Exercise: Choose the best answers to complete the following sentences.

1. When I was going to school this morning, I saw a ____ girl. She asked me how to get to HoanKiem Lake.

A. beautiful young blonde Russian                                B. beautiful young Russian blonde

C. blonde young beautiful Russian                                D. Russian young blonde beautiful

2. Indiana University, one of the largest ones in the nation, is located in a ____ town.

A. small beautiful Midwestern                                       B. beautiful Midwestern small

C. Midwestern beautiful small                                       D. beautiful small Midwestern

3. Her father bought her ____ when he went on holiday in Singapore last week.

A. a beautiful silk yellow scarf                                        B. a beautiful yellow silky scarf

C. a beautiful yellow scarf silk                                        D. a beautiful yellow silk scarf

4. It is really a (n) ____ which is suitable for my daughter.

A. undergraduate interesting economics course      B. economics course interesting undergraduate

C. interesting economics undergraduate course      D. interesting undergraduate economics course

5. I’d give anything to have a look at the ____ world.

A. modern British wizard intriguing                              B. wizard British wizard intriguing

C. wizard intriguing wizard British                                 D. intriguing modern British wizard

6. When my parents traveled to Singapore, they bought me a ____ piano on my birthday.

A. precious grand ancient wooden                               B. wooden grand ancient precious

C. precious grand wooden ancient                               D. ancient grand precious wooden

7. Our house is located near a(n) ____ school. I usually go on foot to school.

A. large prestigious international Catholic B. prestigious large international Catholic

C. Catholic prestigious large international D. prestigious catholic international large

8. My daughter likes playing with a(n) ____ rope to get lean in the early morning.

A. old black leather skipping                                           B. Leather black old skipping

C. Skipping black old leather                                           D. Leather old black skipping

9. Peter’s wife gave him a (n) ____ bike as a birthday present last week.

A. blue Japanese cheap                                    B. cheap Japanese blue

C. Japanese cheap blue                                    D. cheap blue Japanese

10.   I remember she wore a ____ dress to go out with her boyfriend last week.

A. cotton white Vietnamese                                           B. Vietnamese white cotton

C. white Vietnamese cotton                                           D. white cotton Vietnamese

Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences or the answer that is closest in meaning to the underlined part.

11. The ____ noise startled the woman.

A. frightened              B. frighten                   C. frightening              D. fright

12. Jack's shoes are very dirty. They need ____.

A. cleaning                  B. cleaner                    C. to clean                   D. clean

13. His pronunciation causes me a lot of ____.

A. difficulties              B. difficult                  C. difficultys               D. difficultly

14. We lived in that ____ on the corner.

A. old house brick small                                 B. brick small old house

C. small old brick house                                 D. house brick small old

15. ____ around us gives us vital information about our environment.

A. The sounds are heard                                 B. That the hearing of sound

C. Hearing the sounds                                     D. Whatever the sounds are heard

16. He took his seat quietly, ____.

A. in order that not to disturb their conversation                   B. so as to disturb their conversation to be

C. in order not disturb their conversation                               D. so as not to disturb their conversation

17. ____ me a joke.

A. Tell                         B. Speak                      C. Say                         D. Do

18. Ruth has got a great ____ of humor.

A. emotion                  B. felling                     C. sense                       D. mood

19. How did you ____ when you heard the news?

A. make                       B. cause                       C. do                           D. react

20. I've passed all my exams! Let's ____!

A. behave                    B. praise                      C. celebrate                 D. investigate

21. Congratulations ____ getting into the final!

A. on                           B. with                        C. for                           D. by

22. ____ Mum had a cold, she still went to work.

A. Despite                   B. However                 C. In spite                    D. Although

23. You'll never ____ me the world is flat.

A. doubt                      B. convince                 C. criticize                   D. pretend

24. I was very ____ when I was little. I was always getting into trouble.

A. bad-tempered         B. polite                      C. depressed                D. naughty

25. I heard a ____ that you're having a party. Is it true?

A. rumor                     B. news                       C. gossip                     D. fact

Choose the underlined word or phrase that is incorrect in standard English in each of the following sentences. 

28. Unless you missed the first half, you can't really say you understood the film.

A. Unless                    B. first half                  C. really                       D. say you

Choose the correct sentence that has the closest meaning to the original sentence. 

48. He suggested that the house be painted pink.

A. “The house will be painted pink”, he said.

B. “The house must be painted pink”, he said.

C. “The house should be painted pink”, he said.

D. All are correct.

49. The cacao beans are cleaned before they are cooked.

A. They cleaned the cacao beans before cooking.

B. They clean the cacao beans before cooked.

C. They cleaned the cacao beans before cooked them.

D. They clean the cacao beans before cooking them.

50. I'm going to buy a computer. I haven't got much money.

A. Since I haven't got much money, I'm going to buy a computer.

B. I'm going to buy a computer despite I haven't got much money.

C. I'm going to buy a computer if I haven't got much money.

D. I'm going to buy a computer although I haven't got much money.