Bài tập môn Tiếng Anh về nhận diện lỗi - Error identification

BÀI TẬP VỀ NHẬN DIỆN LỖI - ERROR IDENTIFICATION
Exercise 1. Choose among A, B, C, or D the one that needs correcting.
1. Families who are enough fortunate to own a historic home may be able to get restoration funds from the government.
A. enough fortunate	B. may be	C. to get	 	D. how
2. The first things a new international student must do include renting an apartment, registering for classes, and to get to know the city.	 
A. to get	B. first thing 	C. international 	D. for 
3. When parents allow his children to spend many hours watching television, the children are not likely to be physically fit.
 	A. many hours	B. his 	C. physically 	D. likely
4. Christianity has become a worldwide religion since it has begun almost two thousand years ago.
A. worldwide	B. almost	 C. become	D. has begun
5. As the population of Africa continues to grow, animals will continue to lose theirs natural habitat.
A. theirs 	B. continues 	C. to grow 	D. to lose
6. Actually, by the time Columbus arrived to America in 1492, other Europeans had already reached the New World. 
 	A. by the time	 	B. Actually	C. had already	D. arrived to
7. The most Americans were killed in World War II than in any other war since the birth of the nation.
 	A. The most	B. in	C. since 	D. in any
8. Antarctica, which is largely covered by ice, receive hardly any rainfall.
 	A. largely	B. rainfall	 	C. receive	 	D. hardly any
9. Jessica is only an amateur, but she sings sweeter than most professionals.
A. than 	B. sweeter	C. is only 	D. an
10. Mrs. Adams was surprising that her son and his friend had gone to the mountains to ski. 
A. her	 	B. to ski 	C. surprising	D. had gone
11. A cure for the common cold, causing by a virus, has not been found.
 	A. causing 	B. for 	C. a virus 	D. has not been found
12. Amelia Earhart, that was one of the pioneers in aviation, attempted to fly the world in 1937, but she and her plane mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean.
 	A. over 	B. that 	C. in aviation 	D. attempted to fly
13. His last test results showed he was the quickest typist, yet he was the less accurate of all the applicants.
A. the less 	B. last 	C. of 	D. the quickest
14. That secretary of mine is so efficient that she always amazes myself with her speed.
A. she 	B. mine 	C. her 	D. myself
15. A problem it has caused setbacks and we have been forced to change the final date of completion if we want to avoid being penalized.
A. to change 	B. it 	C. being 	D. setbacks
16. It is vitally important that she takes this medication night and morning. 
A. vitally 	B. that 	C. takes 	D. medication 
17. Had it not been for you help me, I wouldn't have succeeded. 
A. not 	B. you help me 	C. wouldn't 	D. succeeded 
18. Children enjoy telling and listening to ghosts stories, especially on Halloween night. 
A. Halloween night 	B. ghosts stories 	C. especially 	D. telling and listening 
19. We had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some questions on it on our test tomorrow. 
A. to review 	B. carefully 	C. will 	D. some 
20. She is a very generously old woman. She has given most of her wealth to a charity organization. 
A. generously old 	B. her wealth 	C. a charity 	D. has given 
21. Psychologist Abraham Maslow argued that humans have unique desires to discover and understand, the giving of love to others, and to fulfill their inner potential. 
 	A. argued that 	B. have unique desires 	
C. the giving of love to 	D. their inner potential 
22. The flag over the White House is risen at dawn every day by a color guard from the United States armed forces.
A. over the White House 	B. is risen 	C. at dawn 	D. by
23. When the Panic of 1857, some US citizens who had been rich or comfortable became poor while a few others, capitalizing on economic shifts, became richer. 
A. When the 	B. had been	C. while 	D. capitalizing
24. Fiorello La Guardia made a speech to the United Nations Relief Administration, which he was the director, stating that Europe did not experience prosperity after World War Two. 
A. made 	B. which 	C. stating that 	D. prosperity
25. Every year, tornadoes cause a lot of damages to property and a tremendous loss of human and animal life. 
A. cause 	B. damages 	C. tremendous loss 	D. animal life
26. It was suggested that Pedro studies the material more thoroughly before attempting to pass the exam. A. studies 	B. attempting 	C. pass 	D. more
27. There was a very interesting news on the radio this morning about the earthquake in Italy. 
A. a 	B. on 	C. There was 	D. about
28. She asked why did Mathew look so embarrassed when he saw Carole.
A. embarrassed 	B. did Mathew look	C. saw 	D. asked why 
29. The professor together with his three students have been called to court.
 A. to 	 	B. The 	C. have 	D. together
30. Many deaths associated with fires are not actual caused by the flames, but are rather the result of asphyxiation resulting from the decreased oxygen supply in burning buildings. 
A. burning buildings 	B. actual 	C. Many 	D. are
31. The rate of snow accumulation in the formation area are critical to the pace of glacial movement.
A. accumulation	B. are	C. to the	D. movement
32. More murders are reported in December in the United States than for any other month.
A. More	B. are reported	C. the	D. for
33. Although Emily Dickinson publishes only three of her verses before she died, today there are more than one thousand of her poems printed in many important collections.
A. publishes	B. there are	C. thousand of	D. in
34. Humans who lived thousands years ago, long before alphabets were devised, they used pictures to record events and to communicate ideas.
A. who	B. ago	C. they	D. to communicate
35. More companies returned to the task of development new kinds of antibiotics, and as this book is being prepared, a number are undergoing clinical trials.
A. to	B. development	C. kinds of	D. a
36. They are planning on attending the convention next month, and so I am. 
A. planning on	B. attending 	C. next 	D. so I am 
37. Today was such beautiful day that I couldn’t bring myself to complete all my chores. 
A. myself 	B. such beautiful 	C. my chores 	D. to complete
38. Alzheimer made the first observers of the telltale signs of the disease that today bears his name.
A. his name 	B. bears 	C. observers 	D. telltale 
39. Surrounded by forested mountain slopes are the town of Telluride, a former gold mining town 7,500 feet above sea level. 
A. sea level 	B. former	 	C. slopes are 	D. Surrounded 
40. The English horn is an alto oboe with a pitch one-fifth lower than the soprano oboe. 
A. the 	B. than 	C. an alto 	D. pitch 
41. Pollution makes streams, lakes and coastal water unpleasant to look at, to smell, and to swim in. Fish and shellfish harvested from polluted waters may be unsafe to eat.
A. harvested from 	B. coastal water 	C. unpleasant 	D. to eat
42. A finishing motion picture is the work of the collaboration of many individuals.
A. the work 	B. individuals 	C. finishing 	D. motion picture
43. Educational films are made for schools, training films for industry; documentary films present fact events or circumstances of social, political, or historical nature.
A. fact events 	B. present 	C. historical nature 	D. made for
44. The train to Ho Chi Minh city left at precisely 7 o’clock as usually, but the train to Ha Noi capital left at half past six o’clock, which was exactly 20 minutes late.
A. exactly 	B. which 	C. as usually D. precisely
45. Whether life in the countryside is better than that in the city depend on each individual’s point of view. A. that 	B. point of view 	C. Whether 	D. depend on
46. An increasing number of companies has changed dress codes, allowing employees to wear casual clothing in the workjng place. 
A. in the working place	B. has changed 	C. increasing 	D. to wear 
47. Among the earliest telescopes were Galilean telescopes, modeled after the simple instruments built by Galileo, the first person having used telescopes to study the stars and planets 
A. having used 	B. telescopes 	C. modeled 	D. were 
48. Mr. Lam insisted that we show our best knowledge, our enthusiasm, our keen on work and our sense of responsibility when working in a team. 
A. when working 	B. show 	C. sense of 	D. keen on 
49. Victims of carpal tunnel syndrome include electricians drilling holes for wiring, airline workers to type at chest- high terminals, and check- out clerks lifting and twisting groceries to register prices on the scanner. 
A. include 	B. for wiring 	C. to type 	D. to register prices
50. First designed in 1970, Earth Day has become an international event that dedicate to raising concerns about environmental issues such as pollution. 
A. as pollution 	B. raising concerns 	C. First designed	D. that dedicates 
51. It is vitally important that she takes this medication night and morning.
A. vitally 	B. that 	C. takes 	D. medication
52. Had it not been for you help me, I wouldn't have succeeded.
A. not 	B. wouldn't 	C. succeeded 	D. you help me
53. Children enjoy telling and listening to ghosts stories, especially on Halloween night.
A. telling and listening 	B. ghosts stories 	C. especially 	D. Halloween night
54. The WWF workers have devoted all their lives to protect all animals. 
A. have 	B. all 	C. protect 	D. animals
55. We had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some questions on it on our test tomorrow. 
A. to review 	B. carefully 	C. will 	D. some
56. Humans have done great advances in technology at the expense of the environment. 
A. have done 	B. at the expense 	C. advances 	D. humans
57. There was a gradual raise in the number of literate males and females in the Lowlands. 
A. in the Lowlands 	B. was 	C. raise 	D. the number of 
58. For the first time in the history of the country, the person who recommended by the president to replace a retired justice on the Supreme Court is a woman. 
A. is 	B. a retired justice 	C. to replace 	D. who recommended 
59. It is interested to compare the early stylized art forms of ancient civilizations with the modern abstract forms of art. 
A. ancient 	B. interested 	C. early stylized 	D. with 
60 The latest medical report indicated that the patient’s temperature was near normal and their lungs were partially cleared. 
A. partially 	B. near normal 	C. their 	D. latest medical report 
61. Men and women in the Peace Corps work with people in the developing countries to help them improving their living conditions.
A. work 	B. improving 	C. developing 	D. living 
62. Although not widely sold, that book is considered to be best book on the subject.
A. best 	B. the 	C. sold 	D. not
63. Because his sickness, he didn’t take part in the English competition held last Sunday. 
A. held 	B. take 	C. he 	D. Because
64. I found my new contact lenses strangely at first, but I got used to them in the end.
A. strangely 	B. my new 	C. in the end 	D. got used 
65. Dreaming, like all other mental processes, it is a product of the brain and its activity. 
A. its activity 	B. like all 	C. of the brain 	D. it is
66. Transplanting organs such hearts and kidneys had proved easier than transplanting muscles. 
A. muscles 	B. easier 	C. proved 	D. such
67. On the floor of the Pacific Ocean is hundreds of flat-tipped mountains more than a mile beneath sea level. 
A. is 	B. more than 	C. On 	D. hundreds of
68. No longer satisfied with the emphasis of the Denishaw school, Martha has moved to the staff of the Eastman school in 1925. 
A. emphasis 	B. satisfied 	C. the staff of 	D. Martha has
69. Not until much later did she realize her long-known partner had been lying her.
A. did she realize	B. lying 	C. much 	D. long-known
70. Justice is often personified as a blindfolded woman to hold a pair of scales.
A. blindfolded 	B. to hold 	C. personified 	D. a pair of scales
71. The novelist Shirley Hazzard is noted for the insight, poetic style, and sensitive she demonstrates in her works. 
A. demonstrates 	B. for 	C. sensitive 	D. The
72. My father asked me where had I gone the night before.
A. the night 	B. had I 	C. before 	D. asked 
73. The harder he tried, the worst he danced before the large audience.
A. tried 	B. before 	C. worst 	D. The 
74. Lake Superior, that lies on the US Canadian border, is the largest lake in North America.
 	A. that 	B. the largest 	C. in 	D. lies on 
75. The most mammals have hair at some time in their lives, though in certain whales it is present only before birth. 
A. have 	B. The most 	C. though 	D. some time
76. Alaska’s vast areas of untamed wilderness attracts many people who enjoy the outdoors.
 	A. wilderness 	B. untamed 	C. enjoy 	D. attracts 
77. Manufacturers may use food additives for preserving, to color, or to flavor, or to fortify foods. 
A. to flavor 	B. fortify foods 	C. for preserving 	D. many use 
78. Computer science which is considered by some scientists to have a much closer relationship with mathematics than many scientific disciplines. 
A. much closer 	B. than many 	C. which is considered 	D. some scientists 
79. If one type of manufacturing expands, it is like that another type will shrink considerably.
 	A. expands 	B. like 	C. another 	D. considerably 
80. The Pullman strike of 1894 occurred took place during the era of rapid industrialization.
 	A. place 	 	B. occurred took 	C. of rapid 	D. industrialization 
81. Transplanting organs such hearts and kidneys had proved easier than transplanting muscles. 
A. muscles 	B. easier 	C. proved 	D. such
82. On the floor of the Pacific Ocean is hundreds of flat-tipped mountains more than a mile beneath sea level. 
A. is 	B. more than 	C. On 	D. hundreds of
83. No longer satisfied with the emphasis of the Denishaw school, Martha has moved to the staff of the Eastman school in 1925. 
A. emphasis 	B. satisfied 	C. the staff of 	D. Martha has
84. Not until much later did she realize her long-known partner had been lying her.
A. did she realize	B. lying 	C. much 	D. long-known
85. Justice is often personified as a blindfolded woman to hold a pair of scales.
A. blindfolded 	B. to hold 	C. personified 	D. a pair of scales
86. As well as being successful in his many careers, Benjamin Franklin was well-known as a science. 
A. being successful 	B. careers 	C. well-known 	D. science 
87. Lewis and Clack had been gone for such long on their expedition that many thought they were dead. 	A. been gone 	B. such 	C. many 	D. they 
88. Eleanor Roosevelt was one of the most activist and influential first ladies. 
A. was 	B. most activist 	C. influential 	D. first ladies 
89. In the 1860s Louis Pasteur discovered that bacteria in air caused the perishable food to go bad. 
A. the 1860s 	B. bacteria 	C. the perishable 	D. bad 
90. Homes that have cable television get their programs from a local television station through a cable connected with the set. 
A. get their programs 	B. from a local television station 
C. through a cable 	D. connected with 
91. My father used to giving me some good advice whenever I had a problem. 
A. a problem 	B. whenever 	C. some good 	D. giving
92. The woman of whom the red car is parked in front of the bank is a famous pop star. 
A. is parked 	B. of whom the 	C. a famous pop star	D. front of
93. The better you are at English, more chance you have to get a job with international organizations. 
A. a job 	B. better 	C. are at 	D. more chance 
94. There are differences and similarities between Vietnamese and American culture. 
A. Vietnamese 	B. and similarities 	C. There are 	D. culture 
95. Society will be having to change radically to keep pace with the technology available. 
A. with 	B. Society 	C. available 	D. will be having 
96. All of the students in this course will be assessed according to their attendance, performance, and they work hard. 
A. according	B. they work hard	C. performance	D. All of the students
97. As seeing from the mountain top, area looks like a picturesque harbour town.
A. from 	B. As seeing	 	C. harbour town	D. like
98. Women in many parts of the world have had lower status than men, which the extent of the gap between genders varies across cultures and times. 
A. which	 	B. varies	C. parts 	D. the gap between genders
99. Since January this year, Joe has suffered two injuries, one to his ankle and the other in New York.	A. New York 	B. this year	 	C. Since 	D. injuries
100. Most of the students are queuing in lines waiting to enter the classroom.
A. Most of 	B. are	 	C. in lines 	D. to enter
101. In the future, we will certainly lead a more healthier life.
	A. In	B. will	C. more	D. certainly
102. In the end of the story, Cinderella and the prince get married and live happily together.
	A. the prince	B. In the end	C. get married	D. happily
103. Rattan, a close relative of bamboo, is often used to make tables, chairs, and other furnitures. 
	A. furnitures	B. a close	C. is often	D. to make
104. Either Mr. Anderson or Ms. Wiggins are going to teach our class today.
	A. or	B. are	C. Either	D. today
105. I prefer living in a nuclear family than a joint one.
	A. a nuclear family	B. one	C. than	D. living
106. Wind is the motion that occurs when lightest air rises and cooler heavier air replaces it. 
A. it 	B. that occurs 	C. lightest 	D. cooler 
107. These exercises look easy, but they are very relatively difficult for us. 
A. These exercises 	B. for 	C. easy 	D. very relatively 
108. A dolphin can communicate with other by making distinctive sounds. 
A. making 	B. sounds 	C. communicate 	D. other 
109. Salmon lay their eggs and die in fresh water, although they live in salt water when most of their adult lives. A. although 	B. when 	C. live in 	D. lay 
110. Rock music was original a mixture of country music and rhythm and blues. 
A. Rock music	B. original 	C. music 	D. and 
111. Before television became popular, people used to entertain each other in the evening by playing games, and saying stories.
A. became popular 	B. to entertain	C. each other 	D. saying
112. My father is very busy with his business; therefore , he is always willing to give a hand with the housework. 
A. willing to give a hand 	B. with 	C. therefore 	D. the
113. I found my new contact lenses strangely at first, but I got used to them in the end.
A. my new 	B. strangely 	C. got used 	D. in the end
114. The first important requirements for you to become a mountain climber are your strong passion and you have good health.
A. The first important 	B. to become 	C. are 	D. you have good health 
115. Hardly did he enter the room when all the lights went out.
A. did he enter 	B. when 	C. the lights 	D. went out 
116. Items of luggage whose weight exceed 50 kilograms will not be allowed on the plane.
A. of luggage	B. whose	C. exceed	D. allowed
117. Heathrow is a very busy airport. You always see aeroplanes landing and take off.
A. busy 	B. a	C. landing	 	D. take off
118. In this hospital they have the best staff and equipments in the whole province. It’s really high standard. 
A. In	B. equipments	C. whole	 	D. high
119. My father used to giving me some good advice whenever I had a problem.
A. giving 	B. a problem 	C. whenever 	D. some good advice
120. Daisy has such many things to do that she has no time to go out.
A. such	B. to do	C. has 	D. to go
121. Aristotle systematically set our various forms of syllogism that has remained an important reference for logic. 
A. systematically 	B. various 	C. that 	D. has remained
122. There are a number of reason why population is concentrated in temperate regions, but the wide variety and availability of animal and vegetable life may be the most important.
A. of reason 	B. is concentrated	C. availability 	D. the most important 
123. Each chapter contains a few appendix which give additional details as supplements to the text.
A. contains 	B. appendix 	C. which 	D. as
124. In the hot climate of India, innumerable caves serving generations of religious men as shrines and retreats. 
A. In the 	B. innumerable 	C. serving 	D. as
125. Professor Benton has more experience in this type of procedure from Professor Edwards. 
A. has 	B. in 	C. of 	D. from 
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