Basic English 14

Basic English 14
General Multiple Choice
Trương Văn Ánh
Trường Đại học Sài Gòn
1. I’ve seen a robber. You should go to the ______.
a. drugstore b. garage c. doctor’s d. police station
2. Why don’t you _ your coat? It’s rather hot in here.
a. switch off b. take off c. call off d. see off
3. we aren’t ___ enough to travel everywhere by taxi.
a. poor b. rich c. strong d. weak
4. A V.I.P lounge is the one reserved for ______.
a. very ignorant person b. very intelligent person
c. very inconsiderate person d. very important person
5. That is very unusual stamp.
a. a b. an c. the d. No word is needed.











6. It has been grown for about six hundred years.
a. periods b. ages c. decades d. centuries
7. I’m tired of seeing her.
a. interested in b. bored with c. frightened at d. worried about
8. Vietnam is ______ in Southeast Asia.
a. discovered b. set up c. placed d. located
9. I’ve worked hard ____ , and I am now old enough to retire.
a. for some years b. a short time c. in my youth d. all my life











10. Peter ______ my bicycle since 8 o’clock yesterday morning.
a. was having b. has had c. has been had d. is having
11. I told him not ______ all the money.
a. to spend b. spend c. spent d. spending
12. Peter’s finished his work, but Mary _______.
a. isn’t b. haven’t c. hasn’t d. has
13. I’m not _________ that shelf.
a. enough tall to reach b. tall enough for reach
c. tall enough reaching d. tall enough to reach











14. It started to rain while we ________ in the river.
a. swam b. swimming c. are swimming d. were swimming
15. I think all _____ luggage belongs to those tourists.
a. those b. this c. these d. No word is needed.
16. Don’t use the office phone _______ personal call.
a. on b. of c. for d. with
17. They went to work ________ foot.
a. through b. on c. in d. with
18. The underlined letters in the word liked are pronounced __________.
a. [id] b. [t] c. [d] d. a and c










19. We don’t allow passengers _____ in this part of the building.
a. to smoke b. smoke c. smoked d. to smoke
20. The word engineer has a tress on the _________ syllable.
a. first b. second c. third d. None is correct.















Good luck!