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TOEIC 9
1. Sam really wanted a dog, but his parents
wouldn't let him ____ a pet.
a. have
b. having
c. to have
d. has
2. I don't know how you convince your
children to clean up their rooms. I couldn't
get my children ____ up their rooms if my
life depended on it.
a. clean
b. cleaning
c. cleaned
d. to clean
3. Professor Yu _____ each of her students
write an essay describing their future
goals in life.
a. got
b. caused
c. had
d. ordered
4. Debbie's husband hates the opera. But
after days of nagging, she finally ____
him to go see the new production of La
Boheme.
a. had
b. made
c. let

b. paid
c. cost
d. offered
9. Many cases were ____ serious that they
had "wrecked" production facilities, senior
police officials told reporters.
a. too
b. so
c. enough
d. such
10. While increased police surveillance had
almost halved the number of thefts, a
significant ____ of thefts were also going
unnoticed.
a. number
b. numbers
c. amounts
d. amount
11. China is currently battling with growing
____ for fuel - a factor which has made
the risk of oil theft a more attractive
proposition.
a. responsibility
b. demand
c. request
d. concern
12. The majority of crude oil thieves are
farmers in the impoverished and remote
regions, who ____ a third as much as
their city dwelling counterparts.

a. on
b. in
c. at
d. for
17. The price of gold has gone up by ____
$71.10 an ounce or just under 14%, since
the end of 2005.
a. as many as
b. too much as
c. so much that
d. as much as
18. Gold, ____ other precious metals, is
appealing to investors who are
concerned over unpredictable conditions
in the Middle East, dollar instability and
inflation.
a. like
b. likes
c. alike
d. liking
19. India, Brazil and South Africa have
agreed ____ efforts to improve trade
between the three nations.
a. continue
b. continuing
c. to continue
d. continued
20. A plane ____ 19 people has crashed on
a mountainous region, killing all aboard.
a. carrying

a. richness
b. enrich
c. richly
d. rich
25. A Greek city-state devoted itself ____ a
particular god or group of gods.
a. for
b. to
c. at
d. with
26. Greek mythology has several
distinguishing ____, in addition to its
multiple versions.
a. characteristics
b. characteristically
c. characterize
d. character
27. The Greek gods resembled human
beings in their form and in their emotions,
____ they lived in a society that
resembled human society in its levels of
authority and power.
a. moreover
b. however
c. and
d. but
28. A crucial ____ existed between gods and
human beings: Humans died, and gods
were immortal.
a. similarity

a. a proposal
b. an agreement
c. an understanding
d. a conflict
33. Millions of Chinese ____ in World War II
by the Japanese and the shrine includes
1,000 war criminals among the dead.
a. have been killed
b. were killed
c. had killed
d. was killed
34. Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro
Hashimoto recently held ____ in Beijing
with the Chinese President, Hu Jintao, in
an attempt to improve relations.
a. talks
b. seats
c. gossips
d. elections
35. Dutch public prosecutors said that ____
investigation into the death of Milosevic
showed that he died of natural causes.
a. its
b. they
c. them
d. their
36. The former Yugoslav leader, on trial for
war crimes, was found dead in his cell in
The Hague ____11 March.
a. in

c. such as
d. as such
41. The 31-page fragile document, ____ in
the Coptic language, was discovered in
Egypt in the 1970s.
a. wrote
b. writing
c. written
d. writes
42. For 2,000 years Christianity ____ Judas
as the treacherous apostle who betrayed
his divine master with a kiss, leading to
his capture and crucifixion.
a. had portrayed
b. has portrayed
c. portrayed
d. portraying
43. According to the Bible, Judas received 30
pieces of silver for the act, ____ died
soon afterwards.
a. but
b. or
c. however
d. despite
44. The Gospel of Judas puts Judas in a
positive light, ____ him as Christ's
favorite disciple
a. identified
b. identifies
c. identify

some believe that this manuscript may be
a copy of that.
a. furthermore
b. in addition
c. and
d. but
49. Records show ____ the leaders of the
early Christian Church denounced that
version as heretical in about 180 AD.
a. which
b. that
c. whether
d. how
50. In 2000, the Maecenas Foundation for
Ancient Art in Basel Switzerland took
possession of the document, and
translation ____ soon afterwards.
a. begins
b. beginning
c. to begin
d. began
51. Along with a magazine article, the society
will be ____ two books on the Gospel of
Judas.
a. publish
b. publication
c. published
d. publishing
52. The National Geographic TV channel will
be running a special _____ on the

Vanasatidya, many analysts question
whether he is truly stepping from the
political arena.
a. Despite
b. However
c. Although
d. Unless
57. The US economy created 211,000 jobs in
March as the unemployment _____
dropped to 4.7%.
a. speed
b. rate
c. compensation
d. pace
58. Gold prices are continuing to climb amid
investor belief that it offers better ____
than shares or bonds.
a. reimbursements
b. fees
c. expenses
d. returns 5
59. Gold futures for June hit $603.10 an
ounce in early trade on Friday, its highest
level ____ January 1981, after breaching
the $600 mark a day earlier.
a. for
b. on

64. Investors think metals are a ____
investment than shares, bonds or
currencies, because of uncertainty about
whether interest rates or inflation will
increase.
a. most sound
b. sounder
c. more sound
d. sounder than
65. Capacity today remains relatively ____,
helping to fuel higher prices, as investing
to develop new mines was expensive and
largely unviable in the 1990s.
a. scarce
b. scarcity
c. scarcely
d. scarceness

66. Russia's Gazprom is to take control of
Armenian pipelines and a power station
in exchange ____ setting gas prices at
half of European levels until 2009.
a. of
b. in
c. for
d. at
67. Gazprom would be able to control part of
a 40 km long pipeline, ____ gas from Iran
to Armenia, following this new
arrangement.

d. opposition
72. Attempts by Gazprom to hike gas prices
from $50 to $230 per 1,000 cubic meters
____ by Ukraine.
a. was rejected
b. were rejected
c. was rejecting
d. were rejecting 6
73. Gazprom subsequently cut supplies to
Ukraine on 1 January 2006 due to the
failure to reach ____, worsening relations
with the country.
a. a goal
b. a verdict
c. a destination
d. an agreement
74. South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co.
Ltd. has ____ the U.S. launch of its next-
generation DVD player for a month, to
late June, in order to complete testing.
a. delayed
b. blamed
c. created
d. repeated

b. shortage
c. shortly
d. shorten
79. 1.3 billion people worldwide lack access
to the most basic healthcare, often
because there is ____ health worker.
a. no
b. not
c. none
d. nor
80. A lack of personnel, combined with a lack
of training and knowledge, is also a major
____ for health systems as they attempt
to respond effectively to chronic diseases
and bird flu.
a. role
b. aid
c. obstacle
d. impact
81. The WHO says that life expectancies in
the poorest countries are half of ____ in
the richest nations.
a. that
b. these
c. this
d. those
82. The WHO says that ____ country needs
to improve the way in which it plans for,
educates and employs its doctors, nurses
and support staff.

a. sleeping
b. sleepiness
c. sleepy
d. sleeper

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87. The study, ____ by Edinburgh Sleep
Centre for British Airways, monitored
more than 1,000 passengers.
a. conducts
b. conducting
c. conduct
d. conducted
88. Dr. Chris Idzikowski said that without
using sunglasses, ____ took a day to
recover for every hour travelled
westwards.
a. they
b. their
c. it
d. its
89. According to a poll, people are more
ignorant of how HIV is ____ than they
were five years ago.
a. communicated
b. transmitted
c. broadcast
d. influenced
90. ____ rising infection levels in the UK,
12% fewer people know the virus can be

a. that
b. those
c. this
d. these
95. Recent research by Professor Danny
Dorling at Sheffield University found that
this was ____ true anywhere in the world.
a. not longer
b. no longer
c. neither
d. no
96. Scientists have been able to make eye
nerve cells ____ to light by adding a
protein from green algae.
a. responding
b. to respond
c. respond
d. responded
97. _____ my English class is cancelled
again, I'll go and see Lost in Translation
at the cinema.
a. If
b. Unless
c. Although
d. Because of
98. I generally wash up before I go to bed
_____ I'm feeling too tired.
a. if
b. unless
c. as soon as

11. B
12. D
13. C
14. D
15. B
16. A
17. D
18. A
19. C
20. A
21. B
22. D
23. C
24. D
25. B
26. A
27. C
28. B
29. D
30. A
31. C
32. D
33. B
34. A
35. D
36. C
37. A
38. D
39. D
40. B

71. D
72. B
73. D
74. A
75. C
76. D
77. D
78. B
79. A
80. C
81. D
82. B
83. A
84. C
85. D
86. B
87. D
88. C
89. A
90. D
91. C
92. B
93. D
94. A
95. B
96. C
97. A
98. B
99. D
100. D