I Choose the best answer:
1. That question was ___ for a child to answer.
A. such difficult B. so difficult C. much difficult D. too difficult
2. I ___ any difficult so far.
A. don't have B. aren't having C. haven't had D. didn't have
3. More than half of the world's periodicals are printed ___ English.
A. in B. by C. of D. with
4. How ___ sugar ___ there in the jar?
A. much/ are B. much/ is C. many/ are D. many/ have
5. Your brother isn't ___ to join the police force.
A. enough tall B. too tall C. so tall D. tall enough
6. We are ___ of applying for job after having so many refusals.
A. frightening B. bored C. frightened D. boring
7. I don't think this company can afford ___ any new staff this year.
A. to employ B. to employing C. be employing D. to have employed
8. I don't know why she avoids telling us the ___ about what happened.
A. true B. truth C. truly D. trust
9. This is the best film I've ___ seen.
A. already B. ever C. never D. just
10. He passed the examination ___ he hadn't been studying seriously.
A. because B. however C. unless D. although
11. Each of the students ___ made to answer several questions.
A. was B. are C. were D. have
12. We learn foreign languages ___ know more about other peoples and countries.
A. so that B. in order to C. just as D. for we
13. Vung Tau has a long beach, which is very good ___ swimming.
A. in B. for C. at D. with
14. I planned to have a swim this morning but the weather is so ___.
A. disappointed B. bored C. uninterested D. disappointing
15. She doesn't look ___ as she really is.
A. older B. much old C. so older D. as old
16. You should tell your son ___ football in the street. It's very dangerous.
A. not playing B. don't play C. mustn't play D. not to play
17. It's an hour since he ___, so he must be at the office now.
A. left B. had left C. was leaving D. leaves
18. ___ is the force of the earth to attract everything to it's center.
A. Pollution B. Earthquake C. Atmosphere D. Gravity
19. Mr. Ba ___ from his work two years ago. Now he lives on his pension.
A. stopped B. retired C. gave up D. finished
20. What ___ the weather like during your holidays there?
A. does B. did C. was D. are
21. Who'll look ___ the dogs while we are away holiday?
A. for B. after C. forward to D. out
22. He usually spends hours on the river without ___ anything.
A. to catch B. catch C. caught D. catching
23. This exercise is ___ than the one we did yesterday.
A. easy B. more easy C. easily D. easier
24. You'll surely have an accident if you don't stop driving so_____.
A. danger B. dangerously C. dangerous D. to endanger
25. People in Spain speak ___.
A. Spain B. Spainese C. Spainish D. Spanish
26. My brother Tam, ___ graduated from the University of Foreign Languages, now works for an import-export company.
A. who B. whose C. whom D. which
27. ___ is one of my favorite activities.
A. cook B. cooker C. cooking D. cooks
28. One of the ___ diseases that mankind has ever had is AIDS.
A. bad B. baddest C. badder D. worst
29. You won't get good marks if you write your answers ___.
A. care B. carefully C. carelessly D. careless
30. Doctors have tried to stop people from ... but they haven't been very ...
A.smoke/success B.smoker/succeed C.smoking/success D. smoking/ successful
31. Marie Curie was a great ___, who won the Nobel Prize two times.
A. science B. scientist C. scientific D. scientists
32. The advertisement says people must write their ....... in English.
A. applications B. application C. apply D. applicant
33. Students normally visit their old teacher's houses ___ Teachers' Day.
A. in B. on C. at D. into
34. ___ you pay more attention to your work, you'll probably get poor marks in the final exam.
A. If B. Unless C. Because D. However
35. She has a lot of ___ in teaching young children.
A. opportunity B. experience C. intelligence D. identification
36. It is a very famous play, so you should ___ your seat well in advance.
A. telephone B. manage C. purchase D. book
37. My parents usually let me ___ what I think I should.
A. do B. doing C. to do D. can do
38. She really can't get used ___ told what to do.
A. to be B. to being C. for being D. to have been
39. St. James's Park has a beautiful lake on ___ live a great variety of wild ducks.
A. it B. that C. which D. where
40. If any body ___ question, please ask me after class.
A. has B. have C. have the D. has a
II- Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the gaps:
John Lennon, (41) member of the Beatles, (42) murdered just before 11 p.m (43) the 8th December 1980, outside his home in New York City. He had just got out of a car, and was walking to the entrance (44) a voice called "Mr Lennon". Lennon turned and (45) five times. The killer threw his gun down, and stood there smiling.
Lennon was (46) to hospital in a police patrol car, but it was (47) late. The killer was 25-year-old Mark Chapman from Hawaii. Earlier the same evening he had asked Lennon for his autograph. (48) fact, he had been hanging around outside the apartment building for several days. Chapman was a (49) of the Beatles and Lennon, and had tried to imitated him in many ways. It is (50) that he even believed he was John Lennon.
41. A. a B. one C. the D. an
42. A. was B. were C. are D. is
43. A. on B. in C. at D. into
44. A. while B. after C. before D. when
45. A. shoot B. were shot C. is shot D. was shot
46. A. ran B. run C. rushed D. rush
47. A. much B. more C. and D. too
48. A. In B. At C. for D. About
49. A. man B. woman C. fan D. boy
50. A. said B. talked C. spoke D. told