1. All my ___________ students are ready to take the exam.
a. a
b. an
c. the
d. no article
2. What is your father's occupation?
a. possession
b. property
c. poverty
d. career
3. "I don't know anything about Jack London's life and works." means __________
a. I don't have knowledge of Jack London's life and works.
b. I have no knowledge of Jack London's life and works.
c. . I know nothing about Jack London's life and works.
d. All are correct.
4. I can't stand impudent children.
a. tolerate
b. agree
c. get over
d. agree
5. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. water
b. _waste
c. answer
d. _went
6. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. tourists_
b. laws
c. crops

c. practice
d. device
13. Most of the festivals are ___________.
a. well dressed
b. well prepared
c. well cooked
d. well made
14. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. cow
b. now
c. allow
d. low
15. Young people only feel the ________ of salary when they apply for a job.
a. illustration
b. attendant
c. high
d. attraction
16. After the accident he was taken to __________ hospital. I am going to
___________ hospital to visit him.
a. the/the
b. a/a
c. the/no article
d. no article/the
17. We had someone paint our house.__________
a. We had our house to paint.
b. We had our house painted.
c. Our house had been painted
d. Our house has been painted by us
18. "What were you doing last night, Mr. John?" the police asked.

d. curve
24. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. such
b. success
c. much
d. cut
25. I object _________ being kept waiting. Why can't you be __________ time?
a. at / in
b. for / in
c. to / on
d. at / on
26. It was when I __________ my last job, I felt very unhappy.
a. came
b. lost
c. gamed
d. succeeded
27. Let's get acquainted _________ _ the newcomer.
a. with
b. to
c. of
d. about
28. Do you know ________ thing that happened to me?
a. best
b. the bad
c. the bet
d. the bat
29. They couldn't climb up the mountain because of the storm.__________
a. . The storm made them not to climb up the mountain.
b. The storm made them could not climb up the mountain.

35. ___________ stamps is my hobby.
a. Collect
b. Collecting
c. Collected
d. a and c
36. Tom said everything __________ ready when the match __________.
a. will be/starts
b. would be/started
c. is/started
d. will be/started
37. There were two ___________ evidences so the police couldn't accuse him of
robbing the bank.
a. same
b. similar
c. conflicting
d. expecting
38. Playing _____________ table tennis is my favourite.
a. a
b. an
c. the
d. no article
39. She always listens ___________ to what she is told.
a. attention
b. attentive
c. attentiveness
d. attentively
40. There is a/an ___________ to every rule.
a. abstract
b. exception
c. minus

b. whose
c. when
d. that
47. Mary is sick. She can not go to work.
a. Mary is too sick to go to work.
b. Mary is sick enough to go to work.
c. Mary is such sick that she can not go to work.
d. Mary is sick so that she can not go to work:
48. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. mourn
b. journey
c. journal
d. journalist
49. Either you or Peter ___________ write the report.
a. has to
b. have to
c. a and b are correct
d. a and b are incorrect
50. He drank _________ wine last night and gets sick now.
a. too many
b. few of
c. large number of
d. too much
51. I'll call you back in __________ hour.
a. a
b. an
c. the
d. no aricle
52. _________ you work harder, you will be sacked

58. Some pessimistic persons think that the world's resources will run __________ in
some day.
a. off
b. of
c. out
d. on
59. The farmers are __________ manure on the field.
a. pouring
b. throwing
c. distributing
d. lowering
60. Mary's father works for a __________ company.
a. construct
b. construction
c. constructive
d. constructing
61. You need _________ when having an interview.
a. confide
b. confidence
c. confident
d. confiding
62. I would rather you __________ me at work.
a. don't phone
b. didn't phone
c. haven't phone
d. not phone
63. I rarely arrive __________ home late.
a. . a
b. an
c. the

b. useful
c. careful
d. harmful
70. When one learns a foreign language, good _________ is the most appreciate way
to make himself understood by others.
a. pronunciation
b. possession
c. attention
d. application
71. I was made _____________ hard when I was at high school.
a. to study
b. study
c. studying
d. studied
72. Hunters have caused the __________ of many wild animals.
a. lose
b. loss
c. lost
d. . losing
73. When the war broke out, my family lived in South Vietnam.
a. started
b. escaped
c. ranged
d. stopped
74. Some Western people _________ tea _________ coffee.
a. prefer/to
b. would rather have/than
c. like/better than
d. all are correct
75. She keeps _________ complaining __________ the weather.

d. cook
81. The English course ___________ by the end of 2003.
a. will end
b. would be ended
c. would have ended
d. will have ended
82. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. south
b. mouth
c. sound
d. touch
83. It is no use __________ about pollution in big cities.
a. to complain
b. complain
c. complaining
d. complained
84. __________ is a person who is concerned with the protection of the enviroment.
a. Enviromentalist
b. Specialist
c. Communist
d. Psychologist
85. I ___________ go to school early when I was a schoolboy.
a. am used to
b. was used to
c. was accustomed to
d. used to
86. It is essential that he ___________. His illness seems worse.
a. need operating
b. needs to operate

a. box
b. got
c. one
d. pot
93. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. slaughter
b. naughty
c. tau ht
d. laugh
94. There ___________ a book and two pencils in the drawer.
a. is
b. are
c. were
d. have been
95. This is Mr. Pike ________ car was stolen this morning.
a. who
b. whom
c. whose
d. which
96. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. level
b. even
c. eleven
d. management
97. Forest fire is the most serious _________.
a. preservation
b. importance
c. destruction