Unit 4, 5
I. Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D that best completes each
sentence.
1. I hope you don’t mind me _____ so late at night.
A. telephone B. to have telephoned C. to telephoneD. telephoning
2. If you saw a lawyer, he’d ____ you to take legal action.
A. warn B. advise C. consider D. insist
3. The fight ____ illiteracy continued in the summer of 2002.
A. for B. of C. against D. with
4. Farmer look forward to ____ in the country fairs every summer.
A. participate B. participating C. have participated D. be participating
5. He was unwilling to explain the reason ____ his absence.
A. of B. for C. why D. from
6. He likes to take ____ in sport, not only to watch it.
A. practice B. exercise C. place D. part
7. I found the visit the most ____.
A. educate B. educational C. education D. educationally
8. The children admitted ___ the money.
A. taking B. to take C. to be taken D. having taken
9. “Where are the children?
“I saw ____ in the yard”
A. they playing B. them playing C. them to play D. they play
10. We must struggle ____ corruption within the party.
A. against B. from C. at D. for
11. The most important thing we should do now is to tackle the problem of widespread___.
A. illiterate B. illiteracy C. literacy D. literate
12. There was no ____ in waiting longer than half an hour, so we left.
A. good B. point C. use D. worth
13. If he phones, ____ him to buy some potatoes on the way home.
A. remember B. recall C. recollect D. remind
14. You will not succeed____ working harder.
A. unless B. if C. although D. without
15. The company ran a successful advertising ____ to promote its new brand of washing power.
A. campaign B. tactics C. strategies D. propaganda
16. After I ____ finished working, I switched off the machine.
A. have B. had C. having D. to have
17. ___ it several times, he didn’t want to read it once again.
A. Reading B. To read C. To have read D. Having read
18. The team which ___ more goals wins the match.
A. shoots B. scores C. blows D. kicks
19. A meeting is a sports___ or set of races , especially for horses.
A. event B. occasion C. position D. fact
20. The government___ a campaign to promote adult literacy.
A. conducts B. carries out C. follows D. A and B
21. The children’s mother warned them___ near the river.
A. to not go B. not going C. don’t go D. not to go
22. If you study harder, you ___ pass the exam.
A. will B. would C. could D. should
23. It is not early ___ a high-paid job.
A. find B. finding C. finds D. to find
24. ___ weekends, I often go fishing with my family.
A. Over B. During C. At D. In
25. Do you know a nearby restaurant ___ has good food?
A. which B. who C. where D. it
26. These students are keen ___ learning foreign language.
A. with B. on C. of D. by
27. It’s the first time I ___ a bird of this colour.
A. see B. saw C. have seen D. am seeing
28. She always gets ___ before her birthday.
A. excite B. exciting C. excitement D. excited
II. Find out a mistake….
29. Today was such beautiful day that I couldn’t bring myself to complete all my chores.
A B C D
30. He has less friends in his classes now than he had last year.
A B C D
31. I succeeded to find a job, so my parents didn’t make go to college.
A B C D
32. They voluntarily spent their summer vocations to teach illiterate people to read and write.
A B C D
33. The teacher told us to keep quietly during the lesson.
A B C D
III. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other
words.
34. respect