Luyện thi chứng chỉ C tiếng Anh

LUYỆN THI
CHỨNG CHỈ C
TIẾNG ANH




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I. VOCABULARY 2
II. READING COMPREHENSION 14
III. GAP FILLING 24
IV. ERROR CORRECTION 32
V. TRANSFORMATION SENTENCES 43

I. VOCABULARY
1. Martha Graham, ________ of the pioneers of modern dance, didn’t begin dancing until she was 21.
A. who, as one B. she was
C. one D. was one
2. Tiger moths __________ wings marked with stripes or sports.
A. have B. with
C. their D. whose
3. Platinum is harder than copper and is almost as pliable ___________.
A. gold B. than gold
C. as gold D. gold is
4. Most of Annie Jump Cannon’s career as an astronomer involved the observation, classification, and __________.
A. she analyzed stars B. the stars’ analysis
C. stars were analyzed D. analysis of stars
5. Many communities are dependent on groundwater _________ from wells for their water supply.
A. that obtained B. obtained
C. is obtained D. obtain it
6. _________ experimental studies of the aging process, psychologist Ross McFarland determined that people could work productively much longer than had previously been thought.
A. In that B. Through
C. Since D. Into
7. _________ often raise funds from the sale of stock.
A. For corporations to operate B. The operations of corporations
C. Corporations operate by D. To operate, corporations
8. While all birds are alike in that they have feathers and lay eggs, ________ great differences among them in terms of size, structure, and color.
A. there are B. but are
C. if there are D. to be
9. There were _________ federal laws regulating mining practices until 1872.
A. none B. not
C. no D. nor
10. The Masters, one of the most important of all golf tournaments, ________ every year in Augusta, Georgia.
A. has held B. being held
C. is held D. holding
11. Not only ________ places of beauty, they serve scientific and educational purposes as well.
A. are botanical gardens B. botanical gardens to be
C. botanical gardens are D. to be botanical gardens
12. _______ quicksand can be found all over the world, little was known about its composition until recently.
A. except B. Although
C. Even D. Despite
13. In 1791, Quebec was divided into two sections, Upper Canada and Lower Canada, _______ were ruled by elected assembles.
A. they both B. both of them
C. in which both D. both of which
14. _______ are a form of carbon has been known since the late eighteenth century.
A. Diamonds B. Because diamonds
C. That diamonds D. Diamonds, which
15. Designed by Frederic Auguste Batholde, __________.
A. the United States was given the Statue of Liberty by the people of France
B. the people of France gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States
C. the Statue of Liberty was given to the United States by the people of France
D. the French people presented the United States with a gift, the Statue of Liberty
16. In the United States, ________ is generally the responsibility of municipal governments.
A. for water treatment B. water treatment
C. where water treatment D. in which water treatment
17. Crop rotation ________ of preserving soil fertility.
A. it is one method B. one method
C. a method is one D. is one method
18. _________ the dollar as its monetary unit in 1878.
A. Canada adopted B. Adopted by Canada
C. It was adopted by Canada D. The Canadian adoption
19. _________ almost impossible to capture the beauty of the aurora borealis in photographs.
A. Being B. It is
C. There is D. Is
20. Usually political cartoons ________ on the editorial page of a newspaper.
A. appear B. whose appearance
C. by appearing D. when they appearance
21. ________ two major art museums, the Fog and the Sadler.
A. Harvard University has B. At Harvard University
C. Harvard University, with its D. There at Harvard University
22. American actress and director Margaret Webster ________ for her production of Shakespearean plays.
A. who became famous B. famous as she became
C. becoming famous D. became famous
23. _______ gas tanks connected to welding equipment, one full of oxygen and the other full of acetylene.
A. It is two B. Of the two
C. There are two D. Two
24. _______ is the most interested in rhythm than in melody is apparent from his compositions.
A. That Philip Glass B. Philip Glass, who
C. Philip Glass D. Because Philip Glass
25. Compressed air _________ the power to drive pneumatic tools.
A. by providing B. provides
C. that provides D. the provision of


26. _________ by cosmic rays.
A. The Earth is constantly bombarded B. Bombarded constantly, the Earth
C. Bombarding the Earth constantly D. The Earth’s constant bombardment

27. ________ primary colors are red, blue, and yellow.
A. There are three B. The three
C. Three of them D. That the three
28. ________ who was elected the first woman mayor of Chicago in 1979.
A. It was Jane Byrne B. Jane Byrne
C. That Jane Byrne D. When Jane Byrne
29. Every computer consists of a number of systems _______ together.
A. by working B. work
C. they work D. that work
30. On the Moon, _________ air because the Moon’s gravitational field is too weak to retain an atmosphere.
A. there is no B. where no
C. no D. is no
31. The Glass Mountains of northwestern Oklahoma _________ with flecks of gypsum, which shine in the sunlight.
A. they are covered B. covered them
C. that are covered D. are covered
32. In some cases, __________ to decide if an organism is a plant or an animal.
A. difficult if B. it is difficult
C. the difficulty D. is difficult
33. The first American novelist to have a major impact on world literature ________.
A. who was James Fenimore Cooper B. James Fenimore Cooper was
C. it was James Fenimore Cooper D. was James Fenimore Cooper
34. ________ important railroad tunnel in the United States was cut through the Hoosac Mountains in Massachusetts.
A. At first B. It was the first
C. The first D. As the first of
35. Generally, _________ in the valleys and foothills of the Pacific Coast ranges.
A. the California
B. the growth of the California poppy.
C. the California poppy grows
D. growing the California poppy
36. When bats are at rest, __________ hang upside-down.
A. they B. and
C. to D. as
37. ________ that the capital of South Carolina was moved from Charleston to Columbia.
A. In 1790 was B. There was in 1790
C. In 1790 D. It was in 1790
38. Although not as important as they once were, ______ a major form of transportation in North America.
A. there are still railroads B. railroads, which are still
C. railroads are still D. railroads still being
39. The Loop, which is the commercial heart of Chicago, _________ within a rectangular loop of elevated train tracks.
A. that is enclosed B. enclosing it
C. is enclosed D. it is enclosed
40. __________ amino acids that serve as the basic building blocks of all proteins
A. It was about twenty B. For about twenty of
C. About twenty are D. There are about twenty
41. Most folk songs are ballads _________ have simple words and tell simple stories.
A. what B. although
C. when D. that
42. After its introduction in 1969, the float process ________ the world’s principal method of manufacturing flat sheets of glass.
A. by which it became B. it became
C. became D. which became
43. In 1850, Yale University established Sheffield Scientific School, _________.
A. engineers were educated there B. where engineers were educated
C. in which were engineers were educated D. where were engineers educated
44. Many of Louise Nevelson’s sculptures consisted of a number of large wooden structures _______ in complex patterns.
A. which she arranged B. she arranged them
C. which arranged D. arranged them
45. In addition to being a naturalist, Stewart E. White was a writer _______ the struggle for survival on the American frontier.
A. whose novels describe B. his describes in his novels
C. his novels describe D. who, describing in his novels
46. Diamonds are often found in rock formations called pipes, ________ the throats of extinct volcanoes.
A. in which they resemble B. which resemble
C. there is a resemblance to D. they resemble
47. William Samuel Johnson, _________ helped write the Constitution, became the first president of Columbia College in 1787.
A. whom he had B. and he had
C. who had D. had
48. Seals appear clumsy on the land, _________ are able to move short distance faster than most people can run.
A. but they B. which they
C. they D. which
49. The instrument panel of a light airplane has at least a dozen instruments ________.
A. the pilot must watch B. what the pilot must watch
C. which the pilot must watch them D. which most
50. A keystone species is a species of plants or animals ________ absence has a major effect on an ecological system.
A. that its B. its
C. whose D. with its


51. The size and shape of a nail depends primarily on the function _______ intended.
A. which it is B. for which it is
C. which it is for D. for which is
52. In geometry, a tangent is a straight line _________ a curve at only one point.
A. it touches B. whose touching
C. which it is for D. for which is
53. It was the ragtime pianist Scott Joplin _________ the Maple Leaf Rag, perhaps the best known of all ragtime tunes.
A. wrote B. the writer of
C. who wrote D. writing
54. There are over 2,000 varieties of snakes, _________ are harmless to humans.
A. mostly they B. most of them
C. most of which D. which most
55. Smokejumpers are _________ descend into remote areas by parachute to fight forest fires.
A. firefighters B. when firefighters
C. who, as firefighters D. firefighters who
56. Aerodynamics is the study of the forces ________ on an object as it moves through the atmosphere