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51. A man who spends all the money he has is ________ .

A) fool

B) a fool

C) foolishly

D) foolish man

52. Can you tell what model each of ________ ?

A) them to be

B) them are

C) they are

D) them is

53. The diplomats haven’t been able to arrive ______ an agreement yet.

A) by

B) at

C) on

D) to

54. All athletes who have taken drugs will be disqualified ______ the race.

A) out

B) to

C) against

D) from

55. ________ a drop of rain fell for months, and all the crops died.

A) No

B) None

C) Not

D) Not any

56. He is ________ short-sighted to be pilot.

A) so

B) too

C) not

D) enough

57. Most people ________ the dark.

A) fear

B) are in fear

C) frightened

D) afraid of

58. He had difficulty ________ his wife to stay home.

A) convince

B) to convince C) convincing

D) for convincing

59. If you want to succeed, you must ________ .

A) keep to try

B) keep in trying

C) keep on trying

D) keep on to try

60. When he was a boy, he ________ to himself all day.

A) will sing

B) would sing

C) has sung

D) is singing

61. ________ of the wine was spoilt.

A) Few

B) Several

C) A good deal D) A good many

62. The American Indians today are deprived ________ all the privileges

the white man is enjoying.
A) of

B) off

C) _

D) from

63. She was glad ________ the opportunity to discuss the matter.

A) of

B) to

C) on

D) for

64. ________ he promises to quit gambling, we’ll offer him the job.

A) For

B) Although

C) Even

D) Provided

65. ________ hard I try, I can’t seem to be of any help to anybody.

A) Even though B) However

C) When

D) So

66. No one ________ to enter the building until the police have checked

the victim’s identification.
A) will allow

B) will be allowing

C) has been allowed

D) is going to be allowed

67. I’m very satisfied ________ your last report.

A) on

B) for

C) of

D) with

68. He is envious ________ his brother’s success, and this makes him a

sullen person.
A) of

B) from

C) to

D) by

69. She isn’t content ________ their present income and keeps nagging

her husband.
A) with

B) for

C) of

D) to

70. I was very tempted, but I refrained ________ the last glass.

A) drink

B) to drink

C) drinking

D) from drinking

71. Everyone must pay a fee before ________ his certificate.

A) to collect

B) collecting

C) to have collected

D) collect

72. I wish I ________ of writing the report on the computer long ago.

A) thought

B) think

C) had thought

D) have thought

73. The British contractors are said ________ half the government officials

in the country.
A) to have bribed  B) bribing

C) be bribed

D) has bribed

74. ________ of this land has been poisoned by chemicals.

A) A good many

B) Several

C) A good deal

D) Few

75. We have the pleasure ________ you that your book has been awarded

the first prize.
A) of informing

B) in informing

C) on informing

D) informing

76. Spiders mainly feed ________ insects.

A) by

B) at

C) from

D) on

77. Our company is three times ________ yours.

A) bigger as

B) bigger

C) as bigger than  D) as big as

78. She did nothing but ________ excuses all the time.

A) to making

B) to make

C) make

D) making

79. Tom ________ a computer, so he can’t find a good job.

A) uses

B) is using

C) cannot use

D) used

80. Tom, ________ no foreign languages, can’t find a good job.

A) speaking

B) spoke

C) speaks

D) is speaking

81. The detective asked the gangster where ________ .

A) the gun was

B) was the gun

C) did he hide the gun

D) the gun hidden

82. After Jack ________ his poem, he decided not to show it to anybody.

A) finishing

B) had finished C) was finishing D) has finished

83. He thought he ________ able to find more information on British

imperialism.
A) will be

B) would be

C) is

D) was

84. If it ________ so expensive, Linda would often eat out.

A) weren’t

B) wasn’t

C) isn’t

D) won’t be

85. Americans Indians ______ feel so unhappy if they were treated fairly.

A) will

B) were

C) won’t

D) would not

86. It is easy to develop bad study habits, but it is extremely difficult to

rid ________ of them.
A) ourselves

B) itself

C) themselves

D) yourselves

87. We will probably have to work ________ midnight today because

the report should be ready tomorrow.
A) for

B) until

C) under

D) by

88. ________ cause extensive damage to our city each year.

A) Because of the winds during hurricanes
B) The winds of hurricanes
C) The winds which
D) That the winds of hurricanes

89. Malaria ________ by the female mosquito.

A) transmits

B) transmitted

C) is transmitted D) to transmit

90. Water, ________ , is also one of the most abundant compounds on

earth.
A) is necessary for human survival
B) one of the most critical elements for human survival
C) it is necessary for human survival
D) for human survival

91. The Social Security Act of 1935 was ________ .

A) written to insure workers against unemployment
B) it insured workers against unemployment
C) written that it insured workers against unemployment
D) workers against unemployment

92. Philosophers are not sure _______ .

A) how can universal peace be secured
B) universal peace can be
C) precisely how universal peace can be secured
D) can universal peace be secured

93. Overexposure to the sun ________ .

A) more than damage to the skin
B) damage to the skin
C) can produce damage to the skin
D) more damage to the skin

94. Antarctica is larger ________ , but it has no native human population.

A) with some countries
B) Europe and Australia put together
C) from Europe or Australia
D) than Europe or Australia

95. ________ paper was first used by the Chinese.

A) That the belief

B) The belief that

C) To believe that

D) It is believed that

96. Gold is the preferred choice of jewelry makers ________

indestructible.
A) since it is

B) it is

C) because of

D) insofar as

97. ________ growing awareness of social ills, the philosophers wrote

increasingly more to warn people.
A) A

B) When a

C) Because her

D) Due to her

98. ________ categorized as lipids.

A) Fats and also oils

B) While fats and oils

C) Fats and oils are

D) Fats and oils

99. The overwhelming majority of people who ________ in the rescue

operations were volunteers.
A) they served

B) did they serve

C) serving

D) served

100. ________ is found in many kinds of fruits and vegetables.

A) Vitamin C

B) That vitamin C

C) It is latex vitamin C

D) Because vitamin C

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