Question

SECTION 3: LEXICO-GRAMMAR(80)

 Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Write your answer (A/ B/ C or D) in the numbered box. (50 points)

1. I like her essay because it's very__________.

A. imagination             B. imaginable                C. imaginative             D. imaginary

2. I’ll remember____________him about the fair when I see him.

A. tell                    B. to tell                C. telling                D. having told

3. I have no idea where she is.

          A. do not know       B. don’t care about C. don’t think about           D. don’t take care of

4. They hardly believe him and ___________

A. so do I               B. neither do I       C. I do, too            D. I believe him

5. " When is his birthday?”  - " It's ______________"

 A. on the twenty- first of May            B. in May the twenty- first

 C. on May the twentieth- first             D. in the twentieth- first, May

6. Mr John  no longer works here.

          A. no more works here                        B. doesn’t still work here

          C. doesn’t work here any more             D. still works here

7. Of the two subjects I am learning in English at school, physics is the ______.

          A. difficult             B. more difficult        C. most difficult    D. more difficult  than

8. Let me give you a hand, ______________?

A. don’t I               B. May I                 C. Shall we             D. Shall I

9. He denied ___________ the glass window of our classroom.

A. breaking            B. having broken              C. break                 D. to break

10. “Why is it called a ________ source?” – “Because it can be replaced easily and quickly.”                                                   A. effective                B. specific                 C. renewable           D. non-renewable                                     

11. “Where are my jeans?”   -  “They _________ at the moment. Sorry.”

   A. are washing    B. were washed      C. are washed                   D. are being washed

12. ________ he comes in half an hour, I shall go alone.

      A. If                          B. Unless                C. Because                        D. When

13. He didn't pay__________ to what I said, so he couldn't answer the question.

      A. action                              B. attention            C. attendance                             D. decision

14. His clothes are too dirty. They need ________ .

                    A. to wash              B. to be washed        C. washing                     D. being washed

15. Keiko has $100. Betty has $75. Betty has less money than Keiko.

      A. more money than   B. not as much money as   C. the same money as  D. a lot of money

16. “My watch is broken.”    Why don’t you _________?

     A. have it repair                   B. have it repairing          C. have it for repair                     D have it repaired

17. The number of unemployed people in that country is increasing rapidly   

     A. jobless                             B. working              C. business                       D. retired

18. He hates ________ to do something by others.

      A. to ask                              B. asking                C. to be asked                  D. being asked

19. Neither the director nor his assistant _________yet.

          A. has come           B. hasn’t come        C. have come                    D. haven’t come

20. I telephoned the station to make _________of the time of the train.

          A. true                             B. real                              C. right                  D. sure  

21. The prefix “re-“ in the word “reuse” means ________

      A. against                   B. again                  C. for                                         D. no

22. Do you know the boy________ to Mrs Nga?

      A. who is talking        B. talked                C. talking                          D. he talks

23. This is ________ book that I try to read it from beginning to end at one time.

      A. so interesting a     B. so interested     C. such an interesting      D. too interesting

24. Everyone has to follow this way to get into the fair, ________?

      A. do they                  B. doesn’t he          C. don’t they                              D. doesn’t she

25. John: “Mary, remember to send my regards to your grandfather.”

      Mary: “________________.”

A. You’re welcome.                               B. Thanks, I will.   

C. That’s a good idea.                                     D. It’s my pleasure.