IV. Vocabulary and grammar (1.5 pts). Choose the best option A,B,C or D.
36. Tornadoes mostly happen during very strong thunderstorms and cause a lot of damage to anything they touch. The SYNONYM of “mostly” is:
A. never B. seldom C. usually D. always
37. Komodo dragons are huge reptiles that can grow to three meters long and weigh 160 kilos. The ANTONYM of “ huge” is:
A. little B. violent C. impressive D. complicated
38. Find a mistake in one of the four underlined parts of the following sentence.
I asked my pen pals if they could speak other foreign languages beside English
A B C D
39. Thank you very much for your present. The chocolate tastes ____________
A. lovely B. greatly C. sweetly D. deliciously
40. Everybody was here yesterday,_________?
A. wasn’t anybody B. wasn’t nobody
C. weren’t they D. weren’t he and she
41. Children need lots of_____________ from their parents.
A. encourage B. encouragement C. courageous D. discourage
42. Of the two children, Helen and Alice, Helen is the_____________
A. funny B. funnier C. funniest D. most funny
43. Hawaii, __________ consists of eight principle islands, is a favourite vacation spot.
A. where B. that C. which D. it
44. I wish she ____________ me with the housework but she is so busy with her homework.
A. can help B. can’t help C. could help D. couldn’t help
45. My friends practiced very hard;_____________, they won the championship.
A. since B. although C. however D. therefore
46. The Japanese school year normally begins _______April and ends the following March.
A. in B. on C. between D. from
47. You cannot make people ________ if they don’t want to.
A. stay B. staying C. to stay D. to staying
48. Professor Luke, to whom he apologized_____not paying attention in class, is my teacher.
A. to B. for C. about D. with
49. The key ________ a football match is lots of practice and confidence.
A. winning B. to be won C. to winning D. to being won
50. Different ways _______ many kinds of cheeses and the cheese is then pressed intodifferent shapes.
A. are used to producing B. used to be produced
C. are used to produce D. used to produce
51. James asked “ Will you work tomorrow, Lily ?” (following)
→ James wanted to know if__________________________________day.
52. He couldn’t drink the tea. It was too hot (to)
→ The tea was too _________________________________________
53. People speak English around the world ( over)
→ English ___________________________________ ____________world.
54. Keep the environment clean or we won’t enjoy a healthy life. (pollute)
→ We won’t enjoy a healthy life ______________________________
55. I don’t know how to get to the station ( way)
→ I wish I _________________________________________ _______station
