Test English Level 3 26

Trình độ C - Bài 26

1. Some people think it is ________ to use long and little-known words.
(A) clever
(B) intentional
(C) skilled
(D) sensitive
2. The Chairman was so angry with the committee that he decided to ________ from it.
(A) cancel
(B) postpone
(C) resign
(D) prevent
3. I want to see all of you here tomorrow morning at nine o'clock without ________.
(A) fail
(B) fault
(C) late
(D) miss
4. The children were ________ by the television programme.
(A) fascinated
(B) fascinate
(C) fascination
(D) fascinating
5. He ________ escape from the prison by dressing up as a guard, and then crossed the border by train.
(A) could
(B) was able
(C) succeeded in
(D) managed to
6. A passer-by who actually witnessed the robbery ________ now been found.
(A) was
(B) had
(C) has
(D) is
7. It was impossible for her to tell the truth so she had to ________ a story.
(A) invent
(B) combine
(C) manage
(D) lie
8. The child woke up crying because she had ________ a nightmare.
(A) had
(B) seen
(C) dreamt
(D) felt
9. I hope to get an answer to my letter by ________ of post.
(A) round
(B) next
(C) return
(D) back
10. Didn't it ever ________ to them that they would be punished?
(A) occur
(B) happen
(C) enter
(D) strike
11. We started early ________ to miss the worst of the traffic.
(A) so that
(B) in so far
(C) so long as
(D) in order
12. The children threw snowballs at ________ on their way to school.
(A) themselves
(B) another
(C) each other
(D) their own
13. Don't be so sure ________ yourself.
(A) on
(B) of
(C) with
(D) to
14. She usually buys her eggs ________ the dozen.
(A) to
(B) for
(C) by
(D) on
15. He's entitled ________ a pension, but he won't dream of retiring yet.
(A) to
(B) for
(C) on
(D) in
16. Before you run ________ other people, it is as well to consider your own faults.
(A) over
(B) up
(C) down
(D) after
17. The children won't go to sleep ________ we leave a light on outside their bedroom.
(A) except
(B) otherwise
(C) unless
(D) but
18. The effectiveness of Escher's work relies ________ his use of perspective.
(A) on
(B) in
(C) by
(D) of
19. The American Indians are suing the government for the return of their ________ lands.
(A) antique
(B) inherited
(C) ancestral
(D) hereditary
20. Some animals are on the ________ of becoming extinct.
(A) edge
(B) verge
(C) up
(D) side