Tài liệu Vocab and Grammar 1

VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR 1 1. We were not happy with the plans____________ the architect showed us for our new house. Obviously, he had never designed a home like the one we wanted. A. that B. in that C. in which D. who 2. When I saw that Mike was having trouble, I ___________ him. He was very appreciative. A. was helping B. were helping C. helped D. help 3. My wife and I went to Disneyland when we visited Los Angeles last spring. Prior to that time, we __________________to such a big amusement park. It was a lot of fun. A. had never been B. were never been C. never been D. were never 4. Last year I experienced ________________I had flown in an air plane for fairly long distances before, but never as long as when I went to Australia last June. A. how can tedious long plane trips be B. how tedious can long plane trips be C. how long plane trips can be tedious D. how tedious long plane trips can be 5. I don’t want you _____________my arriving late. A. mention B. to mention C. mentioning D. Mentioned 6. If you can’t unscrew the lid, try ______________it with a hammer. A. to hit B. hit C. hitting D. hits 7. I remember _________ him say that the grass needed _____________yesterday. A. to hear / cutting B. hearing / to cut C. hearing / cutting D. to hear / to cut 8. I advise you ___________ before deciding ___________the job. A. waiting / accepting B. waiting / to accept C. to wait / to accept D. to wait / accepting 9. We regret ____________ that the lecture was very dull and wasn’t worth_______________. A. to say / to listen to B. saying / listening to C. saying / to listen to D. to say / listening to 10. I couldn’t resist _____________ him why he was trying ____________meeting me. A. asking / to avoid B. asking / avoiding C. to ask/ avoiding D. to ask/ to avoid 11. The police suspect him of ______________ stolen goods. A. to try to sell B. try to sell C. trying selling D. trying to sell 12. Peace in the area was elusive as the wind. A. easy B. slow in coming C. difficult to catch D. near 13. 37-year-old Timothy Lind law is now designing _____________for offices. A. furniture B. furnitures Page 1 C. some furnitures D. a furniture 14. After he ___________ a highly successful computer business for two years, he started his second business in a small garage. A. has run B. runs C. was running D. had run 15. He ____________his first million pounds by the time he was thirty. A. has made B. used to make C. had made D. would make 16. After ___________ with the workers of his company, he suddenly dismissed them. A. quarrel B. quarrelling C. quarrelled D. have quarrelled 17. I had made five million pounds before things _____________ to go wrong. A. have begun B. began C. begin D. would begin 18. He said that he ____ to call his new company “Office-Fit” and was already very successful. A. had decided B. was deciding C. decided D. has decided 19. They hope that their plan will be a ____________. A. succeed B. successful C. succession D. success 20. We asked him what countries he _____________. A. had been visited B. had visited C. has been visiting D. visited 21. Did they say they _______________me? A. will telephone B. would telephone C. have telephoned D. had telephoned 22. The _____________ of coming in time in small. A. possible B. possibly C. possibility D. impossible 23. There was a nasty ____________ at Newton crossroads yesterday morning. A. event B. accident C. happening D. emergency 24. A bus overturned, and some of the passengers were badly ___________. A. pained B. wounded C. knocked down D. injured 25. Several ____________ helped to pull people out of the wreckage. A. bystanders B. spectators C. audience D. supporters VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR 1 - KEY Page 2 1. We were not happy with the plans____________ the architect showed us for our new house. Obviously, he had never designed a home like the one we wanted. A. that B. in that C. in which D. who 2. When I saw that Mike was having trouble, I ___________ him. He was very appreciative. A. was helping B. were helping C. helped D. help 3. My wife and I went to Disneyland when we visited Los Angeles last spring. Prior to that time, we __________________to such a big amusement park. It was a lot of fun. A. had never been B. were never been C. never been D. were never 4. Last year I experienced ________________I had flown in an air plane for fairly long distances before, but never as long as when I went to Australia last June. A. how can tedious long plane trips be B. how tedious can long plane trips be C. how long plane trips can be tedious D. how tedious long plane trips can be 5. I don’t want you _____________my arriving late. A. mention B. to mention C. mentioning D. Mentioned 6. If you can’t unscrew the lid, try ______________it with a hammer. A. to hit B. hit C. hitting D. hits 7. I remember _________ him say that the grass needed _____________yesterday. A. to hear / cutting B. hearing / to cut C. hearing / cutting D. to hear / to cut 8. I advise you ___________ before deciding ___________the job. A. waiting / accepting B. waiting / to accept C. to wait / to accept D. to wait / accepting 9. We regret ____________ that the lecture was very dull and wasn’t worth_______________. A. to say / to listen to B. saying / listening to C. saying / to listen to D. to say / listening to 10. I couldn’t resist _____________ him why he was trying ____________meeting me. A. asking / to avoid B. asking / avoiding C. to ask/ avoiding D. to ask/ to avoid 11. The police suspect him of ______________ stolen goods. A. to try to sell B. try to sell C. trying selling D. trying to sell 12. Peace in the area was elusive as the wind. A. easy B. slow in coming C. difficult to catchD. near 13. 37-year-old Timothy Lind law is now designing _____________for offices. A. furniture B. furnitures C. some furnitures D. a furniture 14. After he ___________ a highly successful computer business for two years, he started his Page 3 second business in a small garage. A. has run B. runs C. was running D. had run 15. He ____________his first million pounds by the time he was thirty. A. has made B. used to make C. had made D. would make 16. After ___________ with the workers of his company, he suddenly dismissed them. A. quarrel B. quarrelling C. quarrelled D. have quarrelled 17. I had made five million pounds before things _____________ to go wrong. A. have begun B. began C. begin D. would begin 18. He said that he ____ to call his new company “Office-Fit” and was already very successful. A. had decided B. was deciding C. decided D. has decided 19. They hope that their plan will be a ____________. A. succeed B. successful C. succession D. success 20. We asked him what countries he _____________. A. had been visited B. had visited C. has been visiting D. visited 21. Did they say they _______________me? A. will telephone B. would telephone C. have telephoned D. had telephoned 22. The _____________ of coming in time in small. A. possible B. possibly C. possibility D. impossible 23. There was a nasty ____________ at Newton crossroads yesterday morning. A. event B. accident C. happening D. emergency 24. A bus overturned, and some of the passengers were badly ___________. A. pained B. wounded C. knocked down D. injured 25. Several ____________ helped to pull people out of the wreckage. A. bystanders B. spectators C. audience Page 4 D. supporters