Engleza an I

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

B___ 1. My brother’s habits really………me!

a. angry
b. annoy
c. hurt
A___ 2. Please turn the music…….;it’s too loud.

a. down
b. out
c. off
B___ 3. She likes watching TV,………….cartoons.

a. continually
b. particularly
c. always
C___ 4. Jenny is always………..her nails.

a. chewing
b. eating
c. biting
A___ 5. John………to get up early to do his homework.

a. prefers
b. enjoys
c. chooses
C___ 6. I……….a photograph with my letter.

a. put
b. included
c. enclosed
B___ 7. George is a…………of ANA club.

a. person
b. member
c. character
C___ 8. Britain’s Scouts did not……….girls.

a. remember
b. follow
c. accept
C___ 9. Mary doesn’t read everything in a newspaper;she only reads the………

a. titles
 b. headings
c. headlines
A___ 10. The fire last summer…………30,000 trees.

a. destroyed
b. attacked
c. put away
B___ 11. Oh!The food has gone bad.We ought to buy a new………

a. stereo
b. fridge
c. barbecue
A___ 12. The Oxford University was………..in the thirteenth century.

a. founded
b. found
c. renovated
C___ 13. My car has broken down.Can you……..it?

a. renovate
b. clean
c. repair
B___ 14. I never eat anything………..I swim.

a. since
b. before
c. after
C___ 15. Don’t swim here.The sea is…………

a. unhealthy
b. polluted
c. dirty
C___ 16. Children can be………….if they are unhappy.

a. privileged
b. lively
c. aggresive
A___ 17. In the past black people were………against white people.

a. discriminated
b. different
c. superior
C___ 18. Who is the………….runner in your school?

a. faster
b. more fast
c. fastest
B___ 19. Dress………..when exercising.
 a. regularly
b. comfortably
c. confidently
B___ 20. We know he can jump ……….than that.

a. high
b. higher
c. highest
B___ 21. I’m worried because my friend smokes……….

a. strongly
b. heavily
c. hardly
C___ 22. If I were a car, I………be a HONDA.

a. ought to
b. should
c. would
A___ 23. We ought to……….the football match because it’s raining very hard.

a. cancel
b. call
c. clear
B___ 24. My sister becomes……….when people ask her to do things she does not like.

a. satisfied
b. stubborn
c. surprised
C___ 25. We……..swim near windsurfers.

a. wouldn’t
b. oughtn’t
c. shouldn’t
A___ 26. We never stop……….a language.

a. learning
b. learn
c. to learn
A___ 27. If I……….you,I’d write that letter straight away.

a. were
b. have been
c. had been
A___ 28. How do you……….when friends make suggestions?

a. respond
b. answer
c. feel
B___ 29. I don’t want to cook.Let’s buy some…………food.
 a. takehome
b. takeaway
c. takeoff
C___ 30. They often go to the………pub for a drink.

a. near
b. social
c. local
B___ 31. Betty had lost a lot of weight and I didn’t……..her at first.

a. see
b. recognize
c. understand
A___ 32. He’s very happy because he…….his exam.

a. passed
b. did
c. won
B___ 33. They have some very lovely……….in their garden.

a. booths
b. bushes
c. wigs
C___ 34. Her uncle’s son is her…………..

a. brother
b. nephew
c. cousin
A___ 35. People are generally…………of snakes.

a. afraid
b. ashamed
c. hidden
B___ 36. He couldn’t listen to his walkman because his mother had……..the batteries.

a. tied
b. removed
c. changed
C___ 37. Romeo…….in love with Juliet.

a. died
b. hated
c. fell
A___ 38. I can’t do this puzzle.I………!

a. give up
b. give out
c. give off
C___ 39. She has two sons. ………are taller than she is.

a. either
b. neither
c. both
B___ 40. …………of them could win the quiz. It was very difficult.

a. either
b. neither
c. both
A___ 41. Flight nineteen from Paris is now arriving at………

a. gate two
b. the gate two
c. the second gate
C___ 42. The greater the demand, …………the price.

a. higher
b. high
c. the higher
A___ 43. He contributed a great deal to the development of our culture:………….

a. writing,teaching and lecturing

b. writing, as a teacher and lecturer
c. writing,teaching,and as a lecturer
B___ 44. Most insurance agents would rather you……….anything about collecting claims until they investigate the
situation.

a. do
b. didn’t do
c. don’t
B___ 45. Upon hatching,……………………………..

a. young ducks know how to swim

b. swimming is known by young ducks
c. the knowledge of swimming is in young ducks
B___ 46. The Bubble Jet Printing System prints characters by firing ……… drops at the paper from thin
…………… .
a. water, holes b. ink, nozzles c. oil, orifices
A___ 47. The printer uses a BJ …………. that produces high-quality printouts.
a. cartridge b. cartouche c. charger
C___ 48. Often called the monitor or the VDU (Visual Display Unit), the screen is the most widespread
…………. device.
a. input b. external c. output
A___ 49. The ………….. of a screen depends on the number of dots or pixels.
a. resolution b. resistance c. resonance
B___ 50. Only a user who knows a programming language sufficiently well can write a program completely
from ……………. .
 a. scrap b. patches c. scratch
B___ 51. Once the programmer has finished writing a program, it has to be ……………. so as to check that no
error has been left in.
a. deleted b. debugged c. downloaded
A___ 52. A ………….. is a systematized collection of data that can be accessed immediately and manipulated
by a data-processing system for a specific purpose.
a. database b. data storage c. data process
C___ 53. ……………. means manipulating a computer program skillfully especially to gain unauthorized
accesss to another computer system.
a. Debugging b. Booting c. Hacking
A___ 54. Once the card of the scanner has been slipped into an empty ……….. , the installation software does
the rest.
a. slot b. plug c. portal
A___ 55. Being a ……….. scanner, unlike its flatbed version, it will not allow you to scan a A4 image at once.
a. hand-hold b. hand-held c. hand-holded
A___ 56. The FotoTouch Colour software is designed to ….. under Windows.
a. run b. work c. function
C___ 57. CD-ROMs are the ………….. means of storing information.
a. the most expensive b. most cheap c. cheapest
C___ 58. This technology is cheap and easy to use, but has the ………….. that is extremely slow because of
sequential access.
a. advantage b. damage c. drawback
A___ 59. Before being used, a disk must be …………….. , i.e. storage areas are marked on the magnetic,
oxide-coated surface.
a. formatted b. unsealed c. stored
A___ 60. System performance is greatly ………….. by installing optional devices such as memory modules.
a. enhanced b. reduced c. enlarged
B___ 61. I think you should get …. of this old monitor and buy a new one.
a. ride b. rid c. hold
C___ 62. I don’t know how you can put …. ….. such an unbearable situation.
a. by with b. up of c. up with
B___ 63. Everybody …….. him responsible for the imminent bankruptcy of the company.
a. hold b. holds c. holded
C___ 64. Do you think that by ………. your revenge …… me you are going to feel better?
a. take, on b. having, with c. taking, on
B___ 65. I never get involved ….. difficult situations that can only lead …. more problems.
a. in, to b. into, to c. inside, towards
A___ 66. The good sales brought ………. an increase in the employee’s salaries.
a. in b. around c. about
A___ 67. I never thought we would come……… such difficulties in trying to start our own business.
a. up against b. into c. up to
B___ 68. I guess the printer has either run ……….. paper or has broken ……….
a. away with, down b. out of, down c. off with, off
B___ 69. S
everal companies have decided to lay …. employees and call ….. all investment projects.
a. off, off b. out, off c. up, down
B___ 70. We had better get down to business and work this …… by ……………. a common agreement.
a. off, establishing b. out, reaching c. on, coming to
A___ 71. How much does a ………. MP3Player cost?
a. Flash b. Flesh c. Fleshy
B___ 72. I look forward to ……… that digital camera that will make me the happiest man alive!
a. buy b. buying c. bought
C___ 73. I totally deny ……….. to advise the customer to buy more expensive headphones!
a. trying b. to try c. to have tried
A___ 74. I don’t think they would succeed ……………. over that software company.
a. in taking b. to take c. taking
B___ 75. I am not used to …………… to online accounting services.
a. resort b. resorting c. being resorted
B___ 76. All I can tell you is that we were entitled to ………….. that amazing award.
a. have received b. receive c. receiving
B___ 77. We regret ………… that your order will be delivered to you no sooner than next week.
a. informing b. to inform c. inform
C___ 78. Taking a job like that means ………… less money.
a. winning b. to earn c. earning
C___ 79. His health condition finally made his boss give him a ………….. .
a. free day b. day on c. day off
A___ 80. If you want to see the manager, you need to fix a/an ………………..
a. appointment b. a meeting c. engagement
C___ 81. What can be done to prevent children …….. becoming addicted ……. computer games?
a. for, with b. in, to c. from, to
A___ 82. I was …… the impression that you would congratulate her ….. her promotion.
a. under, on b. on, for c. of, for
C___ 83. I am sure that this is one of the exceptions …… the rule.
a. of b. to c. from
C___ 84. When we met at the hotel completely …. coincidence, she showed a total disregard ….. me.
a. from, to b. by, in c. by, for
A___ 85. The company has …… down strict procedures for this kind of situation.
a. laid b. lied c. layed
B___ 86. You have to learn how to ……….. if you are suffering from high stress ………..
a. draw back, rates b. wind down, levels c. hold up, layers
B___ 87. My credit card of the future will tell me exactly how much spending ……… I have left in the
computer files.
a. potential b. power c. force
A___ 88. The first hint of what was to become the best way of ………money was the charity record.
a. raising b. increasing c. winning
B___ 89. Quite ……… from this problem, can such tests predict what the future holds in store for us?
a. aside b. apart c. way