Multiple choice 10 - Mai Lan Huong 5

SHOULD YOU BE A
SCIENTIST ?
TEST 1
I. Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the others
1. a. heroic b. heroin c. heroine d.
heroism
2. a. son b. sonic c. some d.
sometime
3. a. injured b. injury c. injurious d. injure
4. a. rather b. hare c. father d. chance
5. a. hatred b. sacred c. warned d. decided
II. Choose the right word or phrase that best completes the sentence
6. It is necessary that you _____ here at 7 am tomorrow.
a. will be being b. be c. would be d. would
have been
7. Listen to what I am staying, _____ ?
a. don’t you b. mind you c. do you d. will you
8. I took it back to the shop _____ I had bought it.
a. where b. which c. that d. from
that
9. I wish you _____ me a new one instead of having it _____ as you did.
a. gave / to repair b. would give / to repair
c. had given / repaired d. had given / to be repaired
10. You can rely _____ him. He always keeps his promise.
a. with b. in c. for d. on
11. Our flight was delayed _____ the heavy fog.
a. as result b. because c. on account d. due to
12. I don’t think he’s qualified _____ that job.
a. in b. for c. to d. with
13. Eagles are protected by law, but they are _____ with extinction.
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a. threatened b. scared c. discouraged d.
frightened
14. Excessive exercise may _____ a loss of appetite.
a. effect b. result c. lead d. bring
up
15. She has the window open _____ cold it is outside.
a. moreover b. event c. however d.
whatever
III. Find the one choice that best completes the sentence
16. At the time of its completion, Disneyland was _____ expensive than it had been
expected.
a. much b. very much c. very d. much
more
17. My friend believes that research is a group’s effort and _____ do I.
a. as b. the same c. so d. too
18. I wish I _____ there for my holiday last year. I didn’t enjoy it.
a. wouldn’t go b. didn’t go c. hadn’t gone d. would
rather go
19. If I had been thinking carefully I _____ that silly mistske.
a. wouldn’t have made b. wouldn’t make
c. didn’t make d. wouldn’t be making
20. Eat _____ bread and more fruit.
a. much less b. much fewer c. many less d. many
fewer
21. Hardly _____ asleep when the phone woke him up again.
a. the doctor fell b. did the doctor fall
c. had the doctor fallen d. the doctor has fallen
22. He was able to solve the mystery. He _____ .
a. could if he wanted to b. succeed in solving it

c. could but he didn’t want to d. didn’t succeed in solving it
23. He’s always trying _____ me.
a. to avoid to meet b. to avoid meeting c. avoiding meeting d.
avoiding to meet
24. They hardly do anything nowadays, _____ ?
a. don’t they b. aren’t they c. isn’t it d. do they
25. He asked me _____ to her party the day before.
a. whether I come b. if I would come c. if I had come d.
whether I came
IV. Choose the words or phrases that not correct in standard English
26. I have been having headaches so often later that I think I ought to see a doctor.
a b c d
27. When given a choice between a microwave and an exercise machine, Helen said
she could
a b
c
rather have the former.
d
28. The young girl often wondered where at the estuary did the river form little rivulets.
a b c d
29. The writer Thomas Easley says I wanted to be a writer and that he still has the
urge to be one.
a b c
d
30. The salesman’s introduction was enough interesting to get me curious about what
he had to say
a b c
further.
d
31. Scientific people cooperate with together no matter what their nationalities are.

a b c d
32. He asked me whether that was a criteria to value imported goods.
a b c d
33. He is angry about having not been invited to her birthday party.
a b c d
34. This is the only place which we can obtain scientific information.
A b c d
35. I think science is fun and it offers people the pleasure of clear and completely
understanding.
a b c d
V. Choose the word (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces
In the invent that you (36) _____ settle upon science (37) _____ a profession, I
would recommend that you get (38) _____ thorough an education as possible. I do not
say that a Ph.D. is a (39) _____ to advancement, but it does have great (40) _____ . If
you do not choose science for your profession, I would urge that you at least (41) _____
science appreciation courses (42) _____ school. In this scientific (43) _____ ,all of us
should have some grasp (44) _____ the developments that (45) _____ shaping our
lives.
36. a. do b. make c. form d. were
37. a. as b. the same c. for d. like
38. a. much b. far c. as d. more
39. a. quality b. prereqyisite c. miraculous d.
curiosity
40. a. valuable b. worth c. valueless d. value
41. a. study b. get c. take d.
consider
42. a. at b. for c. on d. of
43. a. age b. day c. problem d.
research
44. a. in b. of c. for d. with

45. a. is b. were c. be d. are
VI. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c or d) that best
answers each of the questions about it
HOW INSTRUMENTS AID THE SCIENTIST
Instruments are means of extending man’s senses. What man could not see in the
sky with the naked eyes, he could see with the telescope. The microscope enables man
to see minute organisms that have been invisible. The radio helps him hear sounds
across vast distance.
Instruments tell man what conditions are like at the bottom of the ocean, among
stars in outer space, or within the firing champer of an internal combustion engine.
Instruments for these and other purposes extend man’s measurements of the physical
and biological worlds.
46. What instruments helps man see things in the sky ?
a. combustion engine b. the telescope
c. the microscope d. the radio
47. The microscope enables man _____ .
a. to see things in the sky
b. to make more accurate measurements
c. to hear sounds
d. to see minute organisms that are not visible
48. The radio helps man _____ .
a. to hear distant sounds
b. to see minute organism
c. to see invisible things
d. to make more accurate measurements
49. What don’t instruments do ?
a. They tell about conditions of the ocean. b. They give time duration.
c. They could see with their naked eyes. d. They give size.
50. How can instruments help man’s senses ?
a. They make his eyes wider. b. They make his senses last

longer.
c. They extend his senses. d. They give weight.
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TEST 2
I. Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the others
1. a. that b. mother c. this d. think
2. a. complete b. command c. common d.
community
3. a. pure b. sure c. tour d. poor
4. a. loud b. mouth c. Southern d.
boundary
5. a. locate b. orator c. patriotic d. poverty