--> a
40. She is certainly a very ................ girl, she can make up an interesting story
for a short time.
a. imaginary
b. imaginable
c. imaginative
d. imagining
c
41. The wheels ............. as the car went over an icy patch.
a. skipped
b. skidded
c. slid
d. slipped
-->b
42. They have ................ me to buy their house.
a. suggested
b. persuaded
c. argued
d. resulted
b
43. Most of the double rooms are the ............... size.
a. same
b. similar
c. equal
d. like
-->a
44. The police ................ the thief and then took him to the police station.
a. chased
b. looked
c. captured
d. hunted
c
45. The army ................. defeat at the hands of its enemies.
a. tolerated
b. suffered
c. bore
d. supported
--> b
46. In the ................ of success, you must entertain us.
a. event
b. condition
c. chance
d. fact
a
47. In an attempt to get to the ............ of the problem, he took his car engine to
bits.
a. root
b. gist
c. base
d. centre
--> a
48. All at once, black clouds appeared and it started to rain.
a. Suddenly
b. At times
c. Occasionally
d. Immediately
a
49. He .................... sport to keep fit, not because he likes it.
a. plays
b. makes
c. practises
d. trains
-->a
50. There have been protests from animal rights group about ................ on
animals.
a. experience
b. experiments
c. expiration
d. trials
b
TEST 13
I. Pronunciation:
1. a. weight b. height c. straight d. late
b
2. a. jumped b. smiled c. picked d. looked
b
3. a. forget b. forty c. former d. fortunate
a
4. a. blew b. flew c. new d. crew
c
5. a. thank b. thick c. they d. thin
c
6. a. either b. neither c. height d. leisure
d
7. a. chief b. of c. leaf d. thief
b
II. Find the mistake:
8. He had to explain the lesson very clear so that his students could understand
it.
a. had to
b. clear
c. so that
d. could
--> b
9. Doctors are using laser beam to remove of bone in ear surgery.
a. are using
b. to remove
c. of
d. in
--> c
10. We wish today was sunny so that we could spend the day in the country
communing with nature.
a. was
b. so that
c. could spend
d. in the country
--> a
III. Grammar and vocabulary:
11. The students left the room .............. they had finished their exam.
a. while
b. soon
c. once
d. during
-->c
12. Direct speech: "Why did he move to San Francisco?" (Change into Indirect
speech)
a. I wondered that why he had moved to San Francisco.
b. I wondered that why he hadn't moved to San Francisco.
c. I wondered that why he moved to San Francisco.
d. I wondered that why he would move to San Francisco.
a
13. The brothers are so alike that I cannot ............ one from the other.
a. say
b. notice
c. tell
d. mark
-->c
14. Nancy was on her own when she lived in London.
a. free
b. alone
c. sick
d. uncommitted
b
15. The tallest bird on the North American continent, the white whooping crane,
………….. four and a half feet tall.
a. stands
b. which stands
c. it stands
d. standing
--> a
16. It was .................. that I couldn't eat it.
a. such a hard cake
b. such hard cake
c. so a hard cake
d. so hard cake
a
17. The prisoner ................. that he had assaulted a policeman.
a. refused
b. declined
c. denied
d. rejected
-->c
18. Robert opened the drawer and …….............. a knife.
a. taking out
b. taken out
c. took out
d. take out
c
19. Do you mind ................ that everyone has got a ticket?
a. controlling
b. checking
c. assuring
d. knowing
--> c
20. "I have bought this washing machine for two months but now, it is out of
order." "Don't worry. Your car is being ................. "
a. stopped
b. broken
c. serviced
d. rented
c
21. With every ................. he took, he got more and more tired.
a. walk
b. march
c. step
d. foot
-->c
22. The robber made the bank manager ................ the money.
a. hand over
b. to hand over
c. handing over
d. handed over
a
23. I wish I could give you the ............. to your problems.
a. answer
b. conclusion
c. reply
d. end
-->a
24. How long is it since you .................. Mary?
a. has seen
b. saw
c. had seen
d. see
b
25. His youngest brother intends to take .................. skating next winter.
a. to
b. up
c. on
d. in
--> b
26. ............. his old age, Mr. Johnson runs seven miles before breakfast.
a. Though
b. Although
c. In spite of
d. Instead of
c
27. The fire was ................ by the time the firemen arrived.
a. finished
b. off
c. away
d. out
-->d
28. I remember ................ the package a few days before going to the
countryside.
a. to send
b. sending
c. sent
d. to have sent
b
29. My teacher was very conscious ................. his bald head.
a. of
b. with
c. about
d. for