Test 18

____ such as dogs and cats can teach children lessons in responsibility.
- A) Taking care of pets
- B) If they take care of pets
- C) Take care of pets
- D) Only when they take care of
Many of the health problems are found to result from _____ an unbalanced diet.
- A) people eat
- B) eating
- C) eaten
- D) if people eat
Styles _____ in the 1940s have recently reappeared in high-fashion boutiques.
- A) have been popular
- B) were popular
- C) that were popular
- D) which they were universally popular
The idea of a set _____ the most fundamental concept in mathematics.
- A) which is
- B) which it is
- C) to be
- D) is
It’s easier to talk about a problem _____ to resolve it.
- A) that is difficult
- B) than
- C) which is difficult
- D) one finds it difficult
Nancy had imagined life on the campus _____ different.
- A) much
- B) is
- C) will be
- D) to be
Wine _____ its flavor when it has not been properly sealed.
- A) which loses
- B) loses
- C) to lose
- D) is lost
Don’t forget _____ your lessons before you get to bed.
- A) study
- B) to study
- C) studying
- D) studied
I promise _____ after movies, no matter how sleepy I feel.
- A) study
- B) to study
- C) studying
- D) studied
Please go on _____ until you know all these words by heart.
- A) study
- B) to study
- C) studying
- D) studied
Where is the body of the _____ man?
- A) murder
- B) to murder
- C) murdered
- D) murdering
Mr. Tanner can’t walk because he has a_____ leg.
- A) break
- B) breaking
- C) broke
- D) broken
Have you ever seen a _____ fish?
- A) fly
- B) to fly
- C) flew
- D) flying
I expected _____ last night, but I couldn’t find my book.
- A) study
- B) studying
- C) to study
- D) studied
Why did you decide _____ before breakfast instead of after dinner?
- A) studying
- B) to study
- C) study
- D) studied
Can you finish _____ before the guests arrive?
- A) study
- B) to study
- C) studying
- D) studied
I’d like to exchange this shirt _____ a large one?
- A) with
- B) to
- C) for
- D) from
The prisoners were forced to work outside _____ the danger from wild animals and snakes.
- A) in spite of
- B) for
- C) because
- D) of
The train arrived late _____ bad weather.
- A) due to
- B) because
- C) out of
- D) from
His prices are too high; let’s bargain _____ him.
- A) for
- B) from
- C) with
- D) _____
Don’t you ever feel bored _____ the same kind of music, day after day?
- A) from
- B) with
- C) on
- D) at
The princess was dressed _____ green silk.
- A) in
- B) on
- C) from
- D) _____
What is the use _____ to convince a foolish person?
- A) of trying
- B) to try
- C) from trying
- D) for trying
_____ human being had ever traveled alone to the North Pole until 1984.
- A) No
- B) If no
- C) Although
- D) There was no
If every country _____ more money on education the world would be a better place to live in.
- A) spends
- B) spent
- C) would spend
- D) is spending
If nobody _____ taxes, governments would have no money.
- A) paid
- B) would pay
- C) pays
- D) can pay
If every child _____ his teeth every day, dentists would not be very busy.
- A) brushes
- B) would brush
- C) brushed
- D) had brushed
If I _____ English perfectly, I wouldn’t be studying English now.
- A) spoke
- B) speak
- C) am speaking
- D) would speak
Mr. Bell’s car _____ a taxi last night if he hadn’t been driving too fast.
- A) would not hit
- B) didn’t hit
- C) had not hit
- D) wouldn’t have hit
If they _____ to me, they wouldn’t have made that mistakes.
- A) listened
- B) could listen
- C) would listen
- D) had listened
An old lady, _____ looks younger than her years, takes care of the library.
- A) that
- B) _____
- C) who
- D) whom
Chocolate, for _____ I have a great liking, is going up in price.
- A) _____
- B) that
- C) which
- D) whom
My doctor, from _____ I have few secrets, is a close friend of mine.
- A) _____
- B) who
- C) that
- D) whom
Mr. Black, _____ opinion I value, told me to look for a new job.
- A) _____
- B) which
- C) that
- D) whose
Two tables, _____ were beautifully polished, stood in the middle of the room.
- A) _____
- B) that
- C) which
- D) who
Mrs. Brown is almost _____ tall _____ her husband.
- A) so/so
- B) so/as
- C) as/as
- D) like/as
I saw the paintings _____ were in the living room.
- A) that
- B) who
- C) there
- D) those
We’ve looked _____ for the keys we lost.
- A) in all places
- B) at all places
- C) over all
- D) everywhere
Jean has _____ paid a good salary.
- A) been
- B) being
- C) had
- D) _____
Al repairs are _____ without charge.
- A) did
- B) doing
- C) made
- D) making
Why _____ sent late?
- A) the order was
- B) it was
- C) they were
- D) was the order
_____ the stamps put on the package or in it?
- A) Do
- B) Does
- C) Are
- D) Will
Kevin’s suitcase _____ examined already by the customs officer?
- A) carefully
- B) is
- C) has
- D) has been
Much of the work _____ done yesterday.
- A) being
- B) was
- C) will be
- D) won’t be
Was the package _____ carefully?
- A) opens
- B) opening
- C) opened
- D) open
Traffic was bad because the highway _____ repaired.
- A) will be
- B) was being
- C) is
- D) being
They were in danger of _____ .
- A) injured
- B) injure
- C) been injured
- D) being injured
The English test was _____ yesterday.
- A) being
- B) being here
- C) giving
- D) given
_____ her never- ending energy, the project turned out to be a failure.
- A) Nevertheless
- B) Although
- C) Despite
- D) On condition that
_____ happened after she left the house is difficult to explain.
- A) That
- B) Which
- C) Before
- D) What
____ was to have dinner after the movie.
- A) What
- B) What I want
- C) What we are to do
- D) What I wanted to do
____best is riding horses.
- A) She likes
- B) What she likes
- C) That she likes
- D) What she is like
We heard that ____ called the mayor.
- A) you would
- B) they will
- C) we are
- D) she had
Did Smith tell the reporter that the small boats ____.
- A) were crowding
- B) crowded
- C) were the crowd
- D) were crowded
____ next year, the highway will have been started.
- A) At
- B) Until
- C) By
- D) On
____ its fragile appearance, a newborn infant is extremely sturdy.
- A) In spite of
- B) Although
- C) For
- D) Unlike
They will ____ to build the highway by next year.
- A) starting
- B) have started
- C) had started
- D) started
The smoke ____ from the oil refinery distorts the view.
- A) is rising
- B) that is rising
- C) has risen
- D) must rise
The landlord ____ just rented the apartment when I got there.
- A) was
- B) had been
- C) have
- D) had
Nucleoproteins are the essential chemicals ____ living matter duplicates itself.
- A) which all
- B) what
- C) whose
- D) with which
____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
____ are brightly colored beetles that help farmers by eating harmful insects.
- A) Because ladybugs
- B) Ladybugs
- C) Due to ladybugs
- D) If ladybugs
I got a letter from an old friend. It was a ____ surprise for me.
- A) pleasantly
- B) pleased
- C) pleasant
- D) to please
She ____ take a taxi because she was in a hurry.
- A) has to
- B) had to
- C) must
- D) should
It was very cold today. You ____ your sweater.
- A) could wear
- B) should wear
- C) should have worn
- D) couldn’t worn
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
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
Tom ____ more for the test yesterday.
- A) can always study
- B) could have studied
- C) will be able to study
- D) always studied
Did Alice really ____ to live in this small town?
- A) used
- B) use
- C) used to
- D) ever
The alarm clock is ringing. It ____ be time to get up.
- A) must
- B) can’t
- C) will
- D) should
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
A: That desk is exactly what I need.
B: Would you consider ____ it then?
- A) to buy
- B) buy
- C) buying
- D) about buying
Today isn’t ____ cold ____ yesterday.
- A) __/as
- B) so/like
- C) so/as
- D) so/so
There are apricots on our tree ____ large ____ a fist.
- A) like/as
- B) so/as
- C) as/like
- D) as/as
Tokyo isn’t quite ____ far from Beijing ____ Istanbul is.
- A) so/so
- B) so/like
- C) __/as
- D) so/as
I have ____ experience than you do.
- A) as much
- B) less
- C) little
- D) fewer
____ a person earns, the more the family spends.
- A) The most
- B) When
- C) The more
- D) How much
Sue is ____ Lucy.
- A) a lot pretty than
- B) a lot prettier than
- C) pretty than
- D) prettier as
Why is there ____ traffic on the streets in August than in September?
- A) fewer
- B) less
- C) little
- D) few
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
____ 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
Of the four girls, Mary is the ____.
- A) prettier
- B) prettiest
- C) pretty
- D) far prettier
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
Some women are wearing jeans ____ skirts.
- A) to wearing
- B) until were
- C) for wearing
- D) instead of wearing
____ did Ellen enter the contest, but she also won the first prize.
- A) How
- B) Both
- C) Neither
- D) Not only
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
Not only were the students late, but they ____ their books.
- A) forgot them
- B) also forgot
- C) forget
- D) were forgetting
She plays tennis ____ that everyone thinks she is a professional player.
- A) so good
- B) very well
- C) too well
- D) so well
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
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
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
She doesn’t ____ English.
- A) either speaks or writes
- B) neither speak nor write
- C) speak or write
- D) speak nor write
I’m bad ____ remembering face.
- A) at
- B) in
- C) with
- D) on
These are nice apples. How ____ a kilo.
- A) many are there
- B) much are there
- C) much are they
- D) many are they
Very small hotels ____ this serve good food.
- A) as
- B) with
- C) in
- D) like
A sports car is expensive ____.
- A) to run
- B) running
- C) run
- D) ran
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
Tom is waiting ____ the doctor.
- A) to see
- B) for to see
- C) for seeing
- D) see
I haven’t a chair ____.
- A) to sit
- B) for to sit on
- C) to sit on
- D) for sitting
In any line of business, it is ____ customers.
- A) important pleasing
- B) important to please
- C) important for pleasing
- D) important pleased

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