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49. A) were

B) spare

C) chair

D) pair

50. A) water

B) porter

C) daughter

D) laughter

My wife’s mother was taken ill two days ago so my wife had to go

and look after her. Before __51__ my wife said, “I had better tell you
where everything is or you __52__ know what to do. But my train is
leaving in half an hour’s time and I must get to mother‘s house as soon
as I __53__”

“__54__,”I said. “I can look after myself.”
Now I realize that I __55__ for a map of the house. If I __56__, I

would have found all the food I needed.

But when my wife __57__ back tomorrow, she won’t have any dirty

dishes to wash up because I __58__ in restaurants since she went away.

51. A) she was leaving

B) that she left

C) leaving

D) to leave

52. A) shan’t

B) shouldn’t

C) wouldn’t

D) won’t

53. A) can

B) may

C) could

D) might

54. A) Not to mind

B) Don’t worry

C) Not to import

D) Don’t mater

55. A) had to ask

B) ought to ask

C) must have asked

D) should have asked

56. A) had

B) have

C) did

D) would

57. A) comes

B) come

C) shall come

D) will come

58. A) am eating

B) eat

C) have been eating

D) ate

59. He’s ________ his sister.

A) much taller than

B) much taller that

C) much more tall than

D) much more tall that

60. She had three sons, all ________ became doctors.

A) of which

B) which

C) of whom

D) who

61. You ________ go now. It’s getting late.

A) had rather

B) would rather C) would batter D) had better

62. I’m going to spend a few days with some ________ of mine, who

live in the north of Scotland.
A) relatives

B) familiars

C) neighbors

D) companies

63. The ________ outside the house said “No Parking”

A) advice

B) single

C) label

D) notice

64. He has no ________ of winning.

A) occasion

B) luck

C) opportunity

D) chance

65. Those people over there are speaking a language I don’t understand.

They must be ________ .
A) foreign

B) strange

C) rare

D) outlandish

66. I didn’t write it. That is not my ________ on the cheque.

A) mark

B) letter

C) firm

D) signature

67. The actors have to ________ before they appear in front of the strong

lights on television.
A) cover up

B) paint up

C) make up

D) do up

68. It is a difficult problem but we must find the answer ________ 

.

A) by one way or other

B) somehow or other

C) anyhow or other

D) anyway or other

69. I want ________ immediately.

A) That this work is made

B) this work made

C) That this work is done

D) this work done

70. He’s used to ________ in public.

A) be speaking

B) the speaking

C) speaking

D) speak

71. You can fly to London this evening ________ you don’t mind

changing planes in Paris.
A) provided

B) except

C) unless

D) so far as

72. It’s ages ________ him.

A) that I don’t see

B) that didn’t see

C) ago I saw

D) since I saw

73. He made me ________ .

A) angry

B) be angry

C) to be angry

D) that I got angry

74. Do what you think is right, ________ they say.

A) however

B) whatever

C) whichever

D) for all

75. He arrived late, ________ was annoying.

A) what

B) that

C) which

D) the which

76. His job is ________ yours.

A) the same that

B) as

C) alike

D) similar to

77. He needs a ________ .

A) few days’ rest

B) few days rest

C) little days’ rest

D) little days rest

78. Do you know ________ the repairs?

A) to do

B) how to do

C) to make

D) how to make

79. We usually have fine weather ________ summer.

A) at

B) on

C) in

D) while

80. My flat is ________ the third floor of the building.

A) by

B) at

C) in

D) on

81. They live ________ the other side of the road.

A) in

B) on

C) for

D) by

82. He isn’t ________ to reach the ceiling.

A) so tall

B) as tall

C) enough tall

D) tall enough

83. They treated him ________ a king when he won all that money.

A) as

B) as being

C) like

D) like he was

84. I’ve told him several times but he ________ doesn’t understand.

A) yet

B) already

C) no longer

D) still

85. ________ did you go in the car this morning?

A) How far

B) How much far

C) How long

D) How much

86. He’d  done that before, ________ ?

A) wouldn’t he B) shouldn’t he C) hadn’t he

D) didn’t he

87. ________ of them understood him.

A) None

B) No one

C) anyone

D) someone

88. It’s ________ mountain in the world,

A) the more high

B) the higher

C) the highest

D) the most high

89. I’m going to a concert tomorrow evening. So ________ .

A) I am

B) am I

C) I will

D) will I

90. That’s the firm ________ .

A) what we’ve been dealing with
B) we’ve been dealing with
C) We’ve been treating with
D) what we’ve been treating with

91. She let the children ________ to play.

A) going out

B) that they went out

C) to go out

D) go out

92. It was ________ that he couldn’t finish it alone.

A) a so difficult work

B) a so difficult job

C) such a difficult job

D) such a difficult work

93. I ________ photographs.

A) enjoy taking

B) enjoy to take

C) amuse taking

D) amuse to take

94. I ________ me what happened.

A) would like you tell

B) would like you to tell

C) would like you telling

D) would like that tell

95. ________ he wasn’t hungry, he ate a big meal.

A) Although

B) In spite

C) Unless

D) Even

In this series of questions, three words have the same sound but

one does not. Choose one that does not.

96. A) cleared

B) feared

C) beard

D) heard

97. A) shoes

B) goes

C) blows

D) knows

98. A) wait

B) state

C) great

D) heat

99. A) among

B) wrong

C) rung

D) sung

100. A) broad

B) load

C) showed

D) road

Intermediate test 5

Book 1 Part E