Chapter 1: Sample Questions
Please choose the best answer:
1. The instructions provided by ChatGPT seem to be …………… for some ordinary people as
they may not easily find out how to properly use them.
a. identical b. complicated c. faint d. coincident
2. The patient ………… to several specialists about her problem, but nobody knows why she is
suffering from this chronic disease.
a. has talked b. talks c. is talking d. has been talked
3. When a conflict ……….. in the workplace, you should aim to repair the relationship as quickly
as possible.
a. arises b. triggers c. implies d. splits
4. Although the undergraduate students ………… their research proposals twice so far, the
department hasn’t made any decision about them yet.
a. have sent b. are sending c. send d. have been sent
5. The two young men could barely find their ways through the dark dense forest as their lamps
gave out a very ……. glow.
a. identical b. distant c. faint d. explosive
6. It is eleven p.m. My roommates …………… Mathematics for seven hours and won’t finish by
the early morning.
a. have studied b. have been studying c. are studying d. study
7. The streets had become ……………. by exposure to the sun, and the snow was dotted with
traces of footsteps that cause the vehicles to move slowly.
a. slushy b. faint c. dense d. countless
8. The phone …………… for almost ten minutes. Why doesn’t anyone answer it?
a. is ringing b. rings c. has been ringing d. has been rung
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9. The domestic share of the company ……….. from nearly 10 percent to just over 7 percent.
a. triggered b. shrank c. dissolved d. contained
10. The opening ceremony ……….. in thirty minutes so we need to return to the campus.
a. is beginning b. begins c. has begun d. has been beginning
11. The tone of manger’s voice ………… that he did not intend to expand the scope of the online
business.
a. coincided b. explained c. implied d. triggered
12. I ……….. a nice pot of tea. Would you like a cup?
a. just make b. am just making c. have just made d. have just been making
13. You find that strangely familiar smells ………….. memories of childhood.
a. accumulate b. convey c. trigger d. necessitate
14. The faculty members ……………… their weekly meeting tomorrow instead of Friday this
week.
a. hold b. are holding c. have held d. have been held
15. The results of the survey ………….. that currently several start-up companies ………….
a. show-are expanding b. have shown-expand
c. are showing-have been expanded d. are shown-are expanding
16. Local …..……… are becoming increasingly pointless in virtual worlds such as Metaverse.
a. building blocks b. boundaries c. surfaces d. coincidences
17. Over the last couple of years, the academic members have ………… several experiment-based
documents, published research studies, and traditional pamphlets.
a. expressed b. accumulated c. collided d. dissolved
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18. Fuel …………… produces energy to run machines.
a. matter b. combustion c. explosive d. expansion
19. My aunt ………….. her driving test five times because she never …………. her stress.
a. fails-relieves b. has failed-has relieved
c. has failed-relieves d. fails-is relieving
20. The viruses that aggressively spread and afflict many individuals annually have the potential
to …………… themselves fairly simply.
a. imply b. reproduce c. expand d. shrink
21. Our neighbors ………… because of their noisy kids that …………. in the yard for five
hours.
a. argue-have played b. are arguing-have played
c. argue-are playing d. are arguing-have been playing
22. Civil laws are the ……………… of an orderly, developed, and civilized society.
a. boundaries b. substances c. building blocks d. explanations
23. The nurses ………….. the patient’s heart rate continuously from the first day he was admitted.
a. are checking b. check c. have checked d. have been checking
24. High temperatures can increase ………….. as adding energy to a liquid due to heating triggers
its molecular motion.
a. dissolving b. scraping c. floating d. reproducing
25. Unfortunately, these financial reforms will …………. the nation’s budget.
a. collide b. shrink c. scrape d. dissolve
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26. My brother who ………... how to program since 2016 ……… for an international software
company.
a. has learned-works b. has been learning-has worked
c. learns-works d. is learning-is working
27. The distinctive pattern in the number of the patients with Covid over the past couple of weeks
…………. from their biological backgrounds and hygienic orientations.
a. explains b. arises c. collides d. implies
28. We need to change this printer. It …………. me crazy.
a. drives b. has driven c. is driving d. has been driven
29. Scientists have warned that noise can damage the delicate ………… in the ear.
a. boundary b. gap c. membrane d. substance
30. Read the small print in your contract to ………….. exactly what you are insured for.
a. find out b. imply c. bury d. rush apart
31. It was a strange ……………. that the woman sitting next to me on the airplane had children
with the same names as mine.
a. dependence b. readiness c. necessity d. coincidence
32. The surgeons believe that an operation of this ………… is going to be life-threatening.
a. majority b. expression c. magnitude d. growth
33. Mr. Brown ………….. He is in the staff room and ready to see you.
a. arrives b. has been arriving c. has arrived d. is arriving
34. You can test if the substance …………… entirely in vinegar within an hour.
a. floats b. shrinks c. reproduces d. dissolves
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35. The museum curators are demanding the restitution of ………….. treasures that were stolen
from the country in the 16th century.
a. dense b. molten c. complicated d. ancient
36. They painted the outside, but this is the ……….. restaurant we ate in our last trip.
a. identical b. dense c. ancient d. ordinary
37. Researchers demonstrated that prolonged tensions and sleep disorders could relatively
……………. brain deficiency.
a. find out b. include c. trigger d. take in
38. The publication of the book was planned to …………… with the screening of the television
series.
a. arise
b. imply
c. coincide
d. reproduce
39. I had trouble getting through the ……… crowd to take the train.
a. dense
b. fair
c. floating
d. incredible
40. Another …………… for such planning operations in the brain may be the type of short-term
memory in which the prefrontal cortex is involved.
a. coincidence
b. building block
c. radiation
d. membrane
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41. The mission statement …………… a lack of confidence in the management of the company.
a. forms
b. implies
c. complicates
d. imagines
42. The working plans included construction of forest access roads at ……………. high labor
cost.
a. explosively
b. fairly
c. faintly
d. distantly
43. The underlying ………… lava drains back into the crust.
a. molten
b. reptile
c. fern
d. ancient
44. It was no …………… that he quit his job at the bank a day after the robbery.
a. explanation
b. coincidence
c. boundary
d. continent
45. A special system prevents the circuitry being tripped accidentally by a power surge or
………….. strike.
a. lightning
b. radiation
c. membrane
d. chemical
46. Tropical rain forests used to cover ten percent of the earth's ………….
a. Substance b. surface c. crust d. boundary