VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Part 1: Choose the best answer which best completes each sentence.
1. He spent the entire night thinking and in the end _________ a brilliant idea.
A. came up to | B. put up with | C. came up with | D. put through to |
2. He recommended that I _________there early
A. be | B. was | C. were | D. would be |
3. She is __________ her brother.
A. twice as old as B. twice older than
C. as old as twice D. more twice older than
4. Your son hardly cleans the bathroom, ______?
A. doesn’t he B. isn’t he C. does he D. is he
5. My boss is angry with me. I didn’t do all the work that I __________ last week.
A. should do | B. should have done | C. must have done | D.might have done |
6. Listen carefully. I'm going to give you __________ advice.
A. some | B. a few | C. few | D. little |
7. __________ the time you get to the theatre, the play will have finished.
8. The US president Barack Obama ______ an official visit to Vietnam in May 2016, which is of great significance to the comprehensive bilateral partnership.
A. delivered B. paid C. offered D. gave
9. John has finally found a new job after being ______ for three months.
A. out of work B. out of mind C. out of order D. out of reach
10.Students can gain _______ benefits form learning to work together.
A. considerate B. considering C. consideration D. considerable
11. ______ , we would be rich by now.
A. If we invest in the telecommunications industry
B. Unless we had investment in the telecommunications industry
C. Did we invest in the telecommunications industry
D. Had we invested in the telecommunications industry
12. We must push the piano to the corner of the hall to ______ our party tonight.
A. make place for B. take up room to C. give place to D. make room for
13. ___________at his lessons, he couldn’t catch up with his classmates
A. Hardly as he worked B. Hard as he worked
C. Hard as he does D. Hard as he was
14 - Lan: "Would you mind if I closed the door? It’s too cold outside"
- Hoa: "______."
A. No, I don’t like B. No, never mind
C. I’d rather you didn’t. It’s stuffy D. Why not do it?
15. Lan : “I think it’s a good idea to have three or four generations living under one roof. They can help one another.”
- Nam: “_______. Many old-aged parents like to lead independent life in a nursing home”
A. I can’t agree with you more B. It’s nice to hear that
C. I don’t think so D. There is no doubt about it