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149. The soup tastes ______.
A) nicely
B) well
C) suspiciously
D) wonderful
150. I tasted the soup ______.
A) wonderful
B) suspiciously C) happy
D) haste
151. Poor people from rural areas are migrating to the cities to find work
and _____ the circles of slum housing in many suburbs are growing
larger.
A) consequently B) however
C) as
D) whereas
152. Heart disease remains the ______ of diseases. It killed about 750,000
Americans last year, almost 40 percent of all ______.
A) more danger / death
B) most killing / die
C) threateningly / deaths
D) most deadly / deaths
153. He’s got two very ______ daughters.
A) alike
B) like
C) similar-looking D) much like
154. My brother is ______ yours.
A) the same age
B) younger
C) as old
D) the same age as
155. Of the two toys, the child chose ______ .
A) the less expensive
B) the least expensive
C) the one most expensive
D) the most expensive of them
156. The more we looked at the abstract painting, ______.
A) we liked it less
B) better we liked it
C) the less we liked it
D) it looked better
157. A: There is someone at the door.
B: ______ it is, I don’t want to see them.
A) Whichever
B) Whoever
C) Wherever
D) Whatever
158. ______ you say to her, she still keeps smiling.
A) Whatever
B) Whichever
C) Whoever
D) Whenever
159. ______ you go, I’ll go with you.
A) Whoever
B) Whichever
C) Wherever
D) Whatever
160. You look very ______. What’s the matter?
A) unhappily
B) happily
C) unhappy
D) angrily
161. It is ______ interesting book. It gives ______ wonderful picture of
what ______ life was like in ______ Victorian times.
A) an /_ / the / _
B) an / a / _ / _
C) an / a / the / _
D) a / a / the / the
162. I have noticed that ______ English people do not seem to shake
______ hands as much as people do in ______ Turkey.
A) the / __ / the
B) _ / _ / _
C) the / _ / _
D) _ / _ / the
163. Although ______ brown rice is better for you, ______ most people
prefer______ white rice.
A) _ / _ / _
B) the / _ / the C) _ / the / _
D) the / the / the
164. Taylor knows a lot about ______ classical music. He seems to like
______ string quartets of Beethoven best.
A) _ / the
B) _ / _
C) the / _
D) a / the
165. I studied ____ modern history at ____ university. In ____ last year I
specialized in ____ history of ____ Turkish Independence War.
A) _ / the / _ / _ / the
B) the / the / _ / a / a
C) a / _ / the / _ / _
D) _ / the / the / the / the
166. Do you think that I could learn ______ Japanese ______ way ______
Japanese speak it?
A)_ / the / _
B) a / the / _ C) _ / the / the D) the / a / the
167. They say that ______ Turkish language is particularly difficult for
______ Europeans.
A) _ / the
B) _ / _
C) the / _
D) the / the
168. ______ physical fitness can help you live longer, feel healthier and
cope with ______ life’s problems.
A) The / _
B) _ / the
C) A / _
D) _ / _
169. A coalition government was in ______ power in Britain during ______
Second World War.
A) _ / _
B) the / the
C) _ / the
D) the / _
170. _____ Swiss Alps are _____ good place to go if you like ____ skiing.
There is usually plenty of _____ snow during _____ winter months.
A) _ / a / the / _ / _
B) the / _ / _ / the / _
C) a / a / _ / _ / _
D) the / a / _ / _ / the
171. _____ cafeteria is located to _____ left of _____ Faculty of Engineering.
A) A / the / _
B) A / _ / _
C) The / the / the
D) The / _ / the
172. ______ solar energy is produced in ______ central core of_____ sun.
A) _ / the / _
B) _ / the / the
C) The / the / the
D) The / the / _
173. ______ Indian elephant is smaller than______ African elephant.
A) The / the
B) _ / _
C) An / the
D) _ / a
174. At ___ beginning of ______ Pre-Cambrian era there was no life on
___ earth.
A) _ / the / _ B) _ / _ / the
C) the / _ / the
D) the / the / _
175. __ ancient Egypt consisted of __ desert regions surrounding __ Nile.
A) _ / the / the B) _ / _ / the
C) The / the / _ D) The / _ / the
176. It came out many years later that ______ pair had been happily
married since ______ beginning of ______ century.
A) the / _ / _
B) _ / the / the C) the / the / _
D) the / the / the
177. It is not known whether ______ high blood pressure is due to ______
increased sodium intake.
A) the / the
B) _ / the
C) _ /
_
D) a / an
178. In ______ past, ______ air pollution was generally considered basically
______ urban phenomenon.
A) the / _ / _
B) the / _ / an
C) _ / _ / _
D) the / _ / _
179. Many statues and monuments have been eroded in ______ last fifty
years than had been in ______ previous two hundred years.
A)__ / the
B) the / the
C) _ / _
D) the / _
180. ______ price of sugar has risen by ______ penny______ kilo.
A) The / a / a
B)_ / a / a
C) The / _ / a
D) _ / _ / a
181. ______ Finance Minister increased ______ tax on ______ petrol in
his last budget.
A) _ / the / the
B) The / the / the
C) _ / the / the
D) The / the / _
182. Economic growth is not ______ sufficient condition on its own to
ensure ______ increase in ______ economic welfare.
A) _ / the / _
B) a / an / _
C) the / _ / _
D) a / an / the
183. ______ inflation is defined as ______ persistent rise in ______ general
level of prices.
A) The / _ / the B) _ / _ / the
C) _ / a / the
D) _ / a / _
184. In 1937 ____ explorer Sir Hubert Wilkens set out to search for ____
Soviet airman whose plane had gone down over ____ North Pole.
A) _ / a / the
B) the / the / _ C) _ / the / _
D) the / a / the
185. ______ protein can only be found in ______ meat.
A) _ / _
B) The / _
C) _ / the
D) A / _
186. When we read _____ lives of _____ great, we can catch their courage
as if by _____ contagion.
A)_ / the / _
B) the / _ / _
C) the / _ / a
D) the / the / _
187. Pressure is inversely proportional to volume; ______ greater the
volume ______ lower the pressure.
A) the / the
B) _ / _
C) _ / the
D) the / _
188. ___ Macy is ___ department store on ___ 34th Street in New York.
A)_ / a / _
B) The / a / _
C) _ / a / the
D) The / a / the
189. ____ Queen of England lives in ____ Buckingham Palace in London.
A) _ / _
B) _ / the
C) The / _
D) The / the
190. ______ life is going to be ____ little easier in ____ economic terms.
A) _ / a / _
B) The / a / _
C) _ / _ / _
D)_ / a / the
191. ______ problem of fundamental importance for ______ developing
countries is that of slowing down ______ population growth.
A) _ / the / _
B) A / the / _
C) A / _ / _
D) The / the / the
192. We won’t get much benefit from ______ removal of ______ import
duty from ______ European goods.
A) the / _ / _
B) _ / the / the C) a / _ / _
D) the / _ / the
193. You won’t reach to ______ back of ______ auditorium; so we’ll have
to use ______ amplifier.
A) _ / the / an B) _ / the / _
C) the / the / an D) _ / the / the
194. ____ primary task of ____ development is to eliminate ____ poverty.
A) The / _ / _
B) _ / the / _
C) The / _ / the D) A / the / the
195. In _____ kingdom of Nepal, high up in _____ Himalayas and within
sight of _____ Mt. Everest _____ world’s highest mountain, _____
way of life in _____ villages has hardly changed in hundreds of years.
A) the
/
_
/
the
/
the
/
_
/
the
B) the
/
the
/
_
/
the
/
the
/
the
C) the
/
the
/
the
/
the
/
the
/
_
D) _ / the / _ / _ / the / the
Book 1 Part B
Pronouns - Adverbs (Intermediate / Upper-Intermediate)
