1) Becky Sharp, the main character of the novel "Vanity Fair" by Thackeray, ________ to forget about her first love, but she knows that doing so takes a lifetime.
a. has been trying
b. has tried
c. had tried
d. had been trying
2) What can be the most appropriate follow-up sentence to the given statement: "I have been searching for love."
a. So it is now time to quit.
b. And I can't imagine doing anything else.
c. And I want this to end right now.
d. And I learned to love myself too.
3) Fyodor Dostoyevsky ________ his last novel, Brother Karamazov, when he died.
a. has written
b. had been writing
c. had written
d. has been writing
4) Which among the sentences below follows the correct order of objectives?
a. She drives an expensive black Japanese sports car.
b. She drives a black Japanese expensive sports car.
c. She drives a black expensive Japanese sports car.
d. She drives an expensive Japanese black sports car.
5) Only 35% of the total number of students ________ able to pass the comprehensive exam last year.
a. are
b. was
c. is
d. were
6) Neither F. Scott Fitzgerald nor his contemporaries ________ their real names in their writing career.
a. use
b. uses
c. using
d. has used
7) The man in the mirror looks ________.
a. strange
b. strangely
c. stranger
d. has strange
8) A number of endangered species living underwater ________ now extinct because of illegal hunting and dynamite fishing.
a. are
b. is
c. were
d. was
9) The tribulations that I faced were ________ for me to overcome.
a. so much
b. too much
c. very much
d. too many
10) In Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Richard's Almanac", it was said that : "early to bed, ________ makes a man healthy."
a. early rising
b. rising early
c. early to rise
d. waking up early
11) Which among these words has the voiceless /th/ sound?
a. this
b. gather
c. think
d. there
12) What pitch level must be used in emphasizing the main idea in a sentence?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
13) Which among the words below has the/sh/ sound?
a. sober
b. leisure
c. shallow
d. salient
14) Your boss isn't working anymore, ________?
a. is he
b. isn't he
c. has he
d. hasn't he
15) This pertains to the pauses or rests in speech.
a. Pitch
b. Juncture
c. Stress
d. Intonation
16) I will not leave you come hell or high water. Based on the given sentence, we can surmise that:
a. The speaker will not leave the person no matter what.
b. The speaker warns the person of a forthcoming disaster.
c. The speaker wants the person to give up.
d. The speaker wants the person to continue fighting.
17) Which does not belong in the group?
a. Assumption
b. Summary
c. Synthesis
d. Generalization
18) Complete the statement: "Blessed are ________ poor for ________ shall be welcomed in heaven."
a. the-you
b. the-they
c. you-they
d. they-they
19) Your brother isn't supporting you, ________?
a. was he
b. isn't he
c. wasn't he
d. is he
20) A person with a negative outlook in life cannot ________ with depression.
a. cope up
b. cope on
c. cope in
d. cope
21) Which sounds like "fine"?
a. crane
b. brine
c. pristine
d. quarantine
22) The senator approached the podium with his spiel. His hands were shaking and he was sweating trmendously. He experienced:
a. Heart attack
b. Nausea
c. Stage fright
d. Headache
