STIS Examination 2008
Section 1 : structure
Direction
Each problem consists of incomplete sentence. Beneath each sentence you will see four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one word of phrase that best completes the sentence. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.
1. X : do you often go to restaurant ?
Y : No, it……. Quite a long time since I went to the restaurant with my friends.
A. has been
B. would be
C. is
D. was
2. X : The hotel is suffering a great loss
Y : Yes, only ten percent of its rooms………..
A. occupies
B. occupied
C. is occupied
D. are occupied
3. The students are collecting money, food, and clothes for the people …….. houses were destroyed in the fire last week
A. Who
B. Whose
C. Whom
D. Which
4. X : Do you think I can wea my new necklace ?
Y : I wouldn’t advise………jewelry in a difficult time like this
A. Wear
B. To wear
C. To be wear
D. Wearing
5. He told me a lot about the
A. Must have lived
B. Might be living
C. Ought to have lived
D. Would have lived
6. The Workers, …… that their wages were not raised, went on strike
A. Knew
B. Were knowing
C. Realizing
D. Realized
7. The Williams have finally _____ the trip to the beach because of being too afraid of big waves
E. Called up
F. Called off
G. Called upon
H. Called for
8. The more you practice speaking English,_____ you do it
I. The well
J. The best
K. The better
L. The good
9. _____ that Tim was a bad driver, I wouldn’t have lent him my car
M. Had I realized
N. If I realized
O. Would I realized
P. I had realized
10. Jhon was very sorry he didn’t know the answer, but he rally wished he _____
Q. Knows
R. Knew
S. Has known
T. Had Known
