V. Choose the best answer to complete each of the sentences by circling A, B, C or D.
1. Such____________ that he would stop at nothing.
A. his ambition was B. did his ambition
C. does his ambition D. was his ambition
2. Scientists are now beginning to conduct experiments on____________ trigger different sorts of health risks.
A. noise pollution can B. that noise pollution
C. how noise pollution D. how noise pollution can
3. ____________, we all went home.
A. Goodbye was said B. Goodbye had been said
C. Goodbye said D. When goodbye said
4. ~ “Goodbye, Susie!”. ~ “____________”
A. So so B. The same C. Yeah D. So long
5. You ____________ the washing up. I could have done it to you
A. hadn’t to do B. needn’t have done
C. couldn’t have done D. mustn’t have done
6. He objects to ____________.
A. his mistakes being laughed at B. laughing his mistakes at
C. his mistakes laughing at D. his mistakes at laughing
7. I can’t make____________ what it says; it’s a very old book.
A. for B. up C. out D. of
8. His name is Archibald, but everyone calls him Archie____________.
A. for short B. in brief C. for brief D. in short
9. Bill: “What do you think of what Mr. Cook said at the meeting?”
- Mary: “____________”
A. Well, I could help myself. B. Sorry, I have no idea.
C. Oh, he was good- looking, wasn’t he? D. Oh, the meeting was boring.
10. When he returned home, he found the door____________.
A. unlocking B. unlocked C. to be unlocked D. have unlocked
11. ____________ patient, and you will succeed.
A. To be B. Are C. Being D. Be
12. “____________ the villagers, I’d like to thank you for your generous donation,” Mr. Lam said.
A. According to B. On behalf of
C. In addition to D. Thanks to
13. The woman____________ when the police told her that her husband had died.
A. broke down B. broke away C. broke in D. broke into
14. There are nine kinds of fruit in my basket. One is an orange, one is a lemon and ____________ is an apple.
A. others B. the other C. another D. the others
15. I can’t give you a detailed description of the woman, as I only _________at her briefly.
A. gazed B. glared C. glanced D. stared
16. The boy ____________ in the accident was taken to hospital.
A. injuring B. being injured C. have injured D. injured
17. I feel terrible.I didn’t sleep ____________ last night.
A. a jot B. a wink C. an inch D. an eye
18. Alex can’t ____________ seeing his mother cry because she means a lot to him.
A. mind B. avoid C. finish D. stand
19. He thought the party was going to be boring, but it ____________ to be the most unforgettable evening of his life.
A. turned out B. looked around C. passed away D. fell back on
20. My friend in the United States ____________ a very good salary as a pharmacist.
A. make B. makes C. do D. does
21. His answer was so confusing that I could hardly make any ____________ of it at all.
A. interpretation B. meaning C. intelligibility D. sense
22. The environment is ____________ almost everywhere and many species of animals are in danger of extinction.
A. threatening seriously B. serious threatened
C. seriously threaten D. seriously threatened
23. Jack went to the party, wearing a ___________ tie.
A. lovely red woolen bow B. red lovely woolen bow
C. woolen lovely red bow D. lovely red bow woolen
24.________ Professor Johns, __________ man whose new drug everyone is talking about, refused ________interview.
A. 0- the - an B. 0- a - the C. The- a - the D. The - a- an
25. This factory produced ____________ motorbikes in 2014 as in the year 2012.
A. as twice as many B. twice as many
C. as twice many D. as many as twice
26. Don’t put David in charge of arranging the theater trip; he’s too______________.
A. organized B. well organized C. unorganized D. organizing
27. It ____________ to Fred that I secured a place at Havard.
A. had been B. had been up C. was down D. helped
28. As a rule you shouldn’t argue with your hosts unless they _______ something openly offensive.
A. had said B. have said C. will say D. would say
