Excercise

PRACTICE TEST 33
I- Make the correct choice :
1. Every success in science _____ you gain new knowledge.
a. encourages b. helps
c. enables d. does
2. This problem is _____ difficult for me to solve.
a. very b. so c. too d. also
3. She is so busy ____ social activities that she has no time for entertainment.
a. with b. in c. on d. at
4. Our teachers always ___ us to study.
a. courage b. courageous
c. encourage d. courageously
5. The United Nations Organization ___ of about one hundred and sixty nations.
a. composes b. consists
c. is made d. proud
6. He took very __ notes at the lecture.
a. careful b. carefully
c. care d. caring
7. The traffic policeman stopped him because he _____ carelessly.
a. is driving b. was driving
c. drives d. has driven
8. He failed the exam ____ of his laziness.
a. in spite b. instead
c. fond d. because
9. He’s very interested in _____ books and magazines.
a. educating b. educational
c. educator d. educated
10. _____ a car enables him to travel around the country.
a. He has b. In order to have
c. His d. Having

11. When I ____ up tomorrow morning, maybe it ______.
a. will wake / will snow
b. wake / snows
c. wake / will be snowing
d.wake/is snowing
12. The weather ______ terrible lately.
a. is b. was
c. will be d. has been

13.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. treat b. sweat
c. heat d. meat
14.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. nation b. nationality
c. explanation d. formation

15. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a.ahead b. identity c. pretend d. leisure
16. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. specific b. indicate c. ambition d. domestic
Last year, I (17) _______ mountain climbing for the first time.It was exciting and terrifying (18) _______ the same time.We moved slowly and carefully,and it (19) ______ three days to get to the top.When we climbed onto the summit, we found (20) ___ group of climbers.
b
c
d
b
They had arrived several hours (21) _______ us.They were having dinner and (22) _______ to Beethoven.We laughed and they invited us to (23) _______ them.The climb was, to say the least, an unforgettable (24) _______ .
a
c
d
b
II.Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
One day (A) young Faraday (B) attended a lecture (C) was given by a (D) famous scientist, Sir Humphry Davy.
2. The snow (A) felt so fast (B) that our footsteps were (C) soon (D)covered up.

3. He thinks it is (A) safer to drive (B) himself than (C) to let me (D) to drive.

4. It has been (A) rained off and on (B) for two days and the temperature (C) has dropped (D) at least twenty degrees.
5.(A) Having weakened by (B) successive storms, the bridge was (C) no longer (D) safe.

6. (A) Knowing that he wouldn’t be able(B) to buy food (C) in his journey he (D) took large supplies with him.

7. I (A) fell, striking (B) my head (C) against the door and (D) cut it.

8. We take (A) off our shoes and (B) creeping (C) cautiously (D) along the passage.

9. I enjoy (A) resting (B) in the afternoon after (C) trying to finish (D) to do my homework.

10. There’s no (A) deny (B) that he intends (C) to do business (D) in Vietnam.

III. Read the passage and make the correct choice:
Conservation is the wise use of our natural resources. You know that plants are valuable natural resources. Coal, oil, and metal ores are examples of other natural resources. Natural resources are the materials found in or on the earth that are useful to man. Why should we carefully use our natural resources then?
Every year we mine millions of tons of coal, use millions of barrels of oil, and cut down thousands of acres of forests. But the earth produces only a limited amount of these natural resources.
Coal and oil were formed thousands of years ago, and the supply is gradually running out. That is why we must use our natural resources as carefully and wisely as we can. We must make them last as long as possible.
1. What is conservation ?
a. the overuse of our natural resources
b. the waste of our natural resources
c. the wise management of our natural resources
d. the prevention of enriching our natural resources
2. Which of the following IS NOT an example of natural resources?
a. coal b. oil
c. metal ores d. barrels
3. We must use our natural resources carefully and wisely because _____.
a. the supply is gradually running out
b.we use millions of barrels of oil
c. we cut down thousands of acres of forests
d. we mine millions of tons of coal
4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
a. forests are not natural resources
b. the earth produces only a limited amount of these natural resources
c. coal and oil were formed thousands of years ago
d. we must make them last as long as possible
IV. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the above one :
1.The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down.
a. They had so good book that I couldn’t put it down.
b. It was such good book that I couldn’t put it down.
c. So good was the book that I couldn’t put it down.
d. Such a book was good that I couldn’t put it down.
2. He’s fat because he doesn’t take any exercise.
a. If he didn’t take any exercise, he would be fat.
b. If he took some exercise, he wouldn’t get fat.
c. If he had taken any exercise, he wouldn’t get fat.
d. If he took some exercise, he wouldn’t fat.
3.Turn off all the switches before leaving the workshop.
a. All the switches were turned off before leaving the workshop.
b. All the switches have been turned off before leaving the workshop.
c. All the switches should turn off before leaving the workshop.
d. All the switches should be turned off before leaving the workshop.
4. “You’d better not go out without a raincoat.”He said.
a. He advised me to have better not to go out without a raincoat.
b. He advised me do not go out without a raincoat.
c. He advised me not to go out without a raincoat.
d. He advised not to go out without a raincoat.
5. You will miss the train if you don’t hurry.
a. Unless you hurry, you won’t miss the train.
b. Unless you don’t hurry, you will miss the train.
c. Unless you hurry, you will miss the train.
d. Unless you hurried, you would miss the train.
6. That factory is producing more and more pollution.
a. More and more pollution is being produced by that factory.
b. More and more pollution is being producing that factory.
c. More and more pollution by that factory is being produced.
d. More and more pollution is produced by that factory.
7. The driver said, “Don’t get off the bus while it’s moving!”
a. The driver asked the passengers not to get off the bus while it’s moving.
b. The driver asked the passengers don’t to get off the bus while it was moving.
c. The driver asked the passengers not getting off the bus while it was moving.
d. The driver asked the passengers not to get off the bus while it was moving.
8. He repaired the bicycle in two hours.
a. It took him to repair the bicycle in two hours.
b. He spent two hours repairing the bicycle.
c. He spent two hours to repair the bicycle.
d. It took him two hours repairing the bicycle.
9. I have never heard him shout at his children.
a. He has never been heard to shout at his children.
b. He has never been heard shout at his children.
c. He has never been heard and shouted at his children.
d. Never he has been heard to shout at his children.
10. She won’t stay with us.
a. I wish her not to stay with us.
b. I wish she will stay with us.
c. I wish she would stay with us.
d. I wish she would not stay with us.