ENGLISH PRACTICE 73
PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Complete each of the following sentences with the correct answer (A, B, C or D). (15
pts)
1. The traffic problem has improved _____, out of the blue, really.
A. gradually
B. factually
C. unexpectedly
D.
respectably
2. This picture book, the few pages _____ are missing, is my favorite.
A. for which
B. of that
C. to which
D. of which
3. It was felt that he lacked the _______ to pursue a difficult task to very end.
A. persuasion
B. commitment
C. engagement
D. obligation
4. Your decision will ______ a great strain on our relationship.
A. impose
B. propose
C. expose
D. suppose
5. We shouldn’t give the children everything they ask for; they will become completely _____.
A. spoilt
B. wounded
C. damaged
D. destroyed
6. The completion of the tunnel has been _______ owing to a strike.
A. held up
B. held off
C. held on
D. held over
7. It is with ________ regret that we have to inform you that your scholarship has been withdrawn.
A. heavy
B. deep
C. somber
D. high
8. _______ of all modern domestic poultry is the red jungle fowl is widely believed.
A. The ancestor
B. The ancestor is
C. How the ancestor
D. That
the ancestor
9. Art critics do not all agree on what _______ a painting great.
A. qualities to make
B. are the qualities for making
C. qualities make
D.
do
the qualities that make
10. Farmers supply crops with phosphorus in areas ________ have removed it from the soil.
A. because of long years of cultivation
B. where long years of cultivation
C. with long years of cultivation
D. by long years of cultivation
11. Sarah congratulated _____ passing my driving test.
A. me
B. for
C. me on
D. on me
12. Had it not been for the intolerable heat in the hall, they _____ much longer.
A. will stay
B. would stay
C. would be staying
D.
would have stayed
13. I can’t quite _____ out what the sign says.
A. read
B. get
C. carry
D.
make
14. One _____ of the scheme is the very high cost.
A. advantage
B. shortage
C. drawback
D.
shortcoming
15. In a new culture, many embarrassing situations occur _____ a misunderstanding.
A. because of
B. of
C. for
D. because
II. Choose a word or phrase in each of the following sentences that needs correcting.
(10 pts)
1. Paris has been well-known about its famous monuments, beautiful music, and wonderful
restaurants for over 100 years.
A B C
D
2. In France people drive on the left, so making sure you go on the right side.
A B C D
3. Up to now he wrote five novels and over sixteen short stories.
A B C D
4. The new bridge makes it possibly to cross the river easily and quickly.
A B C D
5. If you are working with young children in a primary school, you will find that teaching lively
songs and rhymes are very popular.
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