Choose the underlined part (marked A, B, C or D) that needs correction.

21. It was important that we should be on time at the meeting tonight.                                    

           A                   B            C                                 D

22. Nam is tallest student in his class.                                                                                                    

              A    B               C        D

23. People who exercise frequently have greater physical endurance than those who doesn’t.               

                  A                      B                                                        C                     D

24. It was such a terrible fire that the whole building were destroyed.                                    

                   A                                   B                     C          D

25. They suggested ban the sale of alcohol at football matches.

                      A        B                C              D                                                         

Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 26- 30.

                It can be shown in facts and figures that cycling is the cheapest, most convenient, and most environmentally desirable form of transport (26)______ towns, but such cold calculations do not mean much on a frosty winter morning. The real appeal of cycling is that it is so (27)______. It has none of the difficulties and tensions of other ways of travelling so you are more cheerful after a ride, even through the rush hour.

                The first thing a non-cyclist says to you is: “But isn’t it (28) ______ dangerous?” It would be foolish to deny the danger of sharing the road with motor vehicles and it must be admitted that there are an alarming (29) ______ of accidents involving cyclists. However, although police records (30) ______ that the car driver is often to blame, the answer lies with the cyclist. It is possible to ride in such a way as to reduce risks to a minimum.

26.    A. in                                               B. at                                         C. to                                         D. on

27.    A. boring                        B. careful                 C. enjoyable                             D. excited

28.    A. expectedly                  B. strangely                              C. terribly                                D. comfortably

29.    A. size                                            B. number                                C. deal                                     D. digit

30.    A. point                                          B. indicate                                C. display                                D. exhibit

Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 31- 35.

                Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday, and now he is not worried any more. At the station he was told by a smiling police-man that his bicycle had been found. Five years ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. It’s now being sent to his home by train. Ted was most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen.

31. Ted was worried because_________.

      A. he received a letter                                                        B. he went to the police station yesterday

      C. the police would catch him                                            D. he didn’t know why the police wanted him

32. The police who talked to Ted was_________.

      A. pleasant                                         B. worried                                C. surprised                             D. small

33. Why was Ted very surprised when he heard the news?

      A. Because his bicycle was stolen 20 years ago.

      B. Because his bicycle was found when he was a boy of fifteen.

      C. Because he thought he would never find the bicycle.

      D. Because the bicycle was sent to him by train.

34. When was Ted’s bicycle found?

      A. Last Tuesday                                B. Five years ago     C. Twenty years ago                D. Yesterday

35. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

      A. The police asked Ted to go to their station.   B. The policeman told Ted the good news 5 days ago.

      C. Ted is no longer anxious now.                                      D. Ted is 35 years old now.

Choose the correct answer (marked A, B, C or D) to each of the following questions.

36.   ___________, Bill arrived late.

       A. In spite of having taken a taxi                      B. Despite of having taken a taxi

       C. Although of having taken a taxi                    D. Though having taken a taxi

37.  The nurse asked Mrs. Green_________.

       A. how was old her son    B. how old son was                 C. how old her son is               D. how old her son was

38.  The more a car costs, __________.

       A. faster it goes                 B. the faster it goes  C. so faster it goes   D. the fastest it goes

39.  The students never understand you, do they?   ~ __________?

       A. Do the students never understand you?       B. Are the students never understand you?                   

       C. Don’t the students never understand you?   D. Do they the students never understand you?

40.  __________, he’ll lose his job.

       A. If he works harder                                                       B. If he doesn’t works harder

       C. Unless he doesn’t work harder                     D. Unless he works harder

1. One man is ripped to become the new president. He is little known outside his own country.

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2. Is is right that politicians should make important decisions without consulting the public? They are accountable to the public.

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3. Brian Brookes will be present at its official opening. The Brookes art gallery is named after him.

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4. My Volkswagen Golf is a very reliable car. I bought it in 1980.

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5. Douglas has a new girlfriend. She works in the library.

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6. Ian McIver has become managing director of Europe's largest food retailer. His first job was selling vegetable in a market.

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Part 4. Error Identification (5 pts)

Write the letter A, B, C, or D in the corresponding numbered box provided    to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

1.       In addition to cutting hair, barbers in Europe during the Middle Ages had the special function A                 B

 of performing surgery and they pulled teeth. C                           D

2.       Drawn by the large crowd gathering in the park, the curious jogger standing listening to the A                                        B                                        C

heated argument b etween the two men.

D

3.      In the 15th century, careers in medicine and law were prestigious, but it did not require

A                             B                               C

practitioners to hold college degrees.

D

4.       No doubt t here will be great surprise tomorrow when the chief financial officer, one of the A            B

firm’s m

ost trusted employees, announce her resignation. C                   D

5.       Behind the women’s gym is the offices for part-time and assistant coaches. A            B                                    C                  D

Mark the letter A, B, c or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

That the subways are overcrowded in Manhattan it is a problem that should be c

A. That

B. It

C. Is

D. dealt with soon

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Question 7: When you are writing or speaking English, it is important to use language that both men

                                                                    A                             B                                                   C                             

and women equally the same.

                             D

A. Or Speaking

B. It is

C. That

D. Equaly the same

Choose A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions

Mathematics is such important field and serves so many of the sciences that it is a prerequisite for studying every scientific discipline.

A. is

B. such important 

C. it 

D. for studying

Choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

All nations have to make fundamental changes in their economic, political, and the technological institutions if they are to preserve environment.

A. have to make

B. changes in 

C. the technological institutions

D. to preserve