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. 1 Teacher : Quynh Nhu 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 2 Teacher : Quynh Nhu 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 3 Teacher : Quynh Nhu 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 _________________________________________________ 4 Teacher : Quynh Nhu 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. 5 Teacher : Quynh Nhu -Learnimg _________________________________________________ 26/Mary didn’t come to the club because she was ill. -Because of _______________________________________________ 27/He had to go to hospital because there was too much dust from the mines. -Because of _______________________________________________ 28/He gave up his job because he was too old to work. -Because of ______________________________________________ 29. He walked slowly because of his injured legs. -Because his ________________________________________ 30. He retired last month because of his illness. -Because he _______________________________________ 31. Could you open the door, please? -Would you mind________________________________ 32. My teacher asked me ,” Where did you go last night ? “ - My teacher asked ______________________________ 33. My friend had excellent plan. He did a good job, too. -My friend not only_________________________________ 34. He didn’t go to school yesterday, so he didn’t understand the lesson. -If_____________________________________________ 35. People say that the price of gold is going up. -The price _____________________________________________ 36. Do you know the building ? The windows of the building are painted green. -Do you know the buiding wh-__________________________________? 36. I went to see the house. I used to live in it. - I went to see the house in __________________________________ 37/ Some people think he is a dangerous criminal. - He _______________________________________________________ 38/ They will have to sign these documents. - These documents ___________________________________________ 39/ The workers are going to pull down that old building. - That old building____________________________________________ 40/ No one told me the truth. -I_________________________________________________________ Fill in each blank with one suitable word : 1/Sometimes what __________to be a________may turn out to be advertising. 2/As more things are made to be sold and more people have services to sell ,advertising__________ 6 Teacher : Quynh Nhu 3/This in turn makes it possible to__________more things to sell. 4/The__________of ancient Egypt hired criers to walk through the streets shouting and singing about the things they had to sell. 5/At night, __________electric signs flash in many colors. 6/They have the same purpose: to get people to__________some product or some service. 7/Some advertisements are tiny want__________.Others fill several pages. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets : 1. He was sleeping and (not understand) ___________ what you (say) __________ to him. He (wake) __________ if you (speak) __________ louder. 2 .Some animals (not eat) ___________ during the winter and only (come) __________ out in spring. 3. After leaving school he (study) __________ French in Paris for two years and then (move) __________ to America, where he now (live) _________. He (visit) __________ England once or twice and (know) __________ English well; but (not have) __________ yet the opportunity of visiting European countries. 4. By the time you get back, I (finish) __________ all my correspondence and then I (can help) ______________ you with yours. 5. In a few minutes’ time, when the clock (strike) __________ six, I (wait) __________ here for an hour. 7 Teacher : Quynh Nhu 8 . Teacher : Quynh Nhu PRACTICE TEST 17 Make the correct choice: 1 Let’s go ______ a ride to the countryside 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