PRACTICE TEST 21

Teacher : Quynh Nhu
PRACTICE TEST 17
Make the correct choice:
1..Let’s go ______ a ride to the countryside.
a.in b.with c.for d.by
2..We borrowed these text books ______ the library.
a.from b.in c.at d.for
3.Miss O’shay felt sorry ______ her.
a.with b.about c.for d.at
4.Mark applied ______ a scholarship to study at Oxford University.
a.with b.for c.from d.to
5.She devoted all her life ______ science.
a.to b.with c.for d.of
6.Please listen carefully ______ what I have to say.
a.with b.of c.to d.about
7.John was ashamed ______ his bad spelling.
a.in b.about c.at d.of
8.Poor ______ they are, they live a happy life.
a.although b.as c.because d.since
9.John ______ in getting a visa to go to Spain.
a.was difficult b.was difficulty c.had difficulty d.met difficulty
10.Are they used ______ in Ho Chi Minh City ?
a.for travelling b.to travelling c.to travel d.travelling
11.He improves his listening skill ______ listening to English on the B.B.C.
a.with b.to c.by d.at
12.They objected ______ my buying that house.
a.to b.with c.at d.in
13.I’m tired ______ working in the hot weather and I can’t work quite well.
a.off b.from c.with d.by
14.All of you here are capable ______ doing that job.
a.of b.with c.by d.at

15.The patient had already died ______ the time I saw her.
a.by b.since c.during d.despite
16.The United Nations _______of about 160 nations.
a.consists b.consist c.is consisted d.consisting
17.Physics _______ by Mr Brown.
a.is teaching b.teaches c.teach d.is taught
18.The United States _______between Canada and Mexico.
a.lies b.lie c.lays d.lay
19.Better methods of refrigeration depend ______ engineers.
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a.on b.of c.with d.at
20.It is very kind ______ you to help me.
a.to b.with c.of d.about
21.What is the reason ______ your absence ?
a.why b.about c.with d.for
22.I’m really proud ______ my father.
a.with b.of c.about d.for
20.The plane ______ off when I arrived the airport this morning.
a.will take b.has taken c.had taken d.takes
21. ______ he had sold his house, his family moved to Dalat.
a.Before b.After c.Since d.Although
22.There ______ a lot of progress in applied science.
a.are b.were c.has been d.have been
23. ______ our company has produced 15 documentary films.
a.Up to now b.Up to then c.At present d.Since
24.These cars ______ made in Japan.
a.were made b.were making c.made d.make
25. ______ anybody finished the answers of the test ?
a.Is b.Are c.Has d.Have

26.Those who ______ absent today must have a good excuse.
a.are b.is c.has been d.was
27.He has succeeded easily, ______ surprises us most.
a.that b.it c.which d.who
28.The tourists, many of ______ are American, wish to visit the former battles in
Vietnam. a.who b.whom c.that d.them
29.She was sitting in the garden ______ a book.
a.read b.and reading c.and read d.was reading
30.I came back home ______ very tired.
a.feeling b.felt c.was feeling d.and feeling
31.She came in ______ not to wake the baby.
a.so as b.such as c.as if d.if so
35.By the time you receive this letter, I ______ for Japan.
a.will leave b.will have left c.have left d.would have left
36. The computer has been in use since 1946.
a. using b. useless c. useful d. used
37. The computer has been considered as the marvel ________ the machine age.
a. in b. at c. of d. on
38. At times computers seem almost human.
a. Sometime b. sometimes c. Many times d. At the time
39. Some computers can work 500,000 times ________ any person can.
a. as faster as b. more faster than c. faster than d. more fastly than
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40. Can computer __________ our brains? – No, I don’t think so.
a. replace b. place c. take place d. be replaced
41. A computer can do simple computations _______ lighting speed and perfect accuracy.
a. on b. for c. at d. with
42. A computer can gather a wide range of information _________ many purposes.
a. in b. at c. for d. form

43. How we use them is ________ us, not the computer, to decide.
a. with b. for c. from d. to
44. Even though they are taking ________ some of the tasks that were once accomplished by
our brain, computer are not replacing us. a. over b. to c. up d. off
45. For the scientist it can get information __________ outer space or from the depths of the
ocean. a. from b. for c. to d. in
46. It can multiply two-ten digit numbers ________ 1/1000 second.
a. in b. with c. without d. at
47. Writers often joke about the time in the future _______ computers will do all our
thinking for us. a. that b. which c. when d. whose
48. Calculating machines have been used _________ a long time.
a. since b. with c. ago d. for
49. She is a good typist. She types fast and ___________.
a. accurate b. accuracy c. accurately d. correct
50. I can’t understand. Would you ask him to speak _________?
a. clear b. clearly c. more clearly d. more clear
**** Pollution spoils our environment (1) ___________ many ways. The air we
breathe, for instance, is constantly (2) ___________ by smoke and by
chemicals such as carbon monoxide in the exhaut fumes of cars and other
kinds of motor vehicles.
For wild life, however, there (3) ___________ even greater dangers in the
pollution of water of rivers or seas. A good illustration of this is oil released
from the tankers (4) _________ sea. It kills all kinds of sea animals, including
birds (5) ___________ feathers become covered with oil so they cannot fly, as
well as fish and other forms of marine life. Other causes of water (6)
__________ include power stations, (7) __________ release warm water into
rivers. This kills the fish and plants which live there. These are only (8)
___________ examples, there are many more.
1. a. by b. on c. with d. in
2. a. polluted b. dirty c. purified d. cleaned

3. a. is b. are c. be d. being
4. a. at b. in c. on d. by
5. a. that b. which c. whose d. who
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6. a. pollution b. purity c. shortage d. problem
7. a. they b.that c.which d.where
8. a. litlle b.a few c.a little d.few
. Fill in each space with an appropriate preposition :
1. We walked _________ town _____ Sunday.
2. That bad boy threw rocks _________ my dog.
3. They arrived _________ the United State last year.
4. The pupils left their bicycle leaning _________ the wall.
5. Next month, I’m going to Scotland _________ a short holiday.
6. There was panic when people realized the building was _______ fire.
7. Are you afraid ______ ghost ?
8. He doesn’t understand the lesson because he is often late ______ school.
9. The school library is open ______ every students.
10. Your concept is different ________ mine.
11. Smoking is very harmful______ your health.
12. She was absent ______ school because she was very sick yesterday.
13. It’s stupid _________ her to go out without a coat.
14. What are you so angry _________ ?
15. I was satisfied _________ the present you gave me.
16. I’m not ashamed _________ what I did.
17. I feel sorry _________ Tom. He has no friends.
18. I’m a little short ________ money. Can you lend me some ?
19. I get fed up _________ doing the same thing everyday.
20. Why are you always so jealous _________ other people ?
21. A hammer is used ___________ driving in nails.

. Rewrite the following sentences as directed
1.Everyone loves her . She behaves well.
-Because ___________________________________________________
2.Although it rained heavily, we still went to school.
-In spite of __________________________________________________
3.He can swim faster than I can.
-I can’t _____________________________________________________
4.He was too poor to pay his debt.
-He was not _________________________________________________
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5. I go to school by bicycle in ten minutes.
-It takes ________________________________________________
6. He did that exercise in an hour.
- It took ________________________________________________
7. He spent the whole morning writing the composition.
- It took ________________________________________________
8. He spends one hour reading newspapers.
-It ______________________________________________________
9. They finished their work in three days.
-It ______________________________________________________
10. We spent a day cleaning the house.
- It ______________________________________________________
11/The last time I saw her was in 1985.
-I haven’t_____________________________________________________
12/That meal was excellent.
-How__________________________________________________________
13/That factory is producing more and more pollution.
-More and more pollution_________________________________________
14/We must leave now or we’ll miss the train.

-If______________________________________________________________
15/She is a faster and more careless driver than I am.
-She drives______________________________________________________
16/How old do you think this building is?
-When do you think________________________________________________
17/He is sorry now that he didn’t invite Jane to his party.
-He wishes_______________________________________________________
18/This homework is so long that can ‘t finish it
-This is such ____________________________________________________
19/We spent five hours getting to the countryside.
It took _______________________________________________________
20/On arriving in Moscow, I sent a postcard to my friend.
-When I _______________________________________________________
21/I hope to see you at New year Eve.
-I’m looking forward _____________________________________________
22/It won’t be difficult to find his house.
-You won’t have any _____________________________________________
23/They cancelled the flight because it was foggy.
-Because of _____________________________________________________
24/ Because the traffic is heavy, I sometimes come to my office late.
-Because of ___________________________________________________
25/ It is necessary to learn English.
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