Test 0151

1. If you are paid monthly, rather than weekly, you receive _. 15. The old houses were _ down to make way for a block of flats.
A. revenue A. hit
B. a reward B. knocked
C. a salary C. banged
D. wages D. put
2. Looking after a kitten is _ more difficult than I thought it would be. 16. If we _ wasting water, there will be a shortage of fresh water in a
A. far few decades.
B. farther A. turn on
C. further B. look for
D. father C. look after
3. Switching to _ eco light bulb is one way to protect the D. go on
environment. 17. Please be _ in the hallway. The walls have just been painted
A. energy-wasting A. careful
B. energy-expending B. carefully
C. energy-lacking C.
D. energy-saving D.
4. _ he failed in the entrance exam caused his family much sadness. 18. The main reason _ taking the course is to improve your language
A. Which skills.
B. That A. on
C. The thing B. of
D. What C. for
5. Huy got a bad mark for his English test. He must have been really D. with
_. 19. He didn’t pay attention to what I said.
A. disappointed A. He had no intention of talking to me.
B. relaxing B. He didn’t hear me even though I was saying to him.
C. interested _ C. He took no notice of my words.
D. happy D. He didn’t pay attention because I didn’t say a word.
6. Stephen _ me he'd bought that suit in a sale. 20. Take the shortcut round the church _ late for school.
A. said A. in order not be
B. spoke B. in order that we won't be
C. told C. so that not to be _
D. claimed D. so that we couldn't
7. There's a great _ show on BBC1 tonight. Contestants have to race 21. Many children in our village are still _ They can't read or write. _
through a supermarket as quickly as they can, filling up their A. creative _
trolleys as they go. B. illiterate _
A. talk C. unhealthy _
B. game D. traditional
C. quiz 22. I _ want to know what happened.
D. live A. exactly
8. Now, we have a _ break. B. purely
A. thirty-minutes C. simply
B. thirty-minute’s D. highly
C. thirty-minute 23. I was prepared to have to give my speech in an almost empty hall
D. so it was something of a surprise to see that quite _ students did in
9. Many local authorities realize there is a need to make _ for fact attend.
disabled people in their housing programmes. A. a few
A. assitance B. few
B. conditions C. some
C. admittance D. many
D. provision 24. When you have flu, you may have a cough and a _ nose.
10. According to our school's regulations, students _ use mobile A. running
phones in class. B. runny
A. mustn’t C. noisy
B. shouldn’t D. flowing
C. needn’t 25. I think we should change the topic of our presentation.
D. won’t A. It's high time that we change the topic of our presentation.
11. "I heard you decided to take up tennis". "Yes, I have _ every day". B. I'd rather our presentation change the topic.
A. been played C. It's high time that we changed the topic of our presentation.
B. been playing D. I suggest we to change the topic of our presentation.
C. playing 26. C. Vocal guidelines and acting in daily activities are the ways of
D. play the life experience knowledge transfer due to different culture,
12. Arsenal's defence were strong, but their midfield _ in the first five language, facilities or economy level of the family.
minutes of the match. D. Vocal guidelines and acting in daily activities are the ways of
A. fell away the life experience knowledge transfer although different culture,
B. fell apart language, facilities or economy level of the family. We can't deny
C. fell back the potential influences of global communications on our cultural
D. fell into identity, as it will become even more owerful.
13. You can't use the washing machine today. It's _. A. It can be undeniable that global communications will become
A. out of work even more powerful in potentially influencing our cultural identity.
B. out of order 27. There are a lot of _ buildings in the centre of Sydney.
C. breaking down A. many-floored
D. wrong B. multi-storey
14. He _ just _. the dishes. C. multi-storied
A. have _ done D. many-story
B. have _ made 28. “Is these any fruit?”
C. has _ done A. There is some soda
D. has _ made B. There are some cabbages
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C. There is some pork
D. There are some grapes
29. What _ drink so you like most?
A. favourite
B. nation
C. foreign
D. foreigner
30. Linda was about to take a part-time job, but she decided to _ her
studies instead.
A. keep up with
B. go on with
C. get on with
D. drop out of