TEST 1

Choose the best answer:

1. Doctors _____ a cure to AIDS yet.
A. have found B. found C. haven't found D. hasn't found
2. Do you mind _____ up?
A. wash B. washing C. washed D. to wash.
3. He _____ to give up smoking since last week.
A. was trying B. have tried C. has tried D. tried.
4. He enjoys _____ in the rain.
A. walk B. walks C. to walk D. walking.
5. Would you like _____ to my party?
A. come B. to come C. coming D. came.
6. My sister likes _____ and _____.
A. dance/sing B. to dance/sings C. dancing/singing D. dancing/to sing
7. This school _____ ten years ago.
A. be built B. is built C. was built D. built
8. He _____ since the day we left school.
A. hasn't seen B. hasn't been being seen C. wasn't seen D. hasn't been seen
9. We spent half a year _____ this hotel.
A. to build B. built C. building D. with building
10. My friend is fond of _____ TV in the evening.
A. watching B. to watch C. watch D. watched
11. There is a _____ on the table.
A. lamp reading B. read lamp C. reading lamp D. reading lamps
12. While I _____ TV, my sister _____ to music.
A. was watching/ listening B. watched/ listened
C. was watching/ was listening D. watching/ listening
13. She is bored _____ getting up early.
A. with B. of C. in D. to
14. I am not used _____ up early.
A. get B. to get C. getting D. to getting
15. She can't stand _____ her at home all day.
A seeing B. see C. to see D. saw
16. He drives very _____ and has got two accidents this year.
A. careless B. carefully C. carelessly D. careful
17. You'd better _____ at night. It's dangerous.
A. not go out B. don't go out C. to go out D. not to go out
18. I'd rather _____ at home than _____ to see that film.
A. stay/ to go B. staying/ going C. to stay/ to go D. stay/ go
19. He was surprised _____ her action.
A. for B. with C. to D. at
20. He feels like _____ in a big city.
A. live B. to live C. living D. lives
21. They are trying to look _____ new jobs.
A. after B. at C. for D. forward
22. They are looking forward _____ Tet holiday.
A. to have B. having C. to having D. have
23. He looked at me_____.
A. angry B. angrily C. anger D. angryly
24. Uncle Ho was born _____ Kim Lien village.
A. in B at C. from D. on
 25. When I saw him, he _____ a black suit.
A. wore B. was wearing C. wearing D. wears
26. Your car is different _____ mine.
A. to B. in C. from D. for
27. I found history very _____.
A. amusing B. amused C. amuse D. to amuse
28. Her _____ include swimming and reading.
A. interests B. interesting C. interested D. interest
29. Great Opera _____ of the world can be heard at the Sydney Opera House.
A. sing B. singings C. singers D. to sing
30. English is the _____ language on one- fifth of the land area of the world.
A. office B. official C. officer D. officially
31. English tends towards _____.
A. simple B. simplicity C. simplier D. simply
32. He looks _____ today than yesterday.
A. good B. well C. better D. goodly
33. There is a _____ difference between the north and the south.
A. region B. regional C. regionally D. regioner
34. He went to a seaside resort because he was keen on _____.
A. windsurf B. windsurfing C. to windsurf D. to windsurfing
35. The teacher told the boys to stop _____.
A. to make B. played C. playing D. being played
36. He used _____ next to me in class.
A. to sit B. sit C. to sitting D. to sat

II- Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the gaps:
James Cook was born in England (43) 1728. His parents (44) poor farm workers. (45) James was
18, he found a job on a coastal ship. He worked (46) ships until he was 27 years old, and then he
joined the navy. He fought (47) Canada in a war against France. In 1768 King George III made him
the captain of a ship and (48) him to the Pacific. He was gone (49) nearly three years when he (50),
he was a national hero.
43. A. in B. at C. on D. during
44. A. are B. be C. were D. was
45. A. while B. when C. because D. during
46. A. in B. on C. for D. under
47. A. at B. in C. to D. against
48. A. got B sent C. send D. sending
49. A. in B. since C. for D. during
50. A. got B. came C. returned D. arrived
 TEST 2
I- Choose the best answer:
1. Are you looking for my sister? - She isn't at home now. She _____ to the library.
A. went B. goes C. has gone D. is going
2. While I was swimming yesterday afternoon, someone else _____ my clothes.
A. stealed B. was stealing C. was stolen D. stole
3. She said she met you once at the Hilton last year _____ since
A. have you met her B. had you met C. did you meet D. have you met
4. Who _____ the bicycle?
A. invents B. was invented C. invented D. did invented
5. Do you still have a headache? - No, it _____ I am all right now.
A. went B. has gone C. goes D. is going
6. I like your car. How long _____ it?
A. have you had B. did you have C. you have had D. do you have
7. I bought a new jacket last week but I _____ it yet.
A. didn't wear B. not weared C. haven't wear D. haven't worn
8. Thank you for _____ me about the meeting this afternoon.
A. remind B. to remind C. reminding D. remembering
9. He couldn't go far because he was afraid of _____
A. to fly B. flying C. be flying D. fly
10. I can't help _____ at her mistake.
A. laugh B. laughing C. laughed D. to laugh
11. He couldn't stand _____ for her so long.
A. to wait B. waiting C. wait D. waited
12. It's not worth _____ a tax home.
A. taking B. to take C. take D. took
14. Are you interested in _____ football.
A. play B. to play C. playing D. played
14. "Don't _____ in class" said the teacher.
A. speak B. talk C. tell D. say
15. A lot of trees _____ in the garden at the moment.
A. is grown B. is being grown C. are grown D. are being grown
16. The letter _____ by her for 20 minutes.
A. was written B. has been wrote C. has written D. has been written
17. This church _____ in 15th century.
A. built B. has been built C. was being built D. was built
18. A road to school _____ next month.
A. is going to widen B. is going to be widenedC. is going to widened D. is widened
19. An intelligent life _____ on other planets.
A. is likely to be discovered B. is unlikely to be discovered
C. likely to be discovered D. unlikely to be discovered
20. Who _____?
A. was this book written B. wrote this book by
C. was this book written by D. this book was written by
21. If it _____ fine tomorrow, we'll go shopping.
 A. was B. were C. will be D. is
22. If it stops _____, we'll go camping.
A. rain B. to rain C. raining D. rained
23. If I _____ you, I would forget to buy that house.
A. was B. were C. am D will be
24. A person who studies philosophy is a _____.
A. physician B. philosopher C. physicist D. physical
25. The visitors found the story very _____.
A. amuse B. amused C. amuses D. amusing
26. The little village is very quiet and _____
A. peace B. peacefully C. peaceful D. peaceless
27. Julia sings _____ than Susan does.
A. more beautiful B. beautifullier C. more beautiful D. more beautifully
28. He is today _____ than yesterday.
A. happier B. more happy C. more happier D. happily
29. Do not give up because of _____.
A. fail B. to failing C. failure D. to fail
30. Paster, whose _____ of a cure for a rabies made him _____ was a French scientist.
A. discover/ famous B. discovery/ fame C. discovery/famous D. discovered/ famous
31. In the world today there are more than 350 __ people speaking English as their first or native
language.
A. millions B. thousand C. billion D. million
32. I am out of work. I get _____ every week but isn't much.
A. benefit unemployment B. employment benefit
C. unemployment benefit D. benefit unemployed
33. I'm really ____ looking through the "Situations Vacant" column because there are 50 applicants for
every job.
A. fond of B. bored C. fed up D. tired of
II. Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the gaps:
There are many ways of spending free time (41) Australia. Some people are (42) of riding in Snowy
Mountain or riding a surfboard in Queensland. Others loves love watching kangaroos and koalas
(43) wild forests. My sister says she only enjoys (44) Sydney from the skywalk. But I myself like
(45) to the Sydney Opera House (46) the great opera singers of the world (47). If you are (48) with
listening to the opera singing, (49) will always be at least two (50) three other shows to suit your
taste.
41. A. in B. at C. of D. for
42. A. tired B. interested C. surprised D. fond
43. A. at B. in C. to D. of
44. A. watch B. looking C. watching D. to watch
45. A. to go B. went C. going D. go
46. A. which B. that C. where D. at where
47. A. be B. can C. can be D. was
48. A. bored B. fed C. tired D. interested
49. A. it B. that C. there D. this
50. A. and B. or C. with D. to