1. Peter got an excellent grade in his examination ……. the fact that he had not worked particularly hard.
A. in spite of            B. because of                 C. on account of            D. although
2. I like her essay because it's very__________.
A. imagination         B. imaginable                  C. imaginative                 D. imaginary
3. I don’t think human beings ever walked on the moon, …………….?
     A. do I                      B. don’t I                         C. did they                    D. didn’t they.
4. I don’t know much about computers, so I asked the assistant for ………… advice.
     A. a lot                     B. a little                         C. a few                         D. little 
5. The child was made …….. everything on his plate.
     A. eating                  B. ate                              C. to eat                          D. eats
6. Smith: “Mr Bill passed away yesterday.”        - Tom: “Mary has told me that. ________.”
      A. By God              B. God rest him                C. God bless               D. God save her
7. She is a _______ girl with _______.
A. clear-eyes/black hair                                          B. clear-eyed/ black hairs
C. clear-eye/ a black hair                                        D. clear-eyed/black hair
8. She is attending the seminar with a view to …….. more qualifications.
A. acquire          B. having acquired           C. acquiring           D. being acquired.
9. My brother, together with his friends, always …….round collecting wood for bonfire night.
A. go                 B. goes                              C. is going             D. gone
10. The new Garden City is well worth ……….. if you’re in the area.
A. being seen    B. visiting                         C. to visit               D. the sight
11. It’s rather difficult to distinguish the two pictures. They are almost ………………
A. like              B. same                              C. as                       D. alike
12. She is far too ………….. to be in charge of all those children.
A. disresponsible   B. unresponsible          C. irresponsible      D. inresponsible
13. Neither the boy’s teacher nor his parents ………. with his progress.
A. is satisfied        B. are satisfied             C. has satisfied        D. have satisfied
14. When Rita was promoted to sales manager, she was ___________.
A. over the hill                                           B. up in the clouds 
C. over the moon                                        D. in the seventh moon
15. My neighbor informed ___________ a large crack running down the outside wall of my house. It had apparently appeared during the night.
A. me that there was                                 B. to me that there was
C. me on there being                                 D. to me of there being
16. There are two supermarkets in the town but ___________ of them sells fresh fish.
A. none                    B. neither                   C. no one                   D. either
17. - “My mother is very good at cooking.”      - “___________”
A. She must be very proud of it.              B. How long has she been cooking?
C.     Do you enjoy it?                                  D. You must have good taste!
18. ___________ the expression on his face,  I’d say he wasn’t too pleased to see us. In fact, I’d say he was furious.
A. Judging by          B. As for                    C. Provided with       D. Seeing as
19. - Customer: “Could I have a refund?”   - Salesperson: “___________”
A. No, thank you.                                                   B. Not at all.
C. No problem. Do you have the receipt?          D. Never mind.
20. Why don’t we have yoghurt? It’s ___________ as good as cream and much healthier, too.
A. each bit               B. every part             C. each part               D. every bit
21. We would ___________ in Cardiff if we hadn’t found someone to buy our previous house.
A. still have lived   B. still be living        C. live still                 D. have lived still
22. He denied ___________ the glass window of our classroom.
A. breaking                B. to break                 C. break                     D. having broken
23. He _______ the plants. If he had, they wouldn’t have died.
            A. needn’t have watered                             B. can’t have watered
            C. shouldn’t have watered                          D. must have watered         
24. We cannot jugde a person simply on the ___________ of his education.
A. condition            B. basis                      C. principle               D. theory
25. I doubt ___________ the company will make any profit at all this year.
A. when                   B. whether                 C. since                      D. so that  
26. Of course I’ll play the piano at the party but I am a little ___________.
A. out of use           B. out of reach          C. out of turn             D. out of practice  
27. All these sweaters are extremely ___________ by the local residents of a small Scottish island.
A. well-knitted      B. well-founded        C. well-fashioned     D. well-made    
28. Despite all my anxiety, I ___________ for the job I wanted. I’m really going to work hard to justify their confidence.
A. was hired            B. hired                      C. got hiring             D. got hired
29. He wanted to know ___________ for a picnic the previous morning.
A. if we had been going                            B. that if we had been going
C. we were going                                        D. that we were going
30. Thanks to my friends' ___________ remarks, my essays have been improved.
A. constructive       B. constructional      C. constructor           D. construct     
31. Tom was the last student ___________ .
A. to be interviewed                                  B. had been interviewed    
C. to have interviewed                              D. to interview
32. Last year she earned ________ her brother.
   A. twice more tha   B. twice as much as    C. twice as more as     D. twice as many as
33. The man ________ of the killing said that he was at the cinema at that time.
A. was accused         B. accused                 C. accusing           D. be accused
34. She gave me a _________ box.                      
A. jewelry metal small square                    B. jewelry small metal square       
C. small square jewelry metal                    D. small square metal jewelry
35. We have to _______ our revision tonight. Or it’s too late.
            A. get over                 B. give out                 C. give away              D. get through