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54. Did Smith tell the reporter that the small boats ____.

A) were crowding

B) crowded

C) were the crowd

D) were crowded

55. ____ next year, the highway will have been started.

A) At

B) Until

C) By

D) On

56. ____ its fragile appearance, a newborn infant is extremely sturdy.

A) In spite of

B) Although

C) For

D) Unlike

57. They will ____ to build the highway by next year.

A) starting

B) have started C) had started

D) started

58. The smoke ____ from the oil refinery distorts the view.

A) is rising

B) that is rising C) has risen

D) must rise

59. The landlord ____ just rented the apartment when I got there.

A) was

B) had been

C) have

D) had

60. Nucleoproteins are the essential chemicals ____ living matter

duplicates itself.
A) which all

B) what

C) whose

D) with which

61. ____and a strict sleeping schedule are necessary to sound health.

A) If you exercise daily

B) With daily exercise

C) You exercise

D) Daily exercise

62. ____ are brightly colored beetles that help farmers by eating harmful

insects.
A) Because ladybugs

B) Ladybugs

C) Due to ladybugs

D) If ladybugs

63. I got a letter from an old friend. It was a ____ surprise for me.

A) pleasantly

B) pleased

C) pleasant

D) to please

64. She ____ take a taxi because she was in a hurry.

A) has to

B) had to

C) must

D) should

65. It was very cold today. You ____ your sweater.

A) could wear

B) should wear

C) should have worn

D) couldn’t worn

66. After strict safety regulations have been introduced, only rarely ____.

A) does an accident occur

B) accidents occur

C) occurring accidents

D) an accident has occurred

67. I thought that he ____ something for me.

A) was supposed to do

B) was supposed to

C) is supposed to do

D) is supposed to

68. Tom ____ more for the test yesterday.

A) can always study

B) could have studied

C) will be able to study

D) always studied

69. Did Alice really ____ to live in this small town?

A) used

B) use

C) used to

D) ever

70. The alarm clock is ringing. It ____ be time to get up.

A) must

B) can’t

C) will

D) should

71. The higher a mountaineer climbs, ____.

A) the thinner the air will become.
B) there will be thinner air
C) the air will become thinner
D) thinner the air will become

72. A:  That desk is exactly what I need.

B:  Would you consider ____ it then?
A) to buy

B) buy

C) buying

D) about buying

73. Today isn’t ____ cold ____ yesterday.

A) __/as

B) so/like

C) so/as

D) so/so

74. There are apricots on our tree ____ large ____ a fist.

A) like/as

B) so/as

C) as/like

D) as/as

75. Tokyo isn’t quite ____ far from Beijing ____ Istanbul is.

A) so/so

B) so/like

C) __/as

D) so/as

76. I have ____ experience than you do.

A) as much

B) less

C) little

D) fewer

77. ____ a person earns, the more the family spends.

A) The most

B) When

C) The more

D) How much

78. Sue is ____ Lucy.

A) a lot pretty than

B) a lot prettier than

C) pretty than

D) prettier as

79. Why is there ____ traffic on the streets in August than in September?

A) fewer

B) less

C) little

D) few

80. Helen hardly ever goes to ____ the theatre.

A) the cinema nor

B) neither the cinema nor

C) either the cinema or

D) the cinema or

81. ____ depends on good preparation and strong delivery.

A) If you want to win a debate

B) People winning a debate

C) Winning a debate

D) Some people win a debate

82. Of the four girls, Mary is the ____.

A) prettier

B) prettiest

C) pretty

D) far prettier

83. We’ve missed the bus. There’s nothing we can do now ____ wait

for the next one.
A) although

B) unless

C) except

D) if

84. Some women are wearing jeans ____ skirts.

A) to wearing

B) until were

C) for wearing

D) instead of wearing

85. ____ did Ellen enter the contest, but she also won the first prize.

A) How

B) Both

C) Neither

D) Not only

86. To judge a person, ____ what he says but observe what he does.

A) do not listen to

B) when you do not listen to

C) your not listening to

D) listening not to

87. Not only were the students late, but they ____ their books.

A) forgot them

B) also forgot

C) forget

D) were forgetting

88. She plays tennis ____ that everyone thinks she is a professional player.

A) so good

B) very well

C) too well

D) so well

89. Since it ____ for more than a week, everything in the house felt

damp.
A) has rained

B) had been raining

C) it rained

D) will have rained

90. A:  Where is Tom working these days?

B:  He’s still at Gima ____ I know.
A) as

B) because

C) that

D) as far as

91. Only when every possible treatment had been tried ____ decide for

an operation.
A) didn’t they

B) they did

C) they didn’t

D) did they

92. She doesn’t ____ English.

A) either speaks or writes

B) neither speak nor write

C) speak or write

D) speak nor write

93. I’m bad ____ remembering face.

A) at

B) in

C) with

D) on

94. These are nice apples. How ____ a kilo.

A) many are there

B) much are there

C) much are they

D) many are they

95. Very small hotels ____ this serve good food.

A) as

B) with

C) in

D) like

96. A sports car is expensive ____.

A) to run

B) running

C) run

D) ran

97. Because early balloons were at the mercy of shifting winds, ____

not considered a practical means of transportation.
A) they were

B) which were C) so they were D) were

98. Tom is waiting ____ the doctor.

A) to see

B) for to see

C) for seeing

D) see

99. I haven’t a chair ____.

A) to sit

B) for to sit on

C) to sit on

D) for sitting

100. In any line of business, it is ____ customers.

A) important pleasing

B) important to please

C) important for pleasing

D) important pleased

Book 1 Part D

Test 18