d
49. Ballet dancer, ........ actors, must spend many hours a day practising before a
performance.
a. alike
b. likely
c. like
d. same
-->c
50. Peter looks so much like someone I knew years ago. It's quite .............. .
a. unlikely
b. uncanny
c. unspeakable
d. unnatural
b
Test 16
I. Pronunciation:
1. a. pardon b. hard c. parent d. park
c
2. a. stage b. manage c. village d. baggage
a
3. a. good b. roof c. foot d. flood
d
4. a. looked b. missed c. stopped d. dreamed
d
5. a. cast b. tasteful c. task d. fast
b
6. a. invitation b. blind c. decide d. provide
a
7. a. acrobat b. lane c. animal d. thanks
b
II. Find the mistake:
8. John and Lan have different cultures; that was why they often have different
ways of living.
a. have
b. cultures
c. that was why
d. have
--> c
9. You have to study hardly to keep pace with your classmates.
a. have to
b. study
c. hardly
d. to keep pace with
--> c
10. After you graduate from the university, you still have to go on study.
a. graduate
b. from
c. have to
d. study
--> d
III. Grammar and Vocabulary:
11. I suppose you just went to the disco ............. improve your conversational
skills.
a. so as
b. for
c. in order to
d. too
-->c
12. You will not be fined if you .............. with the rules.
a. comply
b. adhere
c. observe
d. abide
a
13. John eats very little .................. put on weight.
a. so as to
b. so as not to
c. in order to
d. so that
b
14. .................. the monthly salary, he has no income.
a. Leaving aside
b. Not counting
c. Let alone
d. Apart from
d
15. There has been so much media .............. of the coming election that people
have got bored with it.
a. broadcasting
b. circulation
c. concern
d. coverage
d
16. His salary was decreased because he …………….. his responsibility.
a. cancelled
b. postponed
c. delayed
d. omitted
d
17. The life of Uncle Ho, a great man …………. many stories have been told,
was very simple.
a. of
b. about whom
c. about
d. of which
b
18. His noise interrupted my .............. of thought.
a. chain
b. series
c. line
d. train
d
19. The soup was beautifully cooked, I agree, but the meat was a bit too salty for
my ..................
a. appetite
b. desire
c. liking
d. favor
c
20. Her accusation left him .............. rage.
a. dumb
b. silent
c. speechless
d. mute
c
21. I'll have the mechanic .............. my car this weekend.
a. to repair
b. repaired
c. repairing
d. repair
d
22. He .............. money out of the old couple.
a. deprived
b. swindled
c. robbed
d. extracted
b
23. He found it ................... to study at home.
a. impossibility
b. impossible
c. to impossible
d. impossibly
b
24. Before they would receive the proposal, they wanted to .............. with each
other.
a. confess
b. confirm
c. confer
d. confide
c
25. That ancient bicycle of hers is a .............. joke among her classmates.
a. steady
b. standing
c. settled
d. stable
b
26. It's none of your business: please don't .............. other people's affairs.
a. bump into
b. meddle in
c. tot up
d. come across
b
27. The film was so boring that I ..............
a. flaked out
b. broke up
c. dropped out
d. fell over
a
28. He is decorating his house with a view ................. it.
a. to sell
b. to selling
c. sell
d. selling
b
29. My income does not .............. me to meet all my financial commitments.
a. enable
b. able
c. ability
d. be able to
a
30. His teachings had a profound effect on her.
a. depth
b. affection
c. affliction
d. influence
d
31. When he spoke on the phone, his voice was so ................. that I could hardly
hear him.
a. dim
b. faint
c. loud
d. dull
b
32. A: It's a long way from Britain, isn't it? B: Yes, but it isn't as ................ as
Hong Kong.
a. far
b. farther
c. farthest
d. farer
a
33. A: It's hot there, isn't it? B: It's very ................ during the day.
a. hot
b. hotter
c. hottest
d. hoter
a
34. Japan is usually ................ Saudi Arabia in summer.
a. hotter than
b. as hot as
c. cooler than
d. so hot as
c
35. The temperature in winter in Mexico is ................ that in summer in Japan.
a. higher than
b. similar to
c. lower than
d. as high as
c
36. "He didn't understand it." " ................ "
a. So did I
b. I did too
c. I did either
d. Neither did I
d
37. Do you know one of the largest universities located ....................................
town?
a. a small midwestern
b. in a small midwestern
c. small midwestern
d. in small midwestern
b
38. .................... his life, he was regarded as the most brilliant playwright.
a. It was the time of
b. While
c. During
d. By the time of
c