Advanced level – Test 1

1. …………………… every child in the D. are school passed the swimming test. 7. They …………………….. at this school before they became interpreters. A. Near to B. Near by A. have taught C. Next to B. had taught D. Nearly C. taught D. were taught 2. She can look back on her career with great ……………. 8. The salary of a bus driver is much higher ……………. A. satisfied B. satisfaction A. in comparison with the salary of a C. satisfactory teacher D. satisfactorily B. than a teacher C. than that of a teacher 3. The captain as well as the passengers D. to compare as a teacher …………….. frightened. 9. Professional people expect you to call A. be them when it is necessary …………… an B. been appointment. C. was D. were A. to cancel B. canceling 4. Ann has got two sisters. Both of them C. cancil …………….. married. D. canceled

A. have 10. A computer is usually chosen because B. has of its simplicity of operation and ease of C. is maintenance …………… its capacity to D. are store information.

5. Each learner of English …………….. a A. the same as good dictionary. B. the same C. as well as A. needs D. as well B. need C. is 11. In a new culture, many embarrassing D. are situations occur ……...... a misunderstanding. 6. Money, nor fame, nor wealth …………….... brought happiness to A. for everybody. B. because of C. because A. has D. of B. have C. is 12. Neptune is an extremely cold planet, D. to meeeting and ……………. 18. Mr. Green, along with his friends, …………….. arriving here tonight. A. so does Uranus B. so has Uranus A. is C. so is Uranus B. are D. Uranus so C. were D. was 13. …………… that gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill and that the California 19. The statement will be spoken just one Gold Rush began. time; therefore, you must listen very ………….. in order to understand what A. Because in 1848 the speaker has said. B. That in 1848 C. In 1848 that it was A. carefully D. It was in 1848 B. careful C. care 14. The job has no ……………. D. careless

A. prospectively 20. Cold objects emit …………… hot B. prospects objects. C. prospector D. prospective A. fewer than infrared rays as B. fewer infrared rays than 15. Frost occurs in valleys and on low C. fewer infrared rays as grounds ……………on adjacent hills. D. as fewer infrared rays

A. more frequently as 21. Gunpowder, in some ways the most B. as frequently than effective of all the explosive materials, C. more frequently than …………….. a mixture of potassium D. frequently than nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.

16. Mount Rushmore can be A. were ………………….. from more than 100 B. had been kilometers away. C. had D. was A. see B. saw 22. In the relatively short history of C. been seen industrial …………….. in the United D. seen States, New York city has played a vital role. 17. I’d like you …………………… my family this weekend. A. developed B. developing A. meet C. development B. to meet D. develop C. meeting

23. As the demand increases, manufacturers who previously produced only a large, luxury car ...... ……….. invented ……………. new objects and compelled to make a smaller model in concepts. order to compete in the market. A. to describe A. is B. a description of B. are C. they describe C. will D. describe D. should 28. You can’t …………….. to learn a 24. She has …………….. the conditions foreign language in a week. for entry into the college. A. expectant A. satisfied B. expected B. satisfaction C. expect C. satisfactory D. expectation D. satisfactorily 29. ………… rain or snow there are 25. For the first time in the history of the always more than fifty thousand fans at country, the person …………… was the football games. recommended by the president to replace a retiring justice on the supreme court is a A. Despite woman. B. In spite with C. Despite of A. which D. Despite with B. whose C. who 30. The prices of homes are ……………. D. whom high in urban areas that most young people cannot afford to buy them. 26. Signor Risponso’s fame rested on the breadth of his range, which was A. as …………… any other tenor, living or B. so dead. C. such D. so as A. greater than that of B. as large as C. more greater D. broader than the one of 27. New words are constantly being