CÂÙ HỎI THI TUYỂN CÔNG CHỨC (NGOẠI NGỮ)

CÂÙ HỎI THI TUYỂN CÔNG CHỨC MÔN NGOẠI NGỮ (tiếng Anh)
NGẠCH CHUYÊN VIÊN
A. READING
I. Select the answer A, B, c or D which best complete the meaning of the sentence or
explain the meaning of the sentence.

1. She often uses her goods as....................................as she can.
A. economic

B. economically

C. economical

D. economicly

2. In the old days, many poor and..........................people had to live and work in the workhouses.
A. home

B. homely

C. homeless

D. homelike

3. It was a record that no one.....................................before.
A. has ever set

B. had ever set

C. has ever been set D. had ever been set

4. Her was so great that she couldn't drive her car.
A. anxiety

B. anxious

C. anxiously

D. anxiousty

5. Mr. Nam is our French teacher. He....................French since he................Ho Chi Minh city in 1990.
A. has been taught / left B. has taught / left C. has taught / has left D. had taught / left
6. Daisy assisted me with an..........................................survey.
A. amazingly

B. amazed

C. amazement

D. amazing

7. Nam asleep this morning because he.................................................up late last night.
A. falls / had stayed B. fell / had been stayed C. fell / had stayed D. had fallen/had stayed
8. There's Irene! I don't think she sees us. See if you can catch her..............................
A. spleen

B. liver

C. eye

D. head

9. My brother is living in Canada. He is 2 years...........................................than me.
A. old / older

B. elder / elder

C. elder / older

D. old / elder

10. The film was......................on the book of the same name.
A. founded

B. built

C. constructed

D. based

11...................being no exercises to do, these children are allowed to go home.
A. It

B. There

C. He

D. Here

12. Galileo was.............................for his study of how things fall.
A. famous B. notorious

C.
generous D. industrious

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13. I see that you did well in your "A" levels. Why.........................to university when you left school?
A. didn't you go B. haven't you gone
14. We shall have to stop soon because the
A. out off

C. aren't you going

D. don't you go

car is almost......................petrol.

B. not having

C. lacking

D. out of

15. It is impossible for them to enter the country................................
A. on present

B. in time

C. at present

D. on time

16. The girl............................me this gift is my best friend.
A. presented

B. was presenting C.

presenting

D. be presenting

17..................................., a brick fell on his head.
A. Turning the comer

B. Having turned the comer

C. When he turned the comer

D. Being turned the corner

18. He found his trousers but............................clean.
A. it wasn't

B. they wasn't

C. they weren't

D. it weren't

19. It is no use............................to school if you....................to work hard.

A. going / do not ready

B. to go / do not ready

C. going / are not ready

D. go / are not ready

20.......................I have a car, I prefer to travel by train.
A. In spite of

B. Despite

C. Because

D. Although

21. “Do you like your new job?” “Yes, but my employer insists that I............................on time.”
A. was

B. am

C. be

D. have been

22. Overexposure to the sun can produce.................................some toxic chemicals.
A. more than damage to the skin

B. more damage than to the skin

C. damage more than to the skin

D. more damage to the skin than

23. Over the past two years the.........................of living has risen considerably.
A. rate

B. charge

C. cost

D. price

24. George mentioned...............................in an accident as a child, but he never

told us the details.

A. having injured B. having been injured C. to have injured D. to have been injured
25.............................next Sunday.
A. I would rather you have come
C. I would rather you came

B. I should rather you have come
D. I should rather you came

26. “What do you think of his presence here?” “The longer he stays,..............................I dislike him.”
A. the most

B. the very more

27. They have eaten..............................until now.

C. much more

D. the more


A. as many as fish

B. as many as ten fish C. as many as ten fishes

D. many as ten fish


28. Largely through the work of the World Health Organization, most developed countries have
brought malaria...............control.
A. in

B. below

C. to

D. under

29. When she heard from the hospital that her grandfather had died, she.................into tears.
A. broke

B. went

C. exploded

D. felt

30. Mr. Brown is looking for his glasses. He thinks he..........them behind in the office yesterday.
A. forgot

B. left

C. put

D. took

31. It was the largest experiment we have ever performed. It
hours.
A. ended

B. finished

C. was

B. got

C. will get

B. got rid of

C. got rid

34........................................................ The children

A. don’t allow

B. aren’t let

to stay up late.

C. aren’t allowed

35........................................................ I really must

on

with

my

work now.
A. to get

B. getting

C. get

36. He’s a..............and so he always votes for the Labor Party.
A. conservative

B. liberal

C. socialist

37.................................................................. I’ve only had time to read
......................................................................in the morning’s paper.
A. columns

B. headings

C. headlines

38. The child always keeps his hands and face......................
A. cleanly

B. clean

C. clearly

39. I like books on literature..........................
A. more than

B. most of all

C. much more

40. The ship broke...............and the people were drowned.
A. out

B. out of thesea

D.

got

D.

six

getting rid of D.

33. All that rubbish will have to be...............at once.
A. get rid of

lasted

have

32. It’s time they.............promotion, in my view.
A. get

D.

C. into pieces

41. How many cigarettes........................you.........................today?
A. have / been smoked B. have / been smoking C. had / smoked

would rather D.
to getting D.
socialism

D.

sections

D.

carefully D. not
at

all

D.

to

pieces
D. have / smoked
D. being building
D. boringly

the


42.................................................................. The four-storey house
A. be built

B. building

on that hill is still new.

C. built

43. It's the most........................story I've ever read.
A. boring
B. bore
C. bored
44. If you........................what Nam is doing, you..............................very surprised.


A. had known / would be
C. knew / would have been

B. knew / would be
D. knew / will be

45. All the courses.................................in June will finish in December.
A. began

B. begins

C. will begin

D. begin

46. Before she..................here yesterday, her mother..............her..........the streets against the red lights.
A. came / had advised / to cross
C. came / had advised / not to cross

B. comes / had advised / not to cross
D. came / has advised / not to cross

47. Where's Peter? He vanished into......................air!

A. thin

B. fat

C. obese

D. slender

C. elbow

D. hand

48. I love desserts. I have a real sweet..........................
A. foot

B. tooth

49. Choose a correct reply of the following expression: "It's up to you." -"......................................."
A. I'll say it again for you.

B. I don't mind. You choose.

C. Oh, no. I hate decisions.

D. What, again?

50. In swimming, the athlete of Russia.........................a new world record.
A. fixed up

B. won

C. setup

D. built

51. Over the years, people have argued.............................his machines would ever work.
A. until

B. whether

C. while

D. though

52. She has.............money that she can buy everything she wants.
A. such

B. so

C. so much

D. so many

53. Can you please...........................me a little about yourself?
A. to tell

B. telling

C. tell

D. going to tell

54. Einstein gradually became................................in the discussion.
A. absorb

B. absorbed

C. to absorb

D. absorbing

55......................a pretty little Siamese cat!
A. How

B. What

C. What very

D. How very

56. They have been married for ten years but they have no children. They're a.......................couple.
A. childlike

B. childish

C. childly

D. childless

57. We were made.............................all the cleaning in the house.

A. to do

B. do

C. doing

D. done

58......... recent times, the discipline of biology has expanded rapidly into a variety of
subdisciplines.
A. It is since

B. When

C. Since it is

D. In


59. Do most of the people who live along the shores of...........................earn a living......................?
A. the Mediterranean / by farm

B. Mediterranean / by farming

C. the Mediterranean / to farm

D. the Mediterranean / by farming

60. Mark Twain is a famous American......................
A. physicist B. poet

C. chemist D. writer

61. “Why didn’t you invite me to go to the dance?” “Sorry, I wish I..............you to go with us.”
A. could invite

B.invited

C. have invited

62................................................... In the 1960s, pop art to

discover

D. had invited
artistic

significance

in

the

commercial artifacts of
the consumer culture.
A. seeking

B.to seek

C. has sought

63.............................................................. The examiner will test your to

D. sought
drive

under

conditions.
A. ability

B.advantage

C. wisdom

D. virtue

64. We would like..........to the president’s reception, but we weren’t.
A. having invited B. having been invited C. to have invited D. to have been invited
65. I wish............................
A. you knew but you don’t

B. you know but you don’t

C. you knew but you didn’t

D. you know but you didn’t

66. “What’s your proposal?” “I propose that the meeting..................”
A. is postponing

B.be postponed

C. to be postponed D.

postpones

67. “Why did you move?” “All...............sudden, I realized I was in a dangerous position.”
A. in

B. of

C. at

D. by

68. Although now...............to Africa and South America, yellow fever is still deadly.
A. limited

B. limit

C. limiting

D. is limited

69. The baby is crying. Will you................while I prepare his milk?
A. tear him up

B. look after him

C. care him

D. make him up

70.............................................................. Trains stop here in order to passengers only.
A. get off

B. pick up

C. pull up

D. pull in

71. The flat...............of three rooms, with a kitchen and a bathroom.
A. composes

B. contains

C. includes

D. consists

72.................bread is regarded by some as a therapeutic activity.
A. To make

B. Made

C. Making

D. Having made

normal


73. For the rest of his life he lived in fear of..............tracked down.
A. having

B. be

C. being

D. been

74. Why don’t you do what you’re told, instead of................such a song and dance about it?
A. to make
B. making C.
made D. make


75. We don’t allow.......................in the classrooms.
A. that students smoke B. smoke

C. students to smoke D. to smoking

76. The burglar was sentenced to 20 years in....................................
A. dock

B. goal

C.jail

D. trial

77. I read an interesting.......................in the paper the other day.
A. article

B. information

C. news

D. reporting

78. She is not doing......................in the garden, just walking about the place.
A. anything

B. nothing

C. something

D. a few

79. “You haven’t eaten anything since yesterday evening. You.......................be really hungry!” “I am.”
A. might

B. will

C. must

D. can

80. The electorate will not easily forgive the government for failing to fulfill its..............................
A. promises

B. vows

C. aspirations

D. offers

81. Each athlete has to take part in the Olympic Games in the true spirit of......................................
A. sportsman

B. sportsmanlike

C. sportsmanship

D. sports

82. She hopes she'll soon find a......................................to the problem.
A. solution

B. solve

C. solutionist

D. solvation

83. She received a lot of...............................................from her friends.
A. encourage

B. encouragement

C. encouragements

D. encouraging

84. Nam with his parents at the moment though he.........................................................his own flat.
A. is staying / had B. is staying / has had C. is staying / has

D. was staying / has

85. Nam saw some new..................................in the laboratory.
A. equipment

B. equipments

C. equipage

D. equip

86. I often..................................my shirts...........................by my younger sister.
A. am having / made B. have / make

C. have had / made

D. have / made

87. I really had to.........................some strings to get reservations at this restaurant.
A. push

B. pull

C. throw

D. get

88. I think they have had quite a great number of animals............................I was there last.
A. for

B. since

C. when

D. while

89. Choose a correct reply of the following expression: " Do you want this one or that one?" - "
A. I'll say it again for you.
C. Never mind. It doesn't matter.

B. I
D.

don't mind. You choose.
Yes? Can I help you?

90. When I applied for my passport to be renewed. I had to send a.............................photograph.

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A. fresh

B. fashionable

C.

late

D.

recent

91. The idea for a computer was worked out over two centuries ago by a man ............................. Charles
Babbage.
A. known

B. recognized

C. written

D. called

92. Can you work on Saturday.................................we need you?
A. if

B. but

C. and

D. because

93. No educational system is perfect. Each one has its...........................
A. borders

B. limitations

C. frontiers

D. limits

94. People..........................think that the sun went round the earth.
A. were used

to

B. used to

C. got used to

D. are used to

95. The kettle has been boiling................................a quarter of an hour.
A. since

B. for

C. in

D. at

96. Nearly all of the reporters.............................................the press conference had questions.........
A. attend / asked

B. attended / to ask

C. attending / to ask D. would attend/to be asked
97. I couldn't make coffee for everybody. There weren't........................
A. cups enough

B. enough cups

C. cups too

D. too cups

98. Upon returning from class,.................................
A. a letter was in the mailbox
C. he found a letter in the

B. a letter was found in the mailbox

mailbox

D. the mailbox had a letter in it

99. Even though I hadn’t spoken English for many years, I picked it.... again after a few weeks.
A. on
100.

B. over

C. up

D. through

Most of my friends are.............reporters.
A. newspapers

B. newspaper

C. newspaper’s

D. newspapers’
101.

I wish you....................longer.
A. will stay

B. can stay

C. could stay

D. stay

102.................................................................................................... Newspapers should try to

printing

statements that they cannot check.
A. refuse

103.

C. deny

D. avoid

My friend’s main...............for going abroad was his poor health.
A. need

104.

B. neglect
B. reason

C. cause

D. desire

By the time their babies arrive, the Johnsons hope..................painting and decorating the new

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nursery.

105.

A. having finished

B. having been finished

C. to have finished

D. to have been finished

You mustn’t.............these difficult exercises; do them all.
A. leave off

106.

B. leave behind

C. leave for

D. leave out

Air............the carbon dioxide necessary for photosynthesis enters leaves through tiny
surface openings.
A. contains

107.

C. containing

D. it contains

“Have you read his new books?” “Yes, it’s...............interesting than his first four books.”
A. the most

108.

B. contained
B. very much

C. much more

D. the more

C. to writing

D. to have written

Nam Cao devoted most of his time...................
A. to having written B. to write

109......................................... If you don’t
A. give off

B. give out

smoking, you’ll never get better.
C. give from

D. give up

110............................................................................................. I’m sorry I am late. I never

the taxi to

take so long to get here.
A. thought
111.

B. to gamble

C. gambling

D. the gamble

B. have been

C. was

D. are

What a dangerous thing to do! You..................have been killed.
A. may

114.

D. waited for

By the time I applied, all the holiday vouchers...............used up.
A. had been

113.

C. expected

How can you waste all that money on..............?
A. gamble

112.

B. planned

B. can

C. must

D. might

The accused denied...............in the vicinity of the murder scene.
A. to have ever been B. have ever been C. having been ever

D. ever having been

115.................................................................................................. The company’s apology

regarded

as an exercise in damage limitation.
A. were
116.

B. was

C. would

D. had

C. had betrayed

D. am betraying

I felt as if I................a confidence.
A. have betrayed

B. would betray

117............................................................................................... The old man is both deaf and dumb. He
can.......................................................................................... understand us.
A. harder

B. hard

C. hardly

D. difficult

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118........................................................................ Last year I was to be invited to visit Hanoi.
A. too lucky
119.

C. less lucky

D. fortunate enough

In a four-hour operation, surgeons managed to sew the girl’s..............hand back on.
A. cut

120.

B. more fortunate
B. grazed

C. crushed

D. severed

You’ll get a free month’s subscription...................you renew your membership by the end of
January.
A. unless

121.

C. were

D. provided

In a four-hour operation, surgeons managed to sew the girl’s______________hand back on.
A. cut

122.

B. however
B. grazed

C. crushed

D. severed

Even though I hadn’t spoken English for many years, I picked it______________again after a
few weeks.
A. on

123.

B. over

C. up

D. through

“You haven’t eaten anything since yesterday evening. You_____________be really hungry!”
—> “Yes, I am.”
A. might

124.

125.

B. will

D. can

Do most of the people who live along the shores of_____________earn a living
?
A. the Mediterranean / by farm

B. Mediterranean / by farming

C. the Mediterranean / to farm

D. the Mediterranean / by farming

I like books on literature______________
A. more than

B. most of all

126.________________________ She has
A. such
127.

C. must

C. much more

D. not at all

money that she can buy everything she wants.

B. so

C.so much

D. so many

It’s time they______________promotion, in my view.
A. get

B. got

C. will get

128.______________________________________

D. have got
Galileo

was

_______________________________for his study of how things fall.
A. famous
129.

D. industrious

B. said

C. denied

D. reported

People used to think that heavy things always_______________faster than light things.
A. fall

131.

C. generous

The candidate_____________to have withdrawn her application.
A. claimed

130.

B. notorious

B. collapsed

C. destroyed

D. fell

There’s nothing I like more than______________for a brisk walk along the sea-shore.
A. go

B. out

C. walking

D. going

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132.

He______________a wallet on a lonely street in Montreal last Monday.
A. sees

133.

C. saw

D. is seeing

How can you waste all that money on______________?
A. gamble
134.
man
A. known

135.

B. has seen
B. to gamble

C. gambling

D. the gamble

The idea for a computer was worked out over two centuries ago by a

Charles Babbage.
B. recognized

C. written

D. called

The flat_____________of three rooms, with a kitchen and a bathroom.

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A. composes

C. includes

B. contains

D. consists

136. Over the years, people have argued A. ________his machines would ever work.

B.

D. though

whether

six hours.

C. while
137.

until

It was the largest experiment we have

ever

performed. It _
A. ended
B. finished
C. was
D. lasted
being no exercises to do, these children are allowed to go home.
D. Here
A. It
B. There
C. He clean.
He found his trousers but_________

139.

A. it wasn't

C. they weren't

D. it weren't

B. they wasn't

At the party, he drank_____________

140.

B. many glasses of beer

A. lemon juice a lot of

D. much waters

C. many wine

______with when they start to carry out a new

There are many difficulties to be____

141.

plan.
A. dealt
142.

C. attacked

B. removed

D. overcome

_____people don't ring me up.

My number isn't in the directory____

C. and
D. so
A. because
B. but
143. Although John was the eldest in the family, he always let his sister_______

charge of

the house.
A. hold

B. make

C. get

D. take

144. The pipe in the sink is stopped up. Water is_______________
A. overfilming

B. overfilling

145. I’m sorry I am late. I never________
A. thought
146.

Newspapers should try to_______

A. refuse
147.

B. planned
B. neglect

She hopes she'll soon find a_____

A. solution

B. solve

148.

In the 1960s, pop art___________
C. overdueing

____the taxi to take so long to get here.
C. expected

A. seeking
149.

C. deny

150.

D. avoid

______to the problem.
D. solvation

to discover artistic significance in the commercial

B. to seek

The four-storey house_______________

A. be built

D. waited for

____printing statements that they cannot check.

C. solutionist
artifacts of the consumer culture.

D. overflowing

C. has sought

D. sought

B. building

Overexposure to the sun can produce

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_ on that hill is still new.

C. built

D. being building
some toxic chemicals.

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A. more than damage to the skin

B. more damage than to the skin

C. damage more than to the skin

D. more damage to the skin than

151.

In the old days, many poor and______________people had to live and work in the
workhouses.

A. home
152.

C. homeless

D. homelike

“Did you enjoy the show last night?” “Yes, but I wish I_______________a cold.”

A. hadn’t
153.

B. homely
B. didn’t have

C. hadn’t had

D. wouldn’t have

Several______________nations are supplying_______________countries with new
technology.

A. developed / developing

B. developing / developed

C. developed / develop
154.

It’s high time you______________to study seriously.

A. begin
155.

D. developing / development
B. began

C. have read / have not finished

D. have been reading / have not finished

B. can stay

C. could stay

D. stay

Each athlete has to take part in the Olympic Games in the true spirit of________________

A. sportsman
158.

B. had been reading / have not finished

I wish you______________longer.

A. will stay
157.

D. would begin

I_______________the book you lent me for a week, but I______________it yet.

A. have been reading / has not finished
156.

C. did begin

B. sportsmanlike

C. sportsmanship

D. sports

“Why didn’t you invite me to go to the dance?” “Sorry, I wish I________________you to

go with us.”
A. could invite

B. invited

C. have invited

D. had invited

159. When I applied for my passport to be renewed. I had to send a________________photograph.
A. fresh

B. fashionable

C. late

D. recent

160. Trains stop here in order to______________passengers only.
A. get off

B. pick up

C. pull up

D. pull in

161. We intend to................with the old system as soon as we have developed a better one.
A. do up

B. do away

C. do down

D. do in

162. A shop -.......................is someone who steals from shops and stores.
A. taker

B. thief

C. lifter

D. picker

163................they decided not to go to Australia for their holidays but went to American
instead.

A. At the end
164.

B. In the end

C. In the least

D. At least

Choose a correct reply of the following expression: " What's up?" - ".............................."


165.

A. Thank you

B. I don't mind. You choose.

C. Never mind. It doesn't matter.

D. I don't feel very well.

If you don’t...............smoking, you’ll never get better.
A. give off

166.

B. give out

C. give from

D. give up

Upon returning from class,.......................
A. a letter was in the mailbox

B. a letter was found in the mailbox

C. he found a letter in the mailbox

D. the mailbox had a letter

167.

in it

She is not doing................in the garden, just walking about the place.
A. anything

B. nothing

C. something

D. a few

168..............................recent times, the discipline of biology has expanded rapidly into a variety
of subdisciplines.
A. It is since
169.

D. In

B. clean

C. clearly

D. carefully

C. they weren't

D. it weren't

He found his trousers but.....................clean.
A. it wasn't

171.

C. Since it is

The child always keeps his hands and face.......................
A. cleanly

170.

B. When

B. they wasn't

At the party, he drank.......................
A. lemon juice a lot ofB. many glasses of beer

C. many wine

172.

D. much waters

The incidence of anorexia nervosa,...........................

is growing in industrially advanced

societies.
A. is an eating disorder

B. an eating disorder which

C. an eating disorder
173.

I don’t know how many of................books among these are his.
A. a

174.

D. for which an eating disorder
B. yours

C. the

On the battlefield of Waterloo, about 45,000 men were left....................
A. dead and wound

B. dead and wounded

C. to die and wound
175.

B. hard

C. hardly

D. difficult

I couldn't make coffee for everybody. There weren't................
A. cups enough

177.

D. death and wound

The old man is both deaf and dumb. He can.................understand us.
A. harder

176.

D. such a

B. enough cups

C. cups too

I read an interesting..............in the paper the other day.

D. too cups


A. article
178.

B. information
B. do

C. doing

B. I don't mind. You choose.
D. Yes? Can I help you?

C. Never mind. It doesn't matter.

The baby is crying. Will you.................while I prepare his milk?

A. tear him up
181.

C. cups too

B. information

C. news

We were made..............all the cleaning in the house.

A. to do
184.

B. enough cups

I read an interesting..............in the paper the other day.

A. article
183.

B. look after him C. care him

I couldn't make coffee for everybody. There weren't...............

A. cups enough
182.

D. done

Choose a correct reply of the following expression: " Do you want this one or that one?"

A. I'll say it again for you.
180.

D. reporting

We were made..............all the cleaning in the house.
A. to do

179.

C. news

B. do

C. doing

D. make him up
D. too cups D.
reporting D.
done D. sections

I’ve only had time to read the................in the morning’s paper.

A. columns

B. headings

C. headlines

185....................... a brick fell on his head.
A. Turning the comer B. Having turned the comer
C. When he turned the comer
186.

D. Being turned the corner

We..............to shop off in Singapore but the airplane changed

arrangements at the last

D. ought D.

minute.
A. was going
187.
188.

B. knew

C. know

B. Most

C. The most

B. would betray

C. had betrayed

I like books on literature...........................

A. more than
192.

C. principality

I felt as if I............a confidence.

A. have betrayed
191.

B. principal

"...............children like ice-cream." "That's quite natural."

A. Most of
190.

C. were going

I wish I..............more about the logistics of the expedition.

A. would know
189.

B. had

A main clause is sometimes called a.......................clause.

A. principle

the

B. most of all

principles D.
can know D.
The most of D.

am betraying D.
not at all

C. much more

There were many big trees, between me and the river and now they all fell down....................
into the water.
A. each other

193.

B. one after another C. one another

D. a lot

But I could not stay on the tree all my life and I began to make a plan...................get away.
A. for

B. of

C. in order to

D. so that


194.

195.

Last year I was...................................................to be invited to visit Hanoi.

A. too lucky

B. more fortunate

C. less lucky

D. fortunate enough

She is not doing.........................in the garden, just walking about the place.
A. anything

196.

C. something D. a few

The child always keeps his hands and face........................
A. cleanly

197.

B. nothing
B. clean

C. clearly

At the party, he drank........................
A. lemon juice a lot of

B. many glasses of beer

C. many wine
198.

B. yours

C. the

D. such a

The old man is both deaf and dumb. He can.................understand us.
A. harder

200.

D. much waters

I don’t know how many of................books among these are his.
A. a

199.

D. carefully

B. hard

C. hardly

D. Difficult

She often uses her goods as..............................as she can.

A. economic

B. economically C. economical

D.

economically
201.

How are you going to eat all that? I think your eyes are bigger than your.......................
A. head

202.

D. stomach

B. very much

C. much more

D. the more

I really had to.....................some strings to get reservations at this restaurant.
A. push

204.

C. ears

“Have you read his new books?” “Yes, it’s...............interesting than his first four books.”

A. the most

203.

B. hand

B. pull

C. throw

D. get

“Why did you move?” “All............sudden, I realized I was in a dangerous position.”
A. in

B. of

C. at

D. by

205...................................................................... Where's Peter? He vanished into air!
A. thin
206.

D. slender

B. contains

C. includes

D. consists

Over the years, people have argued..................his machines would ever work.
A. until

208.

C. obese

The flat..................of three rooms, with a kitchen and a bathroom.
A. composes

207.

B. fat

B. whether

C. while

D. though

It was the largest experiment we have ever performed. It......................six hours.
A. ended

B. finished

C. was

D. lasted

209......................being no exercises to do, these children are allowed to go home.
A. It
210.

C. He

D. Here

There are many difficulties to be..............with when they start to carry out a new plan.
A. dealt

211.

B. There

B. removed

My number isn't in the directory..........people don't ring me up.

C. attacked D. overcome


A. because
212.

D. so

B. information

C. news

D. reporting

We were made...............all the cleaning in the house.
A. to do

214.

C. and

I read an interesting................in the paper the other day.
A. article

213.

B. but

B. do

C. doing

D. done

I’ve only had time to read the................in the morning’s paper.
A. columns

B. headings

C. headlines

D. sections

215......................., a brick fell on his head.
A. Turning the come

B. Having turned the comer

C. When he turned the comer

D. Being turned the corner

216.................................................................. She often uses her goods as as she can.
A. economic
217.

C. economical

D. economicly

A main clause is sometimes called a........................clause.
A. principle

218.

B. economically
B. principal

C. principality

D. principles

We...............to shop off in Singapore but the airplane changed the arrangements at the last
minute.
A. was going

B. had

C. were going

219................................................................................................. A

D. ought
man has been sitting near the gate

for an hour.
A. suspicion-looking

B. suspicious-looking

C. suspect-looking
220.

Mary always feels very.....................when she has to make a speech.
A. nerve

221.

D. nervousness

B. newspaper

C. newspaper’s

D. newspapers’

B. vows

C. aspirations

D. offers

Mark Twain is a famous American....................
A. physicist

224.

C. nervously

The electorate will not easily forgive the government for failing to fulfill its...........................
A. promises

223.

B. nervous

Most of my friends are............reporters.
A. newspapers

222.

D. suspiciously-looking

B. poet

C. chemist

D. writer

The ship broke...............and the people were drowned.
A. out

B. out of the sea

C. into pieces

D. to pieces

225....................................I have a car, I prefer to travel by train.
A. In spite of
226.

C. Because

D. Although

She has...................money that she can buy everything she wants.
A. such

227.

B. Despite
B. so

C. so much

It is no use..................to school if you....................to work hard.
A. going / do not ready B. to go / do not ready

D. so many


C. going / are not ready
228.

D. go / are not

"It seems he's driving more carefully now."

ready

"Yes, after.....................three times for

speeding."

229.

A. to be arrested

B. be arrested

C. having been arrested

D. have been arrested

But I could not stay on the tree all my life and I began to make a plan...................get away.
A. for

230.

C. destroyed

D. fell

B. out

C. walking

D. going

B. has seen

C. saw

D. is seeing

How can you waste all that money on.............?
A. gamble

234.

B. collapsed

He..................a wallet on a lonely street in Montreal last Monday.
A. sees

233.

D. so that

There’s nothing I like more than.............for a brisk walk along the sea-shore.
A. go

232.

C. in order to

People used to think that heavy things always.....................faster than light things.
A. fall

231.

B. of

B. to gamble

C. gambling

D. the gamble

The idea for a computer was worked out over two centuries ago by a man.........................
Charles Babbage.
A. known

235.

B. whether
B. finished
B. clean

C. while
C. was
C. clearly

D. consists
D. though
D. lasted
D. carefully

My brother sang.............of all the pupils of the group.
A. more beautifully

B. the most beautifully

C. less beautifully

D. most beautifully

240.................................. I wish he

A. shouldn’t
241.

C. includes

The child always keeps his hands and face......................
A. cleanly

239.

B. contains

It was the largest experiment we have ever performed. It.....................six hours.
A. ended

238.

D. called

Over the years, people have argued................his machines would ever work.
A. until

237.

C. written

The flatof three rooms, with a kitchen and a bathroom.
A. composes

236.

B. recognized

change his minds so often!

B. wouldn’t

C. mightn’t

D. couldn’t

I read in the newspaper that there has just been a................against the government in
Transylvania.
A. relevant

242.

D. revolver

B. aeronautical

C. astrological

D. atmospherical

Does that newspaper...............the government or oppose it?
A. advantage

244.

C. revolution

You have to be rich to send your child to a private school because the fees are......................
A. astronomical

243.

B. revolting

B. assist

C. encourage

D. support

It’s distressing to see small children..............in the streets.
A. pleading

B. imploring

C. begging

D. entreating


245................................................................................... You’ll get a free month’s subscription you

renew

your membership by the end of

January.
A. unless
246.

D. provided

B. neglect

C. deny

D. avoid

She hopes she’ll soon find a...........................to the problem.
A. solution

248.

C. were

Newspapers should try to..................printing statements that they cannot check.
A. refuse

247.

B. however

B. solve

C. solutionist

D. solvation

In the 1960s, pop art..........................to discover artistic significance in the commercial
artifacts of the consumer culture.
A. seeking

249.

251.

C. has sought

D. sought

The four-storey house.............................on that hill is still new.
A. be built

250.

B. to seek
B. building

C. built

D. being building

Overexposure to the sun can produce........................some toxic chemicals.
A. more than damage to the skin

B. more damage than to the skin

C. damage more than to the skin

D. more damage to the skin than

In the old days, many poor and..........................people had to live and work in the
workhouses.
A. home

252.

C. homeless

D. homelike

“Did you enjoy the show last night?” “Yes, but I wish I....................a cold.”
A. hadn’t

253.

B. homely
B. didn’t have

C. hadn’t had

Several..................nations are supplying..........................countries with new technology.
A. developed / developing

B. developing / developed

C. developed / develop
254.

D. developing / development

It’s high time you....................to study seriously.
A. begin

255.

D. wouldn’t have

B. began

C. did begin

D. would begin

I.......................................the book you lent me for a week, but I...............................it yet.
A. have been reading / has not finished
C. have read / have not finished

B. had been reading / have not finished
D. have been reading / have not finished

256.. Last year I was..............................................to be invited to visit Hanoi.
A. too lucky
257.

B. more fortunate C. less lucky

D. fortunate enough

Upon returning from class,.........................

A. a letter was in the mailbox

B. a letter was found in the mailbox

C. he found a letter in the mailbox

D. the mailbox had a letter in it

258............................................................................................... She is not doing in the garden, just walking
about the place.
A. anything

B. nothing

C. something

D. a few

259...................................... Most of my friends are reporters.
A. newspapers
260.

B. newspaper

C. newspaper’s

D. newspapers’

The electorate will not easily forgive the government for failing to fulfill its...........................
A. promises

B. vows

C. aspirations

D. offers


261.

She is not doing_______in the garden, just walking about the place.
A. anything

262.

B. nothing

C. something

D. a few

______recent times, the discipline of biology has expanded rapidly into a variety of sub
disciplines.
A. It is since

263.

B. is crossing

C. crossed

D. were crossing

B. on turning

C. turning

D. turn

Last year I was________to be invited to visit Hanoi.
A. too lucky

266.

B. more fortunate

C. less lucky

D. fortunate enough

Upon returning from class____________.

A. a letter was in the mailbox

C. he found a letter in the mailbox

B. a letter was found in the mailbox
267.

D. In

Why don’t you try_______the key anti-clockwise?
A. to turn

265.

C. Since it is

The snake was about to bite the farmer while he________the bridge.
A. was crossing

264.

B. When

D. the mailbox had a letter in it

“You haven’t eaten anything since yesterday evening. You________be really hungry!” “I
am.”
A. might

268.

B. will

C. must

D. can

Do most of the people who live along the shores of________earn a living_______?

A. the Mediterranean / by farm

C. the Mediterranean / to farm

B. Mediterranean / by farming

D. the Mediterranean / by farming

269.

I see that you did well in your "A" levels. Why________to university when you left school?
A. didn't you go B. haven't you gone C. aren't you going

270.

The family gathered together to________the holiday meal.
A. swallow

271.

B. were

C. have

D. are

B. keep up with

C. keep in touch with

D. put up with

B. some

C. each

D. a

By the time I applied, all the holiday vouchers________used up.
A. had been

275.

D. receive

Oh, my speed is 50 words_______minute.
A. the

274.

C. divide

I had to work hard to_______the other students.

A. keep away from
273.

B. share

I see you were a junior clerk in Trade Wind and Import Company,_________you type?
A. can

272.

D. don'tyou go

B. have been

C. was

D. are

I like books on literature______.
A. more than

B. most of all

C. much more

D. not at all


276.

It is no use________to school if you_____to work hard.

A. going / do not ready

C. going / are not ready

B. to go / do not ready

D. go / are not ready

277.

We regret_______you that you have exceeded your overdraft facility.
A. to inform

278.

B. clean

D. carefully

B. they wasn't

C. they weren't D. it weren't

B. for

C. in

D. at

Why don’t you try_______the key anti-clockwise?
A. to turn

282.

C. clearly

The kettle has been boiling_________a quarter of an hour.
A. since

281.

D. telling

He found his trousers but______________________clean.
A. it wasn't

280.

C. to tell to

The child always keeps his hands and face__________________________.
A. cleanly

279.

B. informing

B. on turning

C. turning

D. turn

______recent times, the discipline of biology has expanded rapidly into a variety of sub
disciplines.
A. It is since

283.

B. When

C. Since it is

D. In

“You haven’t eaten anything since yesterday evening. You________be really hungry!” “I
am.
A. might

284.
285.

D. can

B. notorious

D. have

got

C. generousD. industrious

The candidate______to have withdrawn her application.

A. claimed
287.

C. must

It’s time they______promotion, in my view.
A. get
B. got
C. will get
Galileo was________for his study of how things fall.
A. famous

286.

B. will

B. said

C. deniedD. reported

People used to_____________________________think that heavy things always

faster

light things.
A. fall B. collapsed
288.

D. going

B. has seen

C. saw

D. is seeing

How can you waste all that money on________?
A. gamble

291.

C. walking

He______a wallet on a lonely street in Montreal last Monday.
A. sees

290.

D. fell

There’s nothing I like more than________for a brisk walk along the sea-shore.

A. go B. out
289.

C. destroyed

B. to gamble

C. gambling

D. the gamble

The idea for a computer was worked out over two centuries ago by a man_________Charles
Babbage.

than


A. known
292.

C. written

D. called

The flat_______of three rooms, with a kitchen and a bathroom.
A. composes

293.

B. recognized
B. contains

C. includes

D. consists

Do most of the people who live along the shores of________earn a living_______?

A. the Mediterranean / by farm

C. the Mediterranean / to farm

B. Mediterranean / by farming

D. the Mediterranean / by farming

294.

The kettle has been boiling_______a quarter of an hour.
A. since

B. for

295.___________________ They no
A. also
296.

play tennis together every afternoon.

B. still

C. well

B. What

C. What very

D. How very

B. most of all

C. much more

D. not at all

It is no use________to school if you______to work hard.

A. going / do not ready

C. going / are not ready

B. to go / do not ready

D. go / are not ready

299.

Last year I was________to be invited to visit Hanoi.
A. too lucky

300.

D. fortunate enough

B. clean

C. clearly

D. carefully

B. informing

C. to tell to

D. telling

The snake was about to bite the farmer while he________the bridge.
A. was crossing

303.

C. less lucky

We regret______you that you have exceeded your overdraft facility.
A. to inform

302.

B. more fortunate

300. The child always keeps his hands and face________.
A. cleanly

301.

D. longer

I like books on literature_______.
A. more than

298.

D. at

______a pretty little Siamese cat!
A. How

297.

C. in

B. is crossing

C. crossed

D. were crossing

Upon returning from class________.

A. a letter was in the mailbox
B. a letter was found in the

C. he found a letter in the mailbox
mailbox

D. the mailbox had a letter in

it