1. The weather is too terrible for you to go out.
@ If the weather ________________________________________________________________
2. All the students have to take the final exam.
@ The final exam________________________________________________________________
3. Please don’t repeat what I said.
@ Would you mind______________________________________________________________
4. I can’t swim as well as my friend can.
@ My friend____________________________________________________________________
5. They didn’t have a map, so they got lost.
@ Because_____________________________________________________________________
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. seat B. read C. wear D. meal
2. A. Christmas B. machine C. mechanic D. scholarship
3. A. needed B. worked C. stopped D. watched
Choose the word that has different stress pattern.
4. A. earthquake B. energy C. experience D. exercise
5. A. throughout B. volcanic C. unpleasant D. fashionable
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best fits the blank in each sentence.
6. He had lived _________that farm all his life.
A. in B. at C. on D. with
7. Look_________! There’s a big hole in front of you.
A. at B. out C. on D. down
8. Hurricane Andrew swept through southern Florida_________August 1992.
A. in B. on C. since D. from
9. He was quietly proud _________his literary achievements.
A. on B. of C. at D. in
10. The report_________that thousands of people had seen UFOs.
A. warned B. suggested C. claimed D. blamed
11. These children, _________parents work late, are taken home by bus.
A. their B. that C. whom D. whose
12. You should have a _________check your motorcycle regularly.
A. plumber B. mechanic C. driver D. pilot
13. Are you looking forward _________abroad on your vacation?
A. to go B. going C. to going D. you go
14. Only in the last few years_________to use home computers.
A. have begun people B. have people begun C. when people began D. people have begun
15. It’s an interesting film. I _________it three times.
A. saw B. had seen C. have already seen D. was to see
16. Can’t we do something about the situation?- Something _________right now.
A. is doing B. is done C. is being doneD. has been doing
17. _________it was a formal dinner party, James wore his blue jeans.
A. Since B. Even though C. Despite D. Therefore
18. _________taking me downtown on your way to work this morning?
A. Would you mind B. Can you C. Why don’t you D. Could you please
19. _________to fly if they had feathers instead of hair?
A. Should people able B. Were people able C. Will people ableD. Would people be able
20. I wish you_________making that noise. It’s bothering me.
A. stop B. can stop C. would stop D. will stop
Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that needs correction.
21. Manufacturers are now producing such many inexpensive computers that many people can
afford to buy one for their home. A B C D
22. Not untilthe early 1900s women were allowed to vote in the United States.
A B C D
23. I likelying on the beach. Therefore, I always spend my holiday to sunbathe.
A B C D
24. Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim, which is knowingas the ‘Ring of Fire’.
A B C D
25. Don’t forget to come here in time, do you?
A B C D
