c. harm
d. damage
> c
12. The birds settled for the night upon calm water.
a. in a lake
b. troubled
c. quiet
d. clean
 c
13. It’s amazing how few people can between margarine and butter.
a. distinguish
b. separate
c. diagnose
d. estimate
> a
14. What's going on here?
a. leaving
b. burning
c. starting
d. happening
 d
15. Don’t money out of the window by having that old car repaired again.
a. throw
b. flying
c. hurtle
d. hurl
> a
16. She wishes she had a day off now.
a. went on holiday
b. did not work
c. went to see a film

d. shortage
> a
22. Peter said that he his homework since 6 o'clock.
a. had done
b. did
c. has done
d. was doing
 a
23. Alfred apologized for his mistake, saying he did not any offence.
a. suppose
b. intend
c. consider
d. propose
> b
24. How many times this film so far? - A few times.
a. have you seen
b. did you see
c. were you seeing
d. had you seen
 a
25. She tried to two dogs fighting with her umbrella.
a. share
b. break
c. separate
d. open
> c
26. He said that he tonight.
a. comes
b. would come
c. will come

b. for working
c. to work
d. about working
> b
32. Doctors are using laser beam bones in ear surgery.
a. remove
b. removing
c. to remove of
d. to remove
 d
33. Don’t forget to let me know you’ve arrived safely, ?
a. will you
b. do you
c. won’t you
d. haven’t you
> a
34. A good of English will help you find a job more easily.
a. expectation
b. knowledge
c. condition
d. satisfaction
 b
35. David was amazed to see me at the party by myself and wanted to know why
Robert with me.
a. wasn’t coming
b. hasn’t come
c. hadn’t come
d. isn’t coming
> c
36. A girl may or may not when she's introduced to a man.

 d
41. Farmers have an enormous amount of extra work to do at time.
a. crop
b. produce
c. collection
d. harvest
> d
42. Jack quit school at fourteen.
a. went to
b. did well at
c. left
d. lived near
 c
43. He joined the party as an idealistic young man, but was totally by the
cynicism he found there.
a. disinterested
b. contemptuous
c. disillusioned
d. disbelieving
> c
44. This cake is made …………… flour, sugar and eggs.
a. of
b. from
c. by
d. with
 b
45. Don’t forget to the dog?
a. eat
b. milk
c. give

c. to read
d. have read
 b
TEST 29
I. Pronunciation:
1. a. own b. down c. power d. tower
> a
2. a. whistle b. cattle c. settle d. battle
> a
3. a. humour b. flour c. rumour d. honour
> b
4. a. bush b. rush c. push d. pull
> b
5. a. socket b. regret c. bullet d. rocket
> b
6. a. matter b. sad c. barn d. catch
> c
II. Find the mistake:
7. One of history's most spectacular executions were that of Damiens, the
unsuccessful assassin of Louis XV of France.
a. One of
b. most spectacular
c. were
d. unsuccessful
 c
8. Studying the science of logic is one way to cultivate one's reason skills.
a. Studying
b. science of
c. way to
d. reason

b. find
c. search
d. work
> d
14. It is city that we have got lost.
a. a such big
b. such big
c. such a big
d. a very big
 c
15. When the front door bell rang, my sister was of making a cake.
a. at the center
b. on her way
c. halfway through
d. in the middle
> d
16. My father is working in
a. a thirty-stories building
b. a building with thirty stories
c. a thirty-story building
d. a thirtieth story building
 c
17. It’s very difficult to be control of those children.
a. under
b. in
c. with
d. over
> b
18. I just heard something ………… on the public radio station.
a. be interested

b. will be driving
c. drive
d. am driving
> b
24. What would you have done if you a lot of money?
a. had
b. will
c. had had
d. have had
 c
25. It is said that a rise in the salary is just now.
a. out of sight
b. out of control
c. out of date
d. out of the question
> d
26. The are the people who are not able to hear.
a. dead
b. deaf
c. blind
d. mute
 b
27. The accusation left Michael quite with rage.
a. dumb
b. silent
c. mute
d. speechless
> b
28. I'd like to an appointment to see the doctor.
a. do

b. Remember
c. Mention
d. Make
> a
34. You'll get a better of exchange at a bank.
a. rate
b. value
c. worth
d. charge
 a
35. Paul’s in his work is very amazing.
a. attention
b. interest
c. thought
d. concern
> b
36. I am so , Mum. Can I eat this cake?
a. hungry
b. angry
c. thirsty
d. sweet
 a
37. In the middle of all the panic, Susan phoned the police.
a. silently
b. calmly
c. peacefully
d. mildly
> b
38. He who ………… the piper calls his wife.
a. makes

b. judgment
c. conclusion
d. opinion
> c
44. You go to the dentist's before your toothache gets worse.
a. ought to
b. ought
c. rather
d. better
 a
45. They agreed to call off the strike on that all those dismissed were
reinstated.
a. terms
b. condition
c. request
d. demand
> b
46. Could you lend me 20 pounds? I am a bit short money.
a. of
b. off
c. with
d. from
 a
47. Remember to send a for Uncle Chang’s funeral.
a. garland
b. wreath
c. arrangement
d. bouquet
>b
48. They run everyday to keep

> b
II. Find the mistake:
7. Luther Burbank earned the funds to go west by sale his new ideas about
growing potatoes.
a. the funds
b. go west
c. sale
d. about
 c
8. When the second World War, almost a third of a million people were killed.
a. When
b. almost
c. of
d. were killed
 a
9. They will check my blood eight weeks from now to see how good I’m
responding to the treatment.
a. will check
b. from now
c. how good
d. responding to
 c
III. Grammar and Vocabulary:
10. ……………… , business managers plan the tasks that their employees are
to carry out.
a. It is the organizing process
b. They process the organizing
c. While the organizing process
d. Through the organizing process
 d

d. orderly
> d
16. Remember to return the toys on the shelf.
a. put aside
b. put on
c. put down
d. put back
 d
17. I was surprised. I asked my mother if I could borrow her car and she
“Yes”!
a. spoke
b. told
c. said
d. talked
> c
18. This is the skirt I like best.
a. where
b. that
c. when
d. who
 b
19. John’s about the same height as his father, but in very other respect he takes
his mother.
a. after
b. up
c. on
d. from
> a
20. There is a bus just outside my house.
a. station

b. acknowledged
c. confessed
d. granted
> c
26. The mother put a rug ………. her sleeping child.
a. over
b. in
c. on
d. at
 a
27. I love the countryside, especially summer.
a. in
b. of
c. at
d. under
> a
28. Is Brown, works I respect highly, still a doctor?
a. which
b. whose
c. what
d. who's
 b
29. She regretted having told a lie.
a. bitterly
b. severely
c. fully
d. awfully
> d
30. How since we school?
a. are you / left

a. rot
b. ruin
c. waste
d. rest
> a
36. It is not ………… that we treat our friends badly.
a. right
b. fit
c. possible
d. capable
> b
37. They can sleep at my flat as long as they stay for more than
twenty days.
a. wouldn’t
b. didn’t
c. shan’t
d. don’t
> d
38. He apologized for opening my handbag but he it for his.
a. recognized
b. confused
c. mistook
d. imagined
> c
39. A good friend will you when you’re in trouble.
a. stand against
b. stand out for
c. stand by
d. stand
> c

d. had better got
> b
45. Jim says, “My present job does not provide me with enough for my
organizing ability.”
a. space
b. scope
c. capacity
d. range
> b
46. Edward took over the supervisor’s job, when Mr. Carr retired.
a. left
b. emptied
c. vacated
d. resigned
> c
47. My teacher’s very amusing, and I like his of humor.
a. meaning
b. feeling
c. mind
d. sense
> d
48. I was of sleeping by myself.
a. anxious
b. worried
c. afraid
d. troubled
> c
49. We until supper-time although we had only been invited for lunch.
a. stayed up
b. stayed on

a. breathe
b. leather
c. lean
d. cheat
> b
5.
a. dull
b. bull
c. stuffy
d. bumpy
> b
6.
a. pan
b. bag
c. chance
d. sad
> c
7.
a. head
b. cheese
c. cheap
d. cheat
 a
Find the mistakes
8. Cotton used to rank first between Alabama’s crops, but it represents only a
fraction of the agricultural production now.
a. Cotton
b. rank
c. between
d. represents only

b. talk
c. talking
d. talked
 c
14. Napoleon the West Indian island of Santo Domingo in 1801.
a. attacked
b. is attacking
c. has attacked
d. attacking
 a
15. If we had checked the petrol before we started, we here.
a. wouldn't stop
b. wouldn't have stopped
c. would have stopped
d. would stop
 b
16. Norman E. Borlaug was the first agricultural scientist to ……………… the
Nobel Peace Prize.
a. receive
b. have
c. take
d. accept
 a
17. It's twelve o'clock. It's high time we !
a. leave
b. left
c. to leave
d. leaving
 b
18. Not only knowledge and skills, but also attitudes in school for

 b
23. She was born in Malaysia, rubber trees grow well.
a. what
b. who
c. where
d. which
 c
24. in Shanghai than in any other city in China.
a. More people live
b. More people living
c. It has more people
d. More living people
 a
25. Who can tell me the name of the man bag was stolen?
a. whose
b. who
c. which
d. when
 a
26. The earth spins on its axis and 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09
seconds for one complete rotation.
a. need
b. needed
c. needing
d. needs
 d
27. "Did you receive my letters?" "No, I didn't. But I wish I "
a. had
b. were
c. have

c. While Washington, D.C., was being designed
d. Washington, D.C., designed
 c
33. The river from we get our water-supply is quite far.
a. which
b. who
c. whom
d. whose
 a
34. Children learn primarily by the world around them.
a. experiencing directly of
b. experience direct
c. directly physical experience
d. direct physical experience of
 d
35. Mary doesn't agree with her close friend has just said.
a. what
b. who
c. when
d. which
 a
36. It is earth’s gravity which people their weight.
a. gives
b. give
c. giving
d. given
 a
37. The stories my grandmother tells are usually very interesting.
a. when
b. that

b. for
c. in
d. by
 c
43. Is there a shop I can buy an envelope near here?
a. when
b. which
c. where
d. who
 c
44. the fifth largest among the nine planets that make up our solar
system.
a. The Earth is
b. The Earth being
c. That the Earth is
d. Being the Earth
 a