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Section 1
Circle the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank.
(01) Paulo, what is your _____ name?
Pereira.
a. first
b. over
c. last
d. Nikki
a. a
b. some
c. an
d. any
Section 2
(11) Jon: _____
Rosa: I’m from Caracas.
a. How are you?
b. Where are you going?
c. Where are you from?
d. Do you like Caracas?
(18) There’s _____ milk in the refrigerator. Would you like a cup?
a. a
b. many
c. some
d. any
(19) Johnny Depp looked very formal at the Oscar Ceremony. We was wearing _____.
a. a beautiful skirt.
b. A white dress.
c. brown sweatpants.
d. a black suit.
Section 3
(24) You _____ tell anyone about this, Sara. It’s our secret, OK?
a. couldn’t
b. would
c. can’t
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d. don’t have to
(25) _____
Rick loves Martha.
a. Who loves Rick?
b. Who does Martha love?
c. Who loves Martha?
d. Who does love Rick?
(26) You _____ go home. It’s getting late and your mother must be worried.
a. can
b. would
c. will
d. should
Section 4
Circle the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank.
(31) I _____ speak to my neighbor.
a. all the time
b. hardly ever
c. from time to time
d. now and then
(36) Sue _____ them that she was unhappy with their work. They all look sad today.
a. will tell
b. has to tell
c. had been told
d. must have told
(37) John tells me Jack’s going out with Helen, _____ I find hard to believe.
a. that
b. who
c. whose
d. which
(39) I’m not a very good _____. I don’t even know how to boil an egg.
a. cook
b. cooker
c. cookery
d. cooking
Section 5
(41) Lucy hasn’t done her assignment and _____ have I.
a. so
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b. too
c. either
d. neither
(43) I told her that we were having a party and that she was invited. She asked me who else I _____ .
a. invite
b. invited
c. have invited
d. had invited
(45) Try _____ some honey to stop your cough. It usually works for me.
a. to have
b. having
c. to have had
d. have
(46) Promising something to your client and not delivering it is a _____ for disaster.
a. dish
b. recipe
c. prescription
d. check
(47) I think Joey must _____ late tonight. His office light is still on.
a. have worked
b. work
c. be working
d. to work
(48) In the painting “The Scream”, by Edward Munch, the person portrayed _____ he or she is in complete
desperation.
a. looks
b. seems
c. appears
d. looks as if
Section 6
(51) I’m looking _____ and trying to figure_____.
a. into the problem / out it
b. the problem into / out it
c. the problem into / it out
d. into the problem / it out
(52) _____ the days when you could sit back and do nothing.
a. Are gone
b. They are gone
c. Gone are
d. Were gone
(55) _____ far the most complex systems we have are our own bodies.
a. by
b. very
c. too
d. at
(57) We had expected that they _____ fluent English, but in fact they didn’t.
a. were speaking
b. would speak
c. had spoken
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d. spoke
(58) Most people prefer to work a 9-to-5 day _____ I prefer to have a more flexible schedule.
a. whereas
b. when
c. if
d. whether
(59) They were on the _____ of cracking the code, but the other team figured it out first.
a. corner
b. due
c. verge
d. brink
(60) Harriet is so knowledgeable. She can talk about _____ subject that comes up.
a. whatever
b. whenever
c. wherever
d. whoever