1. Is there a slice banana on the plate? Yes, ………………… a slice of it on the plate.

a. I see                b. it is           c. there is              d. there are

2. When the monkey does the puzzle right, the man gives her a reward. "right" is the opposite of …………………… .

a. true           b. wrong           c. proper                   d. ring

3. This puzzle is too hard for me. "too" means ………………… .

a. also           b. little          c. very                   d. many

4. if you keep on trying, you will soon learn how to do it. "keep on" means …………… .

a. continue         b. hold           c. like                        d. agree

5. We can't bake a cake because we've run out of sugar. "run out" means …………… .

a. sell           b. buy            c. finish                  d. eat

6. May I borrow one of your books? "borrow" is opposite of …………………… .

a. buy           b. sell          c. learn               d. lend

7. She is talking the clock apart. "take apart" means the opposite of ………………… .

a. put together  b. take care of  c. make up      d. turn out

8. The lab is a place w…e…e they study animals.

a. e, n          b. o, m            c. h, r               d. h, n

9. They study animals to ………………… how they learn.

a. turn on      b. find out       c. teach            d. show

10. "She had to take the puzzle apart." The sentence means: She ……… take it apart.

a. could          b. would         c. should             d. might

11. "Each time she did the puzzle right, the man gave her a slice of banana."

 The sentence means that the monkey …………… did the puzzle right.

a. always       b. never          c. usually          d. sometimes

12. She kept on until she had returned all the bananas. "return" means …………… .

a. come back  b. give back         c. run out           d. run into

13. "Monkeys do puzzles for the fun of it." The sentence means: Monkeys do puzzles because doing puzzles are ……………… for them.

a. important       b. interesting      c. easy              d. hard

14. Washoe soon learned how to take it apart because she was ………………… .

a. clever          b. stupid         c. angry               d. wild

15. He had said his prayer before he ………………… to bed.

a. goes             b. is going        c. had gone         d. went

16.He was upset because he …………………… his money.

a. found          b. had found   c. lost               d. had lost

17. She had cleaned the rooms ………………… before they arrived.

a. careful       b. carefully        c. careless       d. carelessness

18. Ahmad played ping pong very well because he had ………………… it for many years.

a. seen          b. watched       c. practiced         d. not done

19. Mary didn't go their party because the hadn't ………………… her.

a. written       b. telephoned     c. seen              d. invited

20. Would you mind …………………… me with my homework?

a. to help       b. helping        c. help               d. helped

21. Would you let me ………………… at your copy of the book?

a. looking        b. look          c. to look                d. looks

22. I am opening the window because it is …………………… .

a. pretty           b. cold             c. raining               d. warm

23. Which of the following words have the /u:/ sound?

a. who – few    b. excuse – beauty  c. rule – Jun d. view – new

24. Don't you want to give back the money you ………………… from me?

a. lent           b. borrowed    c. made              d. returned

25. Before he could impart the secret, his breath failed him and he ………………… .

a. went out        b. died           c. spoke                     d. played

26. They turned up the soil of the whole estate. "estate" means …………………… .

a. cloud          b. field             c. stone                 d. water

27. "My sons," he said, "a great treasure lies hidden in the estate." "treasure" means ……………………… .

a. shirts and dresses b. dishes and plates    c. gold and silver   d. books and papers

28. "An old farmer had three sons who spent their time doing nothing." We understand from the sentence that …………………… .

a. the farmer worked hard       c. the three sons worked hard

b. the three sons didn't do anything    d. the farmer didn't do anything

29. I am about to tell you. "am about" means ……………… .

a. like       b. decide              c. want               d. forget

30. Immediately after this. The sons set to work upon the neglected field. "neglected" means …………………… .

a. bought             b. sold    c. watered            d. forgotten