1. At the time I ____ how hard my parent tried to earn enough money for the whole family.
A. wasn't realizing B. am not realizing C. don't realize D. didn't realize
2. The headmaster said their pupils would_______the best learning conditions.
A. be provided B. be provided with C. provide D. provide with
3. He_______in love with her the moment the saw her.
A. fell B. has fallen C. felt D. has felt
4. "Romeo and Juliet"________one of Shakespeare's best works.
A. consider B. considered C. are considered D. is considered
5. Her paintings_______by her childhood in rural New York.
A. inspired B. was inspired C. were inspired D. is inspired
6. The book can be used in a _______of________.
A. various/way B. various/ways C. variety/way D. variety/ways
7. In my opinion, Victor Hugo remains the most famous and the most________author in French literature.
A. love B. loved C. beloved D. loving
8. His new house, which ______ by the lake, has a beautiful and modern design.
A. situate B. situates C. is situated D. has situated
9. Darwin, ______ theory of evolution is famous throughout the world, was an English scientist.
A. who B. whose C. whom D. that
10. The telephone, ______ was invented by Graham Bell, has changed our way of communication.
A. that B. when C. which D. whose
11. Marie Curie, ______ won a Nobel prize in Physics, is among the greatest scientists of all times.
A. who B. whose C. that D. whom
12. When _______, Newton already showed his talent in Sciences.
A. he a boy B. was a boy C. boy D. a boy
13. He was interested _______ fixing broken objects and making new things.
A. in B. on C. at D. with
14. Faraday was born ______ a poor family.
A. for B. in C. onto D. on
15. Jane Eyre, which ______ by Charlotte Bronte, is one of my favourite novels.
A. wrote B. written C. was written D. writes
16. Even though he didn't have _____ schooling, he was still successful.
A. many B. little C. a lot D. much
17. Leonard de Vici was ______ a scientist _______ an artist.
A. not/but also B. not only/also C. only/but D. not only/but also
18. _______ was a French Emperor, fought his final battle in Waterloo.
A. Napoleon Bonaparte who C. Napoleon Bonaparte, that
B. Napoleon Bonaparte, who D. Napoleon Bonaparte, whose.
19. John's father worked very _______, but he _______ earned enough to feed his family.
A. hard/ hard B. hardly / hard C. hard/ hardly D. hardly/ hardly
20. When ______, Humphrey used to travel all over the world.
A. he was young B. was young C. be young D. he young
21. When he grew _______, he decided to settle down and set up his first factory.
A. older B. only C. oldest D. more old
22. Charles Dickens, whose ______ all over the world, was not very successful with his career at first.
A. books read B. books reading C. books are read D. books to read
23. Johan, ______ the first prize in the inter-university marathon race, is my classmate.
A. wining B. won C. who wining D. who won
24. _______ he met Professor Goshen, who taught him the first painting lessons.
A. Later a few years C. A few later years
B. A few years later D. Years a few later
25. Bill Gates, ______ among the software engineers, is one of the richest men in the world.
A. whose name is famous C. whose famous name is
B. whose is famous name D. whose name famous is
26. Jean did not have much schooling, ______ she had to work very hard.
A. despite B. even C. and D. however
27. He was not very interested in Physics __________ he grew older.
A. unless B. until C. although D. because
28. Who _______ wrote Pride and Prejudice?
A. the English was writer who C. was the writer English who
B. was the English writer who D. the English writer who was
29. If an object is let off in the cabin of a spaceship, it__________.
A. floated B. is floating C. will float D. would float
30. __________we find new sources, we will soon run out of energy.
A. If B. When C. Unless D. Only
31. All of out rain forests________unless we find some ways to stop people from cutting down trees.
A. will be destroyed B. are destroyed C. will destroy D. destroy
32. _______we don't try to limit the world's population, there won't be enough space to live.
A. When B. If C. Unless D. While
33. If the earth stops_______around the sun, there will be no light on earth.
A. move B. to move C. moved D. moving
34. The sun is many times_______ the earth.
A. bigger than B. bigger C. as big D. big as
35. Mercury is perhaps the coldest_______the hottest planet in the solar system.
A. both B. but C. also D. as well as
36. We need to stop______at what damage we have done to the nature and try_______ it before it is too late.
A. looking/to fix B. to look/to fix C. to look/fixing D. looking/fixing
37. If we don't do anything______the ice on the poles from melting, the earth will be flooded one day.
A. for stop B. to stopping C. to stop D. stop
38. It is______on the poles.
A. extremely cold B. cold extremely C. extreme cold D. cold extreme
39. Mercury is the smallest among the planets_______the sun.
A. of B. for C. with D. on
40. The sun is ________when seen from Mercury than when seen from the earth.
A. more much brilliant B. much more brilliant
C. much brilliant more D. much brilliant
