II. Mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions
Question 1. Tom’s jokes are inappropriate but we have to put up with it just because he’s the boss.
A. inappropriate B. It C. Because D. the
Question 2. The Oxford Dictionary is well known for including many different meanings of words and to give real examples.
A. The B. well known C. meanings D. to give
Question 3. All the candidates for the scholarship will be equally treated regarding of their sex, age, or nationality.
A. candidates B. Scholarship C. Regarding D. nationality
Question 4. Weather and geographical conditions may determine the type of transportation using in a region.
A. Weather B. Geographical C. the type of D. using in
Question 5. Commercial airliners do not fly in the vicinity of volcanic eruptions because even a small amount of volcanic ash can damage its engines.
A. in the vicinity B. Amount C. ash D. its
Question 6. In summer, warm southern air carries moist north to the eastern and central United States.
A. In summer B. air carries C. moist D. central
Question 7. It is believed that in the near future robots will be used to doing things such as cooking.
A. is believed B. in the near future C. be used to doing D. such as
Question 8. Fruit and vegetables should be carefully washed whether eaten fresh or cook.
A. carefully B. Whether C. fresh D. cook
Question 9. The Netherlands, with much of its land lying lower than the sea level, have a system of dikes and canals for controlling water.
A. much B. Lying C. have D. controlling
Question 10. Neither the Minister nor his colleagues has given an explanation for the chaos in the financial market last week.
A. Neither B. has given C. for D. the financial market
Question 11. To everyone's surprise, it wasn't in Bristol which he made his fortune, although t hat’s where he was born.
A. To B. Surprise C. which D. made
Question 12. Works are written by Vladimir Nabokov often contain heroes and heroines who have lived in many places.
A. are written B. Often C. who D. have lived
Question 13. 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
Question 14. What happened in that city were a reaction from city workers including firemen and policemen who had been laid off from their jobs.
A. What happened B. Were C. including D. their
Question 15. He was so careless that he left the work half doing and went to the cinema.
A. was B. careless C. left D. doing
Question 16. Drying food by means of solar energy is an ancient process applying wherever climatic conditions make it possible.
A. make it possible B. Drying C. applying D. means
Question 17. In many places in the world, social or religious restrictions which prevent women from travelling freely.
A. in B. Religious C. which D. freely
Question 18. If you have some sufficient knowledge of English, you can make yourself understand almost everywhere.
A. some B. Of C. understand D. almost
Question 19. Before the interview, candidates should find out as much as possibility about the job and the vacancy.
A. about B. find out C. as possibility D. interview
Question 20. After analyzing the steep rise in profits according to your report, it was convinced that your analyses were correct.
A. analyzing B. according to C. it was D. were correct
Question 21. For its establishment, ASEAN Tourism Association has played an important role in promoting and developing ASEAN Tourism services.
A. Tourism Association B. Played C. in promoting and developing D. For its
Question 22. The occean probably distinguishes the earth from other planets of the solar system, for scientists believe that large bodies of water are not existing on the other planets.
A. probably B. For C. are not existing D. from
Question 23. Either Mr. Anderson or Ms. Wiggins are going to teach our class today as our teacher has been staying in hospital.
A. Either B. Are C. as D. has been staying
Question 24. I am not fond of reading fiction books as they are imaginable ones which are not real.
A. imaginable B. As C. fond of D. are
Question 25. We will have a fund-raising dinner at Rex Hotel tonight.
A. at B. will have C. a D. fund-raising
Question 26. It was on 12 April, 1961 when the first human, a Soviet cosmonaut, flew into space.
A. a Soviet cosmonaut B. when C. flew D. into space
Question 27. Students suppose to read all the questions carefully and find out the answer to them.
A. suppose B. all the questions C. out D. them
Question 28. Public health experts say that the money one spends avoiding illness is less than the cost of to treat sickness.
A. Public health B. illness C. cost D. to treat
Question 29. It is such difficult a lesson that we can’t understand it.
A. such B. it C. a D. can’t
Question 30. Japanese initially used jeweled objects to decorate swords and ceremonial items.
A. Japanese B. used C. decorate D. items
