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50. Mr. Jasper ______ to be a basketball player.

A) was used

B) used

C) has been

D) is used

51. I shall not waste time _______ his letter.

A) reply

B) replying

C) to reply

D) replied

52. It

’

s nearly lunch time. Why don

’

t we stop ____ a bite to eat?

A) to have

B) have

C) having

D) had

53. We had to stand up _____ a better view of the game.

A) to get

B) getting

C) get

D) _ _ _

54. They earned a living by ____ old cars.

A) sell

B) to sell

C) sold

D) selling

55. Mr. White is telling his wife ______ him tea.

A) to make

B) make

C) making

D) made

56. Suzie

’

s mother allowed her _____ to the party last night.

A) go

B) to go

C) going

D) went

57. He kept on ______ the same mistakes.

A) to make

B) to do

C) making

D) doing

58. Don

’

t be nervous. I want you _____.

A) not nervous B) to relax

C) relax

D) relaxing

59. Excuse me, officer. I

’

d like you ______ me.

A) helping

B) help

C) to help

D) for helping

60. There aren

’

t enough men, _____ the work might take a long time.

A) since

B) in order to

C) although

D) so

61. She took time to help me _____ she was very busy.

A) since

B) because

C) although

D) so

62. Not only did he call on time, _____ he also left an important message.

A) therefore

B) however

C) but

D) and

63. The mechanic can

’

t fix the car, and _____ .

A) I can either

B) so do I

C) I can, too

D) neither can I

64. Alexander plays basketball very well, and ____ .

A) so I do

B) so do I

C) also do I

D) so what

65. We won

’

t leave _____ we do all there is to do.

A) that

B) until

C) by

D) don

’

t

66. She dances as _____ as a professional dancer does.

A) worse

B) good

C) better

D) fine

67. The Persian Empire is ____ empire history has ever seen.

A) greedier

B) too greedy

C) the greediest

D) greedy enough

68. I didn

’

t ____ like Chinese food, but now I am fond of it.

A) use to

B) used to

C) used

D) usually

69. It was _____ that we felt exhausted when we finally arrived at the

camp.
A) such a long journey

B) a long journey so

C) a long journey

D) a journey so

70. Tom plays the piano ____ Arthur.

A) well

B) more

C) a lot better than

D) much more

71. Italian people usually speak _____ than Turkish people.

A) somewhat quickly

B) more quickly

C) too quickly

D) very quickly

72. All of those oranges are ripe. ____ of them are green.

A) Some

B) Many

C) Neither

D) None

73. I think ____ took your umbrella.

A) anyone

B) other

C) person

D) someone

74. Dr. Barnard has a lot of books. _____ of them were written in the

Middle Ages.
A) Some

B) Any

C) Neither

D) Both

75. None of those glasses are clean. _____ of them are as dirty as can

be.
A) Some

B) All

C) Both

D) Many

76. I don

’

t think there

’

s _____ home.

A) any person

B) any people

C) someone

D) anyone

77. The ____ lamp is in the bedroom.

A) other

B) another

C) any

D) other one

78. When would you like ____ you?

A) that I call

B) I

’

m calling

C) me to call

D) I

’

d call

79. Be careful with that knife. You might cut _____ .

A) yourself

B) myself

C) itself

D) you

80. She taught _____ to play the piano.

A) of  herself

B) in herself

C) by herself

D) herself

81. You and Carl can help _____ , can

’

t you ?

A) myself

B) yourself

C) yourselves

D) we

82. Fortunately, the snake ______ bit the explorer wasn

’

t poisonous.

A) that

B) who

C) whose

D) whom

83. This poem is ______ long that I can

’

t learn it by heart.

A) very

B) too

C) so

D) enough

84. He

’

s _____ to do any serious work.

A) too lazy

B) lazy enough C) very lazy

D) so lazy

85. ____ he was seriously wounded, he went on fighting.

A) Even

B) Yet

C) Although

D) In spite

86. She isn

’

t _____ to face all these misfortunes.

A) strong for

B) strong enough

C) enough strong

D) very strong

87. It was thoughtful ______ us your summer house.

A) of you to offer

B) for your offer

C) of your offering

D) of you offering

88. It was foolish _____ to Ronald

’

s advice and buy this junk.

A) of him listening

B) of him to listen

C) he was listening

D) for him to listen to

89. Yesterday he had a terrible accident. He ran ______ a police car.

A) with

B) on

C) for

D) into

90. Having lost their house in the disaster, they don

’

t have _____ to go.

A) nowhere

B) any where

C) somewhere

D) anywhere

91. Marry isn

’

t going _____ this weekend.

A) anywhere

B) somewhere C) to anywhere D) to somewhere

92. Joan was sick yesterday; ______ she didn

’

t go to work.

A) however

B) nevertheless C) therefore

D) frequently

93. The new system is more wasteful than _____ .

A) economical

B) less efficiently

C) less expensively

D) cost less

94. I saw a boy break your window with his ball. _____ it made me

really mad.
A) That he broke

B) What he broke

C) He broke

D) He has broken

95. In back of the house _______ built almost a century ago.

A) is a barn

B) there a barn

C) a barn is

D) has a barn there

96. ____ kindly she talks to everybody!

A) What

B) That

C) How

D) What a

97. ____ crowded city New York is!

A) What a

B) How

C) That

D) What is

98. _____ the stamps in Dave

’

s collection are rare ones.

A) Many of

B) Some

C) Of all

D) Not any

99. Don

’

t tell me about your problems. I

’

ve got enough problems of

_____ .
A) my

B) me

C) my own

D) own

100. He has taken the exam six times so far and he ______ to pass it yet.

A) isn

’

t able

B) can

’

t

C) hasn

’

t been able

D) wasn

’

t able

Book 1 Part D

Test 14