Revision 5
Revision 5
Revision 5
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions
1. Regarding as one of the leading figures in the development of the short story, O' Henry is the author
A B C
of many well-known American novels.
D
2. Higher general education is based on theoretical expertise and might be contrasted with higher
A B C
vocational education, which concentrating on both practice and theory.
D
3. Something was strange happened yesterday has been worrying me. I really don't know what to do.
A B C D
4. Only after announcing the winner of the best film in Oscar 2017 Warren Beatty realized that he had
A B C
read out the wrong film name.
D
5. The teacher asked him why hadn't he done his homework, but he said nothing.
A B CD
6. Hardly he had entered the office when he realized that he had forgotten his office key.
A B C D
7. Animals like frogs have waterproof skin that prevents it from drying out quickly in air, sun, or wind.
A B C D
8. Scuba diving is usually carried out in the ocean in that people can explore the underwater world.
A B C D
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions
9. Ms. Brown asked me in my class.
A. there were how many students B. how many students there were
C. were there how many students D. how many students were there
10. Her fiancé is said from Harvard University five years ago.
A. having graduated B. to have graduated C. being graduated D. to be graduated
11. Fort Niagara was built by the French in 1762 on land the Seneca Indians.
A. they buy from B. bought from C. buying from D. was bought from
12. For many years people have wondered exists elsewhere in the universe.
A. that life B. life which C. whether life D. life as it
13. the phone rang later that night did Anna remember the appointment.
A. No sooner B. Only C. Not until D. Just before
14. Dr. Sales is a person
A. in that I don't have much confidence
B. whom I don't have much confidence in him
C. in whom I don't have much confidence
D. I don’t have much confidence
15. If you knew he was ill, why you to see him?
A. didn't; come B. wouldn't; come C. should; come D. would; come
16. Such that we didn't want to go home.
A. was a beautiful flower display B. beautiful flower display was
C. a beautiful flower display was D. a beautiful flower display
17. I would be very rich now working long ago.
A. if I gave up B. if I wouldn't give up
C. were I to give up D. had I not given up
18. Actors and pop stars are known for their extravagant spending habits and end up broke.
A. them all B. many of whom C. many of them D. many of which
19. Had it not been for your support, we couldn't this plan.
A. have completed B. complete C. be completed D. have been completed
20. If he were younger, he a professional running competition now.
A. will join B. had joined C. would have joined D. would join
21. The proposal by the environmentalists to grow more trees has received approval from the
council.
A. which suggested B. be suggested C. suggested D. was suggested
22. The book you gave me is very interesting.
A. when B. which C. who D. where
23. The man gave me the book is my uncle.
A. where B. when C. who D. which
24. If he were better qualified, he get the job.
A. will B. can C. may D. could
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning
to each of the following questions
25. Without my tutor’s help, I couldn't have made such a good speech.
A. Had my tutor not helped me, I couldn't make such a good speech.
B. If my tutor didn't help me, I couldn't make such a good speech.
C. If it hadn't been for my tutor's help, I couldn't have made such a good speech.
D. If my tutor hadn't helped me, I could have made such a good speech.
26. We survived that accident because we were wearing our seat belts.
A. But for our seat belts, we would have survived that accident.
B. Had we not been wearing our seat belts, we wouldn't have survived that accident.
C. Without our seat belts, we could have survived that accident.
D. If we weren't wearing our seat belts, we couldn't have survived that accident.
27. "No, I won't go to work at the weekend", said Sally.
A. Sally refused to go to work at the weekend.
B. Sally promised to go to work at the weekend.
C. Sally apologized for not going to work at the weekend.
D. Sally regretted not going to work at the weekend.
28. "I'll call you as soon as I arrive at the airport", he said to me.
A. He objected to calling me as soon as he arrived at the airport.
B. He promised to call me as soon as he arrived at the airport.
C. He denied calling me as soon as he arrived at the airport.
D. He reminded me to call him as soon as he arrived at the airport.
29. "You're always making terrible mistakes", said the teacher.
A. The teacher asked his students why they always made terrible mistakes.
B. The teacher complained about his student making terrible mistakes.
C. The teacher realized that his students always made terrible mistakes.
D. The teacher made his students not always make terrible mistakes.
30. "Why don't you reply to the President's offer right now?” said Mary to her husband.
A. Mary thought why her husband didn't reply to the President's offer then.
B. Mary ordered her husband to reply to the President's offer right now.
C. Mary suggested that her husband should reply to the President's offer without delay.
D. Mary told her husband why he didn't reply to the President's offer then.
31. We got lost because we forgot to take a map with us.
A. Unless we had forgotten to take the map with us, we would have got lost.
B. If we had remembered to take a map with us, we wouldn't have got lost.
C. Had we not forgotten to take the map with us, we would have got lost.
D. If we had remembered to take a map with us, we would have got lost.
32. "Please send me to a warm climate" Tom said.
A. Tom pleaded with the boss to send him to a warm climate.
B. Tom begged the boss to send him to a warm climate.
C. Tom would rather went to a warm climate.
D. Tom asked his boss to go to a warm climate.
33. He expected us to offer him the job.
A. We were expected to be offered him the job.
B. He expected to be offered the job.
C. He is expected that we should offer him the job.
D. He was offered the job without expectation.
34. Thanks to your support, I was able to complete the task successfully.
A. If you didn't support me, I would not be able to complete the task successfully.
B. If you had not supported me, I could have completed the task successfully.
C. Had it not been for your support, I could not have completed the task successfully.
D. Were it not for your support. I would not be able to complete the task successfully.
35. As soon as he arrived home, it started to rain.
A. Arriving home, he said that it would start to rain.
B. Hardly had it started to rain when he arrived home.
C. It started to rain and then he arrived home.
D. No sooner had he arrived home than it started to rain.
36. "Would you mind turning down the TV, Tom? I have a headache." said Jane.
A. Jane has a headache and she would mind Tom turning down the TV.
B. Jane asked Tom turn down the TV and she had a headache.
C. Jane advised Tom to turn down the TV because she had a headache.
D. Jane asked Tom to turn down the TV as she had a headache.
37. "Are you waiting for your exam result?", she said.
A. She asked me if I was waiting for my exam result.
B. She asked me was I waiting for my exam result.
C. She asked me whether was I waiting for the exam result.
D. She asked me whether I was waiting for your exam.
38. They arrived late, so they didn't have good seats.
A. However late they arrived, they had very good seats.
B. The late arrivers still had good seats.
C. Had they arrived earlier, they might have got good seats.
D. Unless they arrived earlier, they wouldn't have good seats.
39. We can't decide until we hear all the advantages and disadvantages of the matter.
A. It's not until all the advantages and disadvantages of the matter are heard that we can decide.
B. Before we can come to a decision, we'll need to hear all the pros and cons of the matter.
C. We'll know the advantages and disadvantages of the matter after we've made a decision.
D. Unless we hear all the advantages and disadvantages, we can make a decision.
40. There won't be any improvement in our schools because they keep interfering.
A. As they won't keep interfering, there won’t be any improvement in our schools.
B. Since there isn't any improvement, they keep interfering in our schools.
C. Only when they stop interfering will they see any improvement in our schools.
D. Only when do they stop interfering there will be any improvement in our schools.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best com-bines each
pair of sentences in the following questions
41. The plan may be ingenious. It will never work in practice.
A. Ingenious as it may be, the plan will never work in practice.
B. Ingenious as may the plan, it will never work in practice.
C. The plan may be too ingenious to work in practice.
D. The plan is as impractical as it is genius.
42. You don't try to work hard. You will fail in the exam.
A. Unless you don't try to work hard, you will fail in the exam.
B. Unless you try to work hard, you won't fail in the exam.
C. Unless you try to work hard, you will fail in the exam.
D. Unless do you try to work hard, you will fail in the exam.
43. He is very lazy. That makes his parents worried.
A. That he is very lazy makes his parents worried.
B. The fact he is very lazy makes his parents worried.
C. Being very lazy makes his parents worried.
D. He is very lazy which makes his parents worried.
44. He behaved in a very strange way. That surprised me a lot.
A. What almost surprised me was the strange way he behaved.
B. He behaved very strangely, which surprised me very much.
C. His behavior was a very strange thing, that surprised me most.
D. I was almost not surprised by his strange behavior.
45. I bought an Italian pair of shoes for $150. They went missing after two days.
A. I bought an Italian pair of shoes that went missing after two days.
B. The Italian pair of shoes that I bought for $150 went missing after two days.
C. The Italian pair of shoes, which I had bought for $150, went missing after two days.
D. My Italian pair of shoes that went missing after two days were bought for 150$.
46. Peter told us about his leaving the school. He did it on his arrival at the meeting.
A. Only after his leaving the school did Peter inform us of his arrival at the meeting.
B. Not until Peter told us that he would leave the school did he arrive at the meeting.
C. Hardly had Peter informed us about his leaving the school when he arrived at the meeting.
D. No sooner had Peter arrived at the meeting than he told us about his leaving the school.
47. I didn't pay attention to the teacher. I failed to understand the lesson.
A. Although I paid attention to the teacher, I failed to understand the lesson.
B. I would have understood the lesson if I had failed to pay attention to the teache.
C. I would have understood the lesson if I had paid attention to the teacher.
D. Unless I failed to understand the lesson, I would pay attention to the teacher.
48. What was the name of the man? You met and talked to him this morning.
A. What was the name of the man whose you met and talked this morning?
B. What was the name of the man you met and talked to whom this morning?
C. What was the name of the man whose you met and talked to this morning?
D. What was the name of the man who you met and talked this morning?
49. The buses began to pull out. Most of them were full passengers.
A. The passengers, most of them were full of, began to pull out the buses.
B. The passengers, most of whom were full of the buses, began to pull out.
C. The buses, most of them were full of passengers, began to pull out.
D. The buses, most of which were full of passengers, began to pull out.
50. The team reached the top of the mountain. The team spent a night there.
A. The team had not only reached the top of the mountain, but they spend a night there as well.
B. Not only did the team reach the top of the mountain but they also spent a night there.
C. Not only did the team reach the top of the mountain but they also spent a night there as well.
D. The team both reach the top of the mountain but they also spent a night there.