Confusing test

Hi everyone! Check this test , please! (My answers are underlined)

Task 1
Choose the correct answer. There is only one correct answer for each phrase.

1. Telling ____ lies is a very bad ___.
a) -, habit
b) -, custom
c) a, tradition
d) the, way

2. I work as an engineer and my wife ___ too.
a) do
b) is
c) work
d) does

3. I think ____ teacher.
a) her job is
b) she's a
c) her job is an
d) she's

4. What is your home town ____ ?
a) situated
b) age
c) like
d) located

5. I’m afraid I _____ here for your wedding anniversary.
a) have not to be
b) am not being
c) will be not
d) can't be

6. How _____ are you?
a) high
b) wide
c) long
d) heavy

7. They said they ____ come, but they didn’t.
a) can
b) will
c) may
d) might

8. You have a terrible fever! ___ call a doctor?
a) Shall I
b) Do I
c) Must I
d) Will I

9. Mr Caine wants ___ to his office.
a) that you come
b) you must come
c) you come
d) you to come

10. You will be served hot meals ___ day.
a) three times a
b) once
c) three every
d) every couple

11. Tony has two brothers, but he doesn't speak to ____ of them.
a) both
b) any
c) either
d) neither

12. Our class is composed ___ thirty students.
a) of
b) from
c) by
d) with

13. ________ is it from here to Prague?
a) How long way
b) How long
c) How far
d) How many

14. Good ___ ! I hope you ______this exam.
a) chance, will take
b) fortune, will deal with
c) luck, will pass
d) wish, will manage

15. I have a great deal of _____ in dealing ___a problem like this.
a) experiences, with
b) experience, with
c) experiences, on
d) experience, -

16) We must go now. Call the waiter and ask for the ___ .
a) bill
b) invoice
c) price
d) cost

17. I ______ have wine than gin.
a) would like more
b) prefer
c) had better
d) would rather

18. He didn't want the job, _____ .
a) however well paid was it
b) however well-paid it was
c) for how good pay might it be
d) however good pay it was

19. The office manager ___ for almost two hours.
a) kept us to wait
b) kept us waiting
c) made us to wait
d) made us waiting

20. He hasn’t played since he ___ that horrible car crash.
a) had
b) has had
c) has
d) had had

21. This wine tastes _____ .
a) wrongly
b) lovely
c) well
d) normally

22. She knows that she ____ to pay now.
a) had better
b) needn't
c) should
d) ought

23. The microphones ______ unless you ____ those cables.
a) don’t work, connected
b) won’t work, connect
c) doesn’t work, don't connect
d) are not working, can't connect

24. Tabita ___ offered the job ____ having poor qualifications.
a) -, with
b) is, although
?) will be, even though
d) was, despite

25. Now remember: you ____ until the instructor tells you to.
a) do not have to jumping
b) are not to jump
c) haven't jumped
d) don’t jumped

26. The next person ______ through that door will get __ surprise.
a) who walk, some
b) to walk, a
c) who would, -
d) walking, the

27. Valery is such a nuisance! She _________ me when I am busy.
a) always call me
b) is always calling me
c) can always call me
d) must be calling me

28. She told us she was not ______ having ______for so long.
a) accustomed to, to wait
b) accustomed with, and waiting
c) accustomed by, to waiting
d) accustomed in, to wait

29. _____are in danger ______extinct.
a) Tigers, while becoming
b) The tigers, to become
c) The tigers, becoming
d) Tigers, of becoming

30. He had ________ of the situation _____ we had expected.
a) better knowledge, that
b) better knowledges, just as
c) a better knowledge, than
d) as better knowledge, as

31. If only I ____ to the party instead of staying at home.
a) did went
b) had gone
c) did go
d) would go

32. Not only ____ to Paris but she also visited many _____ places in France.
a) she went, others
b) went she, another
c) did she go, other
d) she was going, other

33. The president _____ reported ______ the country.
a) -, leaving
b) was, about leaving
c) was, to have left
d) was, having to leave

34. Unless she _____ a dramatic recovery, her ____ will have to play the part
a) will make, onlooker
b) doesn’t make, outcast
c) makes, stand-in
d) made, stand-by

35. You _______ to stay here until you ____________.
a) are, ’ve apologized
b) must, apologize
c) should, apologized
d) ought, will apologize

36. ____ all the lessons we ______ from history, it is difficult to conceive what people
_______.
a) In spite of, learned, likely to do
b) Despite, have learned, are likely to be doing
c) Although, are learning, will be likely to do
d) Viewing, would have learned, would like to do

37. I ____ doubt whether he will actually carry __ his threats.
a) seriously, out
b) highly, on
c) intensively, -
d) deeply, out

38. The Teachers Board received some disappointing statistics: __ number of pupils playing
______ was increasing in Essex.
a) a, volleyball
b) -, games
c) a, booty
d) the, truant

39. People can _____climb the tower of Pisa, ______ until a few years ago.
a) no longer, as was possible
b) still, like was possible
c) still, but it was not possible
d) not, though it wasn’t possible

40. ___ unknown is always very ________.
a) The, frightening
b) -, frighten
c) An, frightening
d) All, frightened