IV. Circle the best answer:
1.The meeting was put off because of the lack of time.
A. There was not enough time to hold the meeting.
B. People wanted to get away, so the meeting began early.
C. The meeting is planned to start in a short time.
D. The meeting lasted much longer than usual.
2. Let’s go fishing tomorrow.
A.Why don’t we go fishing tomorrow ? B.Why don’t go fishing tomorrow ?
C.Why don’t we go fish tomorrow ? D.Why don’t we go to fish tomorrow ?
3. She wondered: “ Why hasn’t Nancy come?”
A.She wondered why hasn’t Nancy come? B. She wondered why Nancy hadn’t come.
C.She wondered why Nancy hasn’t come? D. She wondered why Nancy not came.
4. The book is so expensive that she can’t buy it.
A.The book is too expensive for her to buy.
B.It is such expensive book that she can’t buy it.
C.The book isn’t cheap enough for her to buy it.
D.All are correct.
5. “When did you leave school?” the interviewer asked me.
A.The interviewer told me when I had left school.
B.The interviewer asked me when I had left school.
C.The interviewer asked me when you had left school.
D.The interviewer asked me when I left school.
6. They say that employment is the most important thing to us.
A.It is said to be the most important thing to us.
B.Employment is said that it is the most important thing to us.
C.Employment is said it is the most important thing to us.
D.Employment is said to be the most important thing to us.
7. Because the street was crowded with people, I couldn’t drive fast.
A.If the street were crowded with people, I couldn’t drive fast.
B.If the street had been crowded with people , I couldn’t have driven fast.
C.If the street hadn’t been crowded with people , I could have driven fast.
D. If the street weren’t crowded with people, I could drive fast.
8. “I’m sorry I made a mistake.” , said he.
A.He blamed you for making a mistake. B.He said he had made a mistake.
C.He told he had made a mistake. D.He apologized for making a mistake.
9. She was tired, so she didn’t enjoy the party .
A.If she weren’t tired, she would enjoy the party .
B.If she had been tired, she wouldn’t have enjoyed the party .
C.If she were tired, she wouldn’t enjoy the party .
D.If she hadn’t been tired, she would have enjoyed the party .
10. They spend half an hour to watch the news on T.V.
A.It spends them half an hour to watch the news on T.V.
B.It spends them half an hour watching the news on T.V.
C.It takes them half an hour watching the news on T.V.
D.It takes them half an hour to watch the news on T.V.
11. I don’t usually drink coffee in the morning.
A.I’m used to drinking coffee in the morning.
B.I used to drink coffee in the morning.
C.I didn’t use to drink coffee in the morning.
D.I’ m not used to drinking coffee in the morning.
12. I got up early yesterday because I didn’t want to miss the first bus.
A.I got up early yesterday in order to I wouldn’t miss the first bus.
B.I got up early yesterday so that I didn’t want to miss the first bus.
C.I got up early yesterday in order to miss the first bus.
D.I got up early yesterday in order that I wouldn’t miss the first bus.
13. Driving on the left is very dangerous in our country.
A.It very dangerous to drive on the left in our country.
B.It is very dangerous driving on the left in our country.
C.It is very dangerous to driving on the left in our country.
D.It is very dangerous to drive on the left in our country.
14. They thought that the man was still living.
A. The man thought he was still living. B. The man is thought to be still living.
C. The man was thought to be still living. D. It thought the man to be still living.
15. I have tried hard but I can not earn enough money.
A. Although I have tried hard, I can’t earn enough money.
B. I have tried hard and so I can earn enough money.
C. I have tried hard so that I can earn enough money.
D. I have tried hard ; therefore I can’t earn enough money
