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PRACTICE TEST 1
Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 1: It would be both noticed and appreciating if you could finish the work before you leave
A. both B. the work C. leave D. appreciating
Question 2: A calorie is the quantity of heat required to rise on gallon of water on degree centigrade at
one atmospheric pressure
A. to rise B. A calorie C. quantity D. required
Question 3: Harry, alike his colleagues, is trying hard to finish hart work early
A. alike B. hard C. is trying D. early
Question 4. If you want to borrow my car, promise to drive careful.
A B C D
Question 5. It is important that cancer is diagnosed and treated as early as possible in order to
A B
assure a successful cure.
C D
Question 6. Paris has been well-known about its famous monuments, beautiful music, and
A B C
wonderful restaurants for over 100 years.
D
Question 7. The rings of Saturn are so distant to be seen from the Earth without a telescope.
A B C D
Question 8. Stand up straight, breathe deeply, hold your head up, and no look down!
A B C D
Question 9. Everybody in class has to choose a topic of your own to write an essay of 500 words.
A B C D
Question 10: Psychological experiment indicate that people remember more math problems that they
can’t solve than those they are able to solve
A. those B. solve C. to solve D. experiment
Question 11: Salmon lay their eggs, and die in freshwater although they live in salt water when most of
their adults lives
A. although B. lay C. adult lives D. when
Question 12: In order to survive, trees rely to the amount of annual rainfall they receive as well as the
seasonal distribution of the rain
A. of B. rely to C. as well D. seasonal
Question 13. Dictionaries frequently explain the origin of the defined word, state its part of speech and
A B C
indication its correct use.
D
Question 14. Tom said that if he had to do another homework tonight, he would not be able to
A B C
attend the concert.
D
Question 15. The children forgot picking up the note from the office and now they are worried.
A B C D
Question 16. Children subjected to violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect are in risk of death,
A B C
poor physical and mental health, HIV/AIDS infection, and educational problems.
D
Question 17. It spent a long time to travel to the skiing resort but in the end, we got there.
A B C D
Question 18. Helen has never met such good person who is ready to help others.
 A B C D
Question 19: Mrs. Steven, along with her cousins from New Mexico, are planning to attend the festivities
A. with B. her cousins from C. are D. to attend
Question 20: The lion has long been a symbol of strength, power, and it is very cruel
A. The B. long C. a D. it is very cruel
Question 21: The function of pain is to warn the individual of danger so he can take action to avoid more
serious damage
A. to warn B. so C. he D. serious
Question 22. Economists have tried to discourage the use of the phrase “underdeveloped nation and
encouraging the more accurate phase “developing nation” in order to suggest an ongoing process.
A B C D
Question 23. Being the biggest expanse of brackish water in the world, the Baltic Sea is of special
interesting to scientists.
A B C D
Question 24. It is time the government helped the unemployment to find some jobs.
A B C D
Question 25. Adult humans have more than a trillion cells in his bodies.
A B C D
Question 26. Rumors began circulating that the Prime Minister was seriously illness.
A B C D
Question 27. A ten-thousand-dollars reward was offered for the capture of the escaped prisoner.
A B C D
Question 28: A paragraph is a portion of text consists of some sentences related to the same idea
A. A paragraph B. a portion C. consists of D. related to
Question 29: The measurement unit known as a “foot” has originally based on the size of the human foot
A. measurement B. has C. size D. foot
Question 30: Many animals have become extinction due to the interference of human beings
A. have B. extinction C. due to D. human beings
Question 31. A prism is used to refract light so as it spreads out in a continuous spectrum of colors.
A B C D
Question 32. There are more potatoes cultivated than any the other vegetable crop worldwide.
A B C D
Question 33. Not one in a hundred seeds develop into a healthy plant, even under laboratory conditions.
A B C D
Question 34. Had the committee members considered the alternatives more carefully, they
A B
would have realized that the second was better as the first.
C D
Question 35. It is important that cancer is diagnosed and treated as early as possible in order
A B C
to assure a successful cure.
D
Question 36. The old and the new in transportation also contrast sharply in Middle East.
A B C D
Question 37. A lot of (A) people stop smoking (B) because they are (C) afraid their health will be
affected and early death(D).
Question 38. A novel is a story long enough to fill a complete book, in that the characters and events are
usually imaginary.
A B C D
Question 39. Globally and internationally, the 1990's stood out as the warmest decade in the
A B C
history of weather records.
D
Question 40. The more I got to know them, the fewer I liked them.
 A B C D
Question 41. The rings of Saturn are so distant to be seen from Earth without a telescope.
A B C D
Question 42. Do you know how much Vitamin C does an onion have? As much as two apples do.
A B C D
Question 43. My father has a mechanic to repair his motorbike monthly.
A B C D
Question 44. Weather and geography conditions may determine the type of transportation
A B C
used in a region.
D
Question 45. There always is one wise woman who is both feared and respected by her
A B C
people.
D
Question 46. The governor, with his wife and children, are at home watching the election returns on TV.
A B C D
Question 47. She was used to do shopping on Sunday but now she doesn’t have time.
A B C D
Question 48. A cure for the common cold, causing by a virus, has not been found.
A B C D

Question 49. They are very pleasant to travel by steamer down the Thames from Westminster to Tower
Bridge.
A B C D
Question 50. Studying the science of logic is one way to cultivate one’s reason skills.
A B C D
Question 51. One day a fame singer was invited by a rich lady to her house.
A B C D
Question 52. Doing too much too quickly can damage muscles that aren't used to work.
A B C D
Question 53. The root of the trees allow the water to go into the soil, that gradually releases it
A B C
to flow down rivers.
D
Question 54. If you have any doubts about taking up cycling for health reasons, talk to your
A B C
doctor and ask his or her advice.
D
Question 55. Not until he got home he realised he had forgotten to give her the present.
A B C D
Question 56. He has hardly never given a more impressive performance than this.
A B C D
Question 57. The student must have her assessment form fill in by the examiner during the oral exam.
A B C D
Question 58. In Canada much people speak English because they also came from
A B C
England many years ago.
D
Question 59. When men lived in caves and hunt animals for food, strength of body was
A B C
the most important thing.
D
Question 60. Holiday towns and fishing villages in the South - West are prepared to
A B
fight the oil pollution which is threatening local beaches.
C D