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EXERCISE 4: Choose the best option to complete each sentence:
1. Of the four dresses, which is ………………..expensive?
A. the best B. the most C. the more D. the greater
2. The larger the apartment, the................... the rent.
A. expensive B. more expensive C. expensively D. most expensive
3. The faster we walk,………….. we will get there.
A. the soonest B. the soon C. the more soon D. the sooner
4. “ Why did you buy these oranges? ” “They were ……….….. I could find. ”
A. cheapest B. cheapest ones C. the cheapest ones D. the most cheapest5. She plays the piano …………… as she sings.
A. as beautifully B. more beautifully C. as beautiful D. the most beautifully
6. The streets are getting more and …………… these days.
A. crowded B. less crowded C. more crowded D. most crowded
7. The larger the city, …………… the crime rate.
A. highest B. higher C. the highest D. the higher
8. You must explain your problems …………....
A. as clear as you can B. as clearly as you can C. as clear than you are D. as clearly as you are
9. Pil is ……………… person we know.
A. the happier B. the happiest C. happier D. happiest
10. Which woman are you going to vote for? –I’m not sure. Everyone says that Joan is………….
A. smarter B. the smarter C. more smarter D. more smart
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence.
1. Teenagers enjoy ............... to music and ............... out with friends.
A. listen – hang B. to listen – to hang
C. listening – hang D. listening – hanging
2. Don’t worry. It is ............... to travel to that village even at night.
A. safe B. unsafe C. difficult D. inconvenient
3. Life in a small town is ............... than that in a big city.
A. peaceful B. much peaceful
C. less peaceful D. much more peaceful
4. The boys often help their parents to ............... water from the village well.
A. gather B. collect C. absorb D. give
5. ............... month is the Hoa Ban festival of the Thai people held in?
A. When B. Which C. How many D. How often
6. Vietnamese people have many ............... customs and crafts.
A. tradition B. traditional C. culture D. cultural
7. It is ....................... in the city than it is in the country.
A. noisily B. more noisier C. noisier D. noisy
8. The English test was ....................... than I thought it would be.
A. the easier B. more easy C. easiest D. easier
9. English is thought to be ....................... than Math.
A. harder B. the more hard C. hardest D. the hardest
10. My house is ....................... hers.
A. cheap than B. cheaper C. more cheap than D. cheaper than
11. Her office is ....................... away than mine.
A. father B. more far C. farther D. farer
12. Tom is ....................... than David.
A. handsome B. the more handsome
C. more handsome D. the most handsome
13. He did the test ....................... I did.
A. as bad as B. badder than C. more badly than D. worse than
14. A boat is ....................... than a plane.
A. slower B. slowest C. more slow D. more slower
15. My new sofa is ....................... than the old one.
A. more comfortable B. comfortably
C. more comfortabler D. comfortable
16. My sister dances ....................... than me.
A. gooder B. weller C. better D. more good
17. This road is ....................... than that road.
A. narrower B. narrow C. the most narrow D. more narrower
18. He drives ....................... his brother.
A. more careful than B. more carefully
C. more carefully than D. as careful as
19. It was ....................... day of the year.
A. the colder B. the coldest C. coldest D. colder
20. She is ....................... student in my class.
A. most hard-working B. more hard-working
C. the most hard-working D. as hard-working
1. Today is a ................ day. The sun shines all the time.
a. windy b. sunny c. cloudy d. rainy
2. Ba is a hard- working student and he works ...................... on all the subjects .
a. hard b. slowly c. carelessly d. carefully
3. In the South of Viet Nam, there are only two ............. a year.
a. times b. days c. seasons d. periods
4. It is very .............. because the wind blows quite hard.
a. sunny b. rainy c. snowy d. windy
5. In class you must listen .................. to the teacher.
a. hardly b. boringly c. carelessly d. carefully
6. The children are playing ................. . They should be quite.
a. quietly b. eagerly c. happily d. noisily
7. In the sunny season, the .............. shine(s) almost all the days.
a. snow b. clouds c. floods d. sun
8. The ................ today is higher than yesterday. It must be over 37 C .
a. degree b. level c. humidity d. temperature
9. Viet Nam has a tropical...................
a. climate b. weather c. temperature d. season
10. My mother can dance very .............. She is a professional dancer.
a. sweetly b . softly c. loudly d. beautifully
11. In Viet Nam , it is normally................ in the South than in the North.
a. hot b. hotter c. hottest d. hoter
12. The food is ............... than the last time I ate it.
a. badder b. bad c. worse d. worst
13. Ho Chi Minh city is .............. than Hanoi.
a. big b. bigger c. biggest d. biger
14. Children often learn very .................... things around them.
a. quickly b. quicker c. quickest d. quick
15. She can not sing ............... but she can play the piano beautifully.
a. good b. best c. goodly d. well
16. Helen always ............. with John in every school dancing competition.
a. dances b. dance c. dancing d, danced
17. It ............... dangerous to swim in deep rivers.
a. are b. is c. being d. be
18. The boy ................. at home yesterday evening.
a. stay b. staying c. stayed d. stays
19. Last time, he .................. very slowly.
a. driving b. drove c. driven d. drived
20. I now .............. speak English perfectly.
a. can b. was c. could d. did
21. Jack is now ................. than he used to be.
a. happy b. happier c. happiest d. happyer
22. The tourist company was .............. down the street than I had thought.
a. farther b. far c. farer d. farest
23. There is nothing ............ than going swimming in hot weather.
a. gooder b. good c. better d. best
24. He tried very ........... but still failled the exame.
a. hardly b. hard c. harder d. hardest
25. She came to school ........... and had to stand outside for 15 minutes.
a. late b. lately c. latest d. latter
26. He was ................ successful with the business.
a. complete b. completion c. completeness d. completely
27. I ........... everything will be all right soon.
a. hope b. hopes c. hoping d. hoped
28. I often ................. up early in the morning.
a. gets b. getting c. got d. get
29. Lan ................ you some minutes ago.
a. phones b. phoning c. phoned d. phone
30. Don’t ........... the door open when you go out.
a. leave b. leaves c. leaving d. left
31. David’s school ........... is very bad this term.
a. report b. period c. day d. semester
32. The ............. this year are longer and more difficult than those last year.
a. schools b. notebooks c. time d. lessons
33. Our friends are more .................. than us .
a. difficult b. intelligent c. easy d. tall
34. Lan, how are you doing this ............?
a. school b. day c. class d. term
35. He can do better than the ........... in his group.
a. everyone b. another c. all d. others
36. Tuan writes more .............. with fewer mistakes than the previous term.
a. careless b. careful c. carefully d. carelessly
37. My father is happy because I get ............... results at school.
a. bad b. good c. intelligent d. well
38. Peter does better at school because he works ......................
a. harder b. more carelessly c. more lazily d. worse
39. He can do sums more ................... and read faster./
a. badly b. quickly c. difficultly d. fastly
40. I can dance more ...................... than my friends.
a. fluently b. attentively c. interestingly d. gracefully
41. Mary is in ................ 8 in St Mary secondary school.
a. age b. level c. grade d, step
42. She is very ............. pupil. She spends most of her time studying.
a. hard- working b. difficult c. hard d. easy
43. They always complete all their .................. before going to bed.
a. things b. homework c. book d. activities
44. He is very good at ................ He can do sums more quickly than the other pupils in his class.
a. literature b. maths c. geography d. English
45. Mary rarely makes ................ when she writes.
a. mistakes b. fault c. things d. sums
46. I often go to the school .................. to borrow books in my free time.
a. library b. yard c. room d. class
47. He always helps his friends with .............. exercises.
a. easy b. bad c. difficult d. short
48. Her parents are .............. because she often gets bad marks in the exams.
a, happy b. disapponinted c. tired d. boring
49. I am interested in natural science subjects like mathematics, physics and .................
a. England b. literature c. chemistry d. language
50. In her free time, Jane often plays the ..............
a. piano b. football c. game d. basket ball
51. My English this term is ............. than that of last year.
a. good b. gooder c. better d. best
52. Her math result is .............. than her English result.
a. bad b. badly c. worse d. well
53. Detective books are..................... than science fiction ones.
a. more interesting b. interestingly c. interstinger d. interesting
54. Lan is ................... than her sister.
a. lazy b. lazily c. lazier d. lazilier
55. He feels ........... than last year because his study results are .....................
a. happy/ good b. happier/ gooder c. more happy/more good d. happier/better
56. He is ............. at maths than at any other subjects.
a. better b. more good c. goodlier d. gooder
57. Phuong can speak English ........... than Minh.
a. more fluent b. fluently c. fluent d. more fluently
58. Her voice is ................. than her sister’s/.
a. beautiful b. more beautiful c. beautifully d. more beautifully
59. Her literature result is much ................... than it was last year.
a. good b. well c. more well d. better
60. Cinderrella danced ............... than any other girls at the ball.
a. more graceful b. gracefuler c. gracefully d. more gracefully
61. Chemistry is ................. than physics.
a. easy b. easily c. easier d. more easily
62. Rabbits run.................. than tortoises.
a. fast b . fastly c. fastlier d. faster
63.Nam is bad at art but Minh is even ..........................
a. badder b. bad c. worse d. worser
63. Lan is her.................... sister.
a. old b. elderly c. elder d. oldly
64. She can pronounce English words ............. than she could last term.
a. correctlier b . more correct c. more correctly d. correcter
65. The country is .............. than the city.
a. quieter b . more quiet c. more quietly d. quietlier
66. In this class , the students are talking ............... than the teacher.
a. loudly b. more loud c. loudlier d. louder.
67. We shouldn’t be..................... on any subjects.
a. lazy b. lazier c. lazily d. lazilier
68. I can learn a subject ............... if I like it and ............ if I don’t like it.
a. good/ bad b. better/ worse c. better/ badlier d. gooder/worse
69 . I will take these shoes. What’s the .................?
a. price b. fare b. cost d. fee
70.My Dinh is the national ................. of Viet Nam .
a. city b. theatre c . stadium d. cinema
71. She is the most ................. girl in our class.
a. intelligent b. intelligentest c. tall d. tallest
72. That T-shirt is the ............... we have in stock.
a. big b.bigger c. small d. smallest
73. I think Smatcafe is ............... than other kinds of coffee.
a. best b. better c. badder d. worst
74. This hat is the .................. of all.
a. expensivest b. more expensive c. cheapest d. cheaper
75. Of all the stories I have, this is the most .............. one.
a. better b. best c.interesting d. interestingest
76. That is the most ................ bed in the shop.
a. wide b. widest c. comfortable d. comfortables
77. Food becomes .............. during the time of the flood.
a. more scarcer b. most scarce c. scarcest d. scarce
78. Have you got any ................... shirt?
a. cheapest b. cheaper c. expensiver d. expensivest
79. The shop faces its most ............. time of the year when sales have fallen by half.
a. difficult b. difficultest c. easy d. easiest
80.Lan is the most ................ student in my class.
a. hard-work b. hard-working c. good d. best
81. The blue shirt is as ............... as the red one.
a. long b. longer c. more long d. longest
82. Mai dances as ................. as Lan.
a. gracefully b. gracefuly c. graceful d. graceless
83. This book is the ..................... of all
a. bored b.boring c. more boring d. most boring
84. Mary speaks English very ......................
a. fluent b. fluently c. more fluently d. most fluently
85. Tom runs faster than John and David runs the ............ in the group.
a. fast b. most fast c. fastest c. most fastly
86. She has ........... books than I do.
a. least b. fewer c. more few d. fewest
87. I work as ................. as you do.
a. hard b .hardly c. harder d. more hard
88. She looks ........... than me.
a. thinner b. thin c. thinnest d. thinly
89. He is one of the .............. men in the world.
a. rich b. richer c. richest d. more rich.
90. A train is not so .............. as a bus.
a. quick b. quicker c. quickest d. more quick
91.The economic conditions today are .............. they were in the past.
a. much more good b. much better than
c. much better d. the best than
92. Peter is the ............. student in my class.
a. taller than b. so tall as c. the tallest d. tallest
93. The deep oceans contain some of the .................. of all living creatures.
a. strangest b. strange c. as strange as d. stranger
94. Jane is not ……………..her brother.
a. more intelligent as b. intelligent as
c. so intelligent as d. so intelligent that.
95. He drives as ………….his father does.
a. careful as b. more carefully c. the most careful d. carefully as
96. What’s the ………….film you’ve ever seen?
a. good b. best c. better d. the best
97. Jane is ……………age as Marry/.
a. as same b. the most same c. the same d. more same
98. I’ll be there ………….. I can.
a. sooner as b . no sooner as c. as soon as d. soonest as
99. The shirt and that one……………
a. alike b. are alike c. as alike as d. the same
100. I want to buy some shoes………….the ones you have on.
a. like b. are like c. are alike d. likely
101. Mary and her mother do not…………….
a. alike b. look like c. look alike d.like
102. Sharon………….from other women I know.
a. different b. as different c. differs d. more different
103. This one is prettier, but it costs………….. as the other one.
a. as much as b. twice as much c. as many d. twice as many
104. You can take…………..books as you want.
a. as many b. as much c. so much d. too many
105. Of the two sisters, Linda ………
a. is beautiful b. the most beautiful c. is more beautiful d. is so beautiful as .
106. The …………..accident in the history of the city occurred last night on the Freeway.
a. badest b. most bad c. worse d. worst.
107. He finished the test …………..of all.
a. rapidly b. the most rapidly c. most rapidly d. more rapidly
108. Many chemicals react ……………..in acid solutions.
a. more quick b. more quickly c. quicklier d. as quickly more
109. The younger you are, ……………it is to learn.
a. easier b. you are easier c. the easier d. the easy
110. It’s becoming ……………..to find a job.
a. more difficult and more b. more and more difficult
c. most and more difficult d. more difficult than.
112. ……………electricity you use, ………….your bill will be.
a. The more……..the higher b. The most……..the higher
c. The more……the high d. More………..higher
113. The more I got to know Tom, ……….I liked him.
a. least b. the less c. the least d. the fewer
114. The rooms in the front …………….noisier than those in the back.
a. are more .b . are little c. are very d. are much.
115. …………..you are, …………you concentrate.
a. Tired…..the least hard b. The more tired……..the harder
c.The tireder……the harder d. The tired……..the harder
116. Of all the candidates, Peter is probably…………
a. the less qualified b. the qualified less c. the most little qualified d. the least qualified.
117. The CDs here are more expensive ……………over there.
a. those b. than those c. than that d. than this.
118. These two girls ………….. that I can’t tell them apart.
a. are so like b. are so alike c. are too alike d. alike enough
119. I don’t think our daughter is ……….to understand this matter.
a. too young b. is such young c. not enough old d. not age enough
120. Mrs Harrison is ………….he owns many palaces.
a. so a rich man that b. such an rich man that
c. such a rich man that d. that os rich a man.
121. The ceiling is ………………
a. too high for me to reach b. too high for me to each it.
c. so high for me reaching d. enough high of me reaching
122. The woman was so beautiful………………
a. that I couldn’t help looking at b. that I couldn’t help looking at her
c. for me looking at her d. that for me to look at.
123.It is …………that I would like to go to the beach.
a. such a nice weather b. too nice weather
c. such nice weather d. such weather nice.
124. These are ………….tht I can’t finish them.
a. a such long assignments b. such long assignments
c. such a long assignments d. too long assignments.
125. It is ……….that I have read it twice.
a. such an interesting book b. so interesting a book.
c. too interesting a book d. A and B.
126. She dances ……………..everybody adores her.
a. such beautifully that b. so beautifully that
c. so beautiful that d. too beautifully that
127.It is ………………to go swimming.
a. too cold b.so cold c. such a cold d. enough cold that
128. Jane is ……….. to do this exercise.
a. no intelligence enough b. not intelligent enough
c. not enough intelligent d. so intelligent enough
129. I am ……………a car.
a. not rich enough to buy b. too rich enough to buy
c. too poor to buy d. a and c.
130. It’s …………..home from here.
a. too far walking b. too far for walking c. far to walk too d. too far to walk
131. The bed is not clean enough……………
a. to lie in it b. to lie in c. for lying in d. in which to lie
132. The piano was too heavy ……………..
a. for nobody to move b. for nobody moving
c. for anyone to move d. for anyone to moving
133. ……………………to go to the cinema.
a. It was late so that b. That it was late
c. It was too late d. such too late.
134. We don’t ……………….to go there now.
a. have time enough b. enough time c. have too time d. have enough time
SECTION B: PHONETICS, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR. (6ms)
I/ Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (0.5m)
1. A. ghost B. comic C. cotton D. logical
2. A. economic B. religion C. ringgit D. primary
3. A. suggest B. congratulate C. generous D. carriage
4. A. advices B. raises C. pratices D. houses
5. A. machine B. mechinery C. machanic D. machinist
II/ Choose the word that has the stress on a different syllable from the rest in each group. (0.5m)
1. A. number B. happy C. behind D. yellow
2. A. station B. hotel C. thousand D. village
3. A. income B. arrive C. depend D. police
4. A. Saturday B. favorite C. interested D. eleven
5. A. develop B. cinema C. movement D. history
III. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentences: (3ms)
1. - "Have a nice weekend!" - "______."
A. Do you have any plans? B. I'm going to take it easy.
C. Thanks. You too! D. Are you going anywhere?
2. Let's go somewhere else. There's ______ noise in this room.
A. too many B. too much C. many too D. much too
3. The shark ____________ him while he was padding on his surfboard
A. has attacked B. had attacked C. attacked D. was attacked
4. It's ______ far to the railway station from here.
A. too many B. too much C. many too D. much too
5. He is the first student ______ the scholarship this year
A. who win B. to win C. winning D. whose won
6. My house_________in 1986.
A. is built B. was building C. was built D. has been built
7. The doctor_________me not to stay up too late at night.
A. advised B. suggested C. insisted D. forced
8. Tomorrow we'll go to Noi Bai Airport to meet Maryam, _____comes from Malaysia.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. that
9. His house looks very large and beautiful. It is _________house.
A. a seven-room B. a seven-rooms C. seven room D. seven rooms
10. If you get up early, you_________late.
A. weren't B. wouldn't be C. aren't D. won't be
11. It's very hot today. I wish I_________on the beach now.
A. am B. was C. were D. had been
12. When he lived in the city, he_________to the theater twice a week.
A. uses to go B. has gone C. used to go D. was going
13. My father asked us_________too much time playing computer games.
A. not to spending B. did not spend
C. not to spend D. to not spent
14. Hoai can't remember the restaurant _________ she ate her favorite roasted duck.
A. which B. whose C. whom D. where
15. If I were a flower, I_________a sunflower.
A. was B. were C. will be D. would be
16. Nobody went to the party, _________?
A. does he B. do they C. didn't they D. did they
17. It is nearly 3 months_________he visited his parents.
A. while B. during C. since D. when
18. _________population is another unpleasant result we have to solve.
A. Increased B. Increasing C. The increase D. To increase
19. Mai got up late she couldn't catch the first train .
A. because B. however C. so D. but
20. "Can I give you a little more coffee?" - " __________________ "
A. No, you're welcome. B. No. Thanks.
C. Yes, you're right. D. Yes, I'm OK.
21. Robert does not have ______________ Peter does.
A. money more than B. as many money as
C. more money as D. as much money as
22. It is __________ interesting movie that he has seen up to now.
A. such a B. such an C. so D. so a
23. Last night I watched the movie Romeo and Juliet. At last they killed _____.
A. together B. each other C. themselves D. them
24. We have many well- ___________ teachers here.
A. qualification B. quality C. qualify D. qualified
25."What does your father do, Ba ? Lan asked. ________________________
A. Lan asked Ba what did his father B. Lan asked Ba his father does
C. Lan asked Ba what his father did D. Lan asked Ba does his father.
26. It is getting cold. You'd better not ___________ without a coat.
A. go out B. to go out C. going out D. have gone out.
27. Nothing will prevent him _____________ succeeding.
A. in B. at C. from D. on
28. The teacher with __________ we studied last year no longer teaches in our school.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. that
29. They made me __________ on the floor.
A. lie B. to lie C. lying D. lay
30. Did you like the book that I gave you? - _________ the novels that I've read, I enjoyed this one most.
A. for all B. all of C. of all D. from all
IV/ Use the word given in capital letters to form a word that fits in the space. (1m)
1. Vietnam is a socialist country following socialism.
2. When we arrived at the hotel, we were amazed at the incomparable hospitality of the fans.
3. His health was seriously affected because he suffered from constant sleeplessness.
4. The company is investing much money in modernizing and industrializing the factories. (INDUSTRY)
5. It's inadvisable to have too much fat and sugar in your diet.
6. We must use our natural resources economically.
7. Life in big cities is very competitive. Its competition may sometimes make people stressful.
8. He was too ashamed to tell his teacher about the stupid mistake.
9. I don't find this book very readable . In fact, the plot is quite bad.
10. You must make a quick decision about who wins the contest.
Chọn đáp án đúng để điền vào chỗ trống trong các câu sau.
1. She is ....... singer I’ve ever met.
A. worse B. bad C. the worst D. badly
2. Mary is ....... responsible as Peter.
A. more B. the most C.much D. as
3. It is ....... in the city than it is in the country.
A. noisily B. more noisier C. noisier D. noisy
4. She sings ……….. among the singers I have known.
A. the most beautiful B. the more beautiful
C. the most beautifully D. the more beautifully
5. She is ....... student in my class.
A. most hard-working B. more hard-working
C. the most hard-working D. as hard-working
6. The English test was ....... than I thought it would be.
A. the easier B. more easy C. easiest D. easier
7. English is thought to be ....... than Math.
A. harder B. the more hard C. hardest D. the hardest
8. Jupiter is ....... planet in the solar system.
A. the biggest B. the bigger C. bigger D. biggest
9. She runs …… in my class.
A. the slowest B. the most slow C. the slowly D. the most slowly
10. My house is ....... hers.
A. cheap than B. cheaper C. more cheap than D. cheaper than
11. Her office is ....... away than mine.
A. father B . more far C. farther D. farer
12. Tom is ....... than David.
A. handsome B. the more handsome
C. more handsome D. the most handsome
13. He did the test ……….. I did.
A. as bad as B. badder than C. more badly than D. worse than
14. A boat is ....... than a plane.
A. slower B. slowest C. more slow D. more slower
15. My new sofa is ....... than the old one.
A. more comfortable B. comfortably
C. more comfortabler D. comfortable
16. My sister dances ……….. than me.
A. gooder B. weller C. better D. more good
17. My bedroom is ....... room in my house.
A. tidier than B. the tidiest
C. the most tidy D. more tidier
18. This road is ....... than that road.
A. narrower B. narrow C. the most narrow D. more narrower
19. He drives ……. his brother.
A. more careful than B. more carefully
C. more carefully than D. as careful as
20. It was ....... day of the year.
A. the colder B. the coldest C. coldest D. colder
Chọn đáp án đúng để điền vào chỗ trống trong các câu sau.
1. She is ....... singer I’ve ever met.
A. worse B. bad C. the worst D. badly
2. Mary is ....... responsible as Peter.
A. more B. the most C. much D. as
3. It is ....... in the city than it is in the country.
A. noisily B. more noisier C. noisier D. noisy
4. She sings ……….. among the singers I have known.
A. the most beautiful B. the more beautiful
C. the most beautifully D. the more beautifully
5. She is ....... student in my class.
A. most hard-working B. more hard-working
C. the most hard-working D. as hard-working
6. The English test was ....... than I thought it would be.
A. the easier B. more easy C. easiest D. easier
7. English is thought to be ....... than Math.
A. harder B. the more hard C. hardest D. the hardest
8. Jupiter is ....... planet in the solar system.
A. the biggest B. the bigger C. bigger D. biggest
9. She runs …… in my class.
A. the slowest B. the most slow C. the slowly D. the most slowly
10. My house is ....... hers.
A. cheap than B. cheaper C. more cheap than D. cheaper than
11. Her office is ....... away than mine.
A. father B . more far C. farther D. farer
12. Tom is ....... than David.
A. handsome B. the more handsome
C. more handsome D. the most handsome
13. He did the test ……….. I did.
A. as bad as B. badder than C. more badly than D. worse than
14. A boat is ....... than a plane.
A. slower B. slowest C. more slow D. more slower
15. My new sofa is ....... than the old one.
A. more comfortable B. comfortably
C. more comfortabler D. comfortable
16. My sister dances ……….. than me.
A. gooder B. weller C. better D. more good
17. My bedroom is ....... room in my house.
A. tidier than B. the tidiest
C. the most tidy D. more tidier
18. This road is ....... than that road.
A. narrower B. narrow C. the most narrow D. more narrower
19. He drives ……. his brother.
A. more careful than B. more carefully
C. more carefully than D. as careful as
20. It was ....... day of the year.
A. the colder B. the coldest C. coldest D. colder
Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant language of international communication. English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having incorporated many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman invasion of 1030. Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not extended even as far as Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. However, during the course of the next two centuries, English began to spread around the globe as a result of exploration, trade (including slave trade), colonization, and missionary work. Thus, small enclaves of English speakers became established and grew in various parts of the world. As these communities proliferated, English gradually became the primary language of international business, banking, and diplomacy.
Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is in English. Two-thirds of the world's science writing is in English, and English is the main language of technology, advertising, media, international airports, and air traffic controllers. Today there are more than 700 million English users in the world, and over half of these are non-native speakers, constituting the largest number of non-native users than any other language in the world.
1. What is the main topic of this passage?
A. The number of non-native users of English
B. The French influence on the English language
C. The expansion of English as an international language
D. The use of English for science and technology
2. Approximately when did English begin to be used beyond England? A. In 1066
B. Around 1350
C. Before 1600
D. After the 1600s
3. According to the passage, all of the following contributed to the spread of English around the world EXCEPT ________.
A. the slave trade
B. the Norman invasion
C. missionaries
D. colonization
4. The word "enclaves" in line 10 could best be replaced by which of the following?
A. communities
B. organizations
C. regions
D. countries
5. The word "proliferated" in line 11 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. prospered
B. organized
C. disbanded
D. expanded
Choose the appropriate word or word phrase to complete the sentences.
1. Supposedly, digital voice discs, or DVDs as they are called, are ---- resistant to scratching ---- records.
A) much / than
B) so / as
C) such / that
D) far more / than
E) many more / that
2. I don't have ---- much time for reading ---- I would like to.
A) as / as
B) more / than
C) so / that
D) too / that
E) such / that
3. English is today the third ---- native language worldwide after Chinese and Hindi, with some 380 million speakers.
A) the most spoken
B) the more spoken
C) much spoken
D) the least spoken
E) most spoken
4. My students' sleepless nights became ---- as the finals approached.
A) so frequently
B) more frequent
C) as frequent
D) much more frequently
E) far more frequent than
5. It is often said that the hyena is an aggressive animal, but in fact it is not ---- many people believe.
A) more vicious
B) so vicious that
C) as viciously as
D) so vicious as
E) more viciously than
6. The cupboard was ---- big ---- fit through the door, so we had to take it apart first.
A) too / to
B) more / than
C) so / that
D) enough / to
E) as / as
7. The roots of the old tree spread out ---- thirty meters in all directions and damaged nearby buildings.
A) too much
B) as much as
C) so much
D) so many as
E) much more
8. According to the recent election's results, the Democrats are ---- of the four main political parties.
A) the smaller
B) smallest
C) much smaller
D) smaller
E) the smallest
9. Ever since the use of natural gas became widespread, London isn't ---- a polluted city ---- it was ten years ago.
A) as / as
B) such / as
C) so / that
D) more / than
E) enough / to
10. The plot of the novel was ---- it was completely incomprehensible.
A) more complicated
B) such complicated
C) so complicated that
D) much more complicated than
E) so complicated as
Choose the appropriate word or word phrase to complete the sentences.
1. Supposedly, digital voice discs, or DVDs as they are called, are ---- resistant to scratching ---- records.
A) much / than
B) so / as
C) such / that
D) far more / than
E) many more / that
2. I don't have ---- much time for reading ---- I would like to.
A) as / as
B) more / than
C) so / that
D) too / that
E) such / that
3. English is today the third ---- native language worldwide after Chinese and Hindi, with some 380 million speakers.
A) the most spoken
B) the more spoken
C) much spoken
D) the least spoken
E) most spoken
4. My students' sleepless nights became ---- as the finals approached.
A) so frequently
B) more frequent
C) as frequent
D) much more frequently
E) far more frequent than
5. It is often said that the hyena is an aggressive animal, but in fact it is not ---- many people believe.
A) more vicious
B) so vicious that
C) as viciously as
D) so vicious as
E) more viciously than
6. The cupboard was ---- big ---- fit through the door, so we had to take it apart first.
A) too / to
B) more / than
C) so / that
D) enough / to
E) as / as
7. The roots of the old tree spread out ---- thirty meters in all directions and damaged nearby buildings.
A) too much
B) as much as
C) so much
D) so many as
E) much more
8. According to the recent election's results, the Democrats are ---- of the four main political parties.
A) the smaller
B) smallest
C) much smaller
D) smaller
E) the smallest
9. Ever since the use of natural gas became widespread, London isn't ---- a polluted city ---- it was ten years ago.
A) as / as
B) such / as
C) so / that
D) more / than
E) enough / to
10. The plot of the novel was ---- it was completely incomprehensible.
A) more complicated
B) such complicated
C) so complicated that
D) much more complicated than
E) so complicated as