Practise exercises

ENGLISH TEST
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I. Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c, or d) which best completes each sentence.
He catches an early train. He --------- it everyday.
a. uses to b. used to c. is accustomed d. always does
I’m not sure if the new tax is --------- a good idea after all.
a. much b. as c. such d. so
We have arranged special insurance to cover medical --------- in the event of an accident.
a. prices b. expenses c. accounts d. money
Has Mary got --------- her illness yet?
a. at b. out of c. up d. over
The team’s success was largely --------- our efforts.
a. because b. come from c. by d. due to
He saw a young woman --------- on the pavement outside the shop.
a. stood b. standing c. has stood d. was stood
She isn’t --------- well with the manager.
a. getting on b. going on c. keeping on d. talking on
Why are you working so hard?
Because I --------- a car, so I’m saving as much as I can.
a. will buy b. buying c. have bought d. am going to buy
I am not in the least --------- about his opinion.
a. aware b. concerned c. interested d. regarded
I have some information for you, but I don’t want to give it --------- the phone.
a. by b. through c. on d. over
They always kept on good --------- with their next-door neighbors for the children’s sake.
a. friendship b. relations c. will d. terms
My small brother --------- all the cakes before I’ve got back.
a. eats b. had eaten c. has eaten d. was eaten
The police made him --------- out the truth.
a. speak b. speaking c. spoke d. speaks
If I were the Minister of Education, I --------- more money on teachers.
a. spent b. would spend c. will spend d. have spent
---------, or you’ll wake the baby.
a. Quite please b. Silence c. Be quite d. Make a noise

II. Read the text carefully and circle the best answers
In the United States, presidential elections are held in years evenly divisible by four (1884, 1900, 1964, ect…). Since 1840, American presidents elected in years ending with zero have died in office, with one exception William H. Harrison, the man who served the shortest term, died of pneumonia only several weeks after his inauguration.
Abraham Lincoln was one of the four presidents who were assassinated. He was elected in 1860, and his untimely death came just five years later. James A. Garfield, a former Union army general from Ohio, was shot during his first year in office (1881) by a man to whom he wouldn’t give a job. While in his second term of office (1901), William McKinley, another Ohioan, attended the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. During the reception, he was assassinated while shaking hands with some of the guests. John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas only three years after his election.
Three years after his election in 1920, Warren G. Harding died in office. Although is was never proved, many believe he was poisoned. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected four times (1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944), the only man to serve so long a team. He had contracted polio in 1921 and eventually died of the illness in 1945.
Ronald Reagan, who was elected in 1980 and re-elected four years later, suffered an assassination attempt but did not succumb to the assassin’s bullets. He was the first to break the long chain of unfortunate events. Will the candidate in the election of 2000 also be as lucky?
All of the following were election years EXCEPT ---------
a. 1960 b. 1930 c. 1888 d. 1824
Which president served he shortest term in office?
a. Abraham Lincoln b. Warren G. Harding c. William McKinley d. William H. Harrison