These questions are from an English Department test which was prepared and administered at a school in China despite the objections from the native English teachers... sometimes we wonder why we're there... but alas, it really is funny in the end! Not all the students will understand the idiocy, but some do... and it's fun to smile with them.
Read the questions and chose ONE, and only one, grammatically, syntactically or passage-based correct answer:
To be an inventor, one needs profound knowledge as well as a very ________ imagination.
a) vivid
b)bright
c)living
d)colorful
I heard he _____.
A) is going abroad
B) will go abroad
C) was going abroad
D) has gone abroad
The politician said he will ___ the welfare of the people.
a) prey on
b) take on
c) get at
d) see to
"At present, China has singed many ___ trade agreements with other countries."
a) comprehensive
b) reciprocal
c) favourable
d) advantageous
"which is not considered as Poe's finest poems?"
a) To Helen
b) Annabel Lee
c) The Raven
d) The Tell-tale Heart
which statement is NOT true
a) marriage is for mental health
b) marriage is for status and comfort
c) marriage is for rearing children
d) marriage is for conceiving children
"What will an American probably do when he comes back home after work?"
a) go to a bar to have a drink
b) be interested in watching tv
c) improve his house so as to make it more attractive
[for this last Q, the correct answer was C]
