143 CÂU HỎI
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Julia has been cooking when the guests arrived. They came earlier than she had expected.
A. earlier than
B. has been cooking
C. the
D. had expected
- A: “Just let me know if there is anything else I can do you for you in case of need, Janet.”
- B: “Thanks, Mary. I can count on you to help. You've always been a ________.”
A. good deal
B. good whip
C. close call
D. good egg
Just think! Next month you'll be _______ and it seems like only yesterday you were a baby.
A. in your teens
B. in your teenage
C. teenager
D. at your teens
_______ kangaroos are large marsupials that are found only in Australia.
A. An
B. A
C. No article
D. The
Karachi is _______ city in the world population.
A. the two largest
B. the two larger
C. the second largest
D. the second larger
When hearing the news, Tom tried his best to keep a _______ on his surprise.
A. hat
B. roof
C. hood
D. lid
Laboratory tests carried ________ by three independent teams of experts have given similar results.
A. about
B. out
C. forth
D. up
Lan asked her teacher what requirements she _______ as a monitor.
A. needs to do
B. needed doing
C. need to do
D. needed to do
Lan has been a nurse all her life. She has spent her life caring for ______ sick.
A. the
B. a
C. an
D. x
Larry didn’t buy the shirt because she didn’t have enough money.
A. If Larry hadn’t had enough money, she wouldn’t have bought the shirt.
B. If Larry had had enough money, she would have bought the shirt.
C. If Larry had had enough money, she would buy the shirt.
D. If Larry had enough money, she would have bought the shirt.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Last night at this time, they _______ the same thing. She _______ and he _______ the newspaper.
A. are doing - is cooking - is reading
B. were doing - was cooking - was reading
C. was doing - has cooked - is reading
D. had done - was cooking - read
Last night I was invited _______ a formal get-together and I enjoyed myself a great deal.
A. to
B. at
C. for
D. about
Last night, ________ nothing to watch on TV, we went out.
A. having had
B. being
C. there having
D. there being
Last night, suddenly my mother was deciding to ban me from using the Internet so we ended up having a huge row.
A. was deciding
B. the
C. ended up
D. a
Last year Gladys Kalema became the Ugandan Wildlife Service's chief and only vet after (1) _____ for the Royal Veterinary College in London.
A. leaving
B. qualifying
C. graduating
D. passing
If Gladys did nothing else, caring for the world's (2) ______ population of 650 gorillas would alone justify her wages.
A. living
B. surviving
C. continuing
D. lasting
Since the 1970s, gorillas have (3) ______ severely from war and poaching.
A. endured
B. harmed
C. died
D. suffered
Now for $150 each, tourists can be led through the forest and come within five meters of gorilla – no closer, for (4) ______ of transmitting diseases such as measles and flu.
A. risk
B. fear
C. fright
D. danger
(5) ______ in the national parts the usual animals, elephants, rhinos, giraffes, are either not there or present in insignificant numbers which are dangerously out of (6) ______ with the creatures around them.
A. Somewhere
B. Anywhere
C. Elsewhere
D. Nowhere
(5) ______ in the national parts the usual animals, elephants, rhinos, giraffes, are either not there or present in insignificant numbers which are dangerously out of (6) ______ with the creatures around them.
A. balance
B. relation
C. comparison
D. equality
If Uganda stays calm, wildlife may, in (7) _______, return by itself.
A. terms
B. years
C. ages
D. time
Animals must be brought in to swell tourism and provide (8) ______ to expand her work.
A. figures
B. funds
C. accounts
D. savings
“At this moment, my friends from vet school are reading the best way to (9) ______ a cat or dog, and here am I planning to translocate elephants.”
A. treat
B. prescribe
C. heal
D. operate
In my small (10) _______ I am part of the reconstruction and rehabilitation of my country.
A. means
B. manner
C. method
D. way
Mark the letter to indicate the word whose underlined part that needs correction.
Last year, she had spent approximately15 million VND on the holiday with her best friend in Korea.
A. had
B. approximately
C. million
D. on the holiday
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Learners of English as a foreign language often fail to _______ between unfamiliar sounds in that language.
A. distinguish
B. differ
C. separate
D. solve
Let me know if any difficulties _______.
A. arise
B. come
C. rise
D. happen
Let's face__________we are destroying the environment and we need to do something now.
A. truth
B. facts
C. things
D. information
Let's get her ______us some water.
A. to bring
B. brings
C. bring
D. bringing
Let's go and watch those students play .......... cards.
A. an
B. a
C. x
D. the
Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences.
Let’s knock on their door to see ……… home.
A. if they’re
B. unless they’re
C. whether they were
D. if they were
Let's take _______ the situation before we make a final decision.
A. up with
B. up on
C. stock of
D. out of
Linda can’t stand ________ in a room with all of the windows closed.
A. sleep
B. sleeping
C. slept
D. being slept
Linguistics _______ out the ways in which languages work.
A. find
B. founded
C. finds
D. findings
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Linh is feeling a bit frustrated about her study. She’s failed the exam once again.
A. worried
B. depressed
C. relaxed
D. embarrassed
Linh is interested ______ cycling to school.
A. in
B. on
C. about
D. of
Look! There are a lot of clouds! It ________ soon.
A. is going to rain
B. has been raining
C. will be raining
D. will have rained
Lorie is very thin, ________ her young sister, who is quite heavy.
A. unlike
B. dissimilar to
C. dislike
D. unlikely
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Louis Pasteur, _______ discovered a cure for rabies, was a French scientist.
A. he
B. that
C. who
D. whom
Ludwig van Beethoven is considered one of the greatest composers _____.
A. to live
B. when living
C. who ever lived
D. while he was still living
Lying to gain personal benefits can be considered as _________ a crime.
A. happening
B. committing
C. attending
D. supporting
"Main Market is a nice place."
"They have_____ we recommend it to all our fiends".
A. such good food that
B. such a good food that
C. so good food that
D. such as good food as
Maintaining biodiversity is important _______ us in many ways.
A. in
B. for
C. from
D. by
_______ man suffering from _____ shock should not be given anything to drink.
A. A/the
B. The/a
C. ∅/a
D. A/∅
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
A. manage
B. protect
C. reform
D. regard
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Management has promised to facsimile an easy transition to the new ownership structure.
A. has
B. to
C. facsimile
D. ownership
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Managers set objectives, and decide______ their organization can achieve them.
A. what
B. how
C. which
D. where
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
A. manly
B. danger
C. capable
D. ancient
Many A.I. experts believe that A.I. technology will soon _______ even greater advances in many other areas.
A. say
B. make
C. take
D. do
Many birds will______ more than 3,000 miles to reach their winter homes.
A. flying
B. fly
C. be fly
D. flew
Many companies do not want to spend too much on waste ____ as the cost is really high.
A. discharge
B. release
C. rid
D. disposal
Many countries’ cultural _______ is a result of taking in immigrants from all over the world.
A. diversify
B. diversity
C. diversified
D. diverse
Many countries have considered_______ the victims of the tsunami.
A. to have helped
B. to help
C. help
D. helping
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Many distinguishable scholars agreed that the strategic decision the government had made to help curb the spread of the virus was unreasonable.
A. distinguishable
B. strategic
C. curb
D. unreasonable
Many elderly people have to live on the money they _____ when they were working.
A. laid up
B. put back
C. set up
D. put aside
Many environmentalists fear that the earth will run out essential natural resources before the end of the twenty-first century.
A. environmentalists
B. that
C. out essential
D. before
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Many herbicides and pesticides take a long time to degrade and build up in the soils or throughout the food chain.
A. deteriorate
B. defrost
C. accumulate
D. dignify
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions.
Marry is always making a mountain out of the molehill.
A. exaggerating
B. extravagant
C. squandering
D. overextending
Many lives were saved _________the introduction of antibiotics.
A. into
B. with
C. in
D. at
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Many others certainly don't see it that way and are adamant that the late politician was largely to blame for having a(n) _______ for the vision but scant regard for the detail.
A. eye
B. ear
C. nose
D. tongue
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Many people left early because the film was uninteresting.
A. exciting
B. informative
C. attractive
D. boring
Indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s)
Many people move to urban areas seeking for job opportunity as well as stable employment.
A. durable
B. long-lasting
C. steady
D. temporary
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Many students in this high school are not familiar _______ ICT assessment tools.
A. on
B. with
C. about
D. to
Choose the best answer.
Many young people are fond of _______ football and other kinds of sports.
A. play
B. to play
C. playing
D. played
________ Marge is an honest person, I still wonder whether she's telling the truth about the incident.
A. In spite of
B. Since
C. Though
D. In the event that
Maria's English is excellent. She speaks English _______ in her class.
A. very perfect
B. perfective
C. the most perfectively
D. the most perfectly
Mr. Duncan does not know___________the lawn mower after they had flnished using it.
A. where did they put
B. where they did put
C. where they put
D. where to put
Select the sentence that is close to the given sentence: Mary loves her mother more than her father.
A. Mary loves her mother more than her father does.
B. Her father loves her mother but Mary loves her more.
C. Mary’s love for her mother is greater than for her father.
D. Her father doesn’t love her mother as much as Mary.
Mary married a wealthy man. She got married .......... him last June.
A. by
B. for
C. about
D. to
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Tony was clearly nervous; he was sitting right on the_________ of his chair.
A. outside
B. edge
C. tip
D. border
Mary will have worked at this school for 25 years by the time she retired.
A. have worked
B. for
C. by
D. retired
Choose the correct answer.
Mathematics, a required subject in all schools, is _____ into many branches.
A. grouped
B. prepared
C. divided
D. added
Medieval travelers’ tales of fantastic creatures were often fascinating but not always ______.
A. credible
B. creditable
C. credulous
D. imaginable
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Michael looked upset and surprised when ____ by his mother today.
A. scolding
B. to scold
C. having scolded
D. scolded
Migrating birds return every year to their place of birth to lay their eggs.
A. Every year, to lay their eggs, migrating birds return to their place of birth.
B. Every year, migrating birds return to their place of birth while laying their eggs.
C. Every year, on returning to their place of birth, migrating birds lay their eggs.
D. Every year, on the journey back to their place of birth, migrating birds lay eggs.
Brian used to be an active person, but now he has to limit his activities _______ the problems with his health.
A. nevertheless
B. because of
C. although
D. in spite of
Miss White ________ her parents is going to pay a visit to the Great Wall.
A. and
B. both
C. as well as
D. or
Miss White said to him, "Why are you so late? Did your car have a flat tire?"
A. Miss White told him why was he so late and did your car have a flat tire.
B. Miss White asked him why was he so late and did your car has a flat tire.
C. Miss White asked him why he was so late and if your car have a flat tire.
D. Miss White asked him why he was so late and whether his car had a flat tire.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined bold word(s) in each of the following questions.
Mitchell appeared at the door, asking me to lend him some money.
A. saw
B. arrived
C. knew
D. smiled
Monica________ with her sister at the moment until she finds a flat.
A. stays
B. is staying
C. will stay
D. is going to stay
More than forty people __________ the highest tower when the bomb exploded in one of the dustbins.
A. visited
B. were visiting
C. visit
D. are visiting
Most of ____students working in___ garden are tired.
A. the/the
B. the/a
C. ∅/the
D. a/a
Most of the air pollution results ______ the burning of fossil fuels, motor vehicles, factories, aircraft and rockets.
A. in
B. to
C. on
D. from
Most of the e-mail accounts at our company ________ by a virus last week.
A. have been affected
B. were affected
C. affected
D. was affected
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question. Most people admit that they contribute to global warming.
A. be partly responsible for
B. disapprove
C. neglect
D. cause
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
(A) Most sedimentary rocks (B) start forming when grains of clay, silt, or (C) sandy settle in river valleys (D) or on the bottom of lakes and oceans.
A. Most
B. start forming
C. sandy
D. or on
Circle the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that needs correcting
Most students were able of finding good jobs three to six months after graduation.
A. Most students
B. were
C. of finding
D. after graduation
Mr. Brown comes to the store_______ for cheese and bread.
A. regular
B. regulation
C. regulating
D. regularly
Mr. Hodges ____ that volunteers sign up to assist with the Hannock River cleanup by Friday.
A. requesting
B. to be requested
C. requests
D. to request
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Mr. Hung ____________ in the army from 1970 to 1980.
A. has served
B. had been serving
C. had served
D. served
Mr. Nigam was ____ retirement when his boss asked him to be the head of security at the new facility.
A. under
B. ahead of
C. nearby
D. close to
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 1 to 15
Mrs Florida felt that her marriage had become ___________ prison.
A. a
B. Ø
C. the
D. an
Choose the best answer.
Mrs. Green prefers ................... TV to ................ to the cinema.
A. watching/go
B. to watch/going
C. watching/going
D. watches/go
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Mrs. Pike was so angry that she made a ______ gesture at the driver.
A. rude
B. rudeness
C. rudely
D. rudest
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Ms. Linda is definitely _______.
A. the more generous of all my teacher
B. the most generous teacher we have ever met
C. one of the most generous we’ve met
D. more generous as all
My brother always ______ at cards. No wonder he won every game.
A. cheated
B. lied
C. tricked
D. deceived
My brother doesn’t have an Iphone. He wishes he________ one.
A. has
B. have
C. had
D. will have
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions
My brother is away on business. I really need his help now.
A. As long as my brother is at home, he will be able to help me.
B. If only my brother had been at home and could have helped me.
C. If my brother is at home, he can help me now.
D. I wish my brother were at home and could help me now.
My brother is very helpful. He __________ helps me with my homework.
A. never
B. rarely
C. always
D. sometimes
My car is very _______, it uses very little petrol.
A. economic
B. economical
C. economist
D. economy
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
My clothes are all getting too tight. I’ll have to let them out.
A. wash them
B. make them larger
C. make them smaller
D. give them different colours
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
My cousin started investing in stocks in 2018.
A. My cousin has been investing in stocks since 2018.
B. My cousin hasn’t invested in stocks since 2018.
C. The last time my cousin invested in stocks was in 2018.
D. It is my first time my cousin invested in stocks.
My cousin was nervous about being interviewed on television, but she rose to the______ wonderfully.
A. event
B. performance
C. incident
D. occasion
My daughter was born on ........... fifth of January.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. Ø
My employer’s ______ of my work does not matter to me at all.
A. belief
B. opinion
C. expression
D. value
My face is bright red. I wish I ______ in the sun so long yesterday.
A. didn’t sit
B. wouldn’t sit
C. hadn’t sat
D. sat
Finish the second sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.
My father stopped smoking two years ago.
A. My father hasn’t smoke for two years.
B. My father hasn’t smoked for two years.
C. My father has smoke for two years.
D. My father hasn’t smoke since two years.
My father told me that if we wanted to catch the 6.30 train, that would mean _________the house at 6.00.
A. to leave
B. having left
C. leaving
D. having to be leaving
My friends live in .... old house in ...... small village. There is ......... beautiful garden behind ........ house. I would like to have .......... garden like that.
A. an – a – a – the - a
B. an – a – a – the - ∅
C. an – a – a - ∅ - a
D. an - ∅ - a – the - a
Indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s)
My grandma usually takes care of us when my parents are away on business.
A. follows
B. abandons
C. concerns
D. bothers
My husband wants me _______ this letter before afternoon.
A. post
B. to post
C. posting
D. posts
The mother is _____ for taking care of the home and the family.
A. confident
B. supportive
C. responsible
D. willing
My mother said to me, “Have you finished your homework yet?”
A. My mother asked me if I had finished my homework.
B. My mother told me to finish my homework.
C. My mother reminded me to finish my homework.
D. My mother questioned me whether I would finish my homework.
My old friend and colleague, John, _____ married.
A. has just got
B. have just got
C. just has got
D. just have got
My school has no playground equipment or extra activities.
A. I wish my school had had playground equipment or extra activities.
B. I wish my school had playground equipment or extra activities.
C. I wish my school can have playground equipment or extra activities.
D. I wish my school will have playground equipment or extra activities.
My sister _________in the bank for five years before she was sent to Da Nang.
A. has worked
B. was working
C. had worked
D. works
My sister is studying hard ________her exam.
A. to
B. at
C. in
D. for
My worst exam moment happened when I was caught ____ by my mum after a history exam.
A. cheat
B. cheating
C. to cheat
D. cheated
Katherine_____ at Bob's house every night this week.
A. has been eaten
B. has eating
C. is being eating
D. has been eating
NASA has had an autonomous spaceship ___ the universe recently.
A. to explore
B. explored
C. exploring
D. explore
Complete each of the following sentences with the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
Nathalie seems very tough at work. She’s a different person at home, _________.
A. though
B. although
C. as though
D. even though
Neither Professor Johnson nor any other faculty member_________to apply for the dean’s position.
A. intend
B. intends
C. are intending
D. have intending
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Neptune is________ any planet except Pluto.
A. to be far from the Sun
B. far from the Sun being
C. farther than the Sun is
D. farther from the Sun than
New digital media forms are more personal and social as they allow people to connect each other and _______ their experiences.
A. personify
B. personal
C. personality
D. personalize
New York Harbour, ________, is one of the largest and finest harbours in the world.
A. where is ice-free in all seasons
B. that is ice-free in all seasons
C. which is ice-free in all seasons
D. it is ice-free in all seasons
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
New York has invested substantially in improving the ______ of its waterways in recent years.
A. quality
B. quantity
C. level
D. feature
Nhung has lived in Sydney, Australia for five years so she speaks ________.
A. perfect English
B. perfectly English
C. English perfect
D. English more perfect
Look! There are a lot of clouds! It ________ soon.
A. is going to rain
B. has been raining
C. will be raining
D. will have rained
No one has asked me that question before.
A. That question has never been asked me before by anyone.
B. I have never been asked that question before.
C. I have ever been asked that question before.
D. That question has ever been asked me by no one before.
No organization has yet claimed ______ for the bomb attack.
A. accountability
B. obligation
C. responsibility
D. duty
Noise pollution generally receives less attention than_________ air pollution.
A. does
B. it does
C. is
D. it is
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the corrected answer to each of the following questions
Not all the winners will receive great prizes, but nobody leaves ________.
A. empty-handed
B. clear-handed
C. white-handed
D. blank-handed
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Not many students get high scores today. The tests are too hard.
A. If the test today were easy, more students would get high scores.
B. Not all students would get high scores with such easy tests.
C. Unless the tests were easy, no students could get high scores.
D. The tests are difficult, but all students will get high scores.
Not until darkness fell ______ he hadn’t done half of his work.
A. that he realized
B. that he didn’t realize
C. did he realize
D. didn’t he realize
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Now I know we were just too tired. Even with your help, we ______ it.
A. shouldn’t finish
B. wouldn’t be able to finish
C. wouldn’t have finished
D. wouldn’t finish
Nowhere___________ more prevalent than in warm, swampy places.
A. mosquitoes are
B. mosquitoes is
C. are mosquitoes
D. is mosquitoes
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions
In that age of computers, it is difficult to imagine how tedious work of accountants and clerks must have been in the past.
A. that age
B. it is
C. work
D. have been
Often___________ a meeting.
A. do we have
B. we do have
C. have we
D. we have
Old Mr Brown’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will ________.
A. pull through
B. pull up
C. pull back
D. pull down
On a hill in front of them___________ a great castle.
A. standing
B. stand
C. to stand
D. stood
On the table were vegetables, bread and two large____________
.A. bowl of soup
B. bowl of soups
C. bowls of soups
D. bowls of soup
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
On their way to the station they were caught _______ the rain and before long were wet through.
A. under
B. with
C. in
D. out
Once known as the “Golden State” because of its gold mines, _______.
A. North Carolina today mines few metallic minerals
B. few metallic materials are mined in North Carolina today
C. there are few metallic minerals mined in North Carolina today
D. today in North Carolina few metallic minerals are mined