1. My son has recently ________ stamp collecting as a hobby.
A. taken up B. put off C. taken out D. put out
2. These policies ________ in many elderly and disabled people suffering hardship.
A. recalled B. succeeded C. resulted D. resigned
3. Part of the path had been ________ by the sea.` `
A. washed over B. washed away C. washed down D. made in
4. The diesel /'di:zəl/ engine was named ________ its inventor Rudolf Diesel.
A. along B. to C. after D. with
5. He ________his father in his fishing skills.
A. takes on B. takes over C. takes after D. takes care
6. She ________ to the cinema last night.
A. went over B. went on C. went out D. went off
7. I've been trying to ________ him all day.
A. fall in love with B. take track of C. take advantage of D. get in touch with
8. An ever-growing proportion of this ____ consists of unburned hydrocarbon gases from the exhausts of automobiles.
A. pollute B. polluted C. pollution D. pollutant
9. My grandfather has __________golf recently.
A. taken on B. taken up C. taken after D. taken off
10. The bomb ________ when he rang the bell.
A. went over B. went on C. went out D. went off
11. No one really believed it when the news came through that the "Titanic" had ___ on her maiden voyage.
A. gone over B. gone on C. gone down D. gone off
. My glasses are in my book bag, but I don’t remember ____ them here.
A. putting B. to put C. I put D. put
16. Look at those windows! They are really need ____.
A. to clean B. cleaning C. to be cleaned D. b & c are correct
17. I’m tired. I’d rather ___ out this evening, if you don’t mind.
A. not going B. not to go C. don’t go D. not go
18. I must go now. I promise ___ late.
A. not being B. not to be C. to not be D. I wouldn’t
19. It isn’t safe for children ____ on ladders.
A. playing B. to play C. play D. played
20. Famous people get tired of ___ everywhere they go.
21. The performance on the first night ________ pretty well.
A. made out B. fell out C. came off D. put up
22. I ________ him in the library after work, and we a great conversation about Hemingway.
A. came into B. came across C. got into D. carried out
23. I ________ while the meeting was in progress, so I waited in the back.
A. got in B. came in C. made out D. set off
24. Those boys are going to have to ________ for a punishment after starting the food fight.
A. carry out B. put off C. come in D. put aside
25. After Lily fainted, we used smelling salts to get her to ________.
A. come around B. setup C. put aside D. make up
26. My electric car doesn't ________ sports cars in terms of speed, but I'd rather have one that doesn't require gasoline.
A. make up for B. make away with C. come up to D. take out
27. I'm so sorry that you had to ________ such a traumatic experience.
A. take out B. look down C. go through D. turn into
28. It snowed so much that the event couldn't ________ as planned, unfortunately.
A. call for B. fill up C. give out D. go ahead
29. Oh, we're ________ our weekend plans - I refuse to let a little rain stop us!
A. going on with B. holding back C. showing off D. filling in
30. After the power ________, I spent the night reading by candlelight.
A. held back B. went out C. called up D. broke out
21. The performance on the first night ________ pretty well.
A. made out B. fell out C. came off D. put up
22. I ________ him in the library after work, and we a great conversation about Hemingway.
A. came into B. came across C. got into D. carried out
23. I ________ w2hile the meeting was in progress, so I waited in the back.
A. got in B. came in C. made out D. set off
24. Those boys are going to have to ________ for a punishment after starting the food fight.
A. carry out B. put off C. come in D. put aside
25. After Lily fainted, we used smelling salts to get her to ________.
A. come around B. setup C. put aside D. make up
26. My electric car doesn't ________ sports cars in terms of speed, but I'd rather have one that doesn't require gasoline.
A. make up for B. make away with C. come up to D. take out
27. I'm so sorry that you had to ________ such a traumatic experience.
A. take out B. look down C. go through D. turn into
28. It snowed so much that the event couldn't ________ as planned, unfortunately.
A. call for B. fill up C. give out D. go ahead
29. Oh, we're ________ our weekend plans - I refuse to let a little rain stop us!
A. going on with B. holding back C. showing off D. filling in
30. After the power ________, I spent the night reading by candlelight.
A. held back B. went out C. called up D. broke out
21. The performance on the first night ________ pretty well.
A. made out B. fell out C. came off D. put up
22. I ________ him in the library after work, and we a great conversation about Hemingway.
A. came into B. came across C. got into D. carried out
23. I ________ while the meeting was in progress, so I waited in the back.
A. got in B. came in C. made out D. set off
24. Those boys are going to have to ________ for a punishment after starting the food fight.
A. carry out B. put off C. come in D. put aside
25. After Lily fainted, we used smelling salts to get her to ________.
A. come around B. setup C. put aside D. make up
26. My electric car doesn't ________ sports cars in terms of speed, but I'd rather have one that doesn't require gasoline.
A. make up for B. make away with C. come up to D. take out
27. I'm so sorry that you had to ________ such a traumatic experience.
A. take out B. look down C. go through D. turn into
28. It snowed so much that the event couldn't ________ as planned, unfortunately.
A. call for B. fill up C. give out D. go ahead
29. Oh, we're ________ our weekend plans - I refuse to let a little rain stop us!
A. going on with B. holding back C. showing off D. filling in
30. After the power ________, I spent the night reading by candlelight.
A. held back B. went out C. called up D. broke out
21.You had turned off the lights before you went out, ________?
A. had you B. hadn’t you C. did you D. didn't you
22.He's American, ________?
A. won't he B. didn’t he C. doesn't he D. isn’t he
23. Everything is fine, ________?
A. aren’t they B. isn’t it C. are they D. is it
24. I wish to study English, __________________?
A. don’t I B. do I C. may I D. mayn’t I
25. What a nice dress, ________?
A. is it B. isn’t it C. doesn’t it D. does it
26. One can be one’s master, ________?
A. can’t you B. can’t one C. can she D. A&B
27. You’d better stay at home, ________?
A. hadn’t you B. had you C. don’t you D. do you
28. You’d rather learn English, ________?
A. hadn’t you B. would you C. had you D. wouldn’t you
29. You don’t believe Peter can do it, ________?
A. do you B. can’t he C. can he D. don’t you
30. These are 3 oranges you bought yesterday, ________?
A. aren’t they B. are they C. are these D. aren’t these
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
The fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames. The building burned down completely.
A. The building burned down completely though the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames.
B. Had it not been for the fire-fighters’ every effort, the building would have burned down completely.
C. Making every effort to put off the flames, the fire-fighters completely burned down the building.
D. Since the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames, the building burned down completely.
1. If he really doesn’t feel like ------------ now, I suggested that he should go out for some fresh air.
A. work B. to work C. worked D. working
Find out one mistake in each of the following sentences.
1. It was very selfishness of him to offer us his room.
A. Was B. selfishness C. to offer D. room
2. We were delighted by the wonderful embarrassment of the local people.
A. Were B. the C. embarrassment D. local people
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the word in the bracket
1. There is a lack of greed and __________ (self)
2. The public _______ with the miners’ strike. (sympathy)
3. Our ( sympathy) ______ are with the families of the victims.
4. Senator Capp is very __________ to environmental issues.
5. I felt (embarrass) _______ about how untidy the house was.
6. Jane often asks a lot of ( embarrass) ___embarrassing___ questions.
7. My folks are (celebrate) _____ their 50th anniversary.
8. There were the New Year lively ________________in the city central.
9. He talked ( constancy)________ about his new work.
10. He kept in _________ contact with his family while he was in Australia.
choose a,an,the or X for "no article" for each blank below
1. do you have .. dictionary? I don't have one, and i need to look up ... word
2. do you have ... passport? You need ... pasport to travel outside of ... country
3. he bought ... new car last week. Unfortunately, ... car broke down after just two days
4. he went to ... movie yesterday. Even through it got ... good reviews, ... movie was terrible
5. our teacher gave us ... test today. It was ... really hard test. There were ... questions I didn't know
6. excuse me, is there ... post office around here? I need to buy ... stamp
7. he works for ... amazing organization; ... organizations provides ... food and ... supplies
8. is there .... water on ... Moon? Yes, scientist have discovered ... ice there
9 when I turned on my laptop, ... screen exploded! Luckily, they will replace ... broken screen
10. i know ... new restaurant. It's ... Indian restaurant with ... incredible food