Miscellaneous test 4 a

 

Choose a word or expression that best completes the sentences below. 

 

1. I always knew my wife was a (an) _________ (1) person. I always knew she used to betray me, but kissing 

 1. outstanding          rightful                   devious                ashamed 

 2. knocks  off            makes a pass         takes the cake    catches on

 

2. Knowing your father is such a stingy fellow I suppose it’s a ___________ to ask him for this amount of money, but

    anyway, let’s try, maybe he is in a good mood today.

     parish                     sort of                    cut down            long shot

 

3. Alfred Williams _______________________ (1) have disappeared in the ocean when the helicopter he had been in  

  1. is supposed to      doesn’t  have to     has to                 isn’t supposed to 

  2. at                          on                           after                   for

 

4.  Although Gertrude had been going to college for five years, she had just acquired four of the eight _____________

     required for her degree.

      diplomas                tails                        credits                hints

 

5. Mr. Davis ___ who drives to work ___ always complains about the traffic.

        , / X                       , / ,                        X / ,                    X / X

 

6. Charlene is missing her boyfriend so much that she’s eager to listen to his voice. She wishes he  

       would / call            didn’t / call            hadn’t / called    wouldn’t / call

 

7. Please, Joe, look through the window and tell me if the sun has already ____________.

        raised                    risen                       raises                   rose

 

8. Everybody went to Mary’s house in order to ________ her for having given birth to such beautiful twin girls.

         abandon               safeguard               congratulate       deform

 

9. If we just tried to make a better world for _____, ____ would certainly solve ____ problems more easily.

       you / we / our      us / we / our          us / you / your    one / one / one’s

 

10. Gosh! It’s already midnight and I’m still out. I’m sure mom won’t let me _____________ the house today and to 

      to enter                 entering                 enter                    entered

 

11. The governor had to auction off the seized objects because the _____________ owner could not be traced 

      orphan                   rightful                   periwinkle            gob

 

12. Although this denture is a perfect _____ for natural teeth, my father couldn’t get accustomed to using it.

         belly button           dead ringer             impression           leg crosser

 

13. During Christmas you can see lots of presents ______________ in colorful paper under a Christmas tree at a

      typical American home.

          slippery                 deep-seated            close                    wrapped

 

14. What are you doing, Keith? As far as I know, a person who suffers from diabetes ______________ 

       is supposed to      doesn’t have to        isn’t supposed to   is to

 

15. “My goodness! ___ You are wonderful! ___” ___ He ejaculated.

            , / ,  / X                 , / X / X                    , / X / ,                X / X / X

 

16. Don’t you think ___ Rose ___ Robert should be committed to an asylum?

            X / ,                             , / ,                                   , / X                           X / X

 

17. I wish people _____________ of hunger in a country like ours, which has many warehouses full of grains

          hadn’t died       wouldn’t die                would die             had died

      trying to change this situation for the best.

         understanding    pathetic                        outstanding          anguished

 

19. If you always do ______ best, _______ will surely find _________ in a good position someday.

         his / you / yourself    your / you / yourself   his / him / himself    one’s/you/ oneself

 

20. Judging from the way everyone was looking at me at the office, I ________________________ their reactions.

     It looked like I had killed someone.

          had no choice but     took leave of my senses stayed out of         had a bad feeling about  

                                  

21. Under the circumstances, the president had no choice but to resign. It’s known he was really under pressure and as

      he is an honest person, I think he did the right thing.

      “Yeah, _____________________ I guess that’s the only thing he could have done.”

          get nowhere            knocking it off                 lose heart                at this stage of the game

 

22. I know Judith isn’t a girl you’d call a Miss America. I know you ___________________ go out with her, but you

        aren’t supposed to   are to                              don’t have to          are supposed to

 

23. Mary spent her last vacation going to the mall ___ playing games ___ in her computer ____ and gossiping about

     every woman in her neighborhood.

           X / X / ,                   , / X / ,                            X / , / X                     , / , / ,

 

24. The lucky winner of our June 15 ___ 1999 __ contest is Julian Ramon ___ M.D. ___ who lives in San Francisco ___

      California.

            , / , / , / , / ,           , / X / ,  / , / X                 , / X / ,  / ,  / ,           X / , / , / ,  / X

 

25. I discovered the truth after _____________ the hints and rumors that I had heard at school _____________. Only

     then could I realize how pathetic my girlfriend had been.

      coming - on                piecing -   together             going down the drain    being swamped   - with

 

26. That white dog has been __________ in that same position for almost three hours, I think it is dead.

      lain                             lying                                 laid                              laying

 

27. Sandra’s son had been so ill she was almost ________________. She had already taken him to several hospitals

      and nobody could discover what his sickness was.

      losing heart                being out in left field      running a red light      being a whole different ball game

 

28. Joe, I’m really relieved. You know what! I have finally______ (a) professor Gladys to accept my paper next week.

     Therefore, I’ll have enough time ___________ it ________ (b).  I was lucky because this professor is really stiff.

  a.  got                            made                                 had                             did

  b.  to die – down           to wrap - up                      to strike – out            to knock - over

 

29. Paul was such a naive person before he was elected president of this company, but now he’s the most contemptible

     person in the world.

    _”That’s what happens to most people who ____________________________________ power.”

     are hard on themselves   have what it takes to be   get their hand on     get out of someone’s hair

 

30. There are so many homeless children on the streets in our city that hundreds of them are being ___ by killer groups.

       safeguarded              mispronounced                  rewarded                      slaughtered

 

31. In this course, all the students ___________ (a) hand in their homework before the end of the term in order to take

     the exams. However, some of them just hand them in on the last day. So, teachers get _____ (b)  in so much work.

  a.  don’t have to           have to                               aren’t supposed to         are supposed to

  b.  on one’s hair            hard on someone               enrolled                         wrapped up

 

32. Allan ___ dressed in black____ was the most charming guy in the theater. However ___ Cathy thought he was

      X / X / ,                    , / , / ,                                 X / , / X                          , / X  / X

 

 33. “Carol ___ why don’t you do your assignments? ___ “ ___ the teacher asked.

        , / , / X                     , / X / ,                                X / , / X                          , / X / X

 

34. It was __________________(a) to see a man to whom raising horses meant so much become totally blind. He  

      ___ on the other hand ___ (b) said that at least he could hear the clip-clip of his farm horses’ __________ (c).

  a.  petty                       guiding                               disheartening                  disheartened

  b.  , / X                        X / ,                                     , / ,                                  X / X

  c.  pawn shops             hooves                                sluts                                 tensions

 

35. When is the man going to _______ the carpet in the hall? I need this done by eight tomorrow.

       lie                             lay

 

36. Paul, I guess it’s better to fasten your seat belt ________ you _______ hurt yourself much in case of an accident.

      so that / will            so that / can                      so that / won’t                 so that / could

 

37. Everybody countrywide was crushed because the President pointed to a ______ crisis of the whole nation economy.

      party-pooper            neat                                    sticky                                deep-seated

 

38. It’s hard to face it, but it has been such a terrible year ________________ business that we’ll have to fire fifty

     per cent of our employees.

      tell you what           in terms of                           sort of                               caffeine

 

39. I’m sorry I won’t be able to stay longer because I ______________________ take my fiancée to the movies

      and you know how nervous she is. If I get there late,...

      am supposed to       am not to                           don’t have to                     am not supposed to

 

40. While the train was crashing into the bus in the crossroad, we could hear the _____________ cries, weeps and

     prayers of the passengers showing the presentment of death.

      mighty                      anguished                          Welsh                                 festival

 

41. Margaret said ___”People ___ who drive to work ___ always complain about the traffic.”

      , / X / X                    , / , / X                               , / , / ,                                , / X / ,

 

42. It was really light in that room. Still ___ I couldn’t see the thief ___ nor could he see me.

      , / X                          X / X                                    , / ,                                    X / ,

 

43. Four girls _____________ Mary went camping out yesterday night.

      besides                     beside

 

44. At a dinner table:

      Paul: “Sally, you haven’t touched your food, what’s the matter?”

     Sally: “Nothing special. It’s just that I’m not used to _____________ with chopsticks.”

     eat                             eating                                 ate                                    have eaten

 

45. With such terrible weather, the organizers of the show have to ______________________________

      and hope it does not rain on Saturday. Otherwise, it will be a failure.

      cross that bridge when they come to it                                    be in their blood

     have their vision checked                                                          keep their fingers crossed

 

46. I was told John is saving all the money he gets hold of in order  _________________ his future, we  all know he’s

     not getting any younger.

      to dishearten            to deform                          to safeguard                     to split

 

47. In order to have a successful performance tomorrow, the actors of the play have been ____ since early this morning.

      slam dunking           rehearsing                         begging                              clapping

 

48. It’s amazing that after robbing a lot of money from the bank, the group of cops hasn’t yet been _____________

     from the corporation. It proves authorities are also involved in corruption.

      pawned                    assured                              enrolled                              expelled

 

49. It’s incredible how this city became _________________ since I left here fifteen years ago.

      different                   differently

 

50. If one doesn’t like ___________, _______ will never like __________ friends and family.

      yourself   /  you  / one’s                                      him/herself    /    he/she  /   his/her

      yourself   / one /    your                                     him/herself    /    he/she  /  your

 

51. Could you just ________ this discussion, Paul. It’s my problem, not yours. Mind your own business.

      congratulate me on    beat it                            stay out of                           get the urge for

 

52. Larry, you know I am pregnant and in six months time I’ll deliver my baby. I’m quite sure it will be painful,

           _ I think you should ________________________________________, not suffer in advance.

      be wrapped up                                                     do it at will

      cross that bridge when you come to it               be heart-rending

 

53. Poor Anthony has passed away and didn’t have time to enjoy all the wonders life can offer a person. 

      He spent his whole life ___________________________ in his work.

      coming on to             piecing together             being wrapped up                  dying down

 

54. After his wife’s death, Joseph started drinking so much that his life has changed completely. Last week, for example,

      I saw him __________(a) on the street and his appearance was just __________ (b).

  a.  lying                         laying

  b.  sharp                        rightful                           disheartened                         heart-rending

 

55. You know what! I’d been waiting for the woman of my life for a long time. And I would continue waiting for her

      because I believe in destiny and I can’t see myself without her. In fact, I have already found this woman, but 

      unfortunately I didn’t realize she was my soul mate when we first met but she did because she says she felt

     something very strong. If I had realized it, I would have told her right then.

     _ Yeah, I see. That’s what we can call __________________________________________.

      luster                         love at first sight            hoof print                              pimples

 

Complete the sentences using the vocabulary below, add prepositions and commas when necessary.

           

 

a)    Why all this about your new job   Kelly?

 

b)    Why do you insist  smoking here?

 

c)     Her cries  only when the doctor gave ser some medicine.

 

d)    He entered  the room without saying a word.

 

e)    Fred is going to visit museums  parks  theaters  fairs  and beautiful beaches.

 

f)     The sick man fell but he was too weak to .

 

 

h)    You can’t forgive her  being unfair to you.

 

i)      The baby fell asleep after the noise from the street .

 

 

k)    Don’t you think  Daniel  the accident was your fault?

 

l)      Carol’s  about her marriage has finally ended. They divorced.

                                                                                                                                         My best wishes,

                                                                                                                                   Ailton.