III. The passage below contains 10 errors. UNDERLINE and CORRECT them. Write your answers in the numbered blanks provided. There is an example at the beginning. (1.0 pt)
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After an absence in thirty years, I decided visiting my old school again. I had expected to find changes, but no a completely different building. As I walked up the school ground, I wondered for a moment if I had come at the right address. The grimy, red brick fortress with their tall windows that had looked up grimly on the playground and playing fields had swept away. In its place stood a bright, modern block risen from the ground on great concrete stilts. A huge expanse of glass extending across the face of the building, and in front, there was a well-kept lawn where previous there had been untidy gravel yard. |
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I. Read the passage below and fill each blank with ONE suitable word. (1.0 pt)
Speech is one of the most important (1) _______ of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also to be (2) ____________ by other people, we have to speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of (3) ________ that everyone agrees stand for particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language.
(4) ________ a language properly is very important. The basic (5) __________ of English is not very large, and only about 2000 words are needed to (6) ________ it quite well. But the more words you know, the more ideas you can (7) ________ and the more precise you can be about their exact meaning.
Words are the (8) ____________ thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The (9) _________ we say the words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and (10) ________ whether we are pleased or angry, for instance.
9. “I really like your new shoes.” - “And they cost less than I ______.”
A. expect B. was expected C. had expected D. am expecting
10. Those kids are always ______ trouble.
A. looking up to B. getting into C. finding about D. putting with
11. It is essential that he ______ that contract.
A. refuse B. refuses C. refusing D. is refusing
12. Either of these buses _______ past the university.
A. go B. goes C. have gone D. going
13. _______ the flight’s delay, they did not attend the conference.
A. Because B. Although C. Because of D. As
14. It _______ that many people are homeless after the floods.
A. were reported B. reports C. is reported D. reporting
15. This shirt is much prettier, but it costs _______ the other one.
A. so much as B. as many as C. twice as much as D. twice as many
16. Don’t worry about her __________ .
A. complaintment B. complaination C. complanation D. complaint
17. Please forgive me. I didn’t want ________ you.
A. to upset B. upsetting C. to be upset D. being upset
18. Vitamin C _______ by the human body, it gets into the blood stream quickly.
A. absorbs easily B. is easily absorbed
C. is being absorbed easily D. absorbed easily
19. What would you like to eat for lunch? - _________, I don’t mind.
A. Nothing B. Something C. Every thing D. Anything