I- 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 This is Kensington Garden _____ every visitor from abroad admires.
A. which B. what C. from where D. where
25. This is a store _____ you can buy almost everything from.
A. which B. where C. what D. in which
26. It is in this house _____ he was born.
A. where B. which C. that D. in which
27. He is the most intelligent student _____ I've ever taught at school.
A. who B. whom C. which D. that
28. Uncle Ho was born _____ Kim Lien village. A. in B at C. from D. on
29 That man can tell us where _____.
A. does John live B. is John living C. John lives D. John living
30. When I saw him, he _____ a black suit.
A. wore B. was wearing C. wearing D. wears
31. Your car is different _____ mine. A. to B. in C. from D. for
32. I found history very _____. A. amusing B. amused C. amuse D. to amuse
33. Her _____ include swimming and reading.
A. interests B. interesting C. interested D. interest
34. Great Opera _____ of the world can be heard at the Sydney Opera House.
A. sing B. singings C. singers D. to sing
35. English is the _____ language on one- fifth of the land area of the world.
A. office B. official C. officer D. officially
36. English tends towards _____.
A. simple B. simplicity C. simplier D. simply
37. He looks _____ today than yesterday.
A. good B. well C. better D. goodly
38. There is a _____ difference between the north and the south.
A. region B. regional C. regionally D. regioner
39. He went to a seaside resort because he was keen on _____.
A. windsurf B. windsurfing C. to windsurf D. to windsurfing
40. The teacher told the boys to stop _____.
A. to make B. played C. playing D. being played
41. Mark Twain is a famous _____. A. American writer B. American playwright
C. English writer D. English playwright
42. 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
1D
2A
3A
4D
5D
6D
7B
2c