PRACTICE TEST 2 A. happy B. happily 28. At the races a man _____.

Taylor bought a lot of

C. more happily D. happier winning tickets on “Speed King”.
TEST 1: 14. The fewer bags you take, _____ trouble you will A. call B. calling C. called D. to call
Direction: Circle the word or phrase from A, B, C, or have enroute. 29. Mr. Brown receives _____ salary than anyone else in
D that is the best answer. A. the fewer B. the little C. the less D. the least the company.
1. Only in Japan _____ the high levels of western 15. My teacher can write a beautiful poem in _____ A. a big B. bigger C. a bigger D. the bigger
countries. A. little than half an hour 30. + “Jane said that you had read the book three times”.
A. Industrialization has reached B. a little than half an hour + “Yes, I found it very _____”
B. industrialization is reached C. less than half an hour A. amusing B. amused C. amuse D. amusingly
C. has industrialization reached D. least than half and hour 31. His book was criticized _____ when it was first
D. is industrialization reached 16. + “There are only two seats left”. published.
2. He seldom goes to the market, ______? + “Well, I don’t want to sit near the door, so I guess A. severely B. the severer
A. doesn’t he B. does he I’ll have to take _____.” C. severe D. severer
C. is he D. isn’t he A. the another one B. other one 32. Explores in space or on land must be extraordinarily
3. I know you won’t mind sitting by Peter ______? C. the other one D. another one _____
A. do I B. don’t I C. will you D. won’t you 17. _____ you agree, nothing can be arranged. A. bravely B. brave C. braver D. braveness
4. + “When did you come here?” A. Unless B. Without C. Because D. Lest 33. How _____ since we _____ school?”
+ “I _____ here since August 25th”. 18. You have got a scholarship; you are luckier _____ A. are you / left B. have you been / have left
A. have been B. was A. as I B. than me C. than l D. as me C. were you / left D. have you been / left
C. have D. had been 19. We both decided to do different things: he wrote a 34. + “John won’t come tomorrow”.
5. One of the girls _____ in that company died. letter _____ I listened to the radio. + “Did he say he _____ next week?”
A. whose worked B. whom worked A. if B. because C. while D. since A. will come B. would come
C. worked D. who worked 20. What we hear cannot be an airplane; I am sure it C. is coming D. had come
6. + “I hope you can speak French”. _____ a helicopter. 35. + “Are you going to see him?”
+ “I also wish that I _____ speak French”. A. to be B. must be C. is D. may be + “If the boy goes, ______”.
A. can B. will C. could D. would 21. Tom left his spectacles behind because he was _____ A. l do so B. so will I C. so go I D. so l’ll go
7. + “How many pages _____ so far?” + “Ten”. A. hurry B. hurriedly C. in a hurry D. to be hurried 36. Ann could not speak Chinese and _____ could John.
A. do you study B. did you study 22. If I were you, I wouldn’t risk betting that money _____ A. either B. neither C. also D. so
C. have you studied D. had you studied this horse. 37. The reason _____ he’s late is that he had an accident.
8. I want some sugar, but there is _____ in the bowl. A. for B. on C. to D. in A. which B. in which C. that D. why
A. no B. none C. less D. any 23. Electric engines are very clean, for there is no burning 38. Is Albert Schweitzer, _____ works I respect highly, still
9. She wants to know if we have ______ extra copies. fuel to make _____ a doctor
A. the few B. a few C. a little D. not many A. smoke or dirty B. smoky or dirt A. which B. whose C. what D. who’s
10. These days people who do manual work often C. smoke or dirt D. smoky or dirty 39. I don’t know _____ to do.
receive _____ than clerks who work in offices. 24. We shall leave on ______ A. what B. when C. how D. why
A. far a lot of money B. far much money A. Monday night B. night of Monday 40. + “What did you have for lunch?” + “__________”
C. far more money D. far a great deal of money C. Monday’s night D. Monday-night A. A few rice and a few oranges
11. _____ of the students know the answer to that 25. I spent half a year _____ this boat. B. A little rice and a little oranges
question. A. to build B. building C. built D. on building C. A little rice and a few oranges
A. Almost B. The most C. Most D. Mostly 26. Ancient civilizations were not aware that the earth D. A few rice and a little oranges
12. We are too late. The plane _____ off ten minutes _____ a sphere. 41. ______ lucky he is!
ago. A. is B. was C. had been D. has been A. What B. What a C. How D. How a
A. took B. has taken 27. Miners are wage-earners, whereas teachers are 42. ______ silly mistake!
C. had taken D. was taken _____ men. A. What B. What a C. How D. How a
13. Everyone looks much _____ today than he did
yesterday. A. salary B. salaries C. salarying D. salaried 43. + “What instructions did your boss give to you?”
+ “He required that Alice _____ the meeting.”
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 A. would attend B. attends L. lack of rain 4. Johnny _____ very badly at Mary’s birthday party.
C. attended D. attend M. examine A. conducted B. behaved C. showed
44. + “What is your opinion?” + “It is necessary that an N. crush into powder D. operated E. looked
employee _____ his work on time”. 5. Mr. Jones has _____ painting since he retired.
A. finishes B. finishs C. can finish D. finish Examples A. taken up B. taken of C. taken over
45. You mustn’t forget _____ tomorrow morning. 1. In the countries of the western part of the world, D. taken in E. taken down
A. turning in your assignment particularly in those of Europe and America, rice is 6. The old houses were _____ down to make way for
B. turn in your assignment not a very important cereal; yet it is the chief food of a block of flats.
C. to turn in your assignment about half of all the people in the world. A. put B. hit C. banged
D. turn your assignment in 2. This is because enormous numbers of people who D. knocked F. thrown
46. Don’t let your brothers _____ the present. live in China, Japan, India and many other countries 7. She _____ for a neighbour to look after the house
A. to see B. seeing C. seen D. see live mainly on rice. while she was away.
47. Two of the boys in the art class were doing self- 3. Time and again in Asia, failure of the rice crop has A. arranged B. organised C. planned
portraits by looking at _____ in the mirror. resulted in famine and starvation. (time and again = D. designed E. administered
A. each other B. themselves again and again; often: repeatedly result in = 8. Modern architecture, in many _____ is horribly ugly.
C. oneself D. one another cause). A. means B. examples C. reasons
48. Pests occur in large numbers, and they can ______ 4. The enemies of rice-fields are drought, weeds, D. points E. cases
terrible damage particularly to growing crops, that in birds and insects. 9. The rise in house prices _____ him to sell his house
some parts of the world people frequently suffer from 5. In the rice-growing districts of the United States rice for a large profit.
famine. is sown, cultivated and harvested by machinery. A. managed B. succeeded C. enabled
A. do such B. do so 6. Eastern peoples sometimes grind rice into flour. D. achieved E. facilitated
C. make such D. make so 7. Synthetic rubber is produced in chemical plants 10. Modern buildings should _____ with the
49. The most ____ of all insect pests ____ the locust. close to oil refineries in most industrialized surrounding area.
A. dreaded / is B. dreaded / are countries. A. suit B. fit C. blend
C. dreading / is D. dreading / are 8. Rubber is elastic; it can be stretched to several D. match E. join
50. Since the 1930’s chemical insecticides such as D.D.T. times its own length, or squeezed out of shape, and TEST 4:
very effective in destroying _____ insects. always returns to its original shape and size when Direction: choose a suitable word in the box to
A. has proved disease-carrying released. complete the given passage.
B. have proved disease-carrying 9. I don’t understand what you are driving at.
C. has proved carrying diseases 10. I forgot to look over the letter before I signed it, and A. all B. as C. As a result D. asthma
D. prove disease-carrying did not notice the mistakes. F. certain F. every G. from H. In addition
I. like J. sight K. to L. value M. with
TEST 2: TEST 3: N. worth
Direction: Match the words in column A with their Direction: Circle the word or phrase from A, B, C, D
meanings in column B. or E that is the best answer. Plants supply man (1) __with___ food, clothing, and
Column A Column B 1. Is anyone _____ to fish in this river? shelter – his most important needs Many of our most
1. _____ yet A. moderate A. born B. let C. allowed useful medicines are also made (2) __from___ plants.
2. _____ enormous B. factory D. admitted E. passed (3) __In additon___ plants add beauty and pleasure (4)
3. _____ famine C. mean 2. They gave _____ looking for her when it grew dark. ___to__ our lives Most people enjoy the smell of
4. _____ drought D. very large; huge A. up B. in C. off flowers, the (5) __sight___ of a field of waving grain,
5. _____ sow E. hence D. out E. away and the quiet of a forest. Not (6) __all___ plants are
6. _____ grind F. nevertheless 3. This year the farmers were just able to gather in the helpful to man. Some species grow in fields and
7. _____ plant G. scatter _____ before the fine weather came to an end. gardens (7) __as___ weeds that choke off useful plants.
8. _____ original H. permanent A. collection B. seed C. flower Tiny bits of pollen from (8) __certain___ plants cause
9. _____ drive at I. first D. plant E. harvest such diseases as (9) __asthma___ and hey fever. Other
10. _____ look over J. lack of food plants destroy millions of dollars (10) __worth___ of
K. misery crops yearly.
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