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1. You should know that everyone in this office _____ busily planning the dance for a week.

1) is
2) has been
3) have been
4) are

Answer: 2

2. Jan is a wonderful singer. Her mother tells me that she _____ professionally since she was four.

1) has been sung
2) was singing
3) is singing
4) has been singing

Answer: 4

3. Ellen’s grades have been really bad, but this semester, Jack’s were undoubtedly _____.

1) more bad
2) badder
3) worse
4) so worse

Answer:3

4. I can’t find my wallet. _____ it at home.

1) I must leave
2) Might I have left
3) Maybe I leave
4) I might have left

Answer:4

5. All the students went to the magic show, which we all thought was really _____, yesterday.

1) amusingly
2) amuse
3) amusing
4) amused

Answer: 3

6. We were angry about the situation and insisted _____ by the president.

1) to see
2) on being seen
3) on seeing
4) to be seen

Answer: 2

7. I’m always willing to help you. Just tell me what _____ me to do.

1) want
2) you do want
3) do you want
4) you want

Answer: 4

8. It is strange that for the past few days we haven’t heard _____ news about that accident.

1) many
2) a lot
3) much
4) much of

Answer: 3

9. Communication has always been important. Ancient _____ were simple.

1) message systems
2) messages systems
3) message-systems
4) messages-systems

Answer: 1

10. The report concluded that _____ man, woman, and child in the US should wear a seat belt when driving or riding in a car.

1) all
2) each of
3) no
4) every

Answer: 4

11. In spite of the rain, some people in the village are planning to climb the mountain to rescue the injured people, but _____ are staying home.

1) most of people
2) many of a number
3) many of them
4) the most people

Answer: 3

12. I need _____ to finish a bench, and I’ll go and look in a garage.

1) one more wood
2) much woods
3) many woods
4) a piece of wood

Answer: 4

13. Fifty years ago, we needed _____ than we do today.

1) less mathematic
2) less mathematics
3) fewer mathematics
4) fewer mathematic

Answer: 2

14. All the food in the refrigerator _____ eaten, and it is empty now.

1) is been
2) has been
3) have been
4) had been

Answer: 2

15. Economics _____ nearly as interesting to me as literature.

1) doesn’t
2) haven’t
3) isn’t
4) aren’t

Answer: 3

16. There is some disagreement between my parents and _____ about which job I should take.

1) I
2) we
3) me
4) us

Answer: 3

17. A basket of apples, oranges, and bananas _____ sent to my husband by his grandparents last Christmas.

1) has been
2) have been
3) was
4) were

Answer: 3

18. That the committee members could not agree with each other about solving that problem _____ caused a serious problem.

1) is
2) was
3) has
4) have

Answer: 3

19. Every state in the United States makes _____ own laws about education, marriage, divorce, and so on.

1) their
2) his/her
3) its
4) his

Answer: 3

20. My husband and I went to Montreal last May and greedily _____ many lobsters because they were very cheap.

1) eat
2) ate
3) have eaten
4) had eaten

Answer: 2

21. My husband and I went to Montreal last May and greedily _____ many lobsters because they were very cheap.

1) eat
2) ate
3) have eaten
4) had eaten

Answer: 2
22. Mary and Tom lived in San Francisco, but they _____ to Detroit.

1) will just move
2) are just moved
3) have just moved
4) had just moved

Answer: 3

23. I was very sick, but I’ve been feeling better since I _____ the doctor.

1) have visited
2) visit
3) had visited
4) visited

Answer: 4

24. I _____ for Quick Business Company for ten years in May.

1) will have worked
2) was working
3) will work
4) has worked

Answer: 1

25. _____ a lot before you took the exam which many people failed?

1) Have you studied
2) Will you have studied
3) Had you studied
4) Do you study

Answer: 3

26. I _____ eagerly to go to Yellowstone, but my wife got sick three days before the departure.

1) have been planning
2) had been planning
3) have planned
4) was planned

Answer: 2

27. Those two pictures hanging on the gallery wall _____ in France, and they are very well known.

1) were painted
2) were paint
3) painted
4) were painting

Answer: 1

28. Since I did not feel good, I wanted very much _____ the doctor, but it was not possible.

1) to see
2) to be seen
3) seeing
4) being seen

Answer: 1

29. The former newspaper boy _____ to a new neighborhood to work.

1) has sent
2) was send
3) was sent
4) sent

Answer:3

30. Nancy’s dress is really beautiful. I hear that it _____ especially for her by a French designer.

1) made
2) has made
3) is made
4) was made

Answer: 4

31. Martin Luther King was _____ committed to guaranteeing the rights of blacks.

1) deep
2) deeply
3) hard
4) hardly

Answer: 2

32. Many advertisements claim that now contact lenses made of soft plastic are _____, comfortable, and easy to use.

1) safe
2) safety
3) safely
4) unsafe

Answer: 1

33. “Ansel Adams was really a great photographer.”
“Yes, I think he was the most _____ nature photographer the US has ever produced.”

1) skill
2) skillfully
3) skillful
4) skilling

Answer: 1
34. I am thirsty. May I have something _____ to drink?

1) cold
2) coldness
3) coldest
4) coldly

Answer: 1

35. You can stay here _____ you like.

1) as long as
2) as much as
3) as far as
4) so far as

Answer: 1

36. High taxes placed on _____ goods by the British sparked the American Revolution..

1) imported
2) importation
3) import
4) importationed

Answer: 1
37. Baseball gloves made for _____ use are costly because of their fine workmanship.

1) profession
2) professionally
3) professional
4) professioned

Answer: 3

38. That _____ film deals with workers in China.

1) document
2) documentary
3) documental
4) documentally

Answer: 2

39. The US Constitution guarantees _____ under the law.

1) equalness
2) equally
3) equal
4) equality

Answer: 4

40. The weather for tomorrow will be chilly, clear, and _____.

1) wind
2) windily
3) hard wind
4) windy

Answer: 4

41. It is important for children to feel acceptance, _____ and love from their parents.

1) security
2) securely
3) secure
4) securitiness

Answer: 1

42. Hurricanes from the Gulf of Mexico have caused considerable _____ to coastal cities in Texas.

1) damages
2) many damages
3) damage
4) much damage

Answer: 3

43. Employers look for _____ when interviewing perspective employees.

1) dependability
2) dependableness
3) dependence
4) dependable

Answer: 3
44. Managers agree that they are interested in potential workers who are responsible, hardworking and _____.

1) confident
2) confidently
3) confidence
4) confidentless

Answer: 3

45. George Washington has been described as _____, persistent, and outspoken.

1) courage
2) courageously
3) courageous
4) courageousness

Answer: 3

46. “Do you think that your daughter will take the job she was offered?”
“I don’t know. She seemed _____ in it, but…”

1) interest
2) interesting
3) interested
4) interestingly

Answer: 3
47. “”I was _____ that Mary couldn’t come to the party with us last night.”
“Her boss made her work overtime.”

1) disappoint
2) disappointed
3) disappointing
4) disappointedly

Answer: 2

48. “What a terrible baseball game!”
“I thought it was _____.”

1) delight
2) delighting
3) delightful
4) delighted

Answer: 3

49. “How _____ we are to hear that you received a prize.”
“Thank you. It was really a surprise.”

1) please
2) pleasing
3) pleasingly
4) pleased

Answer: 3

50. “Professor Miller’s class is the worst that I have ever taken.”
“Yes, I think it’s _____.”

1) boring
2) boringly
3) bored
4) boredly

Answer: 3

51. “You look nervous.”
“This thunder makes me _____.”

1) scare
2) scaring
3) scary
4) scared

Answer: 3

52. There are _____ statistics about the traffic accidents.

1) frighten
2) frightening
3) frightened
4) fright

Answer: 2
53. Charlie Chaplin was well known for the _____ characters he portrayed.

1) amuse
2) amused
3) amusing
4) amusingly

Answer: 3

54. Michael Jackson is described as an _____ young singer.

1) excite
2) exciting
3) excited
4) excitingly

Answer: 2

55. I’m worried _____ the entrance examination.

1. about failing
2. with failing
3. to fail
4. to failure

Answer: 2

56. Many parents look forward _____ their children when they are away from home.

1. to see
2. to seeing
3. with seeing
4. of seeing

Answer: 2
57. Who is responsible _____ dishes–the husband or the wife?

1. for doing
2. for do
3. with doing
4. to do

Answer: 1
58. “Why did you decide to go back to school?”
“I was tired _____ as a secretary.”

1. to work
2. for work
3. of working
4. or working

Answer: 3
59. _____ at the train station will surprise your mother.

1. You are
2. You being
3. You to be
4. Your being

Answer: 4

60. “How do I start the engine?”
“_____ the button on the right.”

1. To push
2. From pushing
3. By pushing
4. You pushing

Answer: 3

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