IX. Complete the sentences with must, should, need, needn’t, can, could, may, might
1. In Britain many children ____________ wear uniform when they go to school.
2. That restaurant ______________ be very good. It’s always full of people.
3. I think the government ______________ do more to help homeless people.
4. We have plenty of time for doing the work. We ______________ be hurried.
5. You ______________ ring the bell; I have a key.
6. I ______________ get up early tomorrow. There are a lot of things I want to do.
7. You ______________ explain that again because I understand everything now. 8. I ________________ do that again. It’s my promise. 9. You _____________ take your umbrella along with you today. It ____________ rain later on this afternoon.
10.You_____________have been absent from that important session.
II. 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
Question 1. Tom’s jokes are inappropriate but we have to put up with it just because he’s the boss.
A. inappropriate B. It C. Because D. the
Question 2. The Oxford Dictionary is well known for including many different meanings of words and to give real examples.
A. The B. well known C. meanings D. to give
Question 3. All the candidates for the scholarship will be equally treated regarding of their sex, age, or nationality.
A. candidates B. Scholarship C. Regarding D. nationality
Question 4. Weather and geographical conditions may determine the type of transportation using in a region.
A. Weather B. Geographical C. the type of D. using in
Question 5. Commercial airliners do not fly in the vicinity of volcanic eruptions because even a small amount of volcanic ash can damage its engines.
A. in the vicinity B. Amount C. ash D. its
Question 6. In summer, warm southern air carries moist north to the eastern and central United States.
A. In summer B. air carries C. moist D. central
Question 7. It is believed that in the near future robots will be used to doing things such as cooking.
A. is believed B. in the near future C. be used to doing D. such as
Question 8. Fruit and vegetables should be carefully washed whether eaten fresh or cook.
A. carefully B. Whether C. fresh D. cook
Question 9. The Netherlands, with much of its land lying lower than the sea level, have a system of dikes and canals for controlling water.
A. much B. Lying C. have D. controlling
Question 10. Neither the Minister nor his colleagues has given an explanation for the chaos in the financial market last week.
A. Neither B. has given C. for D. the financial market
Question 11. To everyone's surprise, it wasn't in Bristol which he made his fortune, although t hat’s where he was born.
A. To B. Surprise C. which D. made
Question 12. Works are written by Vladimir Nabokov often contain heroes and heroines who have lived in many places.
A. are written B. Often C. who D. have lived
Question 13. I found my new contact lenses strangely at first, but I got used to them in the end.
A. my new B. Strangely C. got used D. in the end
Question 14. What happened in that city were a reaction from city workers including firemen and policemen who had been laid off from their jobs.
A. What happened B. Were C. including D. their
Question 15. He was so careless that he left the work half doing and went to the cinema.
A. was B. careless C. left D. doing
Question 16. Drying food by means of solar energy is an ancient process applying wherever climatic conditions make it possible.
A. make it possible B. Drying C. applying D. means
Question 17. In many places in the world, social or religious restrictions which prevent women from travelling freely.
A. in B. Religious C. which D. freely
Question 18. If you have some sufficient knowledge of English, you can make yourself understand almost everywhere.
A. some B. Of C. understand D. almost
Question 19. Before the interview, candidates should find out as much as possibility about the job and the vacancy.
A. about B. find out C. as possibility D. interview
Question 20. After analyzing the steep rise in profits according to your report, it was convinced that your analyses were correct.
A. analyzing B. according to C. it was D. were correct
Question 21. For its establishment, ASEAN Tourism Association has played an important role in promoting and developing ASEAN Tourism services.
A. Tourism Association B. Played C. in promoting and developing D. For its
Question 22. The occean probably distinguishes the earth from other planets of the solar system, for scientists believe that large bodies of water are not existing on the other planets.
A. probably B. For C. are not existing D. from
Question 23. Either Mr. Anderson or Ms. Wiggins are going to teach our class today as our teacher has been staying in hospital.
A. Either B. Are C. as D. has been staying
Question 24. I am not fond of reading fiction books as they are imaginable ones which are not real.
A. imaginable B. As C. fond of D. are
Question 25. We will have a fund-raising dinner at Rex Hotel tonight.
A. at B. will have C. a D. fund-raising
Question 26. It was on 12 April, 1961 when the first human, a Soviet cosmonaut, flew into space.
A. a Soviet cosmonaut B. when C. flew D. into space
Question 27. Students suppose to read all the questions carefully and find out the answer to them.
A. suppose B. all the questions C. out D. them
Question 28. Public health experts say that the money one spends avoiding illness is less than the cost of to treat sickness.
A. Public health B. illness C. cost D. to treat
Question 29. It is such difficult a lesson that we can’t understand it.
A. such B. it C. a D. can’t
Question 30. Japanese initially used jeweled objects to decorate swords and ceremonial items.
A. Japanese B. used C. decorate D. items
Use reduced relative clauses in place of the relative clauses
1.Be sure to follow the instructions that are given at the top of the page.
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2.Students who arrive late will not be permitted to enter the classroom.
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3.John, who was taken by surprise, hardly knew what to say.
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4.The people who are waiting for the bus in the rain are getting wet.
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5.We drove along the road that was still flooded after the heavy rain.
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6.The scientists who are researching the causes of cancer are making progress
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7.The wild ox which is kept at Nam Cat Tien National Park is of a special kind
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8.The helicopter which was flying toward the lake made a low droning sound.
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9.The winner of the marathon, who was breathing deeply and smiling at the crowd, raised her right hand and waved.
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10.Any student who does not want to go on the trip should inform the office.
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11.The first person who finishes the work will be awarded.
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12.We can’t find a place where we can stay tonight.
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Combine the two sentences , using the suitable relative adverbs or pronouns:
1. I apologized to the woman . I spilled her coffee .
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2.The man called the police . His wallet was stolen .
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3.She lectured on a topic . I know very little about it .
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4.Yesterday I ran into an old friend .I hadn’t seen him for years .
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5.I explained my absence to the teacher .I had missed his class
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6.The young women are all from Japan . We met them at the meeting last night .
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7.I am reading a book . It was written by Jane Austen .
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8.I live in a dormitory . Its residents come from many country
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9.I have to call the man . I accidentlly picked up his umbrella after the meeting .
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10.I returned the money . I had borrowed it from my roomate .
Combine each pair of sentences into one sentence. Change the second sentence of the pair into a reduced relative clause.
1.Our solar system is in a galaxy. The galaxy is called the Milky Way.
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2.I come from a city. This city is located in the southern part of the country.
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3.Anyone must take an entrance examination. Anyone applies to that school.
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4.The boy drew pictures of people at the airport. The people were waiting for their planes.
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5.Sunlight wakes me up early in the morning. It comes through the window.
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6.Only a few of the movies are suitable for the children. The movies are shown on Channel .
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7.I was wakened by the sound of the laughter. It comes from the room next door to mine.
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8.Do you know the policeman? He is coming toward us.
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IV. Combine the sentences, using the second one as an adjective clause.
1. I received two job offers. I accepted neither of them.
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2. The movie was 2 hours long. Only 30 minutes of it was worth watching.
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3. Tim's got a lot of problems. Two of them are depression and alcoholism.
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4. I have two sisters. Neither of them live in Ontario.
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5. There are some cars in the garage. All of them are Japanese cars.
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6. I have three really close friends. One of them is from Ireland.
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7. She owns many books. A lot of them are by Stuart Kaminsky.
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8. She’s bought two books. Both of the books were written by Dickens.
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9. Those films are very interesting. But only one of them is for children.
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10. I talked to some foreigners yesterday. Some of them were teachers.
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V. Rewrite each sentence, replacing the relative clause with a Present , Past Participle OR To-V phrase.
1. The train which is now arriving at Platform 3 is the 4.20 from Da Nang.
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2. The student who is chosen as winner will get a prize.
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3. None of the models that have been inspected so far have passed the test.
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4. The saplings which have been planted today will one day grow into huge trees.
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5. The boy who was knocked off his bicycle broke his leg.
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6. The students who will be selected tomorrow will be offered a scholarship.
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7. The three man who were involved in the bank robbery have been arrested.
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8. The car which was being driven by the young man crashed into a tree.
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9. Wikipedia, which was launched in 2001, is one of the great Internet successes.
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10. The man who won yesterday's lottery lives next door.
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11.The man who came yesterday knows how to repair the faucet.
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12.The car which is left on the street is broken.
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13.The athlete who has won the most races is chosen as Man of the Year.
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14.They live in a building which has forty storeys.
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15.John is the only person who understands me.
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16.Jack is the first student who has handed in the exam.
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17.I have a lot of work that I have to finish right today.
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18.His office is the next room that they have to clean.
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19.The chemist gave her some tablets, which should be taken 3 times a day.
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20.Jane is usually the first person who comes and the last person who leaves.
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