30 Bài kiểm tra môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Ôn thi tốt nghiệp THPT năm học 2015-2016

Test 1
I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS
A. Which word is stressed differently from the others?
1. 	A. interesting	B. exciting	C. frightening	D. boring
2.	A. relaxed	B. confused	C. tired	D. surprised
3.	A. obligation 	B. necessity 	C. achievement 	D. stupidity
4.	A. finish 	B. reduce 	C. oven 	D. paper
5.	A. description 	B. umbrella 	C. jewelry 	D. creation
B. Which underlined part is pronounced differently?
6. 	A. introduce	B. promise	C. bother	D. popular
7.	A. arrange 	B. paper 	C. say 	D. stand
8.	A. looked	B. smiled	C. stayed	D. listened 
9.	A. pens	B. books	C. tables	D. walls
10.	A. include 	B. conclude 	C. surface 	D. stupid 
II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
A. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.
11. “How was the magic show?”
	“It was  .”
	A. surprising entertaining	B. surprisingly entertained	C. surprisingly entertaining	 D. surprisingly entertainment
12. What time do you get through work every day?
	A. finish	B. begin	C. go to	D. come back from
13. I can’t ride my bicycle  there isn’t any air in one of the tires.
	A. despite	B. because	C. although	D. but 
14. It will last for at least a week. So it might be  than a week.
	A. more	B. less	C. much less	D. a good deal less
15. We have caught  today.
	A. as many as fish	B. as many as ten fish	C. as many as ten fishes	D. many as ten fish
16. I’m not a tailor and this skirt is too long. If I were you, I should  .
	A. shorten it	B. have it shortened	C. have shortened it	D. have it shorten
17. I’m worried  my final exam in statistics.
	A. about failing	B. to fail	C. with failing	D. to failure
18. I regretted  like that. I was sorry to have done so.
	A. to answer	B. answering	C. answer	D. to answering
19. “Do you like being married?”
	“Yes, but I’m not used  every night.”
	A. to cook	B. to cooking	C. cooking	D. to have cooked
20.These vegetables don’t taste  to me.
	A. well	B. deliciously	C. freshly	D. fresh
21. Please turn off the light. We don’t need it now.
	A. switch off	B. extinguish	C. put out	D. put off
22. We  for this seminar since last year.
	A. wait	B. waited	C. has waited	D. have waited
23.  this seminar before?
	A. Do you take	B. Did you take	C. Have you taken	D. Has you taken
24. It was very good, but I  many things since then. 
	A. forget	B. forgot	C. have forgotten	D. has forgotten
25. I think she  right now.
	A. studying	B. studied	C. is studying	D. studies
26. When you  your work, you may leave the room. 
	A. finishing	B. have been finishing	C. have finished	D. finish
27. Help me  this letter.
	A. translate	B. translating	C. translated	D. with translation
28. Jack made me  him next week.
	A. to promise to call	B. to promise calling	C. promise to call	D. promise calling
29. They forced us  their invitation.
	A. accept	B. accepting	C. accepted	D. to accept
30. A new car cost more than a  car.
	A. using	B. use	C. used	D. useful
B. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect.
31. Get a builder put in a lift and then you won’t have to climb up all these stairs.
 A B C D
32. A secretary told me important file had been left in the lunch room just the other day.
 A B C D
33. We have interviewed many people who is interested in the job we have been advertising in the trade newsletter that is 
 A B C D
distributed so widely.
34. An increasing number of companies has changed dress codes, allowing employees to wear casual clothing in the work place.
 A B C D
35. The applicants who meet the requirements for the position they will be contacted in order to schedule an on-site interview. 
 A B C D
36. An important factor should be considered is Mrs. Lopez’s ability to keep the new restaurant going for several months 
 A B C
with limited revenue. 
 D
37. Even we had been behind schedule at one point, the proposal was submitted on time.
 A B C D
38. Both cattle or railroads helped build the city of Chicago.
 A B C D
39. We are made learning fifty new words every week.
 A B C D
40. All the information you will need can find in the employees’ manual.
 A B C D
III. CLOZE PASSAGE 
Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each blank. 
“My home is in the air – I do an enormous amount of traveling. It is a fast life and (41) ______ of work, but I like it and that is the only way (42) ______ me. Everything is tiring – music, traveling – but what can I do? I am not (43) ______ to complaining. It is hard to imagine now (44) ______ I will ever be very long in one place. My home town is on the Caspian Sea. There is sea, wind, sun and (45) ______ many tourists and hotels. I have my own flat with four or five rooms, but I am seldom there. If I am there for a day or two I prefer to (46) ______ with my mother and grandmother. They live in a small house, (47) ______ it is very comfortable and my mother cooks for me. I like good, simple food.
I have no wife, no brothers or sisters and my father (48)______ when I was seven. He was an engineer and I don’t (49)______ him very well. He liked music very much and wanted me to (50) ______ a musician.”
41.	A. most	B. full	C. complete	D. more
42.	A. for	B. to	C. in	D. by
43.	A. wanted	B. taken	C. used	D. known
44.	A. and 	B. so	C. while	D. that
45.	A. far	B. too	C. much	D. more
46.	A. stay	B. go	C. do	D. spend
47.	A. but	B. since	C. even	D. which
48.	A. killed	B. gone	C. passed	D. died
49.	A. know	B. remember	C. remind	D. see
50.	A. become	B. turn	C. develop	D. grow
IV. COMPREHENSION READING
Read the following passage. For questions 51 – 55, you are to choose one best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
	Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learning to do all the other things they learn to do without being taught – to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle – compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.
	If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let’s end all this nonsense of grades, exams, marks. Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.
	Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one’s life is nonsense in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, ‘But suppose they fail to learn something essential, something they will need to get on in the world?’ Don’t worry! If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learn it.
51. What does the other think is the best way for children to learn things?
	A. by copying what other people do	B. by making mistakes and having them corrected
	C. by listening to explanations from skilled people	D. by asking a great many questions
52. What does the other think teachers do which they should not do? 
	A. They give children correct answers.	B. They point out children’s mistakes to them.
	C. They allow children to mark their own work.	D. They encourage children to copy from one another.
53. The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are
	A. not really important skills.	B. more important than other skills.
	C. basically different from learning adult skills.	D. basically the same as learning other skills.
54. Exams, grades and marks should be abolished because children’s progress should only be estimated by
	A. educated persons.	B. the children themselves.	C. teachers.	D. parents.
55. The author fears that children will grow up into adults who are
	A. too independent of others.	B. too critical of themselves. C. unable to think for themselves.	D. unable to use basic skills.
Test 2
I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS
A. Which word is stressed differently from the others?
1. 	A. accumulate	B. generation	C. scientific	D. economics
2. 	A. industry	B. variety	C. modesty	D. quality
3.	A. insane	B. conclude	C. embrace	D. bother
4. 	A. conventional	B. participate	C. sentimental	D. economy
5. 	A. indoors	B. stubborn	C. obsess	D. remove
B. Which underlined part is pronounced differently?
6. 	A. liked	B. bothered	C. swallowed	D. earned
7.	A. participate	B. microwave	C. likely	D. mildly
8.	A. honesty	B. hour	C. honor	D. hair
9.	A. remove	B. wet	C. below	D. decide
10.	A. waste	B. steam	C. press	D. sugar
II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.
The woman was carrying  plastic carrier bag in her hand.
A. a	B. an	C. the	D. no article is needed
Did you leave very early last night, Mr. Smith? Yes, but I wish I  so early.
A. didn’t leave	B. hadn’t left	C. haven’t left	D. couldn’t leave
If you have enough time, please  the chair before you leave.
A. will paint	B. paint	C would paint	D. painted
Mr. Green  a color television set already.
A. buy	B. buys	C. has bought	D. have bought
We arrived  to have some coffee before class.
A. enough early	B. early enough	C. too early	D. early too	
Do you know 
a. how often the buses run at night? b. how often do the buses run at night?
c. how often the buses run at night. c. how often the buses ran at night? 
 you  the composition yet?
A. Are – do	B. Will – do	C. Are – doing	D. Have – done
 Why are you looking under the bed? Have you lost ?
A. something	B. anything	C. anywhere	D. anybody
It rained a lot last week but it  much so far this week.
A. doesn’t rain	B. didn’t rain	C. hasn’t rained	D. won’t rain
Have you heard from John this week, ?
A. haven’t you	B. didn’t you	C. don’t you	D. won’t you
It took weeks to get used to  someone else around.
A. have	B. having	C. had	D. has
Hurry up, there’s  time left.
A. a little	B. a few	C. little	D. few	
You and I are busy right now, ?
A. aren’t I 	B. aren’t we	C. we aren’t	D. aren’t you	
You must check  at least one hour before your flight.
A. out	B. on 	C. at	D. in
He could have bought a new car, ?
A. couldn’t he	B. could he	C. haven’t he	D. hasn’t he
When a plane takes , it leaves the ground.
A. in	B. on	C. off	D. at
Everyone is responsible for  own composition.
A. his	B. her	C. A & B are correct	D. None is correct
It  him over two months to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
A. took	B. lasted	C. cost	D. spent
He could do nothing. He couldn’t do 
A. something	B. nothing	C. anything	D. everything
Everyone thought that Jim .
A. would come later	B. came later	C. will come later	D. will have come later
It was a great success. He succeeded  everyone work hard.
A. to make	B. for making	C. in make	D. in making
 he comes in half an hour, I shall go alone.
A. If	B. Unless	C. Because	D. When
 in 1963, John F. Kennedy was perhaps the most popular post-World War II president.
a. He was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald b. His being shot by Lee Harvey Oswald
c. Shot by Lee Harvey d. Oswald Lee Harvey Oswald shot him
How many people  in ancient myths?
A. believes	B. believe	C. are believing	D. believing
“Did you like the new French movie?” “My wife liked it but I was a little .”
A. boring	B. bored	C. boredom	D. bore
 “Where are the hamburgers?”
“Over there. And the bowls of fruit  on the table.”
A. are being	B. is	C. are	D. have
Eventually, everything will turn out fine, ?
A. won’t it	B. will it	C. won’t they	D. will they
Today, many serious childhood diseases  by early immunization.
A. are preventing	B. can prevent	C. prevent	D. can be prevented
The problem is difficult therefore  students could answer it.
A. few	B. little	C. a few	D. a little
“Are you going by boat?”
“If John does, .”
A. I do so	B. I do too	C. so will I	D. will I too
III. CLOZE PASSAGE 
Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each blank. 
	Men are lazy in the home, according to an official survey (41)_______ today. They have about six hours’ a week more free time than wives, but play very little (42) _______ in cooking, cleaning, washing, and ironing, according to the Social Trends Survey by the Central (43) _______ Office.
	Nearly three quarters of married women (44) _______ to do all or most of the housework, and among married men the proportion who admitted that their wives did all or most of the housework was only slightly lower. 
	The survey (45) _______ that washing and ironing was the least popular task among men, with only one per cent (46) _______ this duty, compared with 89 per cent of women, and 10 per cent sharing equally.
	Only 5 per cent of men (47) _______ the evening meal, 3 per cent carry out household cleaning duties, 5 per cent household shopping, and 17 per cent wash the evening dishes.
	But when household gadgets break down, (48) _______ are carried out by 82 per cent of husbands. The survey says that, despite our economic problems, the majority of Britons are substantially better (49) _______ than a decade ago. We’re healthier, too – eating healthier foods and smoking less.
	The (50) _______ Briton, not surprisingly, is more widely traveled than a decade ago. More people are going abroad for holidays, with Spain the favorite destination.
41.	A. emerged	B. edited	C. published	D. furnished
42.	A. role	B. section	C. work	D. part
43.	A. Numerical	B. Ordinal	C. Cardinal	D. Statistical
44.	A. pronounced	B. uttered	C. claimed	D. emitted
45.	A. pointed	B. evolved	C. planned	D. showed
46.	A. forming	B. formulating	C. performing	D. burdening
47.	A. prepare	B. process	C. undertake	D. fit
48.	A. repairs	B. fixings	C. fittings	D. amendments
49.	A. over	B. off	C. through	D. on
50.	A. medium	B. average	C. popular	D. normal
IV. COMPREHENSION READING
Read the following passage. For questions 51 - 55, you are to choose one best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
	Human memory, formerly believed to be rather inefficient, is really more sophisticated than that of a computer. Researchers approaching the problem from a variety of points of view have all concluded that there is a great deal more stored in our minds than has been generally supposed. Dr. Wilder Penfield, a Canadian neurosurgeon, proved that by stimulating their brains electrically, he could elicit the total recall of specific events in his subjects’ lives. Even dreams and other minor events supposedly forgotten for many years suddenly emerged in detail.
	Although the physical basis for memory is not yet understood, one theory is that the fantastic capacity for storage in the brain is the result of an almost unlimited combination of interconnections between brain cells, stimulated by patterns of activity. Repeated references to the same information support recall. Or, to say that another way, improved performance is the result of strengthening the chemical bonds in the memory.
51. With what topic is the passage mainly concerned?
	A. Wilder Penfield	 B. Neurosurgery	C. Human memory	D. Chemical reactions
52. According to the passage, researchers have concluded that
	A. the mind has a much greater capacity for memory than was previously believed.
	B. the physical basis for memory is clear.
	C. different points of view are valuable.
	D. human memory is inefficient.
53. How did Penfield elicit dreams and other minor events from the past?
	A. By surgery	 B. By electric stimulation	C. By repetition	D. By chemical stimulation
54. According to the passage, the capacity for storage in the brain
	A. can be understood by examining the physiology. 	B. is stimulated by patterns of activity.
	C. has a limited combination of relationships. 	D. is not influenced by repetition. 
55. The word “bonds” in the last line means
	A. promises.	 B. agreements.	C. connections. 	D. responsibilities.
Test 3
I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS
A. Which word is stressed differently from the others?
1.	A. proceed	B. penny	C. profit	D. housework
2.	A. contribution	B. demonstration	C. generation	D. participation
3.	A. appointment	B. sentiment	C. arrangement	D. agreement
4. 	A. enthusiastic 	B. idealistic 	C. unrealistic 	D. optimistic
5. 	A. inspire 	B. embrace 	C. remove 	D. extra
B. Which underlined part is pronounced differently?
6. 	A. manage	B. garbage	C. math	D. fabulous
7.	A. leisure	B. translate	C. costume	D. nonstop
8.	A. strength	B. math	C. breath	D. breathe
9.	A. pure	B. cure	C. superb	D. music
10. 	A. forget	B. social	C. donate	D. toaster
II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
11. We’ve just bought  table.
	A. a big old square	B. an old big square	C. a big square old	D. a square big old
12. I wish you  smoke so much. 
	A. don’t	B. didn’t	C. shouldn’t	D. won’t
13. The director  and now he is visiting the workshop.
	A. is arriving	B. arrived	C. has arrived	D. had arrived
14. Have you fed the chickens yet? In the passive voice, this should read:
	A. Has somebody fed the chickens yet?	B. Have the chickens fed yet?
	C. Have the chickens been fed yet?	D. Have you had the chickens fed yet?
15. The house is old and it needs .
	A. to paint	B. painting	C. painted	D. being painted
16. “Have you ever met the man  over there?” “No. Who is he?”	
	A. stands	B. standing	C. is standing	D. who he is standing
17. The boys slept comfortably. Their sleeping-bags were .
	A. a comfort	B. in comfort	C. comfortable	D. comfortably
18. Why ? 
	A. you didn’t stay	B. didn’t you stay	C. you not stayed	D. didn’t you stayed
19. The buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter, so the designs .
	A. are not complete yet	B. are now complete	C. will be complete soon	D. haven’t been completed yet
20. When he finished, there  only two pieces of cake left.
	A. is	B. was	C. are	D. were
21. He said, “I bring my book every day.” In indirect speech, this should read:
	A. He said that I brought my book every day.	B. He told that he brought my book every day.
	C. He said to me to bring my book every day.	D. He said that he brought his book every day.
22. Besides being expensive, the food in the cafeteria tastes .
	A. badly	B. too badly	C. too much bad	D. bad
23. “Did you sell your car yet?” “No, but there’s a woman who is  in buying it.”
	A. definitely interested	B. definite interested	C. definitely interesting	D. interested definitely
24. It’s a shame that you have  time in New York on the tour. 
	A. so few	B. so little	C. a few	D. a little
25. I don’t feel  smoking now.
	A. like	B. for	C. as	D. with
26. Many people pretend that they  modern art.
	A. understood	B. are understanding	C. understand	D. to understand
27. They built the Eiffel Tower in 1889.
	A. The Eiffel Tower were built in 1889.	B. In 1889 was the Eiffel Tower built.
	C. In 1889 the Eiffel Tower be built.	D. The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889.
28. “Were you pleased with the translation?” “Yes. The job was .”
	A. amazing satisfactory	B. amazingly satisfactory	C. amazing satisfactorily	D. satisfactory amazing
29. “Did you find anything with your metal detector?” “Only  gold coins.”
	A. a few	B. a little	C. a few of	D. a few number of
30. I thought he  any money.
	A. doesn’t have	B. didn’t have	C. hasn’t had	D. isn’t having
31. How long  married?
	A. are you	B. have you been	C. was you	D. will you be
32. While Mary was cleaning the flat, her husband .
	A. sleep	B. slept	C. was sleeping	D. is sleeping
33. For lunch, you may have  chicken or fish. 
	A. both	B. neither 	C. not only	D. either
34. The manager  signed the contract has been transferred to another company.
	A. whom	B. who	C. whose	D. which
35. That’s the wig  she was wearing.
	A. who 	B. which	C. that	D. B&C are correct.
36. His father is a very friend of .
	A. them	B. their	C. theirs	D. themselves
37. I have two horses.  of them run very fast.
	A. All	B. Both	C. Each	D. One
38. Nam and his girlfriend look at  in the mirror.
	A. himself	B. themselves	C. herself	D. them
39. He divided the money between you and .
	A. I 	B. me	C. my	D. mine
40. “If a thing isn’t ,” he said, “I can give it away.”
	A. mine	B. of mine	C. to me	D. my
III. CLOZE PASSAGE 
Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each blank. 
	CONCORDE, the world’s fastest and most graceful (41)______ plane, will soon be 25 years old. It first flew on 2 March 1969, from Toulouse in France.
	Concorde was developed by both France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a (42) ______ of a supersonic passenger plane. In 1962 they started to work together on the (43)______. The plane cost over £1.5 billion to develop. It is the most (44) ______ plane in the history of (45)______. It was given over 5,000 hours of testing.
	Concorde flies at twice the speed of sound. This means that it takes only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, compared with 7 – 8 hours in other passenger jets. Because of the five-hour time (46)______ between the USA and Britain, it is possible to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can (47)______ the 10.30 am flight from London, Heathrow and start work in New York an hour earlier!
	Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. But its oldest passenger was Mrs. Ethel Lee from Leicestershire in England. She was 99 years old when she (48)______ from Heathrow on 24 February 1985.
	Each Concorde is built at a (49)______ of £55 million. Twenty have been built so far. Air France and British Airways (50)______ the most. They each have seven planes.
41.	A. transportation	B. carriage	C. conveyance	D. passenger
42.	A. expectation	B. dream	C. hope	D. imagination
43.	A. project	B. plot	C. structure	D. development
44.	A. tested	B. tried	C. investigated	D. experimented
45.	A. flight	B. aviation	C. space	D. locomotion
46.	A. separation	B. division	C. expansion	D. difference
47.	A. run	B. transport	C. catch	D. register
48.	A. blasted	B. launched off	C. took off	D. flew off
49.	A. cost	B. price	C. expense	D. expenditure
50.	A. own	B. mortgage	C. hire	D. master
IV. COMPREHENSION READING
Read the following passage. For questions 51 – 55, you are to choose one best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
	People who travel frequently on business or for pleasure often suffer some form of health problem, yet over half of these problems can easily be prevented. The most common ailment, a headache, can be avoided by taking along an ample supply of aspirin or other pain reliever. Another common affliction is motion sickness caused by the constant movement of a vehicle. Ginger capsules, sold in most health-food stores, have been found effective as a remedy. Other familiar problems include sunburn, which can be prevented by using an effective sunscreen, and insect bites, which can be controlled with use of a repellent spray or ointment. For everyday cuts and scratches, a first-aid kit containing bandages and antiseptic cream is recommended.
51. What is the best title for this passage?
	A. Frequent Travelers 	B. Avoiding Travel Ailments C. Common Health Problems D. Traveling for Business or Pleasure
52. According to the passage, travelers are most commonly bothered by
	A. sunburn 	 B. motion sickness C. insect bites D. headaches
53. In line 3, the word “affliction” can best be replaced by
	A. result	B. experience	 C. ailment	 	D. supply
54. According to the passage, what can be used to remedy motion sickness?
	A. A moving vehicle	B. Pain-killers	 C. Ginger capsules	 D. A first-aid kit
55. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a solution to a health problem?
	A. Sunscreen 	B. Cold cream 	 C. Repellent spray	 D. Aspirin
Test 4
 I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS
A. Which word is stressed differently from the others?
1. 	A. scientific 	B. analysis 	C. conventional 	D. psychology
2.	A. remind 	B. react 	C. repair 	D. reason
3.	A. industry 	B. inflation 	C. initial 	D. appointment
4. 	A. corporation 	B. graphology 	C. contradiction 	D. contribution
5.	A. summarize 	B. analyze 	C. contradict 	D. demonstrate
B. Which underlined part is pronounced differently?
6. 	A. surprising	B. irony	C. remind	D. literacy
7.	A. able	B. playful	C. pass	D. bake	
8.	A. hour	B. hectic	C. highlight	D. handle
9.	A. gold 	B. gesture 	C. good 	D. grade
10. 	A. gesture 	B. toaster 	C. material 	D. static
II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
A. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.
11. “How many books does she have?” “She possesses  books.”
	A. a great deal of	B. very much	C. plenty of	D. lots
12. Don’t you think that  are too high for businessmen?
	A. tax	B. taxes	C. taxis	D. taxs
13. I have  friends and we meet quite often.
	A. much	B. few	C. a few	D. a little
14.  coffee is grown in many countries.
	A. the	B. a 	C. an	D. none is correct.
15. If Bob’s wife doesn’t agree to sign the papers, .
	A. neither he will	B. neither won’t he	C. neither will he	D. he won’t neither
16. My daughter is  young to go to school.
	A. very	B. too	C. so	D. enough
17. We arrived  to have some coffee before class.
	A. enough early	B. early enough	C. too early	D. early too
18. All  test tubes must be replaced by chemistry students.
	A. to break	B. break	C. broken	D. breaking
19. When James noticed the  building, he notified the fire department immediately.
	A. burn	B. burning	C. burnt	D. burns
20. “During the exam, we are not permitted to talk, walk or smoke.” “That’s right. The school authority won’t allow .”
	A. to smoke	B. smoke	C. smoking	D. smokes
21. Ancient civilizations were not aware that the earth  a sphere.
	A. is	B. was	C. has been	D. had been
22. When  a dictionary, you need to be able to understand the symbols and abbreviations it contains.
	A. having used	B. use	C. to use	D. using
23. The news  bad last night.
	A. were	B. was	C. has been	D. have been
24. When Mr.Kim needs a car, he uses .
	A. his son’s	B. that one of his son	C. car of his son	D. he son’s own car
25. That umbrella is .
	A. our	B. our’s	C. ours	D. of us
26. If we leave now for our trip, we can drive half the distance before we stop  lunch.
	A. having	B. to have	C. having had	D. for having
27. Consequently over ninety per cent of the damage  by fire rather than by the collapse of buildings.
	A. caused	B. was causing	C. causing	D. was caused
28. “What can I get my friend for her birthday?” “That depends on how much  to spend.”
	A. do you want	B. you want	C. you do want	D. want you
29. He had the artist  his portrait for him. 
	A. paint	B. painted	C. being painted	D. painting 
30. Some scientists spend most of their lives  at rocks.
	A. looking	B. look	C. to look	D. looked
B. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect.
31. When the movie was over, John and me went for a quick walk.
 A	 	 B	 C	 D
32. Mrs. Adams was surprise that her son and his friend had gone to the mountains to ski. 
 A	 B	 C	 D 
33. My counselor suggested that I make my professor to change my grade since I was sick the day of the exam. 
	 A	 	 B	 C D
34. As soon as I saw the smoke, I called the fire department, but they haven’t arrived already.
	A	B	 C 	 D
35. Jessica is only an amateur, but she sings sweeter than most professionals.
	 A B	 C D
36. The American standard of living is still higher than most of the other countries of the world.
	A B C	 D
37. If you want a particular book, the person to see is the librarian she is wearing glasses.
 A	 B	 C	 D
38. Although Alice has been to the mountains many times before, she still loves it.
	 A	 B	 C	 D
39. This house is more spacious as that white house I bought in Rapid City, South Dakota last year.
 A	 	 B C	 D
40. Gardening, according to recent surveys, it is the eighth most popular American leisure-time activity.
	 A	 B	 C	 D
III. CLOZE PASSAGE 
Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each blank. 
	The Southwestern States of the United States suffered one of the worst droughts in their history from 1931 to 1938. The drought (41) ______ the entire country. Few food crops could be grown. Food became (42)______, and prices went up (43) ______ the nation. Hundreds of families in the Dust Bowl region had to be moved to farms in other areas with the help of the federal government. In 1944, drought brought great damage to (44)______ all Latin America. The drought moved to Australia and then to Europe, (45)______ it continued throughout the summer of 1945. From 1950 to 1954 in the United States, the South and Southwest suffered a (46)______ drought. Hundreds of cattle ranchers had to ship their cattle to other regions because (47)______ lands had no grass. The federal government again (48)______ an emergency drought-relief program. It offered farmers (49)______ credit and seed grains (50)______ low prices.
41. 	A. pushed	B. incurred	C. occurred	D. affected
42.	A. scarce	B. mystified	C. hidden	D. uncommon
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