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I. Choose the best answer:
1. The meeting _______ and I got more and more bored.
A. dragged on B. ebbed away C. fell off D. switched off
2. The cost of imported products can be increased with a special charge called a tariff.
A. rate B. debt C. regulation D. fee
3. Marxist theory holds that most aspects of an institution are shaped by economic factors.
A. elevated B. defined C. reformed D. detailed.
4. An ultimatum give by one country to another usually induces a demand for action.
A an insistence on B. a request for C. an understanding of D. a burden of
5. The changes were _______ gradually so that everyone could get used to them.
A. come to B. handed over C. phased in D. stood in for
6. The goal of the United Nations is whatever promotes world peace and ______.
A. human dignity B. dignifying humanly
C. humans are dignified D. humanly indignant.
7. The overall efficiency of a system can be ______ that of its weakest element.
A. no greater than B. less great
C. nothing as great as D. not the greater.
8. So she succeeded in winning the contract. How did she manage to _______?
A. bring it out B. pull it off C. throw it up D. weigh it up
9. By observing REM, or rapid eye movements, ______ to know when dreaming occurs during sleep.
A. it is the possibility B. is the possibility
C. it is possible D. then is possible
10. If you need any support, you can rely on me to _______ .
A. back you up B. face up to you C. set you down D. put you through
11. If you need any support, you can rely on me to _______ .
A. back you up B. face up to you C. set you down D. put you through
12. The spotted variety of dog called Dalmatian is an alert, clean and useful breed.
A. a faithful B. an amiable C. a cunning D. an attentive
13. The Grand Canyon is a superb example of the long-term effects of erosion.
A. an absurb B. a scientific C. an extraordinary D. an extreme
14. I'm not going - so don't try to _______ me _______ going!
A. speak ... to B. talk … into C. tell ... into D. talk ... out of
15. Don't worry. The pain should _______ fairly soon.
A. break out B. die out C. falloff D. wear off
16. We finally managed to _______ our point of view.
A. bring her round to B. fool her into C. take her up on D. fix her up with
17. Luckily, the rain _______ so we were able to play the match.
A. watered down B. gave out C. got away D. held off
18. The ceiling _______ and several people were trapped.
A. butted in B. caved in C. cracked down D. wore down
19. A lot of money must have _______ that expensive-looking carpet.
A. added up to B. gambled away C. gone on D. got off
20. Your name _______ in the course of conversation.
A. came up B. kept on C. set out D. turned out
II. Choose the one underlined part that is wrong.
1. (A) Perhaps was his (B) lack of sensitivity to the concerns of the parents that caused (C) him to (D) lose
the support of the PTA.
2. Legumes, plants (A) belonging to the pea family, (B) forms the second largest family of flowering plants
(C) with between 14,000 and (D) 17,000 species.
3. (A) Alike bears, (B) the giant panda of (C) China has a clumsy manner (D) of walking.
4. A superstructure is (A) the enclosed portion rising (B) up the engines on (C) the main deck of a (D) large
ship.
5. The art of (A) tapestry-making involves (B) forming a picture or design (C) on fabric using (D) coloring
threads.
6. Taxidermy is the technique (A) of preserving animal (B) that they look as (C) they did when they
(D) were alive.
7. In (A) process of photosynthesis, all (B) green plants absorb carbon dioxide gas in (C) the manufacture of
(D) food.
8. Thomas Edison (A) made improvements in the Crookes tube and (B) became (C) known (D) for the
inventor of the fluoroscope.
9. The first vaccine (A) ever developed (B) used to combat smallpox, a disease (C) resulting from infection
(D) by a virus.
10. Charles A. Lindbergh made the first (A) one-man, (B) non-stopped (C) flight (D) across the Atlantic
Ocean in 1927.
III. Fill in each of the numbered blanks with one suitable word.
Every day on the radio, on TV, and in the newspapers, we hear; see, or read about many (1) ______ in the world. Because of this we must think about these problems. We must also try to find a (2) ______ for them. Our lives (3) ______ on this. For example, there are pollution problems.
Air pollution is the (4) ______ kind. It mostly comes from fumes released from cars, airplanes, and trains. Also, factories dump waste (5) ______, even in the city where many people are living. Public safety does not concern the factory owners, who must know that people don't want to live in pollution that is (6) ______ for their health. Nobody in this (7) ______ wants to breath dirty air.
The second pollution problem is (8) ______ pollution. Many people earn their living from (9) ______ in the sea, and the fish they catch feed many people. Their lives depend on the fish. But the sea has become so (10) ______ from oil spills and factory wastes that the fish are (11) ______. This pollution is not only killing the fish, but is also affecting those people who depend on the sea for (12) ______.
(13) ______ do you find a place nowadays that is not polluted. This problem is growing more (14) ______ every day. We must find a good solution that makes the world a (15) ______ place to live. A good way to keep these dangerous fumes away from the people must be found. Also, programs about pollution should be shown on (16) ______. When people (17) ______ the bad effect of pollution on the human body may be they will stop doing those things that make the air or the sea polluted. Also, we should (18) ______ trees, which are very useful for the land. In (19) ______, I hope we can find a solution for every (20) ______ of pollution in the world.
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1. The meeting _______ and I got more and more bored.
A. dragged on B. ebbed away C. fell off D. switched off
2. The cost of imported products can be increased with a special charge called a tariff.
A. rate B. debt C. regulation D. fee
3. Marxist theory holds that most aspects of an institution are shaped by economic factors.
A. elevated B. defined C. reformed D. detailed.
4. An ultimatum give by one country to another usually induces a demand for action.
A an insistence on B. a request for C. an understanding of D. a burden of
5. The changes were _______ gradually so that everyone could get used to them.
A. come to B. handed over C. phased in D. stood in for
6. The goal of the United Nations is whatever promotes world peace and ______.
A. human dignity B. dignifying humanly
C. humans are dignified D. humanly indignant.
7. The overall efficiency of a system can be ______ that of its weakest element.
A. no greater than B. less great
C. nothing as great as D. not the greater.
8. So she succeeded in winning the contract. How did she manage to _______?
A. bring it out B. pull it off C. throw it up D. weigh it up
9. By observing REM, or rapid eye movements, ______ to know when dreaming occurs during sleep.
A. it is the possibility B. is the possibility
C. it is possible D. then is possible
10. If you need any support, you can rely on me to _______ .
A. back you up B. face up to you C. set you down D. put you through
11. If you need any support, you can rely on me to _______ .
A. back you up B. face up to you C. set you down D. put you through
12. The spotted variety of dog called Dalmatian is an alert, clean and useful breed.
A. a faithful B. an amiable C. a cunning D. an attentive
13. The Grand Canyon is a superb example of the long-term effects of erosion.
A. an absurb B. a scientific C. an extraordinary D. an extreme
14. I'm not going - so don't try to _______ me _______ going!
A. speak ... to B. talk … into C. tell ... into D. talk ... out of
15. Don't worry. The pain should _______ fairly soon.
A. break out B. die out C. falloff D. wear off
16. We finally managed to _______ our point of view.
A. bring her round to B. fool her into C. take her up on D. fix her up with
17. Luckily, the rain _______ so we were able to play the match.
A. watered down B. gave out C. got away D. held off
18. The ceiling _______ and several people were trapped.
A. butted in B. caved in C. cracked down D. wore down
19. A lot of money must have _______ that expensive-looking carpet.
A. added up to B. gambled away C. gone on D. got off
20. Your name _______ in the course of conversation.
A. came up B. kept on C. set out D. turned out
II. Choose the one underlined part that is wrong.
1. (A) Perhaps was his (B) lack of sensitivity to the concerns of the parents that caused (C) him to (D) lose
the support of the PTA.
2. Legumes, plants (A) belonging to the pea family, (B) forms the second largest family of flowering plants
(C) with between 14,000 and (D) 17,000 species.
3. (A) Alike bears, (B) the giant panda of (C) China has a clumsy manner (D) of walking.
4. A superstructure is (A) the enclosed portion rising (B) up the engines on (C) the main deck of a (D) large
ship.
5. The art of (A) tapestry-making involves (B) forming a picture or design (C) on fabric using (D) coloring
threads.
6. Taxidermy is the technique (A) of preserving animal (B) that they look as (C) they did when they
(D) were alive.
7. In (A) process of photosynthesis, all (B) green plants absorb carbon dioxide gas in (C) the manufacture of
(D) food.
8. Thomas Edison (A) made improvements in the Crookes tube and (B) became (C) known (D) for the
inventor of the fluoroscope.
9. The first vaccine (A) ever developed (B) used to combat smallpox, a disease (C) resulting from infection
(D) by a virus.
10. Charles A. Lindbergh made the first (A) one-man, (B) non-stopped (C) flight (D) across the Atlantic
Ocean in 1927.
III. Fill in each of the numbered blanks with one suitable word.
Every day on the radio, on TV, and in the newspapers, we hear; see, or read about many (1) ______ in the world. Because of this we must think about these problems. We must also try to find a (2) ______ for them. Our lives (3) ______ on this. For example, there are pollution problems.
Air pollution is the (4) ______ kind. It mostly comes from fumes released from cars, airplanes, and trains. Also, factories dump waste (5) ______, even in the city where many people are living. Public safety does not concern the factory owners, who must know that people don't want to live in pollution that is (6) ______ for their health. Nobody in this (7) ______ wants to breath dirty air.
The second pollution problem is (8) ______ pollution. Many people earn their living from (9) ______ in the sea, and the fish they catch feed many people. Their lives depend on the fish. But the sea has become so (10) ______ from oil spills and factory wastes that the fish are (11) ______. This pollution is not only killing the fish, but is also affecting those people who depend on the sea for (12) ______.
(13) ______ do you find a place nowadays that is not polluted. This problem is growing more (14) ______ every day. We must find a good solution that makes the world a (15) ______ place to live. A good way to keep these dangerous fumes away from the people must be found. Also, programs about pollution should be shown on (16) ______. When people (17) ______ the bad effect of pollution on the human body may be they will stop doing those things that make the air or the sea polluted. Also, we should (18) ______ trees, which are very useful for the land. In (19) ______, I hope we can find a solution for every (20) ______ of pollution in the world.
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