy
b. illegible
c. illiterate
d. spoilt
b
18. Only three people ................. the crash. Everyone else was killed.
a. lived
b. recoverd
c. relieved
d. survived
d
19. I've decided to make a .................... across Europe this summer by car.
a. voyage
b. travel
c. crossing
d. journey
d
20. Excuse me, Mr. Blake, but there's a/an ........ message for you from your wife.
a. vital
b. hasty
c. urgent
d. impotent
c
21. Is it possible to .................. now for next term's evening classes?
a. enlist

b. join in
c. inscribe
d. enrol
d
22. What we hear cannot be an airplane; I think it ............ a helicopter.
a. to be
b. must be
c. is
d. may be
c


23. Mr. Brown receives ............. salary than anyone else in the company.
a. a big
b. bigger
c. a bigger
d. the bigger
c
24."Jane said that you had read the book three times." "Yes, I found it
very ............. "
a. amusing
b. amused
c. amuse
d. amusingly
a
25. Is Albert Schweitzer, ............... works I respect highly, still a doctor?
a. which
b. whose
c. what
d. who's

b
37. "What did you have for lunch?" ".................."
a. A few rice and a few oranges
b. A little rice and a little oranges
c. A little rice and a few oranges
d. A few rice and a little oranges
c
38. ............... lucky he is!
a. What
b. What a
c. How
d. How a
c
39. ............. silly mistake!
a. What
b. What a
c. How
d. How a
b
40. Don't let your brothers ............ the present.
a. to see
b. seeing


c. seen
d. see
d
41. ............... nonsense!
a. What
b. What a

c. How
d. How a
a
42.We could have come earlier, ..............?
a. have we
b. haven't we
c. could we
d. couldn't we
d
43. I can't play this afternoon, I'm afraid. I've................. my ankle.
a. turned
b. stretched
c. pulled
d. sprained
d
44. ................... he was nearly seventy-five, he could still beat me at tennis.
a. In spite of
b. Since
c. Although
d. Despite
c
45. The trouble with eating oranges is that there are too many .............. inside.
a. pips
b. stones
c. seeds
d. nuts
a
46. It costs $5 a year to .................. to this magazine.
a. join
b. subscribe

c. support
d. pay
b


47.If you take that camera back to England with you, you'll have to pay
Customs ...................... on it.
a. tax
b. expenses
c. duty
d. prices
c
48. The meeting will begin at 10.30 ......................
a. exact
b. on time
c. sharp
d. accurate
c
49. The sick man ................. by the surgeon.
a. was operated
b. operated on
c. was operated on
d. is operated
c
50. Cathy ............... headmistress of the school yesterday.
a. is made
b. is being made
c. had made
d. was made
d

Test 65
Pronunciation
1. Which word contains the final sound [Id]
a. crowded
b. played
c. joined
--> a
2. Which word is stressed on the second syllable?
a. regulation
b. performance c. television
--> b
3. Which word is stressed on the third syllable?
a. equipment
b. performance c. modernize
--> d
4. Which word contains the final sound [Id]
a. painted
b. troubled
c. spoiled
--> a
5. Which word is stressed on the second syllable?

d. looked

d. finally

d. magazine

d. grouped

a. needlework
--> c

b. bicycle

c. however

d. monkey

Find the mistakes
6. Mary and Daisy are both intelligent students. Mary is so intelligent as Daisy.
a. and
b. both
c. so
d. as
c
7. He wants to sell his old motorbike but he doesn't know which to do.
a. wants
b. to sell
c. doesn't know
d. which
d
8. In its variety forms from fiction to documentary the motion pictures has
become a significant element of contemporary culture.
a. variety
b. from
c. has become
d. contemporary
a

9. Most joggings begin because they hear jogging is very good exercise.
a. joggings
b. hear
c. jogging
d. is
a
10.There is fewer rainfall on the West Coast of the United States than on the
East Coast.
a. fewer
b. rainfall
c. the West Coast
d. the East Coast
a
11. Water, ice and snow play a role in affecting an earth's rotation.
a. Water
b. a role
c. an earth's
d. rotation
c
Grammar and Vocabulary
12. His wife does not weigh so ………........... as he …….............
a. heavy / is


b. much / is
c. much / does
d. heavy / does
c
13.The mother looked .............. at her naughty child.
a. anger

b. angry
c. angrily
d. angered
c
14. It ............. every day so far this week.
a. has rained
b. is raining
c. rained
d. rains
a
15. Do you believe that ghosts .................?
a. exist
b. are existed
c. are existing
d. are being existed
a
16. The accident .................. while he was driving to the office.
a. occurred
b. was occur
c. was occurred
d. was being occurred
a
17. Why don't you buy bananas when they are much ............ apples?
a. less expensive than
b. not expensive than
c. expensive than
d. expensive lesser than
a
18. He speaks ................ good English that it is a pleasure to talk to him.
a. so

b. such
c. such a
d. very
b


19. She got so .................. while watching the game that she began shouting.
a. exciting
b. excited
c. excitingly
d. excitedly
b
20.When I was a child, my parents wouldn't .............. me stay out later than 9
o'clock in the evenings.
a. permit
b. allow
c. want
d. let
d
21. When my father died, I had no ..................... but to leave school and get a job.
a. possibility
b. choice
c. hope
d. chance
b
22. He was ............... with robbery.
a. charged
b. arrested
c. held
d. imprisoned

a
23. Liberace has a swimming-pool in his garden in the ............... of a piano.
a. form
b. design
c. figure
d. shape
d
24. The next ................. of the school play will be on Monday at 6.30 p.m.
a. drama
b. exposition
c. performance
d. exhibition
c
25. The thief was ................. to six months' imprisonment.
a. given
b. allowed


c. sent
d. sentenced
d
26. Don't tell …............. about this.
a. someone
b. one
c. anyone
d. none
c
27.During Christmas week there will be so many things in the shops that it will
be difficult to know what .....................
a. to be bought

b. should buy
c. to buy
d. will be bought
c
28. ............... we were driving in the country!
a. How wonderful day
b. What wonderful day
c. What a wonderful day
d. What the wonderful day
c
29. If it ................ , the match will be postponed.
a. rains
b. will rain
c. has rained
d. is raining
a
30. I hope you don't mind ............... to come and meet her.
a. to be asked
b. you were asked
c. being asked
d. we asked you
c
31. Wedding-rings are usually made of ....................
a. gold
b. golds
c. a gold
d. the gold
a

32. Silver is ................ gold.
a. valuable less than
b. more valuable than
c. less valuable than
d. valuable more than
c
33. "You look very tired." "I am. I .............. papers all day."
a. have been marking
b. had been marking
c. are marking
d. had marked
a
34. "............................. ?" "About half an hour"
a. It takes to drive to school how long
b. You take time how long to drive to school
c. How long does it take to drive to school
d. Does it take how long to drive to school
c
35.If the prisoners attempt to escape from prison ....................
a. he will catch
b. they will catch
c. they will be caught
d. the prisoners will have caught
c
36. ................... a flat with someone is cheaper than living on your own.
a. Dividing
b. Sharing
c. Cutting
d. Halving
b

37. The …………. built onto the back of the house provided valuable extra space.
a. extension
b. enlargement
c. expansion
d. development
a
38. The students' room was so untidy it was like a .....................
a. pigsty
b. cowshed
c. chicken-coop


d. monkey-house
a
39. The bad weather ……………. the plane being delayed.
a. caused
b. made
c. resulted in
d. created
c
40. His landlady doesn't ……… of his having parties.
a. appreciate
b. support
c. approve
d. consent
c
41. If you want a good flat in London, you have to pay through the .........… for it.
a. mouth
b. ear
c. nose

d. teeth
c
42. ................. many high buildings in the city.
a. They are
b. There is
c. It is
d. There are
d
43. Butter .............. in the refrigerator.
a. ought to keep
b. had better to be kept
c. should be kept
d. is kept as usual
c
44. He .............. for a job for some weeks before he found one.
a. is looking
b. looks
c. would have been looking
d. had been looking
d
45. When the boy ............ the car, he was badly injured.
a. is hit by