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b)
c)
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1. . a big breakfast every morning?

Are you eat
Do you eat
Eat you
You are eat

2. Ken is using. computer now. He is writing a business

a)
b)
c)
d)

letter.

he is
he's
him
his

3. How many people. at the party at Luke's

a)
b)
c)
d)

house last night?

do
did
was
were

4. I bought a ticket from Miami to New York. I was happy because it

a)
b)
c)
d)

a)
b)
c)
d)

. very expensive.

doesn't
didn't
wasn't
weren't

5. ..that movie about airplanes last night?

Do you see
Do you saw
Did you see
Did you saw

6. The teacher explained the lesson well, but Mark

a)
b)
c)
d)

a)
b)
c)
d)

anything about the lesson.

don't understands
doesn't understand
didn't understand
didn't understood

7. Which three verbs all have the same final sound?

sneezed, played, watched
looked, studied, washed
missed, laughed, clapped
worked, answered, blogged

8. Jose is from Mexico. His native language is Spanish. He

.. French.

a) don't speaks
b) doesn't speak
c) isn't speak

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d) isn't speaks

9. This dictionary is expensive. Those ..

a)
b)
c)
d)

expensive, also.

are
do
does
is

10.
a)
b)
c)
d)

What..tonight? If you're free,

you can go to the movies with us.

are you do
are you going to do
do you do
did you do

11.
a)
b)
c)
d)

I don't understand.
What. ?

does this word new mean

does this new word mean
means this word new
means this new word

12.
a)
b)
c)
d)

a)
b)
c)
d)

You can't go outside now. It .. really

hard!

is rained
is raining
rains
rained

13.

I'm not a rich man. I don't have ..

money.

a lot
many
much
some

14.
a)
b)
c)
d)

a)
b)
c)
d)

Samantha and Cindy .

tennis together every Saturday morning.

are play
playing
plays
play

15.
a
a
a
a

We have .. today.

meeting business
business meeting
meeting of business
business's meeting

16.

We have a new car now. We really .

our new car a lot!
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are like
are liking
like
liked

17.
a)
b)
c)
d)

are
be
in
is

The capital of the United States

Washington D. C.

18.
a)
b)
c)
d)

If you're hungry, there is some fruit on the table. You can have

if you'd like.

banana
a banana
any banana
a few banana

19.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Why. to New York

City last month? Was it for business?

did you go
did you went
were you go
were you went

20.

The big company meeting is

..

a)
b)
c)
d)

on room 256 in Tuesday

in room 256 in Tuesday
on room 256 on Tuesday
in room 256 on Tuesday

21.

Jill is tall, but her sister Jessie is ..

.
a)
b)
c)
d)

taller
the tall
more tall
the same tall

22.

I didn't know the answer to question number 50, but Luke

it to me.

a)
b)
c)
d)

tells
told
telled
was tell

23.

Please return .. to
the refrigerator after you use it.

a) a milk
b) the milk
c) milk

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d) milks

24.

I liked some of the movie, but I didn't like

.. .

a)
b)
c)
d)

the
the
the
the

end of the movie

end's movie
movie's end
movie of the end

25.
a)
b)
c)
d)

to the park
yesterday?

Did you go
Did you went
Have you went
Have you gone

26.
a)
b)
c)
d)

He took a business trip to Toronto. Of course he took

.

him computer with his

him computer with him
his computer with his
his computer with him

27.

That pen is not very good. Please don't use

.. .

a)
b)
c)
d)

It
one
another
the other

28.

Brenda had five difficult tests. She made 100 on every test. She

study a lot.

a)
b)
c)
d)

can
may
must
should

29.

The manager said that ..

was the best.

a)
b)
c)
d)

Kevin's report
Kevins' report
the Kevin's report
the report of Kevin

30.

I had two keys. I have one here, but do you know where Marina
put ?

a)
b)
c)
d)

another one
the other one
it
my

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31.
a)
b)
c)
d)

The smell of onions is ..

the smell of oranges.

more strong from

more strong than
stronger from
stronger than

32.
a)
b)
c)
d)

I .. to get up early tomorrow

morning.

had better
have
should
will

33.
a)
b)
c)
d)

I need a present for Mary's birthday. This book looks interesting, so

I might buy . .

her for it
it for her
she for them
them for she

34.
a)
b)
c)
d)

There many famous military

leaders in the history of the modern world.

were
have been
has been
were being

35.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Joe is a great student. He

.

rarely a test fails

rarely fails a test
fails a test rarely
fails rarely a test

36.
a)
b)
c)
d)

I think that this shirt is .. than

that shirt.

more beautiful
more cheap
the cheapest
the most beautiful

37.
a)
b)
c)
d)

We go to class late. When we walked in, the other

students..
an exam.

took
have taken
were taken
were taking

38.

As soon as the alarm clock went ..

Joan jumped out of bed and started cooking breakfast.
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in
of
on
out

39.
a)
b)
c)
d)

When I went to Carol's house, she was busy. She

her suitcase for her trip to London.

packed
has packed
was packed
was packing

40.
a)
b)
c)
d)

I need to go to the post office right now. These letters

.. as soon as possible.

are sending
are going to send
have to send
have to be sent

41.
a)
b)
c)
d)

a)
b)
c)
d)

The Arabic language .. from right

to left.

is writing
is written
wrote
was used to writing

42.

She has a very .. voice.

enormously
Friendly
hardly
quickly

43.
a)
b)
c)
d)

The secretary gave me two forms. I filled

right away.

it out
out it
them out
out them

44.
a)
b)
c)
d)

There was a terrible car accident near the bank.

It. around 4 p.m.

was happened
was happen
happening
happened

45.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Eastern Airlines is its great

on-time record. Its planes are almost never late!

famous about
famous with
known by
known for

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46.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Oh, no! Hamburgers again! I'm so tired .

hamburgers every day!

and ate
for eat
of eating
to eat

47.
a)
b)
c)
d)

A short note .. was

discovered in a box of old books.

Lincoln was written

Lincoln wrote it
that Lincoln wrote
that Lincoln wrote it

48.

The doctor told me so much

coffee.

a)
b)
c)
d)

avoiding drinking
avoiding to drink
to avoid drinking
to avoid to drink

49.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Marcus was born in Germany, and

.

so did Johan
too was Johan
Johan did too
Johan was too

50.
a)
b)
c)
d)

The weather was very bad in the morning.

.. , none of the planes could take off.

Because
In order
So
Therefore

51.
a)
b)
c)
d)

We wanted to attend the play, but

we.. .

were exhausted
exhausted
were exhausting
exhausting

52.
a)
b)
c)
d)

I tried to persuade Vicky

to the zoo with us.

going
is going to go
to go
was going

53.

Henry has traveled all over the world. He is only 30 years old, but
he has already visited 50 countries. When he was only 20 years old,
he .. 20 countries.
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had visited already

had already visited
has visited already
has already visited

54.

a)
b)
c)
d)

Although the statistics regarding the number of deaths from

tornadoes and other wind storms vary considerably from year to year,
approximately seventy-three people ..
from these storms in the United States.

annual die
die annually
annual dead
dead annually

55.
a)
b)
c)
d)

I cannot eat seafood. . me that that

restaurant served nothing but seafood, I would not have gone there.

If someone tells
Someone had told
Would someone tell
Had someone told

56.

a)
b)
c)
d)

Although we tend to think that they are basically the same animal,
dolphins, porpoises, and fish are not alike; despite how similar they
might seem, these three animals .
dolphins and porpoises are mammals while fish are not.

diferent in that
diferent so that
difer in that
difer so that

57.
a)
b)
c)
d)

sound intelligent in a
second language is a good grasp of vocabulary and a solid knowledge
of English grammar.

What does a second language learner make

What makes a second language learner
That does a second language learner make
That makes a second language learner

58.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Written in central Canada in the early part of the twentieth

century,
. , depicts life in Manitoba.
The Midnight Sun was Victor Frank's last novel
The Midnight Sun, which was Victor Frank's last novel
Victor Frank's last novel The Midnight Sun
it was Victor Frank's last novel, The Midnight Sun

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59.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Before to bed last

night, I took two aspirin with a large glass of water.

I went
I go
to go
having to go

60.
a)
b)
c)
d)

I'm sorry I . to
your party. I had to work late.

couldn't have gone

couldn't go
shouldn't have gone
shouldn't go

61.
a)
b)
c)
d)

You're such a wonderful singer. You .

have taken lessons from a voice coach.

had better
ought to
must
should not

62.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Of all the books that Jalstony wrote in the eighteenth century,

perhaps the best known
..Birds Flying Wildly.

about those are

about those is
of those are
of those is

63.

a)
b)
c)
d)

None of the countries in Asia that we discussed in our last class

meeting
................................................ much oil for export so far. Experts are
pondering the possible causes of this situation.
has produced
have produced
produce
produces

64.

.. your salary is so low,

you should ask for a raise.

a) Although
b) Despite
c) Given that
d) Unless

65.
a)
b)
c)
d)

In these past few years, medical science, especially the field of

human gene therapy, an
amazing number of new innovations.

had seen
has seen
was seen
is seen

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66.

a)
b)
c)
d)

Much to the happy surprise of many pet shop owners, freshwater

and marine aquariums
. popular in the U.S.
so that many families now have an aquarium.

have become
have increased
had become
had increased

67.

.. each
other for such a long time, we are almost like brothers.

a) Because we have known

b) Because we know
c) Unless we have known
d) Unless we know

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