Part I Choose the best answer to complete each blank. Please write down your answer in the answer sheet. (1’)
1 I’ve decided to take a bus there. Anyway, twenty miles ____ like a long walk to me.
A. seem
B. seems
C. seem to
D. seems to
2 Darts ____ essentially a free and easy game; three darts ____ thrown at each turn.
A. is; are
B. are; is
C. is; is
D. are; are
3 ____ Himalayas ____ a magnificent variety of plant and animal life.
A. The; have
B. /; has
C. The; has
D. /; have
4 The goods ____ been moved away from the godown and the sweepings of the godown ____ been disposed of.
A. has; has
B. has; have
C. have; has
D. have; have
5 The remains of a Roman settlement ____ found beneath the brewery.
A. was
B. were
C. either A or B
D. neither A nor B
6 Domestic cattle ____ found everywhere on the farm. Besides cattle, other poultry ____ also raised here.
A. is; is
B. are; are
C. is; are
D. are; is
7 A panel of distinguished people ____ to judge this competition. It is meeting tomorrow.
A. has been chosen
B. have been chosen
C. was chosen
D. were chosen
8 Every man and every woman ____ entitled to education.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
9 The manager with some workers ____ still working during the holidays and they came up with a perfect plan.
A. were
B. was
C. has been
D. have been
10 The beautiful ____ not always the same as the good.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
11 In the afternoon I did some baby-sittings, for ____ looking after children.
A. it is a fun
B. it is fun
C. it is not a fun
D. it is no fun
12 The ____ of the hedges ____ usually burnt.
A. clipping; was
B. clipping; were
C. clippings; was
D. clippings; were
13 Some ____ were seen loafing in the street.
A. youth
B. few youth
C. more youth
D. youths
14 The soup tastes of ____.
A. onions
B. an onion
C. the onion
D. onion
15 ____ is broken.
A. The leg of the table
B. The table’s leg
C. A leg of the table’s
D. The tables’ leg
16 ____ friend of ____ called this morning.
A. The; my colleague’s
B. A; a colleague’s
C. /; a colleague’s
D. Some; my colleague’s
17 This ____ news is somewhat more hopeful than the last two ____.
A. week’s; week’s
B. week; week’s
C. weeks’; weeks’
D. week’s; weeks’
18 Do they have ____ air-conditioners for cooling the rooms in summer?
A. a great deal of
B. a bit of
C. enough
D. many a
19 ____ friends usually speak highly of him.
A. His many
B. His some
C. Many his
D. Some his
20 ____ girls were in the classrooms.
A. All five other
B. Other all
C. All the more
D. All the other five
21 Have you finished ____ Chapter One of ____ book that we are reading in our class this month?
A. /; /
B. the; the
C. /; the
D. the; /
22 ____ healthy society can tolerate ____ criticism.
A. The; many a
B. /; a lot of
C. A; many
D. A; a lot of
23 We have some new goods ____.
A. at the hand
B. on hand
C. on the hand
D. at hand
24 Every time I was in ____, my husband would not lend ____.
A. a trouble; a hand
B. trouble; hand
C. trouble; a hand
D. a trouble; hand
25 Don’t talk too much ____; it’s bad manners.
A. at table
B. at the table
C. at a table
D. by table
26 The Thames ____ London.
A. is flowing
B. flows
C. flowed
D. has flown
27 John ____ me that there was a car accident last night.
A. tells
B. had told
C. will tell
D. is told
28 Don’t come tomorrow. I’d rather you ____ next weekend.
A. are coming
B. come
C. had come
D. came
29 He always ____ with a special pen – just because he ____ to be different.
A. writes; likes
B. is writing; likes
C. is writing; is liking
D. writes; is liking
30 When she arrived, I ____ Harry, so I had to hang up the phone and asked what she came for.
A. telephoned
B. had telephoned
C. am telephoning
D. was telephoning
31 Call a doctor quickly! The old man ____.
A. died
B. is dead
C. is dying
D. has been dying
32 I ____ this soup. I ____ pepper in it.
A. taste; taste
B. taste; am tasting
C. am tasting; am tasting
D. am tasting; taste
33 He no sooner ____ home than he was asked to start on another journey.
A. arrived
B. has arrived
C. had arrived
D. was arriving
34 We managed to arrive at the hall before the concert ____. Ten minutes later, it started.
A. had started
B. started
C. has started
D. starts
35 It’s the first time I ____ this particular aspect of grammar.
A. have explained
B. explain
C. explained
D. had explained
36 My instructions were that motorists ____ the new bridge yet.
A. were not going to use
B. would not use
C. were not to use
D. were not using
37 We propose that somebody neutral ____ the chair.
A. takes
B. is taking
C. be taken
D. take
38 It ____ to say that the open policy will remain unchanged.
A. suffices
B. suffice
C. should suffice
D. sufficed
39 ____ that as it may, our expenditure is bound to increase.
A. Were
B. Was
C. To be
D. Be
40 “____ they have missed the bus?”
“Yes, they ____ have, but I’m not sure.”
A. Can; can
B. Can; may
C. May; may
D. May; can
41 Oil ____ float on water.
A. ought to
B. must
C. should
D. will
42 He is sure ____ by a good musician.
A. having been taught
B. to have been taught
C. to have taught
D. having taught
43 They didn’t observe Christine ____ in and ____ upstairs.
A. come; go
B. to come; to go
C. coming; going
D. comes; goes
44 When it comes ____ his wife the housework, John never grumbles.
A. to helping
B. to help
C. helping
D. help
45 Frog’s legs are nice ____.
A. to eat
B. to be eaten
C. eating
D. being eaten
46 One or perhaps more pages ____.
A. is missing
B. are missing
C. is missed
D. are missed
47 Three-fourths of the crop ____ by last week’s sleet.
A. was ruined
B. are ruined
C. were ruined
D. is ruined
48 In that country, the rich ____ richer, the poor, poorer.
A. become
B. becomes
C. has become
D. became
49 The airplane ____ of transportation.
A. is an important mean
B. is an important means
C. are important means
D. are an important means
50 I need ____ for my coffee.
A. a loaf of sugar
B. a lump of sugar
C. a lump sugar
D. a loaf sugar
51 The cat has caught a lot of ____.
A. mouses
B. mouse
C. mice
D. mices
52 The Colonel reported to the ____ office.
A. Chief-of-staff’s
B. Chief-of-staff
C. Chief’s-of-staff
D. Chief’s-of-staff’s
53 Her work is better than ____ in the class.
A. anyone’s else
B. anyone elses’
C. anyone’s else’s
D. anyone else’s
54 The two books are of ____.
A. the same size
B. a same size
C. same a size
D. the same sizes
55 He was covered with snow from ____ to ____.
A. the head; the foot
B. the head; the feet
C. head foot
D. head; feet
56 The island is ____ our country.
A. in possession of
B. in the possession of
C. in possessions of
D. in the possessions of
57 He fulfilled the plan earlier than he ____.
A. had expected
B. expecting
C. should expect
D. would expected
58 We ____ an English evening tonight. Everything has been prepared and everybody is ready.
A. are given
B. are giving
C. will give
D. will be given
59 My friend ____ here last week, but he couldn’t.
A. was to have come
B. must have come
C. was to come
D. came
60 If he ____ this test, he might do it some other way.
A. were to do
B. had done
C. would do
D. would be to do
61 In the absence of water, plants ____ well.
A. would not grow
B. should not grow
C. had not grown
D. didn’t grow
62 ____ a meeting tomorrow, he would tell you.
A. There should be
B. Would there be
C. Should there be
D. Was there to be
63 We are safer in a train than we would be if we ____ in any other way.
A. travel
B. had traveled
C. traveled
D. have traveled
64 He said he ____ talk to the manager directly.
A. can
B. must
C. ought
D. has to
65 Salt ____ if you put it in water.
A. must dissolve
B. shall dissolve
C. would dissolve
D. will dissolve
66 He ____ do the work, whether he wants to or not.
A. shall
B. ought
C. need
D. had to
67 They ____ the room now. (= I can’t believe that they are using the room now.)
A. mustn’t be using
B. may not be using
C. can’t be using
D. might not be using
68 “I know she was in because I heard her radio, but she didn’t open the door.”
“She ____ the bell.”
A. may not be hearing
B. may not have heard
C. must not have heard
D. must not be hearing
69 ____ is one thing; ____ is quite another.
A. To talk; to act
B. To talk; acting
C. Talking; to act
D. Talk; act
70 It’s impossible ____ a mistake in a computer’s arithmetic.
A. for there to be
B. there to be
C. there’s being
D. for there being
71 ____ one thing than ____ about ten thousand things.
A. It is better to know; to know
B. It is better to know; knowing
C. It is better knowing; to know
D. It is better know; know
72 ____ as the most outstanding student on her campus made her parents very happy.
A. Marta being chosen
B. Marta choosing
C. Marta’s being chosen
D. Marta’s choosing
73 it’s great fun ____ Mary and John’s visit.
A. preparing for
B. prepare
C. that prepare
D. for preparing for
74 ____ an index to this book is a disadvantage.
A. There not being
B. There is no
C. There no being
D. There is not
75 The only thing you can do is ____.
A. wait and see
B. to wait and see
C. waiting and seeing
D. waiting and to see
76 That group of soldiers ____ a top-notch fighting unit and ____ the best ratings of individual performance.
A. are; has
B. are; have
C. is; has
D. is; have
77 He was not ____ to admit his mistakes in public.
A. man enough
B. enough man
C. a man enough
D. enough a man
78 She wanted ____ stamps, but there aren’t ____ in the store.
A. some; /
B. some; any
C. any; some
D. any; any
79 It’s not use ____ over spilt milk.
A. to cry
B. crying
C. cry
D. that crying
80 “She fell asleep in the park and when she woke up her watch vanished.”
“Someone ____ it while she slept.”
A. must have stolen
B. must steal
C. must be stealing
D. might have stolen
Part II Each sentence below contains one error. Find out the error and put its corresponding letter in your answer sheet, and then write down the corrected answer on the blank beside your answer. (2’)
81 A number of errors made by him was surprising.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
81 Alexander Graham Bell received a patent in 1880 for the ideas of using light to relay sound
(A) (B) (C)
via a telephone.
(D)
83 The president refuses to accept either of the four new proposals made by the contractors.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
84 When Columbus discovered America, he thought that he arrived in India, so he called the
(A) (B) (C)
people he met “Indians”.
(D)
85 A body of volunteers have been organized to aid the helpless in their struggle for survival.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
85 To see the Statue of Liberty and taking pictures from the top of the Empire State Building are
(A) (B) (C)
two reasons for visiting New York City.
(D)
87 It was inconsiderate of him not to have told Mary and us of his decision to call off the party.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
88 His father does not approve of him to go to the banquet without dressing formally.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
89 Louie got his sister read his class assignment, and then asked her to write the report for him
(A) (B) (C)
because he did not have enough time.
(D)
90 Living in New York, apartments cost more to rent than they do in other smaller cities.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1. B
2. A
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. A
11. B
12. D
13. D
14. D
15. A
16. D
17. D
18. C
19. A
20. D
21. C
22. D
23. B
24. C
25. A
26. B
27. A
28. D
29. B
30. D
31. C
32. D
33. C
34. A
35. A
36. C
37. D
38. A
39. D
40. B
41. D
42. B
43. A
44. A
45. A
46. B
47. A
48. A
49. B
50. B
51. C
52. A
53. D
54. A
55. C
56. B
57. A
58. B
59. A
60. A
61. A
62. C
63. C
64. B
65. D
66. A
67. C
68. B
69. A
70. A
71. A
72. C
73. A
74. A
75. A
76. D
77. A
78. B
79. B
80. A
81. A ________
82. C ________
83. B ________
84. B ________
85. B ________
86. A ________
87. A ________
88. B ________
89. A ________
90. A ________
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