Bài tập trắc nghiệm tổng hợp trình độ C + Answer key

BÀI TẬP TRẮC NGHIỆM TRÌNH ĐỘ C
1.Last year Graham spent his holiday in Austria. One day he was skiing when
he ___________into a tree.
A.broke

B.clashed

c.crashed

d. dug

2.When Mahatma Gandhi graduated he took a job in South Africa where he
first _____against injustice.
a.knocked

b. controlled

c.proceeded

d.campaigned

3.A Great White has been known to part a wire rope with a breaking
_______of 2,000 kilograms.
a.weight

b. strength c. attack

d. pressure

4.Perhaps no creature on land or sea _______

so much terror as the Great

White Shark.
a.inspires b. expires c.originates d.fills
5.He broke away from his captors, but they gave __________

and saw

him...climbing over the wall into Bingley prison.
a.chase

b.flight

c.fugue

d.pursuit

6.The British monarchy is an enormously popular _____.
a.architecture

b.echelon c.edifice

d.institution

7.The most striking ___________of the town was the cathedral which was
founded at the same time as the town.
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a.line b.creature c.fixture

d.feature

8.Computer scientists are now working on the next ________of computers.
a.generation

b.institution

c.imposition

d.age

9.Most people are aware of their astrological ____ .
a.signs b.marks c.points d.signals
10.Difficulty in distinguishing between colors, particularly red and green, is an
inherited ______.
a.mistake b.error

c.fault

d.defect

11.One condition of this job is that you must be _______to work at weekends.
a.available b.capable c.acceptable

d.accessible

12.A relief ______has been set up to help earthquake victims.
a. fund

b. donation

c.treasury

d.collection

13.The prison was so well guarded that any thought of escape was_____.
a.despairing

b.aimless

c.desperate d.pointless

14.Supposing I ________to agree to your request, how do you think the others
students would feel?
a.would b. am

c.were

d.could

15.I hope you won't take _______if I tell you the truth.
a. annoyance

b. offence

16.His failure ___________
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c.resentment

d.irritation

great disappointment to his parents.


a.forced

b.made

c.caused

d.provided

17.When he had finished the apple he threw the ________into the bin.
a.heart b. pith

c. core

d.kernel

18.Two months is ________time to allow for the job to be completed.
a.profuse

b.protracted

c.extensive

d.ample

19.Don't jump ________conclusions; we don't yet know all the relevant facts.
a.into b.up

c.to

d.for

20.No-one appreciated his work during his lifetime, but _______it is clear that
he was a great artist.
a.in the aftermath

b.by the time

c.in retrospect

d.in

this eventuality
21Although they had suffered heavy losses, the commanders refused to
_____defeat.
a.grant b. assent

c.concede d. acquiesce

22. The government spend vast sums on defence while public services are
being cut __.
a.up

b. back

c.through d.over

23.Even ______for inflation he thought it was a good investment.
a.considering

b.taking account

c.allowing

d.calculating

24.He looked like an ENglish man, but his foreign accent gave him _____.
a.in

b.away

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c. up

d.over


25.Even the most ________drivers feel an urge to break the speed- limit
occasionally.
a.lawful

b.legitimate

c.law-abiding

d.judicial

26.While politicians argue about nuclear weapons, ordinary people are simply
concerned ____staying alive.
a.of

b. for

c.on

d.in

27.I turned down his offer to stay as I did not wish to _____upon his family.
a.interfere

b.disturb

c.invade

d.impose

28.The games were ______(banned) in the Philippines.
a.officially forbidden

b.restricted

c.confined

d.downsized

29.As soon as the consumer protection law was passed, some manufacturers
began to

to have it changed.

a.object b.revolt c.campaign d.quarrel
30.I'm so tired that I can't take ____what you're saying.
a.up b. out c. in d.on
31.The first time he spoke in public he was _______with nerves.
a.overcome

b.inhibited

c.numbed

d.forzen

32.In order to give up smoking, you need to exercise great ____________.
a.abstinence

b. obstinacy

c.endeavour

d.will-power

33.For people with hearing difficulties, telephones with volume controls
provide the best __________.
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a.solution

b.response

c.reply d.result

34.It was too late to __________of the contract.
a.back out

b. back down

c.back up

d.back away

35.By going in person to the office which _________________ the forms she
was able to get what she wanted.
a. controlled b. offered c.disseminated d.issued
36.The student failed to meet the necessary __________for admission to the
course.
a.fulfilments

b .requirements

c.qualities

d.aptitudes

37. _____of recent political developments he was taken by surprise on his
arrival in the capital.
a.Unexpected

b.Unacquainted

c.Unaware d.Unknowing

38.She always ______the smell of fresh bread with her mother, who loved
baking.
a.remembered b. associated c.exemplified d.attributed
39.After the theft of his car he put in an insurance _______for £3,000.
a.account

b.invoice

c.assessment

40.He'll be very upset if you -_______________________
help.
a.turn away b.turn from c.turn down d.turn against
41.Prizes are awarded ______ the number of points scored.
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d.claim
his offer of


a.resulting from b.adding up c.presented to d.according to
42.The committee took just thirty minutes to ____the conclusion that action

was necessary.
a.judge b.make c.decide d. reach
43. She bought the mansion __________that she would make a fortune out of
her new novel.
a. speculating b.considering

c.assuming

d.estimating

44After his girlfriend left him, George determined never _____in love again.
a.to fall

b.falling

c.for to fall

d.having fallen

45.The job applicant told her interviewer that she would jump____the chance
to work for such a prestigious firm.
a.to

b.for

c.on

d.at

46.The ability to _________________ work is the sign of a good manager.

a.discharge

b.appoint

c.deputise

d.delegate

47.He failed to ______________the authorities of his change of address.
a.certify

b.report

c.notify

d.acquaint

48.The children ____at the ease with which the circus acrobats performed their
routines.
a.amazed b.marvelled

c.surprised

d.baffled

49.When her millionaire father died, the heiress ______a fortune.
a.came into

b.came at

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c.came through

d.came to


50.When he examined the gun the detective's suspicion turned into__________
a.certainty

b.confirmation

c.reality

d.conclusion

51.The seat belt can be altered to ________for differences in the size of the
passenger.
a.permit b.adjust

c.calculate

d.allow

52.Because of rapid technoligical progress, the computers being made today
will be ______in five years' time.
a. outdone b. extinct

c.obsolete

d.retire

53.Few pleasures can equal __________of a cool drink on a hot day.
a.it

b.that

c. such

d.this

54.His emotional problems ______from the attitudes he encountered as a child,
I think.
a. stem

b.flourish

c.root

d.sprout

55.This book is full of practical ______on home decorating and repairs.
a. helps b.tips

c. aids

d.clues

56.If we bend the rules for one person it will _______a dangerous precedent.
a.create b.cause

c.invent

d.make

57.The little boy was left in ________his grandmother during his parents'
absence.
a.charge

b.care of

c.care

d.the charge of

58.In 1950, a teenager was simply someone between 13 and 19.
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a.old

b. aged

c.aging

d.grown old

59.A whole series of industries, which were

at the teenage market, grew

up during the 1950s.
a.pointed

b. pinpointed

c.directed

d.steered

60.Therefore, cinemas became more expensive to get to, and in
audience numbers declined even more.
a.consequence

b. eventuality

c.sequence

d.result

61.A man's suit of 1925 would not have looked out of
a.shape
62.

b.condition

c.place

in 1950 or 1985.

d.display

mainly to changes in technology, clothes today are much cheaper.

a.Due

b.Prior

c.According

63.My manager has
a.raised

b.arisen

d.Related

some questions about his business.
c. risen

d.aroused

64.As he always said, he took a scientific
a.attention

b.outlook

65.The Hays Code was often the

in the unexplained.

c.research

d.interest

of jokes, very often because it was so

specific.
a.topic

b.subject

c. aim

d.object

66.By the time the children get to four or five, they have already been
into their social roles.
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a.grown

b. prepared

c.suited

d.conditioned

67.Men still expect their jobs to take .

a.superiority

b.priority

68.Uncontrollable bush fires

c.imposition

d.seniority

by high winds engulfed nearly 300 houses in

the states of Victoria and South Australia.
a.blown

b. inflated

c.fanned

d.flown

69.A six-meter shark dies after trying to swallow a man
a.complete
70.Help is

b.entire

c.whole

.

d.total

for sufferers from the flue epidemic which broke out before

Christmas.
a.on the way

b.in the way

c. by the way

71.In the late 1970s a newspaper
a.operated
72.After

an opinion poll.

b.conducted

a lot of difficulty, he

a.managed

d.over the way

c.created

d.caused

to open the door.

b.succeeded

c. obtained

d.realised

73.Finding the money is just one of the problems

in buying a house.

a.gathered

d.involved

74.Modern

a.means
75.The

b.united
architecture, in many
b.reasons

examiners often

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c.joined

, is horribly ugly.
c.examples

d.cases

extremely difficult questions for the literature exams.


a.set
76.

b. invent

c.compose

d.create

that he only started learning it two years ago, his English is excellent.

a.Wondering

b.Accounting

77.She

c.Thinking

d.Considering

20 pounds out of the bank every Monday.

a. pulls

b.draws

78.Marietta had
a.an endless

b.a helpful

c. a poor

c.an underwater

d.a rocky

and killing lions was a favorite (pastime) of Assyrian Kings.

a.hobby

b. sport

81.he

d.a fierce

(a submerged) mountain chain form the islands of Japan.

b.a spacious

80.Hungting

d.takes

(a ferocious) appetite after running that race.

79.The tops of the
a.a huge

c.extracts

c.vocation

d.method

(fervently) believed that the hard work would be worthwhile in the

long run.
a.strongly
82.There

a.fire

b. beautifully

was no way to

c. hopefully

d.assiduously

(pacify) the workers once the strike had begun.

b.calm down

c.assist

d.promote

83.When the bell rang, the chemistry student

(jerked) her hand and

spilled the acid.
a.abruptly pulled

84.

b.clapped

c.gently moved

(subsequent) events proved the man to be right.

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d.rubbed


a.Few

b.Later

85.He is

c.Earlier

d.Many

(dubious) about the success of the plan.

a.confident

b. articulate

c.indifferent

d.doubtful

86.His natural intelligence and his experience enabled him to
(cope) with the problem.
a.grow

b. play

87.The man

c.deal

d.stay

(neglected) to file his income tax and therefore had to pay a

fine.
a.hoped
88.As

b.failed

d.refused

soon as the consumer protection law was passed, some manufacturers

began to
a.object
89.I'm

c.promised

to have it changed.
b.revolt

c.campaign

so tired that I can't take

a.up

b.out

d.quarrel

what you're saying.
c.in

d.on

90.Prizes are awarded

the number of points scored.

a.resulting from

b.adding up

c.presented to

91.When her millionaire father died, the heiress
a.came into
92.After

a.to fall

b.came at

d.according to

a fortune.

c.came through

d.came to

his grilfriend left him, George determined never in love again.
b.falling

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c.for to fall

d.having fallen


93.

, Nathan Hale was a young schoolteacher living in Connecticut.

a.When the American Revolution began

b.The American Revolution

c.It was when the American Revolution

d.The beginning of the American

Revolution
94.Penguins usually do not get wet

their feathers are kept oily by tiny oil

glands.
a.so

b. despite

c. because

d.yet

95.In explaining the theory of relativity, the scientist states that mechanical
laws that are true in one place
a.being
96.

equally valid in any other place.

b.they should be c.are

is called erosion.

a.The wearing away of land

b.When the land wears away

c.Land which wears away
97.

d.to be

d.Wearing away land

we drove the horses into the stable.

a.Aware that a tornado was brewing

b. Because a tornado brewing

c.Although a tornado was brewing

d.A tornado was brewing

98.

to find stars in pairs.

a.It is very common
c.Very common is
99.For the first time
simultaneously.
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b. Being very common
d.That is very common
, large portions of the universe can be observed


a.since history

b.in history

c.history began

d.of the beginning of

history
100.The committee has met and

.

a.they have reached a decision
b.it has formulated themselves some opinions
c.its decision was reached at
d.it has reached a decision
101.Precausions are taken

a hurricane threatens to strike the coast of the

United States.
a.whenever

b.however

102.Tears

c.always

d.whether

anger and tension naturally.

a.are relieved

b.relieving

c.relieve

d.what they relieve

103.In a single day,

are as many as thousands of people involved in

business deals in one area.
a.yet
104.Paper

b.they

c.ever

d.there

from cellulose fibers.

a.is produced

b.producing

c. produced

d.which is

produced
105.She wanted to serve some coffee to her guests; however,
a.she hadn't many sugar

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.

b.there was not a great amount of the sugar


c.she did not have much sugar
106.Having

been served lunch,

d.she was lacking in amount of the sugar
.

a.the problem was discussed by the members of

b. the committee the committee discussed the problem
c.it was discussed by the committee members the problem
d.a discussion of the problem was made by the members of the committee
107.

received law degrees as today.

a.Never so many women have

b.Never have so many women

c.The women aren't ever

d.Women who have never

108.Bigamy is a situation in which a man
a.marries to

b.is marry

c.to married

109.Bees have compound eyes
a.made over

110.

b. made in

two women at the same time.
d.is married to

of almost 6000 tiny lenses.
c. made on

d.made up

the reactions of people with amnesia, scientists are learning more about

the process of memory in the brain.
a.By studying
111.

b.To study

c.They study

d. They're studying

in any electric typewriter is the ability to correct spelling errors.

a.There are many new features

c.The new features

d.One of the new features

112.The weather in the far north is not
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b.New features

it is near the Equator.


a.like humid as
113.A

dog

b.as humid as

b.is fed

c.was fed

d.to feed

impact of two vehicles can cause a lot of

a.damage
115.The

d.so humid that

on his owner's lap may refuse to eat from a bowl on the floor.

a.fed
114.The

c.humid as

b. damages

greatest

to both.

c.damaging

d.damagings

between fresh water and sea water lies in its concentration

of salt.
a.difference that
116.'Sky-diving'

b.is a difference

must be one of the most exciting sport

a.to watch
117.On

c.difference is

b.for watch

d.difference
.

c.for watching

d.on watch

Tuesday August 11th, 1911 a young artist, Louis Beraud, arrived at the

Louvre in Paris

a painting of the Salen Carré.

a.who complete

b.who completed

c.to complete

d.on completing

118.This is the oldest building ... the village.
a.of

b.by

C. to

D.in

119.These

figures show a ... in the number of unemployed people in England
and Wales.
a.loss

b.lessening

c.reduction

d. lowering

120.When you ... him, give him my best wishes.
a.will visit

b.would visit

c.visit

d. have visited

121.My parents ... that they will move to the seaside when my father retires
next year.
a.think

b. thinking

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c.will think

d.thought


ANSWER KEY
1.C

31.A

61.C

91.A

2.D

32.D

62.A

92.A

3.B

33.A

63.A

93.A

4.A

34.A

64.D

94.C

5.A

35.D

65.A

95.C

6.D

36.B

66.D.

96.A

7.D

37.C

67.B

97.A

8.A

38.B

68.B

98.A

9.A

39.D

69.C

99.B

10.D

40.C

70.A

100.D

11.A

41.D

71.B

101.A

12.A

42.D

72.A

102.C

13.D

43.C

73.D

103.D

14.C

44.A

74.D

104.A

15.B

45.D

75.A

105.C

16.C

46.D

76.D

106.B

17.C

47.C

77.B

107.B

18.D

48.B

78.D

108.D

19.C

49.A

79.C

109.D

20.C

50.A

80.A

110.A

21.C

51.D

81.A

111.D

22.B

52.C

82.B

112.B

23.C

53.B

83.A

113.A

24.B

54.A

84.B

114.A

25.C

55.B

85.D

115.D

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121.A


26.B

56.A

86.C

116.A

27.D

57.D

87.B

117.C

28.A

58.B

88.C

118.D

29.C

59.C

89.C

119.C

30.C

60.A

90.D

120.C

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