Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

I could not get the job because I did not speak English well. Now I regret it.

A. I regret not having spoken English so I could not get the job. 

B. I wish I had spoken English well so that I could get the job. 

C. Despite my poor English, I could get the job. 

D. If I spoke English well, I could get the job.

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* Choose the best answer to complete the sentences:

1. I want ........................... apple from that basket.

A. a                             B. an                                       C. the                          D. X

2. Miss Lin speaks ............................ Chinese.

A. a                             B. an                                        C. the                          D. X

3. One of the students said, “....................... professor is late today”

A. a                             B. an                                        C. the                          D. X

4. Eli likes to play .......................... volleyball.

A. a                             B. an                                        C. the                          D. X

5. I bought ......................... umbrella to go out in the rain.

A. a                             B. an                                        C. the                          D. X

6. My daughter is learning to play ............................. guitar at her school.

A. a                             B. an                                        C. the                          D. X

7. Please give me ......................pen  that is on the counter.

A. a                             B. an                                        C. the                          D. X

8. Albany is the capital of ........................ New York state.

A. a                             B. an                                        C. the                          D. X

9. Our neighbour has ..................... cat and .......................... dog.

A. a/ a                          B. an/ a                                    C. the/ the                   D. X/ X

10. .......................ink in my pen is red.

A. a                             B. an                                        C. the                          D. X

11. It is .......................... funniest book that I have ever read.

A. a                             B. an                                        C. the                          D. X

12. Can anyone give me .......................... hand, please because I have just fallen over?

A. a                             B. an                                        C. the                          D. X

13. She always said that when she grew up she wanted to be .............................

A. doctor                     B. a doctor                              C. the doctor               D. a doctors

14. I have left my book in .......................... kitchen and I would like you to get it for me.

A. a                             B. an                                        C. the                          D. X

15. Please meet me at the train station in ............................ hour from now.

A. a                             B. an                                        C. the                          D. X

16. I like to watch tennis on the television. It is ........................... very good game.

A. a                             B. an                                        C. the                          D. X

17. ..................... president of the United States will be visiting Australia next week.

A. a                             B. an                                        C. the                          D. X

18. July goes to ......................... work on the bus.

A. a                             B. an                                        C. the                          D. X

19. .....................golf is my favourite sport. I play once or twice .................... week if I can, but I’m not .................... very good player.

A. X/ a/ a                     B. The/ a/ a                              C. The/ the/ the           D. X/ a/ the

20. I don’t know what to do. It’s ................................ problem.

A. quite difficult         B. a quite difficult                  C. quite a difficult      D. the quite difficult

21. ......................... starts at seven o’clock.

A. School                    B. A school                             C. The school  D. The schools

22. We can finish the rest of the bread for .............................breakfast.

A. a                             B. an                                        C. the                          D. X

23. Nigel opened a drawer and took out ...............................

A. photos                    B. a photos                              C. some photos           D. some photo

24. We need to protect ........................... environment from pollution.

A. some                       B. a                                          C. an                            D. the

25. We often go to school by ........................... bicycle.

A. a                             B. an                                        C. the                          D. X

26. There was ..................... accident yesterday at ................... corner of .................... street.

Exercise 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.

1. Do you think there would be less conflict in the world if all people _________ same language.

  A. spoke                  B. speak                       C. had spoken                  D. will speak

2. If you can give me one good reason for your acting like this, ________ this incident again.

  A. I will never mention                                 B. I never mention

  C. will I never mention                                 D. I don't mention

3. Unless you ________ all of my questions, I can't do anything to help you.

  A. answered             B. answer                    C. would answer             D. are answering

4. Had you told me that this was going to happen, I _________ it.

  A. would have never believed                       B. don't believe

  C. hadn't believed                                          D. can't believe

5. If John _________ to go on the trip, would you have gone?

  A. doesn't agree        B. didn't agree               C. hadn't agreed        D. wouldn't agreed

6. I didn't know you were asleep. Otherwise, I __________ so much noise when I came in.

  A. didn't make         B. wouldn't have made    C. won't make          D. don't make

7. If I ________ the same problem you had as a child, I might not have succeeded in life as well as you have.

  A. have                     B. would have                  C. had had                D. should have

8. I _______ you sooner had someone told me you were in hospital.

  A. would have visited         B. visited              C. had visited                 D. visit

9. ________ then what I know today, I would have saved myself a lot of time and trouble over the years.

  A. Had I known         B. Did I know               C. If I know             D. If I would know

10. The lecturer last night didn't know what he was talking about, but if professor Madison _______, I would have listened carefully.

  A. had been lecturing        B. was lecturing            C. would lecture         D. lectured

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

I could not get the job because I did not speak English well.

A. I failed to get the job because of my poor English.

B. Despite my poor English, I was successful in the job.

C. I wish I had got the job so that I could speak English well.

D. I would have spoken English well if I could get that job.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

I could not get the job because I did not speak English well.

A. I failed to get the job because of my poor English.

B. Despite my poor English, I was successful in the job.

C. I wish I had got the job so that I could speak English well.

D. I would have spoken English well if I could get that job.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

I could not get the job because I did not speak English well.

A. I would have spoken English well if I could get that job

B. I wish I had got the job so that I could speak English well

C. Despite my poor English, I was successful in the job

D. I failed to get the job because of my poor English

IV. Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs. correcting.

20. My father used to playing football when he was young.

21. Do you think English is a language which can master easily and quickly?

22. Texas is larger than California, but it has fewer people as California does.

23. Football is the most popularly sport throughout the world

V. Choose the one option that best completes the passage.

One of the best (24)____in regard to how to learn English well is to speak. Speak as (25) ___as you can in English, (26)___ you may be uncomfortable at first. You can listen to sample dialogues from everyday (27)____and get the chance to practice and they can help you improve your language as (28)____ As you practice, your English will improve. As you get better, you will no longer om your language to English or vice versa as you speak. have to (29) ___from your language to Englisch or vice versa as you speak. Even if you're not sure, use sentences that sound right (30)______you. These are most often the right ones (31)____

24. a. ways b. means d. events c. stages

25. b. a few . a. many c. much d. more

26. b. due to a. despite c. because d. even though

27. a. solutions c. occasions d. questions b. situationss

28. a. good c. well b. better d. best

29. a. translate b. develop c. access d. change

30. a. for c. about d. to b. of

31. a. use c. using b. to use d. used