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2 (pronouns-adverbs-adjectives-determiners)

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Choose the best alternative.

The series of TV programs that has just finished ______ very useful.
- A) are
- B) weren’t
- C) wasn’t
- D) were
A new means of detecting gold in travelers’ luggage ______ recently been brought into use.
- A) has
- B) have
- C) is
- D) was
Physics ______ a subject that has grown enormously in importance during this century.
- A) are
- B) was
- C) is
- D) have been
A pack of cards ______ scattered over the table.
- A) is
- B) are
- C) were
- D) have been
The few words he spoke ______ well chosen.
- A) is
- B) was
- C) were
- D) wasn’t
Some of his advice ______ funny.
- A) are
- B) were
- C) was
- D) aren’t
Let’s get ______ lettuce.
- A) head of
- B) a head of
- C) head of a
- D) a head
There were ______ snow on the car.
- A) two feet of
- B) two feet
- C) a two-feet
- D) a foot
The poor ______ unable to look after themselves.
- A) are
- B) is
- C) was
- D) has been
Two dozens of cows ______ lying peacefully in the shade.
- A) were
- B) was
- C) has been
- D) is
The Town Council ______ against raising the rents of its houses.
- A) are
- B) were
- C) is
- D) aren’t
A ______ of vitamin C results in skin infections and slow healing.
- A) short
- B) shortage
- C) shorten
- D) shortly
What is the difference in ______ between the Amazon and the Nile?
- A) long
- B) wide
- C) length
- D) deep
How many of ______ are present in class?
- A) the girls
- B) girls
- C) girls’
- D) the girl’s
This isn’t ______ bottle.
- A) a big enough
- B) big enough
- C) big enough a
- D) enough big a
We don’t have ______ vacation.
- A) long enough
- B) a long enough
- C) long enough a
- D) enough a long
That’s too ______ for swimming.
- A) a shallow lake
- B) a lake shallow
- C) shallow a lake
- D) lake shallow
It isn’t ______ job for me to do alone.
- A) easy enough a
- B) an easy enough
- C) enough an easy
- D) an enough easy
That’s too ______ for me to carry.
- A) heavy a suitcase
- B) heavy suitcase
- C) a heavy suitcase
- D) a suitcase heavy
It wasn’t as clear ______ today.
- A) day as
- B) day as is
- C) a day as
- D) is a day
I guess I didn’t buy her ______ gift.
- A) expensive enough
- B) an expensive enough
- C) expensive enough a
- D) an enough expensive
You don’t need as fast ______ she bought.
- A) a car as
- B) car as one
- C) car as
- D) as a car
That isn’t as busy ______ this one.
- A) as a corner
- B) corner as a
- C) a corner as
- D) as a corner as
Rome isn’t ______ as Milan is.
- A) as near to us
- B) as near us
- C) near us to
- D) to us near
It cost me ______ than I thought it would.
- A) fewer
- B) much
- C) more
- D) a lot
It took us ______ time to get here than usual.
- A) a lot
- B) little
- C) less
- D) long
Do you walk ______, now that you live in a village?
- A) a lot of
- B) little
- C) very many
- D) more
I have two boys, but ______ of them likes pop music.
- A) either
- B) both
- C) neither
- D) none
I think my answer on the test was ______.
- A) the best possible choice
- B) best beyond all the choices
- C) the better of all choices
- D) the possible best choice
Not all English people ______ fish and chips.
- A) likes
- B) doesn’t like
- C) don’t like
- D) like
It is very difficult to drive in ______.
- A) rush houred slow-moving traffic
- B) slow moving traffic of rush hour
- C) rush-hour slow moving traffic
- D) slow moving rush hour traffic
Nobody ______ objecting to the decision to closedown the factory.
- A) is
- B) are
- C) isn’t
- D) wasn’t
The audience ______ listening to a Beethoven symphony.
- A) are
- B) is
- C) were
- D) have been
Neither of these roads ______ to the airport.
- A) go
- B) goes
- C) don’t go
- D) doesn’t go
Neither of the footballers ______ well.
- A) played
- B) play
- C) didn’t play
- D) do play
Neither of us ______ hungry.
- A) is
- B) aren’t
- C) wasn’t
- D) weren’t
Neither of them ______ interested in history.
- A) was
- B) were
- C) are
- D) have been
All that glitters ______ not gold.
- A) are
- B) is
- C) were
- D) aren’t
Measles ______ an infectious disease.
- A) are
- B) were
- C) is
- D) aren’t
Neither Colin nor Digby ______ there.
- A) are
- B) isn’t
- C) wasn’t
- D) was
Either your brakes or your eyesight ______ at fault.
- A) is
- B) are
- C) were
- D) aren’t
Either David or his parents ______ at home.
- A) is
- B) are
- C) was
- D) aren’t
It was a ______.
- A) thirty-minute show
- B) TV show thirty minute
- C) thirty minutes TV show
- D) TV show of thirty minute
We saw ______ last week.
- A) award winning of French film
- B) A French film award winning
- C) an award winning French film
- D) a film of French winning award
A: What is the characteristic of people who live alone?
B: Some of them have tendency to talk to ______.
- A) himself
- B) oneself
- C) itself
- D) themselves
This used to be the home ______.
- A) my old friend Terry
- B) of my old friend Terry
- C) my old friend of Terry
- D) my old friend Terry’s
Terry is ______.
- A) an old friend of mine
- B) an old friend’s
- C) old friend of me
- D) my friend’s
Our family is quite ______ united family.
- A) _
- B) a
- C) the
- D) an
The committee decided to award the prize to you and ______.
- A) I
- B) we
- C) his
- D) me
They always give the available seats to ______ comes first.
- A) whoever
- B) whom
- C) whichever
- D) whomever
She heard a sound ______ brought her heart into her mouth.
- A) what
- B) who
- C) whenever
- D) which
A: Why are you sitting there?
B: Frankly, there is ______ interesting to do.
- A) anything
- B) nothing
- C) something
- D) nothing else
A: What do you think of politics?
B: Oh, I find politics really ______.
- A) depress
- B) depressing
- C) depressed
- D) be depressed
I agree. I get terribly ______ when people talk about politics.
- A) depression
- B) depressing
- C) depressed
- D) be depressed
I find people who spit in the street ______.
- A) offensive
- B) offensively
- C) offender
- D) offence
Since divorce became easier to obtain in Europe, the divorce rate has gone up ______.
- A) dramatic
- B) dramatically
- C) dramatics
- D) to be dramatic
They play the guitar ______.
- A) beautiful
- B) beautifully
- C) very beautiful
- D) a lot beautiful
I’m going to ______ next term, because the exams are getting closer.
- A) study hard
- B) hardly study
- C) study hardly
- D) studying hard
The migration of the ducks was due to the ______ of colder weather.
- A) arriving
- B) arrive
- C) arrival
- D) arrived
Since the old lady’s husband died, she’s been living ______.
- A) herself
- B) on her own
- C) by itself
- D) by her
The weather changed ______. There was an ______ change in the weather.
- A) unexpected / unexpectedly
- B) unexpectancy / unexpected
- C) unexpectedly / unexpected
- D) unexpectedly / unexpectation
Her condition improved ______. There was a ______ improvement in her condition.
- A) steady / steadiness
- B) steadiness / steady
- C) steady / steadily
- D) steadily / steady
Fleming discovered penicillin ______.
- A) accidentally
- B) accidental
- C) accident
- D) on accident
The ______ discovery of penicillin by Fleming in 1928 made the effective treatment of many bacterial diseases possible.
- A) accidental
- B) by chance
- C) accident
- D) accidentally
The ______ of the forest will result in the ____ of many animal species.
- A) destruction / disappear
- B) destruction / disappearance
- C) destructing / disappear
- D) destruct / disappearance
A: Who told you they were moving?
B: They told me ______.
- A) by themselves
- B) on their own
- C) themselves
- D) himself
The toes of her shoes are open. She always wears open ______ shoes.
- A) toe
- B) toehold
- C) tiptoe
- D) toed
I didn’t buy the sweater because it wasn’t ______.
- A) washing
- B) washable
- C) washer
- D) washed
My chest hurts ______ I breathe.
- A) whenever
- B) whatever
- C) wherever
- D) whichever
Larry is a friendly person. He meets new people ______ he goes.
- A) whenever
- B) whatever
- C) wherever
- D) whoever
You must do ______ he says.
- A) whomever
- B) whatever
- C) whenever
- D) wherever
______ solved that problem must be very smart.
- A) Whomever
- B) Whatever
- C) Who
- D) Whoever
We haven’t enjoyed ______ so much for years.
- A) myself
- B) oneself
- C) ourselves
- D) us
Have you heard about Sally? She killed______.
- A) itself
- B) herself
- C) on her own
- D) by herself
Her children are too young to look after______.
- A) them
- B) by themselves
- C) on their own
- D) themselves
That is a beautiful dress you’re wearing. Did you make it______?
- A) you
- B) yourselves
- C) yourself
- D) herself
Many lakes and rivers are being ______ polluted.
- A) dangers
- B) danger
- C) dangerous
- D) dangerously
Vitamins are produced synthetically in large quantities. This has made them ______ and ______ available to most of the population.
- A) cheaply / easily
- B) cheap / easy
- C) cheap / easily
- D) cheaply / easy
Several new dams are being constructed. This will help to control floods and provide water for______.
- A) irrigate
- B) irrigated
- C) irrigating
- D) irrigation
A problem of fundamental ______ for the developing countries is that of slowing down population growth.
- A) importance
- B) vital
- C) urgent
- D) serious
“The Alfa River is 100 km long. The Beta River is 200 km long.” means: The Beta River is ______ the Alfa River.
- A) shorter than
- B) half as long as
- C) twice as long as
- D) half as short as
“Lake Beta is 20 m deep. Lake Alfa is 80 m deep.” means: The depth of Lake Beta is ______ that of Lake Alfa.
- A) one-fourth
- B) four times
- C) one-third
- D) three times
The height of Mt Vesuvius is about 1200 m and that of Mt Blanc is 4800 m. Mt Blanc is the ______ of the two mountains. Its height is about ______ of Mt Vesuvius
- A) higher / one fourth that
- B) highest / one fourth
- C) highest / four times that
- D) higher / four times that
A: Will you boil the potatoes?
B: Yes. I like ______ potatoes.
- A) boiling
- B) boiled
- C) boil
- D) boiler
A: Shall I write the recipe?
B: Yes, please. I need a ______ recipe.
- A) wrote
- B) write
- C) writing
- D) written
We didn’t have much money, so we stayed at a/an ______ hotel.
- A) luxurious
- B) inexpensive
- C) comfort
- D) quietness
The nurse is very ______. She spoke ______.
- A) politely / politely C) polite / politely
- C) polite / politely
- C) polite / politely B) politely / polite
- D) polite / polite
Annie ______ lives in London. She moved to Bristol.
- A) any more
- B) any longer
- C) no longer
- D) any better
I don’t want to stay here ______.
- A) any more
- B) no longer
- C) never
- D) no more
Are you ______ or do you want me to switch on the heating ?
- A) warm enough
- B) too warm
- C) pretty cold
- D) quite cold
I’ve got ______ a lot to do today. I’m really busy.
- A) such
- B) so
- C) very
- D) too
I’ve made _____ many mistakes in this letter. I think I’ll type it again.
- A) such
- B) so
- C) very
- D) too
The poor girl looked ______ ______.
- A) miserable / unhappy
- B) miserably / unhappy
- C) miserable / unhappily
- D) miserably / unhappily
This is not______.
- A) a big enough van
- B) big a enough van
- C) an enough big van
- D) a van enough big
The boss looked at him ______.
- A) astonishing
- B) unhappy
- C) angrily
- D) hardly
It was ______ hot in the train.
- A) extreme
- B) intolerable
- C) worse
- D) terribly
She ran ______ to the telephone.
- A) very quick
- B) hopefully
- C) impatient
- D) miserable
“Shall we go?” David looked ______ at Susan.
- A) happily
- B) surprised
- C) astonishing
- D) glad
The child looked ______.
- A) neglected
- B) a beggar
- C) hunger
- D) poverty
The world has gone ______.
- A) difficult
- B) coldness
- C) crazy
- D) foregoing
The situation resolved itself ______ than I had expected.
- A) much more easily
- B) the most easily
- C) a lot easier
- D) much easier
The young man struck his boss and______ killed him.
- A) sudden
- B) accidentally
- C) bloody
- D) angry
Every child reacts ______ ______.
- A) rather / different
- B) quite / differ
- C) a lot / difference
- D) somewhat / differently
He stood up slowly and ______.
- A) with difficulty
- B) too difficult
- C) very difficult
- D) too much difficulty
A: I’m afraid we can expect ______ temperatures over the holiday.
B: I’m ______ sorry about it.
- A) extreme / extremely
- B) extremely / extremely
- C) extremely / extreme
- D) extreme / extreme
I thought______ of the idea.
- A) highly
- B) extraordinary
- C) clear
- D) thorough
The supper looked ______.
- A) badly
- B) delicious
- C) well
- D) awfully
It’s ______ to use and ______ to carry than other computers.
- A) simple / easy
- B) simply / easily
- C) simpler / easier
- D) more simply / more easily
Yesterday the temperature was 20 degrees below zero. It hasn’t been so cold this year. Yesterday was ______ day of the year.
- A) very cold
- B) too cold
- C) such a cold
- D) the coldest
The Taylors have three sons. They are all clever, but Bill is outstanding. He is ______ of all.
- A) a lot clever
- B) the least cleverest
- C) the cleverest
- D) far much cleverer
There were ______ people in the queue that it was impossible to get on the bus.
- A) so many
- B) so much
- C) so few
- D) such a lot
“There was a lot of traffic. The bus took half an hour to get from 5th Avenue to Broadway.” means : ______.
- A) The traffic was heavy but we could get to Broadway in half an hour.
- B) The traffic was heavy. That is why we got to Broadway late.
- C) If the traffic hadn’t been heavy, we could have got to Broadway earlier.
- D) There was so much traffic that it took us half an hour to get to Broadway.
She went ______ a sheet when she heard the news.
- A) as white as
- B) as light as
- C) as mute as
- D) as deaf as
The ______ the problem ______ it is to find a solution.
- A) more complicated / hardly
- B) most complicated / the hardest
- C) more complicated / the harder
- D) more complicated / the hardest
______ we leave, ______ we’ll arrive.
- A) The sooner / the earlier
- B) Sooner / earlier
- C) The soonest / the earliest
- D) The soonest / earlier
The car went______ and ______ down the hill.
- A) very fast / dangerous
- B) silently / safe
- C) faster / faster
- D) later / slow
Although we hear about terrible air crashes, flying is still the ______ way to travel. It is much ______ than walking down the road!
- A) safer / a lot safe
- B) safest / safer
- C) less safer / safer
- D) least / a lot safer
A Volvo is expensive. A Mercedes is very much more expensive, but a Rolls Royce is ______.
- A) by far the most expensive
- B) far more expensive
- C) a lot more expensive
- D) too expensive
I backed three horses. Night Star ran ______ . The Sun ran ______ and Wind ran the______.
- A) bad / badly / worst
- B) badly / worse / worst
- C) good / better / best
- D) well / best / better
He has ______ Rolls Royce and ______ Audi 7 and ______ MG.
- A) a / a / a
- B) an / an / a
- C) a / an / an
- D) the / _ / an
His father is ______ architect; quite ______ expert.
- A) an / a
- B) the / __
- C) an / an
- D) _ / an
We’d booked the table for eight, and we got there fifteen minutes ______
- A) very late
- B) lately
- C) too late
- D) late
The food looked perfectly ______ to me.
- A) well
- B) nicely
- C) deliciously
- D) good
He works so hard that there are ______ minutes in the day when he’s not busy doing something.
- A) some
- B) few
- C) none
- D) a few
______ way is acceptable.
- A) Either
- B) Both
- C) None
- D) All
There was ______ anyone could do to help.
- A) a little
- B) none
- C) few
- D) little
They were all strangers to me. I’d met______ of them before.
- A) either
- B) neither
- C) none
- D) all
I suppose he wanted to get home as ______ as ______.
- A) quickly / possibly
- B) quick / possibly
- C) quick / possible
- D) quickly / possible
It seemed ______ that we would ______ have a crash.
- A) certain / final
- B) certain / finally
- C) certainly / finally
- D) certainly / final
I think ______ truthfulness is______ greatest value.
- A) __ / a
- B)_/_
- C) a / the
- D) __ / the
Everything is fair in ______ love and ______ war.
- A)__ / the
- B) a / _
- C)_ / _
- D) the / the
What______ terrible news!
- A) a
- B) an
- C) the
- D) _
In ______ past______ most people lived by ______ agriculture.
- A) the / the / __
- B) _ / _ / _
- C) _ / the / _
- D) the / _ / _
In ______ fog or rain, you should reduce______ speed.
- A) the / _
- B) _ / _
- C) __ / a
- D) a / _
He’s studying ______ chemistry at ______ university at____ present.
- A) __ / the / the
- B) a / the / _
- C) _ / _ / _
- D) _ / a / the
She turned this way and that, admiring ______ in the mirror.
- A) himself
- B) herself
- C) hers
- D) him
The couple in the flat upstairs are making ______ unpopular by shouting ______ at the top of their voices every night.
- A) themselves / each other
- B) them / one another
- C) herself / one another
- D) as / each other
She expresses ______ very clearly, though sometimes she doesn’t remember______ the right word.
- A) himself / _
- B) herself / her
- C) her / _
- D) herself / _
They were fighting with ______ and making ______ cry, but then their mother told them to behave ______.
- A) each other / themselves / themselves
- B) _ / _ / themselves
- C) each other / each other / themselves
- D) each other / _ / yourselves
The story seems to be ______ ______.
- A) true / whole
- B) wholly / true
- C) truly / wholly
- D) wholly / truly
I make ______ mistakes much too ______.
- A) stupid / frequent
- B) stupidly / frequently
- C) stupidly / frequent
- D) stupid / frequently
It’s____ low season now, and____ most of____ hotels are half empty.
- A) the / _ / the
- B) a / _ / the
- C) _ / _ / the
- D) a / _ / _
______ great improvement in ______ patient’s condition was brought about by ______ use of ______ newly developed antibiotic.
- A) _ / the / _ / a
- B) A / the / _ / _
- C) The / the / _ / _
- D) A / the / the / a
______ abnormal behavior can be caused by ______ fear, but there are ______ other causes as well.
- A) _ / _ / _
- B) An / _ / _
- C) An / _ / the
- D) The / _ / the
Only doctors and nurses can go into the Intensive Care Unit. ______ is allowed inside.
- A) Anybody else
- B) No one else
- C) Anyone else
- D) Someone else
You looked ______ this morning but you look a bit______ now.
- A) depressing / happy
- B) depressed / happier
- C) depressed / happily
- D) depressingly / happily
The teacher looks ______.
- A) sadly
- B) angry
- C) angrily
- D) nicely
The teacher is looking ______.
- A) good
- B) angry
- C) angrily
- D) nice
The soup tastes ______.
- A) nicely
- B) well
- C) suspiciously
- D) wonderful
I tasted the soup ______.
- A) wonderful
- B) suspiciously
- C) happy
- D) haste
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
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
He’s got two very ______ daughters.
- A) alike
- B) like
- C) similar-looking
- D) much like
My brother is ______ yours.
- A) the same age
- B) younger
- C) as old
- D) the same age as
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
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
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
______ you say to her, she still keeps smiling.
- A) Whatever
- B) Whichever
- C) Whoever
- D) Whenever
______ you go, I’ll go with you.
- A) Whoever
- B) Whichever
- C) Wherever
- D) Whatever
You look very ______. What’s the matter?
- A) unhappily
- B) happily
- C) unhappy
- D) angrily
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
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
Although ______ brown rice is better for you, ______ most people prefer______ white rice.
- A) _ / _ / _
- B) the / _ / the
- C) _ / the / _
- D) the / the / the
Taylor knows a lot about ______ classical music. He seems to like ______ string quartets of Beethoven best.
- A) _ / the
- B) _ / _
- C) the / _
- D) a / the
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
Do you think that I could learn ______ Japanese ______ way ______ Japanese speak it?
- A)_ / the / _
- B) a / the / _
- C) _ / the / the
- D) the / a / the
They say that ______ Turkish language is particularly difficult for ______ Europeans.
- A) _ / the
- B) _ / _
- C) the / _
- D) the / the
______ physical fitness can help you live longer, feel healthier and cope with ______ life’s problems.
- A) The / _
- B) _ / the
- C) A / _
- D) _ / _
A coalition government was in ______ power in Britain during ______ Second World War.
- A) _ / _
- B) the / the
- C) _ / the
- D) the / _
_____ 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
_____ cafeteria is located to _____ left of _____ Faculty of Engineering.
- A) A / the / _
- B) A / _ / _
- C) The / the / the
- D) The / _ / the
______ solar energy is produced in ______ central core of_____ sun.
- A) _ / the / _
- B) _ / the / the
- C) The / the / the
- D) The / the / _
______ Indian elephant is smaller than______ African elephant.
- A) The / the
- B) _ / _
- C) An / the
- D) _ / a
At ___ beginning of ______ Pre-Cambrian era there was no life on ___ earth.
- A) _ / the / _
- B) _ / _ / the
- C) the / _ / the
- D) the / the / _
__ ancient Egypt consisted of __ desert regions surrounding __ Nile.
- A) _ / the / the
- B) _ / _ / the
- C) The / the / _
- D) The / _ / the
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
It is not known whether ______ high blood pressure is due to ______ increased sodium intake.
- A) the / the
- B) _ / the
- C) _ / _
- D) a / an
In ______ past, ______ air pollution was generally considered basically ______ urban phenomenon.
- A) the / _ / _
- B) the / _ / an
- C) _ / _ / _
- D) the / _ / _
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 / _
______ price of sugar has risen by ______ penny______ kilo.
- A) The / a / a
- B)_ / a / a
- C) The / _ / a
- D) _ / _ / a
______ Finance Minister increased ______ tax on ______ petrol in his last budget.
- A) _ / the / the
- B) The / the / the
- C) _ / the / the
- D) The / the / _
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
______ inflation is defined as ______ persistent rise in ______ general level of prices.
- A) The / _ / the
- B) _ / _ / the
- C) _ / a / the
- D) _ / a / _
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
______ protein can only be found in ______ meat.
- A) _ / _
- B) The / _
- C) _ / the
- D) A / _
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 / _
Pressure is inversely proportional to volume; ______ greater the volume ______ lower the pressure.
- A) the / the
- B) _ / _
- C) _ / the
- D) the / _
___ Macy is ___ department store on ___ 34th Street in New York.
- A)_ / a / _
- B) The / a / _
- C) _ / a / the
- D) The / a / the
____ Queen of England lives in ____ Buckingham Palace in London.
- A) _ / _
- B) _ / the
- C) The / _
- D) The / the
______ life is going to be ____ little easier in ____ economic terms.
- A) _ / a / _
- B) The / a / _
- C) _ / _ / _
- D)_ / a / the
______ 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
We won’t get much benefit from ______ removal of ______ import duty from ______ European goods.
- A) the / _ / _
- B) _ / the / the
- C) a / _ / _
- D) the / _ / the
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
____ primary task of ____ development is to eliminate ____ poverty.
- A) The / _ / _
- B) _ / the / _
- C) The / _ / the
- D) A / the / the
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

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