1. Peter doen’t feel satisfied__________________his new job
A. to B.on C.at D. With
2. Mr. Pike live _ __ ___ farming. They work hard __ _ ___the filed yesterday
A. on/in B. at/with C. in/on D. with/for
3. Water _____ at one hundred degrees Celsius and freezes at zero degrees Celsius.
A. cooks B.steams C. Boils D. grill
4. ___________class allows students to acquire knowledge about living things.
A. Geography / dʒiˈɒɡrəfi / B. Chemistry C. Biology D. History
5. We ___________ the seedlings ˈSiːdlɪŋ / into peaty soil.
A. take B. plough C. raise D. transplant
6. Tom is__ in astronomy. / əˈstrɒnəmi / He finds astronomy very__ ________.
A. interesting / interested B.interest /interested
C. interested/ interesting D. interests /interest
7. We are __ ______ with what we do.
A. contented B. contenting C. content D. contention
8. He fought to the _______ for that child.
A. die B. died C. dead D. death
9. I knowAdj how she felt.
A. exact B. exactly C. Exactness D. exacting
10. It was the most ____ ________ experience in my life.
A. frighten B. frightened C. frightening D. frighteningly
11. The villagers had to work hard in the fields all day and could hardly make____________ meet.
A. end B. ends C. ending D. endings
12. The scientists introduced new farming methods which resulted in ____________ crops.
A. bump B. bumpy C. bumper D. large
13. The scientists also helped the villagers grow ___________ crops for export.
A. cash B. cashing C. money D. financial
14. We repair the banks of our__________ of land.
A. plot B. piece C. pie D. hole
15. The plane seemed to dip and many people screamed in____________.
A. happiness B. panic C. afraid D. exciting
16. In the past, famers mainly ploughed with a__________
A. tiger B. buffalo C. dog D. pig
17. We are looking for people with ________experience.
A. the B. a C. an D. X (No article)
18. The plane from Dallas __ two hours late, so I missed my connecting flight from Frankfurt to London.
A. took on B.took in C. took over D. took off
19. I was born ___________ August 27th, 1990.
A. about B.on C. in D. during
20. In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked __________ hard.
A. extremely B.extreme C. hardly D. seldom
21. As a brilliant and mature student, Marie Curie ______ the dream of a scientific career.
A. determined B. harboured C. obtained D. interrupted
22. He behaved like an adult. I think he is more ________ than the other boys at his class.
A. intelligent B. mature C. ambitious D. Developed
23. The new road should help ____________ traffic problems.
A. raise B. ease C. cause D. create
24. She will get the job she wants - she's a very ______________person.
A. determined B. lazy C. married D. humane
25. Without the pull of the Earth, we could not ___________ anything.
A. weightless B.weightlessness C. weigh D. weight
26. Marie Curie received general ___________ in local schools.
A. education B.educated C. educational D. educate
27. He is interested in ___________. He is a ___________ .
A. scientist / science B. scientific / science
C. science / scientist D. science/ scientific
28. When she was young, she received some ________ training from herfather.
A.science B.scientist C.scientifically D. scientific
29. Marrie Curie ____________ a degree in Physics with flying colour
A. earned B. received C. took up D. A&B are correct
30. After the tragic__________of Pierre Curie in 1906, she took up the position which her husband had obtained at the Sorbonne.
A. death B. happiness C. living D. life
31. The parents realized that the young teacher was __________great efforts to help their poor kids.
A. doing B. making C. having D. getting
32. After her husband had died, she___________ his position at Sorborne
A. got up B. received C. took up D. accepted
33. Let me give you a little ____________about the president of the company.
A. specialization B. concentration C. background D. degree
34. Jane is always determined to do anything she wants. She's a____________woman.
A. ambitious B. strong-willed C. brilliant D. humane
35. Let’s _______ the grammar one more time before the test.
A. Go through B. come over C. go on D. go over
36. The dream of a scientific career was impossible ______ a woman in the 19th century.
A. for B.on C. by D. to
37.________ youngest boy has just started going to ________ school.
A. a/x B. x/the C. an/x D. the/x
