Please, help me to perfom the test

Please, help me to perfom the test

1. The man said that he ….. to walk.
a) doesn’t care for
b) didn’t bother about
c) didn’t mind having
d) doesn’t much mind

2. I’d like …. English.
a) perfecting my
b) to improve my
c) study
d) improve my

3. Salary and benefits are …. qualifications and experience.
a) responsible for
b) proportional for
c) replying to
d) commensurate with

4. He got annoyed bacause his wife stopped… in every shop window.
a) looking
b) look
c) to look
d) having looked

5. My sister …. her ability to judge people's characters.
a) is proud herself in
b) prides myself on
c) pride herself of
d) prides herself on

6. I'll be available for an interview at your…
a) convention
b) convenience
c) benefit
d) disposal

7. We should ….. how to operate this machine.
a) be shown
b) be showed
c) to be shown
d) show

8. Why …. reduce the personnel by half
a) have you not
b) don’t you to
c) not you
d) don’t you





9. Even though he’s forty, she looks after him ….
a) In a mother way
b) In a motherly way
c) motherly
d) in mother way

10. If he … me $20, I’ll pay it back tomorrow.
a) borrows
b) lend
c) is lending
d) lends

11. The successful candidate…. master level academic qualifications.
a) is likely possessing
b) possess
c) likes possess
d) is likely to possess

12. You mist be …, or else you’ll spill the wine on the carpet.
a) less careful
b) carefully
c) more careless
d) more careful

13. Can you … with John to arrange the wedding reception
a) get into
b) get together
c) get through
d) get off

14. How many people … out of work in order to draw unemployment benefits?
a) pretend to be
b) show to be
c) pretend being
d) make as if to be

15. I am looking forward … from you soon.
a) on hearing
b) to hearing
c) to hear
d) hearing

16. Will you persuade him…smoking?
a) to give up
b) that he give up
c) give up
d) giving up





17. I doubt whether I’ll get used … in the countryside.
a) to live
b) to living
c) for living
d) living

18. Always keep a copy of your CV … to look at it before the interview.
a) if you want
b) unless you want
c) provided you will want
d) in case you want
e)
19. As a senior a accountant you must earn at least twice … I do.
a) than more than
b) as many as
c) as much
d) as much as

20. Her bedroom lights are on. She … out.
a) can’t have gone
b) could have go
c) would have go
d) mustn’t have gone

21. It’s high time he … more manners.
a) will learn
b) learns
c) learnt
d) has been learning

22. I’ve been reading your contribution carefully and I hope I haven’t … anything.
a) overseen
b) looked over
c) overlooked
d) been overlooking

23. We send them monthly reports … they may have full information about progress.
a) lest
b) in order that
c) on order to
d) because

24. When the management … ticket prices, attendance dropped.
a) raised
b) rised
c) rose
d) have risen





25. A “can” is an American word which in British English means:
a) a dustbin
b) a tin
c) a sweet
d) a taxi

26. You shouldn’t … an accusation if you have no evidence.
a) have done
b) do
c) made
d) make

27. I’m afraid I can’t give you anything for your daughter’s rash … by a doctor.
a) in case she is examined
b) when she will be examined
c) after she is examined
d) until she has been examined

28. When we were little, our grandmother … always make us special cakes for our birthday.
a) used
b) had
c) would
d) used to

29. You are not the only one who didn’t hear the news. I didn’t hear it …
a) neither
b) also
c) too
d) either

30. Do you think I could … the materials available in the library?
a) take advantage in
b) take advantage of
c) make advantage of
d) have advantage from

31. No sooner … than the parcel arrived.
a) I had complained
b) Did I complained
c) Had I complained
d) I complain

32. I was so … the plot that I paid no attention to the duration of the performance.
a) interest
b) interested in
c) interesting
d) interested about




33. … must be somebody at home. Ring again.
a) I
b) That
c) – ( no word)
d) There

34. If you keep … lies, nobody will believe a single word you say.
a) speaking
b) to say
c) telling
d) saying

35. We’ll let you know … whether your application has been successful.
a) short
b) fatly
c) shortly
d) in short

36. I feel so tired tonight. I wish I … up so late last night.
a) Hadn’t stayed
b) Didn’t stay
c) Stayed
d) Had stayed

37. Hardly … the house when we had to go back for our passports.
a) had we left
b) we left
c) we were leaving
d) left we

38. The boy is being terribly naughty today. His mother feels so much … his behavior.
a) ashamed for
b) shy of
c) proud in
d) ashamed of

39. … the papers, the President is giving a speech on the revitalization of the economy tomorrow.
a) Referring to
b) Related to
c) According to
d) Attached to

40. She … to sue her neighbor if he didn’t stop making so much noise.
a) Promised
b) Threatened
c) Offered
d) Suggested



41. The second … of cakes turned out much better than the first.
a) Batch
b) Group
c) Herd
d) Bunch

42. When I asked him who he’d been talking to, he just … his shoulders.
a) Lifted
b) raised
c) shrugged
d) shook

43. Her new single is expected to be … in two months
a) released
b) published
c) started
d) relieved

44. The accident was your failed –you … so fast.
a) must be driving
b) wouldn’t drive
c) shouldn’t have been driving
d) should have been driving

45. When our company got a new computer, I had to … a course in programming.
a) study
b) work
c) make
d) do

46. We live in a friendly community and everyone gets … each other very well.
a) up to
b) out of
c) on with
d) down to

47. The scales broke when I … myself yesterday.
a) weighed
b) have been weighing
c) was weighing
d) weighing

48. The Government will have to … the increasing crime rate.
a) cope with
b) cope of
c) handle with
d) make up for




49. A tenant is someone who …
a) does the maintenance of flats/ houses
b) lives in a tent / caravan
c) owns a flat / house
d) pays rent to live in a flat / house

50. I would rather you … at home tonight. It’s going to snow.
a) to stay
b) staying
c) stayed
d) to have stayed

51. The novel is more than good story: it has a deep … meaning.
a) interior
b) inner
c) inside
d) input

52. I can assure you that we won’t change our …
a) politics
b) politic
c) political
d) policy

53. Our company is a small organization with only a few …
a) employees
b) employers
c) employs
d) employments

54. When I was in the hotel, my money …
a) was stolen
b) were stolen
c) were stealing
d) has been stolen

55. English people … less friendly than the Italians.
a) are thought being
b) are thought to be
c) think to be
d) are thinking of to be

56. To save time, I suggest … the economic issues while having dinner in the restaurant.
a) us to discuss
b) we are going to discuss
c) for us to discuss
d) that we should discuss





57. We were so … with watching TV that we all went to bed very early.
a) bored
b) interested
c) boring
d) tired

58. He … that the people he works with are all very much attached to their jobs.
a) tells
b) says
c) speaks
d) talks

59. The police … the kidnapper from escaping by blocking all exits.
a) prevented
b) encouraged
c) allowed
d) avoided

60. You’ve made a spelling mistake in this letter but it …
a) matters at lot
b) is no matter
c) doesn’t matter
d) isn’t mattering

61. I once heard him … on the domestic economy.
a) to give talk
b) so that he may give a talk
c) give a talk
d) gave a talk

62. People who live in cities tend to suffer … stress more than people in the countryside.
a) for
b) – ( no word )
c) of
d) from

63. Who do you … the property with?
a) divide
b) share
c) separate
d) participate





64. The boy fell into the river, but fortunately we … save him from drowning.
a) were able to
b) were allowed
c) couldn’t
d) could have to

65. … a draw, the winner will be decided by the toss of a coin.
a) In relation to
b) I accordance with
c) In the event of
d) On the basis of

66. Research scientists are still looking for a cure … heart diseases.
a) for
b) to
c) against
d) on

67. He was so tired that he … asleep in the chair.
a) dropped
b) fell
c) went
d) became

68. Last year, my salary was …average but now it is greater by half.
a) under
b) out of
c) behind
d) below

69. I’m afraid you can’t have that fridge. It has already …
a) spoken
b) been spoken of
c) been spoken for
d) be spoken

70. Hurry up! It’s getting late. You … the train.
a) will miss
b) are going to miss
c) will have missed
d) will be missing

71. They said they wouldn’t work after 6 p.m. … them overtime.
a) if you pay
b) unless pay
c) unless you paid
d) if you paid





72. Let’s go next door … nobody can hear us.
a) in order to
b) than
c) therefore
d) so that

73. If I … that English was going to be so difficult, I would never have started to learn it.
a) know
b) have know
c) had known
d) would have know

74. It takes most people three or four days to … from flu.
a) cure
b) prevent
c) get over
d) recover

75. I can feel something … down my back.
a) crawling
b) to crawl
c) crawl
d) crawled

76. It has to be written … pencil.
a) with
b) of
c) in
d) by

77. How long … in office as Prime Minister?
a) he is
b) has he been
c) is he being
d) he has been

78. The … of his death were highly suspicious.
a) Circumstances
b) Events
c) Conditions
d) Indications

79. Some students find … this sound.
a) Difficult to pronounce
b) Difficult pronunciation
c) It difficult pronouncing
d) It difficult to pronounce




80. I have … at the dentist’s on Wednesday.
a) a reservation
b) an interview
c) an examination
d) an appointment

81. There are several candidates to succeed … the Foreign Minister.
a) in
b) - ( no word )
c) to
d) for

82. She has been in the fashion business …
a) Since twenty years
b) For twenty years
c) Twenty years ago
d) When she was twenty

83. You’ll find the book under that … of magazines.
a) bookcase
b) pile
c) article
d) tuft

84. Does she … contact lenses?
a) Bring
b) Carry
c) Wear
d) Bear

85. He wanted to know which … the best way to drive to Brighton.
a) Is
b) Will be
c) Was
d) Has been

86. He was unkind to people, making jokes …
a) At their sight
b) At their expense
c) On their bills
d) At their costs

87. The policeman was … in the fight, so they took him to hospital.
a) Drowned
b) Hurted
c) Wounded
d) Persecuted





88. He failed the test … he had studied hard for it .
a) In spite of
b) As well as
c) Although
d) Because

89. I hardly play any sports now but I … play football a lot when I was at the college.
a) Used to
b) Used
c) Was able
d) Would

90. There’s something I want to talk to you about. … and see me this afternoon?
a) Should you come
b) Will you becoming
c) Will you come
d) Must you come

91. These seats are reserved for … people.
a) Unable
b) Incapable
c) Ineffectual
d) Disabled

92. How much does it cost to place a large … in the paper?
a) Insertion
b) Reclamation
c) Advertisement
d) Warning

93. The teacher was made redundant because he had an extramarital … with several female students.
a) Plot
b) Case
c) Matter
d) Affair

94. In to year’s time, my parents will … for twenty-five years.
a) Be married
b) Have been married
c) Have married
d) Have being married

95. I think she didn’t stand much … of winning that race.
a) Position
b) Probability
c) Chance
d) Change




96. My solicitor has advised … take legal action.
a) Me to not
b) Me not to
c) To me not to
d) Me against to

97. The thief … the purse and ran.
a) Gripped
b) Took away
c) Turned down
d) Grabbed

98. You’ll recognize her when you see her. She … a red dress.
a) Will wear
b) Have been wearing
c) Will be wearing
d) Will have been wearing

99. We’ve known each other since we… a get-together for graduates from this university.
a) Organized
b) Organizing
c) Had organized
d) Organize

100. Could you tell me why … ?
a) Has the flight been delayed
b) The flight delayed
c) The flight be delayed
d) The flight has been delayed.