I. Vocabulary and Structure

1. Tom was disappointed that most of the guests ______ when he ______at the party.

A. had left, arrived C. had left, had arrived

B. left, had arrived D. left, arrived

2. Sir Denis, who is 78, has made it known that much of his collection ______ to the nation. A. has left

B. is to leave

C. leaves

D. is to be left

3. The work ______ by the time you get here. A. will have been done C. had been done

4. It ______ for a week and the streets were flooded. A. has rained C. had been raining 5.

B. was rained D. should have rained

B. is done

D. would have done

Sorry, but we cannot go to San Diego. Our cousins ____ to see us next Sunday. A. come

B. are coming C. have come D. came

6. The bus is late and Julie is cold. She ____ for the bus for 10 minutes. A. waits B. waited

C. has been waiting

D. has waited

7. All of us think it difficult to ______ the difference between the two things. A. talk

B. speak

C. lecture

D. tell

8. George is so ______ in debt that he is afraid to show up in the pub in case he meets his six creditors. A. involved

B. concentrated

C. devoted D. concerned

9. A new situation is likely to ______ when the school leaving age is raised to 16. A. rise

B. arise

C. happen

D. raise

10. Be quiet! It's rude to ______ people when they are speaking.

A. interfere B. introduce C. interrupt D. prevent 11. The music adviser taught her how to ______ a song to find its mood and meaning.

A. compose B. preserve

C. include D. analyze

12. Rapid reading means reading something fast just to ______ the general idea.

A. master B. seize

C. grasp

D. imagine

13. Finding it difficult to ______ to the climate in the city, he decided to move to the North. A. adopt

B. adapt

C. fit

D. suit

14. They built strong walls round the town as a ______ against the enemy. A. depend B. defend

C. defeat D. defense

15. The students were not____to leave the classroom without an adequate reason. A. permitted B. remitted C. admitted

D. emitted

16. I don’t think it is easy to ______ your weight if keep on eating that way. A. decrease B. reduce

C. decline

D. shorten

17. The guide is ____ a line of tourists through the narrow passage with the help of his torch.

A.concluding B.containing

C.conducting

D.conquering

18. It _______ the village where we spent our holidays last summer.

A. reminds me of

B. reminds me to C. remembers me of

D. remembers me to

19. It’s too expensive for me. I can’t _______it.

A. spend B. cost

C. pay

D. afford

20. I didn’t know what to do but then an idea suddenly______ to me.

A. happened B. entered

C. occurred

D. hit

21. Mr. Wilson said that he did not want to ______ any further responsibilities.

A. take on B. bring on

C. get on D. carry out

22. Dear, do send the children to bed. I can't _______their noise any longer.

A. put off B. put up C. stand up 23. Will you please ______ my parcel at the post-office as you pass?

A. pick out B. pick up C. take out D. take up

24. In making such models, skills as well as thorough knowledge of plant structure are ______.

A. called on B. called up C. called for D. called in 25. The little boy ______ his hiding place when he coughed.

A. gave away B. gave up

C. got away

D. got in

D. put up with

26. None of us expected the chairman to ______ at the party. We thought he was still in hospital.

A. turn in B. turn up

27. When he heard the bad news, he ______ completely. A. broke away

B. broke up C. broke down

D. broke out

C. turn over

D. turn down

28. If I had more time, I would ____ golf as a hobby.

A.take in

B.take on

C.take up

D.take over

29. Would you like me ______ the radio a bit?

A. turning down B. turned down C. turn down 30. Since the road is wet this morning, ______ last night.

A. it must have rained B. it must rain C. it must be raining D. it must have been rained

D. to turn down

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31. As teachers we should concern ourselves with what is said, not what we think ______.

A. ought to be said B. must say C. have to be said D. need to say 32. You ______ all those calculations. We have a computer to do that sort of thing.

A. must not have done B. should not have C. can not have done 33. With all this work on hand, he ______ to the cinema last night.

A. mustn’t go

B. wouldn’t go C. oughtn’t go D. shouldn’t have gone

“You _______her, she is still in hospital.”

D. must not see D. needn’t have done

34. “I saw Mary in the library yesterday.”

A. mustn’t have seen B. could not see C. can’t have seen 35. He regretted ______ the decision so hastily.

A. make

B. making

C. to make

D. have made

36. The speech which he made ______ the project has bothered me greatly.

A. being concerned B. concerning 37. --- “ Joe doesn’t seem like the same person.”

---“______so much in the war has made him more thoughtful.”

A. To have seen

B. Having seen C. His seeing

D. For him to see

C. be concerned D. concerned

38. He had no choice but ______ to see him.

A. to go B. went C. going D. go 39. Although young, Fred could resist ______ what to do and what not to do. A. to be told

B. having been told C. to have been told

D. being told

40. No matter how frequently ______, the works of Beethoven always attract a large audience. A. performing B. performed

C. to be performed

D. being performed

41. The music was so ______ that the audience were ______ to death.

A. boring .. bored B. bored … boring

C. bored …bored D. boring … boring

42. When he came back after an absence of 20 years, he found his hometown completely ______.

A. changing B. to be changed

C. to change

D. changed

43. Some of the experiments ______ in the book are easy to perform.

A. being described B. described

C. to be described D. having been described

44. I really appreciate ______ to help me, but I am sure that I can manage by myself.

A. you to offer B. that you offer C. your offering D. that you are offering 45. He should get used by now ______ Chinese food.

A. to eating

B. to eat

C. for eating

D. eating

46. The manager promised to keep me ______ of how our business was going on.

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A. to be informed B. on informing C. informed 47. No one thought that John’s suggestion was worth ______ . A. to consider B. considering

C. to be considered

D. informing

D. of consideration

48. The young man got his motor bicycle tyre ______ early this morning. A. changed

B. change

C. changing

D. be changed

49. ______ enough money, they decided to call off the construction project.

A. Not to have raised B. Not raising C. Having not raised D. Not having raised 50. While reading the newspaper, ______.

A. a colorful advertisement caught my eyes B. my attention was attracted by an advertisement C. I was attracted by a colorful advertisement

D. What attracted my eyes was a colorful advertisement 51. Weighing seven hundred pounds, ______.

A. she could not move the piano

B. the piano should not be moved

C. the piano was too heavy for her to move D. the piano was unable to move 52. The factory is said ______ last month.

A. to have gone into production B. to go into production C. to be gone into production D. to be going into production 53. ______ in an atmosphere of simple living was what her parents wished for.

A. The girl was educated C. The girl to be educated 54. Having plenty of time, ______ . A. we needn’t to have hurried

C. we didn’t need to hurry 55. ______, little John did not reply.

A. When being asked what his name was B. When asked what his name was C. When his name was asked D. When he is asked what is his name

56. With its expensive furniture and carefully ____ color scheme, the room looked quite luxurious.

A.choose

B.chose

C.chosen

D.choosing

B. there was no need for us to hurry D. hurrying was not necessary B. The girl educated D. The girl’s being educated

57. Time ____, we will arrange for the tourists to visit two or three more remote spots of culture value.

A.permits

B.permitting

C.permitted

D.to be permitted

58. All the afternoon he worked in his study with the door ______.

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