1. He is better at golf at swimming because he even doesn't know how to hit the ball

1. He is _____ better at golf _____ at swimming because he even doesn't know how to hit the ball.

A) so / and

B) any / so

C) much / than

D) more / to

E) no / than

2. Do you know that ice-cream has about _____ calories as three glasses of milk?

A) so many

B) as many

C) so much

D) as much

E) as well

3. I have no doubt that in 2007 the French and the German will continue to be _____ receptive to foreign Entrepreneurs _____ the British.

A) more / as

B) such / that

C) so / that

D) less / than

E) much / than

4. Few events have ______ powerfully influenced the political and economic development of our world

_____ 11th September terrorist attacks.

A) much / than

B) such / that

C) the most / for

D) so / as

E) too / that

5. Did you know that learning to ski is _____ than learning to skate?

A) far more easier

B) much easier

C) so much easy

D) as easy

E) the easiest

6. Antique sales in the United States are _____ profitable _____ they used to be.

A) more / than

B) so / as

C) such / that

D) such / as

E) as / than

7. He hasn't done _____ well in life _____ his sister because he's been given fewer chances.

A) so / as

B) such / as

C) so / that

D) as / that

E) more / than

8. You should be concentrating on your project _____ listening to music all night long.

A) so that

B) even if

C) rather than

D) such as

E) no more

9. It's _____ a box for me to lift by myself so I think I need some help with this.

A) big

B) too big

C) very big

D) a too big

E) such big

10. I have _____ little free time _____ I probably won't be able to attend the meeting.

A) too / for

B) such / that

C) so / that

D) very / to

E) so / as

11. His attitude towards the verdict was _____ everyone supposed he was guilty.

A) so much

B) as

C) such that

D) like

E) similar

12. This pullover is _____ thicker than that black one but it seems it is _____ worse quality.

A) quite / as

B) moderately / just as

C) slightly / much

D) very / fairly

E) rather / more

13. When the weather will warm up again, it will also be the time when butterflies become _____ and lay many eggs which will soon turn into nice chubby juicy caterpillars, the favourite food of wasps and their larva.

A) as actively

B) so active as

C) more actively than

D) such active as

E) more active

14. Those who had been attacked gradually left, leaving Birmingham a _____ conservative city ______ it had been throughout the eighteenth century.

A) much / as

B) more / than

C) so / as

D) such / that

E) so / that

15. Our teacher was so indecisive that she was ______ persuaded to change her mind again.

A) readily

B) subtly

C) abruptly

D) hardly

E) punctually

16. Prevention of future needs will often avert far ______ hardship ____ a response after the fact.

A) a s /as

B) so / that

C) such / as

D) more / than

E) so / as

17. Although no two language courses are organized in _____ the same way, nearly all of them use same type

of system, materials and curriculum.

A) eternally

B) roughly

C) approximately

D) exactly

E) especially

18. Our manager always tells that he has met _____ different businessmen in his career _____ he now knows all kinds of them very well.

A) too much / as

B) such a lot of / for

C) too little / so

D) so many / that

E) more / than

19. John's parents received a letter from his teacher that said he was a good student, but that he talked to his friends _____ during the lesson.

A) incoherently

B) infallibly

C) vaguely

D) illegibly

E) incessantly

20. "Did you enjoy your vacation?" “Well, I didn't like Egypt ______ Turkey.”

A) the half of

B) half as much as

C) half the much

D) half the time as

E) half as much of

21. It was ____ a boring book _____ I didn't want to read it once more.

A) so / that

B) as / as

C) very / that

D) so / as

E) such / that

22. Actually, I didn't grow up here. I ______ moved here from another town.

A) lately

B) hardly

C) properly

D) nearly

E) almost

23. The party was not a success because ______ anyone came.

A) just

B) almost

C) only

D) hardly

E) many

24. If the operation hadn’t been _____ successful, her nose would have been very ___ worse by now.

A) such / far

B) little / more

C) rather / a lot

D) so / much

E) as/many

25. Glaciers erode material as they move, and deposit that material _____ along their paths, forming a number of easily recognizable features that are characteristic of areas that were once glaciated.

A) as far as

B) farther than

C) farther

D) so far that

E) so far than

26. The back wheel of a bicycle bears _____ weight _____ the front wheel.

A) as / as

B) such / that

C) much / with

D) same / like

E) more / than

27. It’s regarded as the best hotel in town. _____ famous people _____ the Prince of Wales have stayed there.

A) like / that

B) like / as

C) as / as

D) so / just

E) such / as

28. When cars came into fashion later in his life, he disliked them_____much because of their noise and fumes _____ he refused to have one.

A) too / which

B) as / as

C) rather / so

D) so / that

E) so / yet

29. The jury dealt with the shop assistant who had killed the thief _____ tolerantly _____ most of the people watching the trial considered appropriate.

A) less / than

B) more / as

C) so / as

D) the most/that

E) such / that

30. There is certainly_____ more underfarmed or badly- farmed land in the world_____ well-farmed land.

A) much / than

B) so / as

C) either / or

D) even / such as

E) rather / such

31. Some news outlets reported that Feverfew’s odds had really been _____ high _____ one in a million, which the statistician denies.

A) such / that

B) as / as

C) so / that

D) too / to

E) so / as to

32. The human population has swelled

_____much______people alive today outnumber all those who have ever lived.

A) so / that

B) such / that

C) too/to

D) enough / to

E) as / as

33. A new study shows that brain circuitry makes some people _____ susceptible to becoming addicts.

A) as

B) more

C) the most

D) too

E) enough

34. People have developed strategies for combating forgetfulness _____ messages scribbled on post-it notes, electronic address books carried in devices.

A) as well

B) so that

C) such as

D) either

E) even

35. Digital memories can d o ____ simply assist the recollection of past events, conversations and projects.

A) as well

B) enough to

C) so that

D) the most

E) more than

36. According to Steinhardt ____ explicit the

image,_____ the technology is for actually detecting weapons.

A) the best / the best

B) more / better

C) the more / the better

D) so/that

E) such / that

37. During the last eighteen months, a new research has indicated that a far _____ rise in sea level may be possible, because the ice sheets of the Antarctic appear to have begun moving _____ toward the sea.

A) rapid / more quickly

B) rapid / quicker

C) more rapidly / more quickly

D) more rapidly / quickly

E) more rapid / more quickly

38. Polly was _____ fond of him _____ when she was widowed she followed him back to Philadelphia after the revolution.

A) too / than

B) more / than

C) as / as

D) such / that

E) so / that

39. The disease is encountered in the Western and is _____ common among women in certain professions, such as models and ballet dancers.

A) enough

B) either

C) as

D) more

E) the most

40. Because his ideas taught the world _____ had ever been known about humanity, he came to be regarded as the principal authority on the subject.

A) as much as

B) as many as

C) much more than

D) too much

E) the most