PRACTICE TEST 34
I. Make the correct choice:
1. Don’t be so _____. We’ve only been waiting a few minutes.
a. impatient b. patient c. patience d. patiently
2. We should learn all the new words by heart in order to ______ our vocabulary.
a. enable b. enrich c. encourage d. endanger
3. _____ of the encouragement of her teachers, she decided to study law.
a. Because b. In spite c. Instead d. In view
4. The girl was not very pretty ; _____ she sang beautifully.
a. so b. but c. because d. although
5. The rotation of crops on the same land can _____ soil exhaustion.
a. preserve b. produce c. prepare d. prevent
6. Our farms produce rice, crops, and dairy ____.
a. products b. production c. productivity d. productively
7. We must make provision for our old age ____ saving money.
a. of b. for c. with d. by
8. The industrial development will lead _____ the country’s prosperity.
a. for b. to c. on d. along
9. Some large cities have had measures to minimize air pollution.
a. contamination b. preservation c. prevention d. erosion
10. The _____ of the swamps will destroy the mosquitoes’ breeding places.
a. drainage b. breakage c. shortage d. storage
11. They arrived _____ the United States last year.
a. at b. for c. on d. in
12. If I could speak Spanish, I ______ a year studying in Mexico.
a. would spend b. would have spent c. had spent d. will spend
13. When ______ a dictionary, you understand the symbols and the abbreviations it
contains.
a. having used b. to use c. use d. using
14. I will return your notes as soon as ______ copying them.
a. I will finish b. I finish c. I finished d. I had finished

29. Being reasonable! You can’t expect a child to do all that work.
A B C D
30. She has taught in this school in 1985. She is an experienced teacher.
A B C D
III. Read the passage and make the correct choice:
The Americans (31) _____ to be informal while they’re receiving (32) _____ or
coming for a social engagement. On the whole, women don’t usually shake hands as
they are introduced to (33) _____; but men do. When a man and a woman are
introduced, shaking hands is up to the woman. And punctuality, (34) _____ means
arriving on time, is probably one of the most necessary and graceful manners in public
relations. Most people (35) _____ it discourteous and inconvenient to arrive at an
important appointment later (36) _____ the time agreed upon.
31.a. avoid b. tend c. practise d. enjoy
32.a. company b. guest c. friend d. partner
33.a. together b. each another c. each other d. one other
34.a. that b. it c. when d. which
35.a. find b. see c. get d. have
36.a. than b. as soon as c. when d. at
IV. Read the passage and choose the best answer:
A taxi driver was driving along a street when he suddenly blacked out and lost
control of his vehicle. The taxi plunged into a nearby river. A hawker, who had seen the
accident, rushed from his coffee stall and dived into the water. He had to swim twenty
five metres before he could get to the taxi. The taxi driver was trying to wind down the
window. The hawker reached into the taxi for the safety-belt. After he had released the
safety-belt, he pulled the driver out through the partially open window. At the hospital,
the driver said that the blackout might be caused by his high blood pressure condition.
37. The taxi plunged into a nearby river because ______.
a. the taxi broke down b. the driver couldn’t control his taxi
c. the driver was driving along the street d. the driver suddenly got out
38. Who dived into the river to rescue the driver?

d. The homework was too long for me to finish .
45. It’s a long time since I last went to a football match.
a. I haven’t gone to a football match for a long time.
b. I haven’t gone to a football match since a long time.
c. I haven’t gone to a football match for it’s a long time.
d. I haven’t gone to a football match a long time ago.
46. The last time I saw Dick was in 1995.
a. I haven’t seen Dick in 1995.
b. I haven’t seen Dick since 1995.
c. I last saw Dick since 1995.
d. I haven’t seen Dick for the last time in 1995.
47. We had lunch and then went for a walk by the river.
a. After we had lunch , we had gone for a walk by the river.
b. After we had gone for a walk by the river,we had lunch.
c. After we had had lunch , we went for a walk by the river.
d. After we having lunch , we went for a walk by the river.
48. He said to his wife,”Are you cooking in the kitchen now?”
a. He asked his wife if she was cooking in the kitchen now.
b. He told his wife that she was cooking in the kitchen then.
c. He asked his wife that she was cooking in the kitchen then.
d. He asked his wife if she was cooking in the kitchen then.
49. This flower is very beautiful.
a. What is a beautiful flower!
b. What beautiful this flower is!
c. How beautiful flower!
d. How beautiful this flower is!
50. He spent 2 hours doing the mathematical exercises.
a. It took him 2 hours doing the mathematical exercises.
b. It took 2 hours him to do the mathematical exercises.
c. It took him 2 hours to do the mathematical exercises.