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13. Arthur was the youngest in the family, his twin sisters Melanie and Rosie A B
were four years elder than him. C D
14.Ten minutes are too little time to finish this report. A B C D
15.Nuclear power does not use much fuel, one ton of uranium produces as A B
many electricity as twenty thousand tons of coal. C D
16.The price of crude oil was used to be a great deal lower than now. A B C D
17.By the time you finish getting ready, we’ll miss the train. A B C D
18.Alexander the Great became King when he was twenty and continued the A B C
work that his father has begun. D
19.You say that Notre Dame is half as higher as the Eifel Tower? – Exactly. It A B
is one hundred fifty metres higher than Notre Dame. C D
20.He says that neither the director nor the secretary want to leave yet. A B C D
Test 3
Directions: Each sentence (1 – 20) has four underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.
1. Many people in the west think that Brunei is in the Middle East but it isn’t; A B
it’s in the East Asia, on the north coast of the island of Borneo. C D
2. We had a very good weather while we were on holiday. A B C D
3. A lot of dead fish has been found in the river next to the chemical plant. A B C D
4. It has been raining for two days when suddenly the sun came out. A B C D
5. AStatue of Liberty was a gift of friendship from France to the United States. A B C D
6. In London there are a lot of streets with the same name and it’s very confused A B C D
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if you are a tourist.
7. Two years are a long time to be unemployed. A B C D
8. I’m making breakfast. How many toasts do you want? A B C D
9. Only about twenty per cents of the people voted in the local government A B C
elections. D
10.The average lead pencil can draw a line thirty-five mile long or write
A B
about thousand words.
CD
11.The problem of unemployment has became worse in recent months, and
A B
yesterday the president announced the introduction of a new set of measures to C D
deal with it.
12.I remember she used to wear her hair shortly.
A B C D
13.Oxford is ninety kilometers from London – about an hour by car, bus or
A B C train and only sixty-four kilometers from the Heathrow Airport.
D
14. According to research reports, people are usually turning in their sleep 25 to A B C
30 times each night. D
15. There is a new luxury five-star hotel in town, isn’t it? A B C D
16.Tornadoes can pick up objects as heavy as automobiles and carry them for
A B
hundreds of foot.
CD
17.By Christmas, she will be working for our company for five years.
A B C D
18. Nick does not care how much does the car cost because he is going to buy it A B C
anyway. D
19.The steam engine is usually thought of as a relatively modern invention,
A B
but the Greeks had built a kind of steam engine in ancient times.
CD
20.Arthritis, a painful swelling of the joints, is often associated with elderly
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A B C
people, but it afflicts young as well. D
Test 4
Directions:Each sentence (1 – 20) has four underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.
1. The teacher’s comments are designed to help improve your knowledges and A B C
understanding. D
2. Three-quarter of the people interviewed said that they supported the A B C
president. D
3. Charlie Chaplin was a English film actor and a director, who did most of his A B C
work in the USA. D
4. There is a few chance that population growth will level off before 2050 at the A B
earliest, but there are a few indications that the growth rate will probably keep C D
declining.
5. This film is least exciting than the other one we saw. A B C D
6. He has two watches, but neither of them doesn’t work properly. A B C D
7. The colonists who first settled in New England did so because they felt there A B C
was none social justice in their homeland England. D
8. Stress on the job costs American companies as many as one hundred fifty A B
billion dollars a year in lower productivity, unnecessary employee sick leave, C D
and higher medical costs.
9. Have you seen some good films recently? – No, I haven’t been to the cinema A B C D
for ages.
10. I don’t think he will have time to accept you and discuss the matter. He is
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A
leaving for the airport at 4 o’clock sharply. B C D
11. Are bacon and eggs what he usually eats for breakfast? A B C D
12. I found it difficult to convince the ticket inspector that I lost my ticket, but A B C
he believed me in the end. D
13. Although New Zealand is a very small country, the beauty of its nature A B
including mountains, beaches, glaciers, and hot springs, attracts hundred of C D
tourists every year.
14.It was only when I got home that I realised I forgot my keys in the office.
A B C D 15. The news he told his wife were a shock to her.
A B C D
16. Hopefully, he will have learn everything by the time he sits the exam. A B C D
17. All the roads were blocked: it has been snowing all night long. A B C D
18. London has twice as many banks as the rest of the south-eastern England. A B C D
19. The worse earthquake in one hundred-forty years left Japan struggling for A C B
survival on Friday, March 11, 2011. D
20. I talked to the students and all think that both Mike and I have lots of money, A B C
but we really don’t have very much. D
Test 5
Directions:Each sentence (1 – 20) has four underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.
1.The world’s largest islands are Greenland and New Guinea, the largest
A B
lakes are Lake Superior, Lake Victoria and Lake Huron, the largest deserts are
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C
Sahara Desert and Australian Desert.
D
2.If you give us a five percents discount, we’ll make a firm order of five
A B C
thousand units. D
3. The number of people who drink Coke for a breakfast in the United States is A B C
nine hundred sixty-five thousand. D
4. Last year Americans spent six times as much money for pet food than they A B C
did for baby food. D
5. Farther evidence is needed to support recent research which suggests that A B C
certain chemicals found in broccoli may act as cancer preventatives. D
6. She isn’t at home because she’s gone to hospital to visit her grandmother A B C
who is ill with pneumonia. D
7. The police thinks that more than one person was in the stolen car. A B C D
8. The road was wet and slippery: it has been raining heavily all night. A B C D
9. Your perfume is smelling so nice. What is it? – It is a new perfume called ‘In A B C D
Love’.
10. A man is as old as he feels, and a woman is as old like she looks. A B C D
11. The news on the radio and TV stations confirm that a serious storm is A B C
approaching the city. D
12. What’s the use of talking about diets if you are always nibbling chocolate A B
biscuits or something between having meals? C D
13. Phyllis had written two-third of the report when she was told they didn’t A B C D
need it.
14. According to the economic laws, the greater the demand, the high the price. A B C D
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