REVIEW TEST 04
1. The relatives of handicapped people are usually 8. ---- the 300,000 refugees, approximately 200,000 arrived
apprehensive about what will happen to them when they ---- sea while the rest arrived by land.
are no longer able to ---- care and supervision.
A) Of / by B) About / at
A) provide B) confirm C) Into / over D) Across / through
C) weaken D) abandon E) In / from
E) receive
9. Men and women ---- in so many ways that it is difficult for
2. Poverty growth between 2000 and 2008 in the United many of us to really grasp what the opposite sex ----.
States reached ---- levels in suburbs, increasing the risks
in global markets. A) differ / thinks
B) had differed / had thought
A) constant B) irrelevant C) have differed / will think
C) unprecedented D) fundamental D) differed / thought
E) invaluable E) are differing / would think
3. One can lengthen the list of inventions almost infinitely 10. The California Gold Rush ---- when gold ---- by James W.
since the ---- of civilization. Marshall at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California.
A) account B) dawn A) will begin / has been discovered
C) order D) condition B) begins / had been discovered
E) rate C) is beginning / will be discovered
D) has begun / is discovered
4. According to a study ---- last year, headaches and E) began / was discovered
accelerated heart rate are the most frequently reported
complaints among the elderly.
11. Banks ---- to lend to each other until recently because they
---- if they would ever get paid back.
A) turned down B) put off
C) called for D) carried out
A) hesitate / don’t know
E) taken up B) hesitated / didn’t know
C) had hesitated / hadn’t known
5. Other dietary treatments can be preferable when modern
D) were hesitating / haven’t known
science cannot ---- any specific cure.
E) will hesitate / won’t know
A) run out of B) cut down on
12. You are born with inherited traits ---- the colour of your
C) get along with D) look down on
hair and eyes, and they cannot change.
E) come up with
A) but for B) similar to
6. Unfortunately, cutting taxes to stimulate the economy ---- C) as opposed to D) as well as
helps those in the middle and upper classes, not the
poor. E) such as
A) cautiously B) separately 13. Both boys and girls in stepfamilies are a little conserved
and tend to prefer verbal affection, such as praises or
C) mainly D) obscurely compliments, ---- physical closeness, like hugs and
E) doubtfully kisses.
7. A mortgage crisis ---- an ongoing financial crisis ---- by a A) on behalf of B) thanks to
dramatic rise in mortgage delinquencies. C) according to D) as well as
E) rather than
A) is / to trigger
B) would be / having triggered
14. ---- animals and humans live close to each other on
C) was / triggering farms, the spread of viruses seems inevitable.
D) is / triggered
E) will be / to trigger A) Since B) Even if
C) Unless D) Before
E) As if
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REVIEW TEST 04
15. Changes ---- musical styles generally take place 23. Normally, crises occur ---- too much borrowing and less
gradually, in complex ways, and ---- different times in paying in return, which creates a huge volume of deficit.
different areas.
A) as a result of B) except for
A) for / over B) with / through C) in return for D) akin to
C) in / at D) above / across E) for all
E) to / by
24. ---- the USA and China mostly cause black carbon
16. Robots can carry out tasks that are too dangerous for warming, these countries should undertake the burden
humans; ----, officials sent in robots to evaluate the to tackle the global warming issue.
damage after an accident at a nuclear power plant in
1979. A) Though B) Even before
C) Since D) Unless
A) moreover B) otherwise E) Once
C) however D) conversely
E) for instance 25. Participation in all types of physical activity declines
strikingly ---- age or grade in school increases.
17. It is foolish to think that one nation, whether it is the
Jewish or Germans, is superior to others and ---- has the A) in case B) yet
right to be the master race.
C) unless D) as
E) so that
A) though B) only if
C) as soon as D) therefore 26. The discovery of invaluable gold mines in the west
E) for instance created a wealthy minority. ----, many returned home with
little more than they started with.
18. An average acupuncture needle is ---- thin ---- a human
hair, and its insertion is virtually painless. A) Moreover B) Instead
C) Otherwise D) Likewise
A) not only / but also B) such / that E) However
C) so / that D) either / or
E) as / as 27. News of the gold discovery soon spread, and some
300,000 men, women, and children, ----, came to California
from the rest of the United States and abroad.
19. Contrary to popular perception, family members do not
abandon loved ones in nursing homes; ----, they try to
provide them with better conditions. A) moreover B) instead
C) otherwise D) therefore
A) likewise B) consequently E) however
C) instead D) fo example
E) otherwise 28. There are thousands of abused and orphaned animals
around the world ---- there are few organizations that care
for them.
20. ---- 13.5% of the population of the U.S. lives ---- the
poverty level.
A) so B) but
C) if D) just as
A) By / at B) About / below
E) as if
C) Over / out of D) Of / beneath
E) Among / into
29. Most people waste gas driving to the corner store ---- they
could easily walk or bike there, contributing to global
21. The situation looked promising enough ---- people to warming.
consider making investments ---- the real estate market.
A) when B) after
A) by / from B) for / in C) unless D) so that
C) below / about D) on / with E) in case
E) of / at
30. Pneumonia is a leading cause of hospitalization in both
22. ---- people became unemployed and were unable to pay children and adults ---- most cases can be treated
loans in record numbers, the mortgage crisis broke out. successfully, though it can take weeks to fully recover.
A) Though B) In case A) yet B) after
C) As if D) Unless C) as long as D) because
E) Once E) so
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