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Question 1: Only by buying 5 items at the same time.............................................. .
A. can you get the reduction
B. get reduction
C. can you got the reduction
D. you can get the reduction
Question 2: .................................the ringing phone when it went dead.
A. Hardly I reached
B. I had no sooner reached
C. Scarcely had I reached
D. Just as I reached
Question 3: .............................your warnings, we would have got in trouble.
A. As for
B. In case
C. But for
D. In stead
Question 4: Judie Foster ............................to be awarded the title " The Best Actress"
A. was worth
B. was worthy
C. was served
D. deserved
Question 5: If .........................................., the Xmas tree would look more impressive.
A. being done carefully
B. it were to be carefully done
C. done carefully
D. it is carefully done
Question 6: Little ..............................how important the responsibility was.
A. he realized
B. he realizes
C. did he realize
D. will he realize
Question 7: He doesn't like his job because he doesn't get...............................his boss.
A. on well with
B. well to
C. with
D. on to
Question 8: Staying in a hotel costs ............................renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
A. twice more than
B. as much twice
C. more than twice as
D. twice as much as
Question 9: People prefer going to the seaside in summer .......................spending holidays in the
mountains.
A. to B. for
C. than
D. rather than
Question 10: If .................................the teacher's advice, we would have last the game.
A. there were not
B. it hadn't been for
C. it had not had
D. it hadn't been
Question 11: The thief didn't admit...................................the money.
A. to steal
B. being stolen
C. stealing
D. to be stolen
Question 12: I do not remember ........................anyone that kind of massage. it must have been
someone else.
A. to have sent
B. sending
C. having sending
D. to send
Question 13: A: Oop! I'm sorry for stepping on your foot.
B: ...........................!
A. You don't mind
B. You're welcome
C. That's fine
D. Never mind
Question 14: We heard it _____ that Lola has got married.
A. to be said
B. saying
C. said
D. say
Question 15: Hed prefer ___________ chicken soup rather than ___________ milk.
A. to have / drink
B. had / drank
C. have / drink
D. having / drinking
Question 16: ________that we all went for a picnic.
A. It was such a fine weather
B. So fine the weather
C. Such a fine weather was it
D. So fine was the weather

Question 17: We rarely have our luggage _____by porters.

A. carried
B. carry
C. to carry
D. been carried
Question 18: If you _____ to my advice in the first place, you wouldnt be in this mess now.
A. had listened
B. listen
C. will listen
D. listened
Question 19: His car has just been stolen.
A. He has just had his car stolen.
B. He has his car stolen.
C. He has got someone steal his car. D. He had had his car stolen
Question 20: You are supposed to dress yourself now.
A. It is time you dressed yourself.
B. It is supposed that you dress yourself.
C. You must dress yourself now.
D. You are going to dress yourself.
Question 21: Lets go to the cinema tonight, he suggested.
A. He suggested that they went to the cinema that night.
B. He suggested them to go to the cinema that night.
C. He suggested their going to the cinema that night.
D. He suggested that lets them go to the cinema that night
Question 22: Sam speaks Chinese well and his Japanese is good, too.
A. Sam not only speaks Chinese Well but also is good at Japanese.
B. Not only does Sam speak Chinese but also Japanese.
C. Not only Chinese but also Japanese Sam is good at.
D. Sam is good at either Chinese or Japanese.
Question 23: I regret giving Dennis my phone number.
A. I should given Dennis my phone number.
B. If only I had given Dennis my phone number.
C. If only I had not given Dennis my phone number.
D. I wish I could give Dennis my phone number.
Question 24: Find out the error in this sentence.
At (A) no time (B) she could understand (C) what he (D) really wanted to say.
Question 25: Never _______ him stand on the deserted station platform.
A. will I forget to see B. I will forget to see C. will I forget seeing D. I will forget seeing
Question 26: She pretended not to see him.
A. She refused to see him.
B. She ignored him when she saw him.
C. She saw him but didnt say hello.
D. She admitted seeing him.
Question 27: He looked so funny that I couldnt help laughing.
A. I couldnt laugh because he looked so funny.
B. He looked too funny for me to laugh.
C. I laughed because he looked so funny.
D. I couldnt help him laugh because he looked so funny.
Question 28: Immediately after her appearance, everything changed.
A. As soon as everything changed, she appeared.
B. Upon appearing, everything changed.
C. Soon after she appeared did everything change.
D. No sooner had she appeared did everything change.
Question 29: .. be needed, the water basin would need to be dammed.
A. Hydroelectric power should
B. When hydroelectric power

C. Hydroelectric power
D. Should hydroelectric power
Question 30: She was she could not say anything.
A. so surprised at the news that
B. such surprised at the news that
C. so surprised of the news that
D. so that surprised for the news
Question 31: So little.about mathematics that the lecture was completely beyond me.
A. I have known
B. I knew
C. do I know
D. did I know
Question 32: so aggressive, wed get on much better.
A. She was not
B. Had she not
C. Werent she
D. If she werent
Question 33: He said that the plane had already left and that Ian hour earlier.
A. Must have arrived
B. had to arrive
C. should have arrived
D. was supposed to arrive
Question 34: If it hadnt been for his carelessness, we would have finished the work.
A. He was careless because he hadnt finished the work.
B. If her were careful, we would finish the work.
C. If he had been more careful, we would have completed the work.
D. Because he wasnt careless, we didnt finish the work.
Question 35: He denied __________the shop
A. Breaking on
B. to break into
C. having broken into
D. to breaking
Question 36: Sam confessed ________all the cookies.
A. Eat
B. eating
C. to eating
D. to eat
Question 37: If I had taken his advice, I _______now.
A. Would have been rich B. would be rich
C. am rich
D. will be rich
Question 38: Under no circumstances __________to play with fireworks parental supervision.
A. Should a child be allowed
C. a child be allowed
B. A child should be allowed
D. a child shouldnt be allowed.
Question 39: No sooner_______ the house than the phone started to ring.
A. Had she entered
B. she had entered
C. entered she
D. had entered she
Question 40: _________, he would been able to pass his exam.
A. If he studied more
C.. If he were studying more
B. Studying more
D. Had he studied
Indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the
following questions:
Question 41: A. destroy
B. doctor
C. happy
D. distance
Question 42: A. Vietnamese B. employee
C. engineer
D. historic
Question 43: A. ability
B. courageous
C. economy
D. comfortable
Question 44: A. preparation B. geography
C. politician
D. demonstration
Question 45: A. volunteer B. picturesque
C. cigarette
D. historic