Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
I can clearly remember the first time I __1__ Mr. Andrews, my old headmaster, __2__ __3__. During the war, I had been __4__ school in the north of England but my family had just returned to London. __5__ for children to go to and my father had to go from __6__ asking them __7__ __8__ pupil. I used to go with him but he had __9__ hard time trying to persuade people __10__ him that I seldom had to do __11__. We had been to all the schools __12__ we lived, but __13__ my father argued, the more impossible it became. In the end, we went to a school __14__ from home. The headmaster __15__ for at least an hour. While we were waiting, I looked round that the __16__, __17__ was one of those old Victorian structures, completely __18__ but still standing. I could hear the boys playing in the playground outside. When the headmaster’s secretary finally let us __19__ his office, Mr. Andrews spoke to me first . “Why do you want to come here?” he said. I had been thinking __20__ something about studying but I couldn’t help __21__ the boys outside. “I don’t know __22__ in London,” I said.” I’d like __23__ with the other boys. I read a lot of books, too” I added. “All right,” Mr. Andrews said. “We have one place free, __24__”
My two years at that school were among the __25__ of my life.
- A) met
- B) knew
- C) found
- D) discovered
- A) even
- B) nevertheless
- C) although
- D) in spite
- A) it’s now since over 20 years
- B) it’s over 20 years ago now
- C) it’s since more than 20 years now
- D) it makes more than 20 years now
- A) in the
- B) in
- C) at
- D) at the
- A) There were not enough schools left
- B) There were not still enough schools
- C) There didn’t stay enough schools
- D) Not enough schools rested
- A) one to another
- B) each to other
- C) one to other
- D) the ones to the others
- A) that they took me
- B) for taking me
- C) for to take me
- D) to take me
- A) as
- B) as a
- C) like
- D) like a
- A) such
- B) such a
- C) so
- D) a so
- A) just for seeing
- B) just for to see
- C) even seeing
- D) even to see
- A) no test
- B) one test
- C) any test
- D) some test
- A) near where
- B) near
- C) near to
- D) near the place there
- A) the most
- B) the more
- C) how much
- D) for how much
- A) at five miles
- B) five miles long
- C) about five miles away
- D) about five miles far
- A) kept us to wait
- B) kept us waiting
- C) made us to waiting
- D) made us waiting
- A) building of the school
- B) building school
- C) school’s building
- D) school building
- A) which
- B) that
- C) what
- D) it
- A) of the old time
- B) outside its time
- C) past its date
- D) out of date
- A) to enter
- B) to pass in
- C) to come into
- D) into
- A) of saying
- B) to say
- C) of telling
- D) to tell
- A) to remember
- B) remembering
- C) to remind
- D) reminding
- A) no one
- B) none
- C) someone
- D) anyone
- A) that I played
- B) the play
- C) to play
- D) playing
- A) in truth
- B) it’s the truth
- C) in fact
- D) it’s fact
- A) happier
- B) happiest
- C) more happy
- D) most happy
“Excuse me, Mrs. Jones. Would you mind __26__ me a favor? I __27__ shopping. But as soon as I shut my front door I realized I had left my key in the house. So when I __28__ back I __29__ get in. It was very silly of me. I __30__ at all because all the groceries __31__ I only wanted some mustard. __32__ come in and climb over the fence into my back garden? That is very kind of you. I wish I __33__ give you so much trouble.”
- A) making
- B) doing
- C) to make
- D) to do
- A) have just been
- B) have just gone
- C) would just go
- D) was just going
- A) get
- B) am getting
- C) shall get
- D) will get
- A) can’t
- B) won’t be able to
- C) haven’t been able to
- D) couldn’t
- A) needn’t have come out
- B) didn’t need to come out
- C) mustn’t have come out
- D) hadn’t to come out
- A) have already been delivered
- B) already have delivered
- C) are being delivered already
- D) already are being delivered
- A) Shall I
- B) Will I
- C) May I
- D) Do you want me to
- A) don’t have to
- B) haven’t to
- C) hadn’t to
- D) didn’t have to
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
- Would you ______ holding this box for me while I open the door?
- A) like
- B) matter
- C) mind
- D) object
- He is ______ dark glasses to protect his eyes from the sun.
- A) carrying
- B) fitting
- C) bearing
- D) wearing
- He has told to get off the bus because he couldn’t pay the ______.
- A) bill
- B) journey
- C) travel
- D) fare
- They have put the bird in a cage to ______ it from flying away.
- A) avoid
- B) prevent
- C) hinder
- D) resist
- He has some very ______ habits. He always has a bath with his clothes on.
- A) strange
- B) rare
- C) uneven
- D) foreign
- The ______ outside the house said “Private”.
- A) advice
- B) label
- C) notice
- D) signal
- If the boss sees you doing that, you’ll get into ______.
- A) trouble
- B) nuisance
- C) mess
- D) problem
- I was so ______ by the news that I don’t know what to say.
- A) admired
- B) marveled
- C) amazed
- D) wondered
- He’s ______ because he has won the prize.
- A) nervous
- B) satisfying
- C) excited
- D) exciting
- He likes lying in bed. He still wasn’t ______ when I rang him at 10 o’clock.
- If you don’t know how to spell a word, look it ______ in the dictionary.
- A) up
- B) after
- C) out
- D) for
- He carries ______ as if he were the boss.
- A) through
- B) off
- C) out
- D) on
In this series of questions, three words have the same sound but one does not. Choose one that does not.
- A) dull
- B) bull
- C) wool
- D) pull
- A) earth
- B) birth
- C) worth
- D) north
- A) done
- B) none
- C) won
- D) son
- A) warn
- B) dawn
- C) scorn
- D) barn
- A) wise
- B) cries
- C) rice
- D) sighs
We arrived __51__ Spain for the first time __52__. And I decided to buy a car because we had sold __53__ we had in England before leaving. Yesterday the office rang us __54__ the car was ready. I had tried out a model __55__ it before but as I was __56__ in this city, my wife didn’t __57__ it on my own so we went together to __58__. We paid __59__ and signed the papers. They told us that __60__ us to a garage, __61__ we could fill up. The __62__ the office was __63__ and we got there safely. But when I turned into the main road I suddenly saw a lot of cars racing towards me. I got __64__ __65__ by backing into the garage __66__ and the man behind me shouted at me. “__67__ problem to __68__ on the right, isn’t it?” my wife said. “Yes, if only I __69__ a few lessons for practice” I replied. “You __70__ go carefully __71__ home,” my wife said. “You’d be sorry if you had an accident __72__ the first day, __73__ “Would you __74__ me when you are thinking of leaving? Or are you going to sit in your car __75__ day?”
- A) few weeks since
- B) since a few weeks
- C) few weeks ago
- D) a few weeks ago
- A) that
- B) which
- C) the one
- D) the one what
- A) for saying
- B) to say
- C) for telling
- D) to tell
- A) as
- B) like
- C) the same that
- D) similar
- A) no longer used to driving
- B) still not used to drive
- C) not yet used to driving
- D) already not used to drive
- A) want me to collect
- B) like me to collect
- C) want that I collected
- D) like that I collected
- A) bring it
- B) take it
- C) fetch it
- D) carry it away
- A) the car
- B) the car for
- C) for the car
- D) how much the car
- A) there was enough petrol to take
- B) there was enough petrol for taking
- C) it was enough petrol to take
- D) it was enough petrol for taking
- A) where at
- B) there
- C) there where
- D) where
- A) nearest garage at
- B) nearest garage to
- C) garage most near
- D) most near garage to
- A) at 100 yards away
- B) at 100 yards far
- C) about 100 yards away
- D) about 100 yards far
- A) away from their way
- B) away from their road
- C) out of their way
- D) out their road
- A) as far as I could
- B) so fast as I could
- C) as fast s I may
- D) so fast as I may
- A) once more
- B) one more time
- C) one other time
- D) another time
- A) It’s so much
- B) It’s such a
- C) That’s such a
- D) That’s so much a
- A) remind to drive
- B) remind driving
- C) remember to drive
- D) remember driving
- A) would have
- B) would have had
- C) was having
- D) had had
- A) had better
- B) would better
- C) had rather
- D) would better
- A) in the way to
- B) on the way to
- C) in the way
- D) on the way
- A) hadn’t you?
- B) shouldn’t you
- C) wouldn’t you?
- D) won’t you?
- A) mind to tell
- B) object telling
- C) mind telling
- D) upset to tell
- A) every
- B) each
- C) all the
- D) all
“ I wonder why __76__ yet. I told Jim how to get here but perhaps I __77__ a map. The traffic __78__ them, of course. But I’m sure they would have telephoned us if they __79__ lost.”
“Yes, but by the time they __80__ here , the dinner __81__. What a nuisance! I __82__ to all this trouble. __83__ getting everything ready.”
- A) they didn’t arrive
- B) didn’t they arrive
- C) they haven’t arrived
- D) haven’t they arrived
- A) should have given him
- B) had to give him
- C) ought to give him
- D) must have given him
- A) can delay
- B) may delay
- C) can have delayed
- D) may have delayed
- A) would get
- B) had got
- C) would have got
- D)would be got
- A) will get
- B) would get
- C) get
- D) are getting
- A) has been spoilt
- B) will be spoilt
- C) shall be spoilt
- D) is spilt
- A) needn’t have gone
- B) didn’t need to go
- C) mustn’t have gone
- D) hadn’t to go
- A) I am working for hours
- B) I have been working for hours
- C) It’s hours I’m working
- D) It’s hours I’ve been working
Choose the correct Answer. Only one answer is correct.
- He was killed in a car ______.
- A) blow
- B) crash
- C) shock
- D) hit
- All the hotel in the town was full up so we stayed in a ______village.
- A) close
- B) neighbor
- C) near
- D) nearby
- He won the first ______ in the competition.
- A) prize
- B) price
- C) reward
- D) premium
- Sixty per cent of television viewers chose him as their ______ actor.
- A) popular
- B) preferred
- C) favorite
- D) favored
- We‘ve been ______ with that firm for many years.
- A) treating
- B) making business
- C) dealing
- D) supplying
- I can‘t give you an answer yet. I’d like ______ more time to consider my decision.
- A) quite
- B) fairly
- C) hardly
- D) rather
- I learnt to ______ a bicycle when I was six years old.
- A) drive
- B) ride
- C) guide
- D) conduct
- The lady who had invited us heard me telling my wife that the dinner was terrible so I was ______.
- A) confused
- B) nervous
- C) shameful
- D) embarrassed
- Sometimes a bus ______ gets on the bus and checks the tickets.
- A) inspector
- B) agent
- C) conductor
- D) officer
- Where do you ______ the writing paper? In this desk.
- A) keep
- B) hold
- C) maintain
- D) guard
- PTO stands ______ “Please turn over”— the page, of course.
- He’ll soon get ______ his disappointment and be quite cheerful again by the morning.
- A) over
- B) out of
- C) away
- D) through
In this series of questions, three words have the same sound but one does not. Choose one that does not.
- A) case
- B) phrase
- C) base
- D) lace
- A) eight
- B) height
- C) weight
- D) freight
- A) wrong
- B) young
- C) sung
- D) tongue
- A) lower
- B) shower
- C) tower
- D) power
- A) sound
- B) ground
- C) drowned
- D) owned
