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Test 18
Book 1 Part D

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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