Test for good students

Test for good students

Thursday, November 26th, 2009
I. Rewrite the sentences.
1. My father said I could use his car.
-> My father allowed...................................................
2. Mary was very kind to me.
-> Mary behaved.........................................................
3. He would frefer you to tell him a story.
->He’d rather..............................................................
4. Daisy likes to eat fish better than meat.
-> Daisy would rather.................................................
5. I’m going to ask somebody to mend your bike.
-> I’m going to have....................................................
6. He didn’t have anyone repair his son’s bicycle.
-> He didn’t want.......................................................
7. “Where has he been?’
-> She doesn’t know....................................................
8. “Don’t sit on my bed.”
-> She told me...............................................................
9. He is extremely lazy, and he failed the exam again.
-> Because of................................................................
10. Although he is intelligent, he doesn’t do well at school.
-> Despite..............................................................................
11. He is a famous writer and everyone knows him.
-> He is such........................................................................
12. It isn’t necessary for us to repay the loan.
-> We...................................................................................
13. That problem is not worth discussing.
-> It’s pointless....................................................................
14. Mrs Scott is proud of her cooking.
-> mrs. Scott prides.............................................................
15. I’ve never eaten this before.
-> It’s the first...................................................................
16. I haven’t seen him since I was a student.
-> I last...........................................................................
17. I have never seen such a beautiful building.
-> It’s the.......................................................................
18. I haven’t laughed so much for ages.
-> It’s ages....................................................................
19. People think that he is a thief.
-> He.................................................................................
20. I remember my father taking me to the zoo.
-> I remember..................................................................
21. They say that my grandmother died of lung cancer.
-> My grandmother.............................................................
II. Choose the best answer.
1. The Browns had to use all their ...............to buy their new house.
A. expenses B. savings C. resevers D. remains
2. If Lan comes to England, it will be a good.........for her to improve her Englih.
A. opportunity B. possibility C. advantage D. experience
3. We went to the airport to..............off a friend who was leaving for London.
A. tell B. say C. join D. see
4. Tam has a big ..............of foreign coins.
A. collector B. collection C. collecting D. collective
5. I’ve always enjoyed traveling. My brother,............., prefers to stay at home.
A. but B. although C. however D. moreover
6.Stop now; you’ve done...........work for one day.
A. too many B. plenty C. quite more D. quite enough
7. Give her a telephone to ring................she gets lost.
A. whether B. unless C. until D. in case
8. The party, at................I was the guest honor, was extremely enjoyable.
A. which B. that C. who D. where
9. It’s ...........long time since he last saw his grandparents.
A. such a B. so C. very D. too
10. If anybody................a question, please ask me after class.
A. has B. have C. had D. will have
11. Can you tell me the..........of these shoes?
A. change B. price C. amount D. expense
12. All of money.............found.
A. will B. were C. was D. be
13. The doctor...............me to spend a few days in bed.
A. advised B. proposed C. suggested D. made
14. The dentist told him to open his mouth..............
A. broad B. much C. greatly D. wide
15. .............is a compelete mystery how they ever got there in that car.
A. There B. That C. It D. This 16. It’s too early in the.........to expect many visitors to come.
A. term B. season C. time D. calendar
17. They have plenty of time, so they need not...............
A. be hurry B, to hurry C. hurry D. to be hurried
18. I didn’t know you were asleep. Otherwise, I...........so much noise when I arrived
A. don’t make B. didn’t make C. won’t moke D. wouldn’t have made
19. The Browns have moved into a huge..............
A. two-storey house B. house of two storey C. two storeys house D. houses two storeys
20. If only you..............Jack what I said, everything would ave been all right.
A. didn’t tell B. hadn’t told C. don’t tell D. shouldn’t tell
III. Read the passage and choose A,B