TEST YOURSELF 4

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

If it _______ an hour ago, we would have stayed inside.

1. rains
2. rained
3. had rained
4. were raining

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

_______ I had learned English when I was at high school.

1. If
2. Provided
3. Unless
4. If only

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Statistics indicate that depressed patients are more likely to become ill than are _______ people.

1. normal
2. normally
3. normality
4. normalize

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

After _______ the relevant A Level qualifications the student can enter university.

1. assuming
2. attaining
3. meeting
4. earning

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

He was the only American representative _______ at the conference.

1. when we met
2. we met
3. where we met
4. we met whom

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

the end of the course, the students have to take an exam on four basic skills of the target language.

1. In
2. At
3. On
4. For

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

What time would we get there _______ the subway?

1. we took
2. if we take
3. unless we take
4. provided that we took

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. compound
2. course
3. around
4. hour

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

_______ gets the highest grade will be awarded a scholarship. .

1. Student
2. Any student
3. Any student who
4. Any student when

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Secondary education in Hong Kong is largely based on the British education _______.

1. level
2. work
3. base
4. system

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

What is your major _______ at university? - I learn physics.

1. assessment
2. evaluation
3. subject
4. purpose

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

My father told me to tell him the reason _______ I had been home late.

1. why
2. which
3. for that
4. for why

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The position require a BA degree or something _______.

1. equivalent
2. equivalently
3. equivalence
4. equivalences

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

_______ school is very important for _______ country to develop.

1. The / a
2. The I Ø
3. Ø / Ø
4. Ø / a

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. apply
2. carefully
3. entry
4. discovery

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

If I feel too excited to sleep, I _______ reading one of our reports.

1. will try
2. try
3. would try
4. would have tried

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

They are university professors who ______ in the history of the Russian empire.

1. special
2. specially
3. specialize
4. specialization

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

If he _______ well on the training courses last year, he _______ offered the promotion now.

1. did / were
2. did / would be
3. had done / would have been
4. had done / would be.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. specialize
2. variety
3. particular
4. wide

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

______ he gets here soon, we will have to start the meeting without him.

1. Unless
2. If only
3. Even if
4. If

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The purpose of secondary education is to give students common knowledge to ______ for either higher education or vocational education.

1. require
2. prepare
3. ask
4. demand

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

He took me to the university _______.

1. he used to study
2. in that he used to study
3. where he used to study
4. which he used to study

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

He has been learning hard to prepare _______ the coming final exam.

1. for
2. with
3. on
4. over

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

My favorite month is always February ___ we celebrate Valentine's Day.

1. that
2. which
3. in when
4. in which

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

In New Zealand students _______ secondary school at the ages from about 13 to 18.

1. do
2. assess
3. take
4. attend

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. requirements
2. subject
3. secondary
4. levels

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. equivalent
2. technique
3. question
4. quite

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Assessment is commonly _______ form of written test.

1. on
2. of
3. at
4. in

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Secondary school in Pakistan begins from grade 9 and __ for four years.

1. lasts
2. spends
3. requires
4. prepare

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The Eiffel Tower _______ design was revolutionary at its time, is still a marvelous structure.

1. which
2. that
3. whose
4. whom