PRACTICE TEST 9

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions, questions from 1 to 30

Question 1: The boy did his homework ________

            A. by himself              B. his own self                        C. on himself               D. by his own.

Question 2: Peter’s got so ________to opera that it has become a constant companion of her life

            A. used to listening.    B. used to listen.         C. used in listening.    D. use to listen.

Question 3: A:  “May I use your car for a few days?”               B:   "_ ____ "

            A. It's up to you          B. Not at all                C. You're welcomed   D. Welcome you.

Question 4: ________being tired, I went for a picnic with my family.

            A. That                        B. Since                       C. Although                D. Despite

Question 5: Preparing for a job interview can be very  _____            .

            A. stress                      B. stressful                  C. stressed                   D. stressing

Question 6: This knife is very blunt. It needs ___________

            A. sharpeningly           B. sharpen                   C. sharpening              D. sharply

Question 7: Not until the end of the 19th century  ____       become a scientific discipline.

            A. plant breeding has  B. did plant breeding  C. plant breeding had D. has plant breeding

Question 8: This road ,                  ., is narrow and winding

            A. which the two villages are joined              B. which the two villages are joining

            C. which joins the two villages                       D. joins the two villages

Question 9: I am going to_____ my dress dry- cleaned

            A. make                       B. send                        C. get                          D. take

Question 10: She is very absent-minded: she              her cell phone three times!

            A. has lost                   B. loses                        C. was losing               D. had lost

Question 11:    - "You look ill. What’s wrong with you?"

                        - "                         "

            A. No, sir.                   B. No matter.              C. Not at all.               D. Nothing.

Question 12: He is unhappy because his parents do not _________very well.

            A. get over                  B. get off                    C. get on                     D. get away

Question 13: Although the exam was difficult,          the students passed it.

            A. most of                   B. none of                   C. a few                      D. a lot

Question 14: - "You have a beautiful blouse, Mary. I have never seen such a perfect thing on you"

                        - "                    "

            A. Good idea. Thanks for the news.               B. Thanks, Tom. That’s a nice compliment

            C. Well, that's very surprising!                        D. Yes, it's our pleasure.

Question 15: By           the household chores, he can help his mother after going home from school.

            A. ordering                  B. doing                      C. having                     D. making

Question 16: The youths nowadays have many things to do in their  _____ time.

            A. leisure                     B. entertainment         C. fun                          D. amusement

Question 17: I was not _________to go to parties in the evening until I reached the age of eighteen.

            A. permitted                B. permission              C. permitting               D. permit

Question 18: Working hours will fall to under 35 hours a week,  ______     ?

            A. will they                 B. won't they              C. won't it                   D. will it

Question 19: This factory produced   _________ motorbikes in 2008 as in the year 2006.

            A. twice as many        B. as twice as many    C. as twice many         D. as many as twice

Question 20: He runs a business,        _______ he proves to have managerial skills.

            A. however                 B. otherwise                C. and                         D. despite

Question 21.  _______ at his lessons, still he couldn’t catch up with his classmates.

            A. Hardly as he worked                                  B. Hard as he worked

            C. Hard as he does                                          D. Hard as he was

Question 22. My daughter saw an elephant this morning but she___________ one before.

A. had never seen

B. has never seen

C. never sees

D. never had seen

Question 23. I am reading this novel. By the time you come back from work I __________

A. shall finish

B. will finish

C. will have finished

D. have finished

Question 24.  The whole village was wiped out in the bombing raids.

            A. removed quickly                                        B. cleaned well                      

            C. changed completely                                   D. destroyed completely

Question 25. Delegates will meet with _______from industry and the government.

            A. represented             B. representative         C. representatives        D. representors

Question 26. Have you really got no money _______the fact that you've had a part-time job this term?

            A. although                 B. in spite of               C. because of              D. in case

Question 27. Last week, my professor promised that he___________ today.

A. would come

B. will come

C. comes

D. coming

Question 28. It was not until ________ home that _________ that he had taken someone else's bike. 

            A. he got/ he realized                                      B.  he got/ did he realize    

            C. did he get/ he realized                                D. he got/ he did realize

Question 29. There are many ways _________ to Rome

A. is leading

B. are leading

C. leading

D. led

Question 30. He was ________ teacher!

            A. how good a            B. so good a                C. so a good                D. what a good

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions, questions from 31 to 35

Question 31.    A. assassinated            B. international           C. preferential             D. differentiate

Question 32.    A. silhouette                B. presidential             C. intellectual              D. ambitious

Question 33.    A. mathematician        B. picturesque             C. refugee                   D. cigarette

Question 34.    A. certificate               B. appreciate               C. apologize                D. classify

Question 35.    A. preference              B. attraction                C. advantage               D. infinitive

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.

Question 36: I would rather that they do not travel during the bad weather, but they insist that

                                              A                   B                           C

                     they must return home today.

                             D

Question 37: The man, of whom the red car is parked in front of our house, is a famous doctor in this  

                       town.            A                              B              C                                          D

Question 38: The better you are at English, the more chance you have to get a job

                               A              B                               C                                       D

Question 39:  If either of you take a vacation, we will not be able to finish the work.

                                    A          B                               C                                     D

Question 40:  With this type of exercise, reading the questions first and then read the text to find the

                                                                    A                                             B                         C

                      correct answer.

                         D                                                 

Choose A, B, C or D to show the best way of making a sentence from the works and phrases given. questions from 51 to 60

Question 51:  Inhabitants / this city /all / kill / one week / volcanic disaster.

A.     The inhabitants of this city all were killed after one week before volcanic disaster.

B.     The inhabitants of this city all were killed after one week in the volcanic disaster.

C.     The inhabitants of this city were all killed in one week before the volcanic disaster.

D.     The inhabitants of this city were all killed in one week after the volcanic disaster.

 Question 52:  English / become / effective / medium / international / communication

A.     English has become an international communication of effective medium.

B.     English has become an effective international communication of medium.

C.     English has become an effective medium of international communication.

D.     English has become an effective medium of become international communication.

Question 53: In Paris/ Hemingway meet/ many / his old friends / encourage / his writing / career.

A.     In Paris, Hemingway encouraged many of his old friends who met him in his writing career.

B.     In Paris, Hemingway met many of his old friends, who encouraged him in his writing career

C.     In Paris, Hemingway encouraged his writing career which many of his old friends met.

D.     In Paris, Hemingway encouraged his writing career to meet many of his old friends.

Question 54: I / grateful / you / send / latest catalogue / price lists.

A.     I am grateful if you send me the latest catalogue of price lists.

B.     I would be grateful to you to send me the latest catalogue of price lists.

C.     I would be grateful if you could send me the latest catalogue of price lists.

D.     I would be grateful if you could send to me the latest catalogue of price lists.

Question 55: rain / every day / have / spend / most / time / indoors.

A.     It rained every day, so we had to spend most of time indoors.

B.     It rained every day, so we had to spend most of our time indoors.

C.     It rained every day, so we had to spend most our time indoors.

D.     It rained every day, so we have spent most of time indoors.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions, questions from 56 to 60

Question 56:    “Let’s go shopping”!

            A.  She suggests going shopping                        

            B. She allows us to go shopping

            C. She says we can go shopping                         

            D. She agrees to go shopping with him

Question 57: “I’ll give you a lift home if you like”

A.     He offered to give me a lift home.

B.     I liked him to give me a lift home.

C.     He could install a lift in my home.

D.     If I liked, he would install a lift in my home.

Question 58: The boy was too fat to run far.

A.     The boy was very fat and couldn’t run far.

B.     The boy’s fatness didn’t stop him running far.

C.     The boy had to run a lot because he was fat.

D.     The boy became ill because he was fat.

Question 59: If you hadn’t cheated in the exam, you wouldn’t be punished now.

A.     You were not punished as you didn’t cheat in the exam.

B.     You didn’t cheat in the exams so as not to be punished.

C.     Don’t cheat in the exam and you won’t be punished.

D.     You cheated in the exam, so you are punished.

Question 60: Julia forgot to do her homework.

A.     Julia did her homework but she didn’t remember.

B.     Julia forgot doing her homework.

C.     Julia didn’t do her homework as she didn’t remember.

D.     Somebody did her homework for Julia but she forgot it.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 61 to 70.  

            The general principles of dynamics are rules that demonstrate a relationship between the motions of bodies and the forces that produce those motions. Based in large part on the work of his predecessors, Sir Isaac Newton deduced three laws of dynamics, which he published in his famous PrincipiA.       

            Prior to Newton, Aristotle had established that the natural state of a body was a state of rest, and that unless a force acted upon it to maintain motion, a moving body would come to rest. Galileo had succeeded in correctly describing the behavior of falling objects and in recording that no force was required to maintain a body in motion. He noted that the effect of force was to change motion. Huygens recognized that a change in the direction of motion involved acceleration, just as did a change in speed, and further, that the action of a force was required. Kepler deduced the laws describing the motion of planets around the sun. It was primarily from Galileo and Kepler that Newton borrowed.

            In short, Newton’s laws of Motion are: (1) a body at rest remains at rest, and a body in motion remains in motion along a straight line, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force, (2) if an unbalanced force acts upon a body, the momentum of the body changes in proportion to the force and in the same direction as the force, (3) to every action or force, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Question 61. What was the main purpose of this passage?

            A. To demonstrate the development of Newton’s laws

            B. To establish Newton as the authority in the field of physics

            C. To discredit Newton’s laws of motion

            D. To describe the motion of planets around the sun

Question 62. The word "predecessors" refers to ...... .

            A. those who came before                              B. those who provided help

            C. those who published their work                 D. those who agreed with the ideas

Question 63. The phrase "prior to" could best be replaced by which of the following?

            A. before                     B. after                        C. with                                    D. simultaneously

Question 64. Which of the following scientists established that the natural state of a body was a state of rest?

            A. Galileo                    B. Kepler                     C. Aristotle                 D. Newton

Question 65. The word ’"it" in line 6 refers to ...... .

            A. rest                         B. body                        C. state                       D. motion

Question 66. Who was the first scientist to correctly describe the behavior of falling objects?

            A. Aristotle                 B. Newton                  C. Kepler                     D. Galileo

Question 67. According to Huygens, when was acceleration required?

            A. For either a change in direction or a change in speed

            B. Only for a change in speed

            C. Only for a change in direction

            D. Neither for a change in direction nor for a change in speed

Question 68. According to this passage, Newton based his laws primarily upon the work of  ...... .

            A. Galileo and Copernicus                              B. Ptolemy and Copernicus

            C. Huygens and Kepler                                  D. Galileo and Kepler

Question 69. The word "momentum" in line 16 is closest in meaning to ...... .

            A. weight                    B. speed                      C. shape                      D. size

Question 70. Which of the following describes Inertia, or the principles of bodies at rest?

            A. Newton’s first law                                     B. Newton’s third law

            C. Newton’s law of motion                            D. Newton’s law of dynamics

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 71 to 80.  

            Public transport plays a central role in any (71) ________ urban transport system. In developing (72)____________ where at least 16 cities are expected to have more than 12 million people each by the end of this decade, failing to give priority to public transport would be (73) ________ . The term ‘public transport’ covers many different types of vehicles, but most commonly refers to (74) ________ and trains. Rail services fall into four major categories, rapid rail (also called the underground, tube, metro, or subway), which operates on exclusive (75) ________ or on elevated tracks; trams, which move with other traffic on regular (76) ________; light rail, which is a quieter, more modern version of trams that can run either on exclusive way or with other traffic; and suburban or regional trains, which (77) ________ a city with surrounding areas. The recent trend in many (78) ________ is toward light rail over ‘heavy’ rapid rail systems. Whereas metros require exclusive rights-of-way, which often means building costly elevated or underground lines and stations, light rail can be build on regular city streets.

Public transport modes vary in fuel use and emissions and in the space they require, but if carrying reasonable (79) _______of passengers, they all perform (80) ________than single-occupant private cars on each of these counts.

Question 71. A. efficient                    B. ancient                    C. rural                        D. western

Question 72. A. schools                      B. roads                       C. countries                 D. villages

Question 73. A. costly                                    B. cheap                      C. disastrous               D. impossible

Question 74. A. cars                           B. bicycles                   C. buses                       D. horses

Question 75. A. tunnels                      B. burrows                  C. caves                       D. dungeons

Question 76. A. rails                           B. streets                     C. rivers                       D. footpaths

Question 77. A. connect                     B. glue                         C. send                        D. subordinate

Question 78. A. villages                      B. trams                       C. cities                       D. governments

Question 79. A. amounts                    B. numbers                  C. weights                   D. luggage

Question 80. A. faster                         B. slower                     C. worse                      D. better