ASMO Demo Test [English] 2

The storm is coming, so we should ______ before the winds pick up and the rain starts to pour.

• take shelter
• start a barbecue
• go for a swim
• sunbathe

My sister just purchased a new car that runs _____ electricity.

• on
• with
• by
• through

Jake always _____ to bed early everyday, but yesterday he ______ to bed quite late.

• goes, gone

• go, went
• goes, went

• go, goes

Neither James nor his sisters _____ going to the exhibition because they find it too expensive.

• is
• are
• be
• were

My neighbor ______ a newspaper at the balcony when I ______ him last night.

• was reading, saw
• read, saw
• was read, saw
• reading, see

On 5 August 1888, Bertha Benz was the first person to drive an internal-combustion-engined automobile over a long distance, field testing the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, inventing brake lining and _____ several practical issues during the journey of 105 km (65 miles).

• solving
• ignoring
• creating
• avoiding

With no fuel tank and only a 4.5-litre supply of petrol in the carburetor, Bertha Benz _____ find ligroin, the petroleum solvent needed for the car to run.

• has

• had

• had had

• had to

In 1925 Carl Benz wrote the following in his memoirs: "Only one person ______ with me in the small ship of life when it seemed destined to sink. That was my wife. Bravely and resolutely she set the new sails of hope."

• always

• swam
• remained

• drowned

The brain of Albert Einstein has been a subject of much research and speculation. Albert Einstein's brain ______ within seven and a half hours of his death.

• was created

• donated

• was removed
• took out

Paula was very obstinate, and this always led to her getting into arguments with her friends.

What is the synonym of "obstinate"?

• Flexible
• Stubborn
• Friendly
• Happy