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Choose the best answer for each question.
The athlete runs ________ than the other one.
Faster
As fast
The faster
Fastly
One problem with all languages _________ they are full of irregularities.
That is
Is that
So
Because
__________ more than 3,000 visitors attending Callahan’s painting exhibition.
Many
There
There were
No
__________ contained the chromosomes, and they are thought as the units of heredity.
That genes are
Because genes
Genes which are
Genes are
The canal __________ Asia and Africa was designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps.
Connected
Connecting
That is connected
Is that connect
The flowers of tea plant _________ small and white.
Have
Are
Having
That are
The documents __________ mailed at the post office will arrive on Monday.
Them
Just
Have
Were
By the end of this month, Maria … join the training for all new employees in Montreal.
That
Is
Later
Will
Catherine Ambers, _____________, will get married this coming year. (appositive)
Happily
Because of that
Immediately
A friend
All the students ___________writing the journal after having action research.
Must
Starting
Are going
Will be
One of Jane's favorite subjects in school is drama because _______ lots of fun and enjoys being part of it all.
A. has really she
B. she really has
C. she really is
D. is she really
We don't know __________ taught us noun clauses before.
if the teacher has
the teacher has
the teacher hasn't
whether teacher
After much criticism, the politician _______ his controversial statement of the previous day.
quickly retracted
quickly retracted to
quickly was retracted
quickly has retracted
This new service will be available to all users _______ up for paid membership.
that signed
that signed it
which signed
sign
John Smith, _______ of economic crimes, tax evasion and fraud, is being accused of attempted murder now.
of that he was accused
that was accused
whom he was accused
who was accused
This method is widely used _______ algorithm is not only effective but also very simple.
because it is
because
it is because
because of its
It is said (that) he was a man, _________ to have the vision of an eagle and courage of a lion.
who appeared
he appeared
that appears
and appears
George Washington once said that _______ have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder.
few men
the few men
few are the men
the men are few
I cannot understand my neighbor’s accent. I wish she would __________.
speak clearer
clearer speak
more clearly speak
speak more clearly
In the U.S. _________ approximately 4 million miles of roads, streets, and highways.
Are there
Is
Because of
There are
As an emergency measure, __________ by the Governor to curtail railway expenditure.
Because it proposed
Was proposed
Because of the proposal
It was proposed
The archaeologists were astonished to find such _______ at that particular site.
an incredibly rare beautiful artifact
a rare incredibly beautiful artifact
a beautiful artifact incredibly rare
an incredibly beautiful rare artifact
The X ray treatments _________ up to the time that he was dismissed from the hospital.
Gave daily
Were given daily
Basically was given
Daily had been given
________ is necessary for any project that is undertaken in this program.
Although a word processor
For a word processor
A word processor
Because a word processor
The teacher didn't know _______ .
which noun clauses teach
which noun clauses to teach
why noun clauses to teach
when noun clauses to teach
There is a law in France, which says that only the family has the right to decide what _______ or not known about the health of a patient.”
must be known
must have known
must have been known
must have been being known
_________ peaches are classified as freestone or clingstone depends on how difficult it is to remove the pit.
The
About
Whether
Scientifically
The derby ________ every May.
To be run
Runs
Is run
May run
The government spends __________ as what they did last year.
High
More highly
Highly
Higher
If the class _________, we can hang out around the city.
Is cancelled
Must cancel
Cancelled
Suddenly cancels
Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of word that is not correct.
Because the project depends on what happens at the federal level, so the city and the A B C
country may have to wait until the budget cutting ends.
D
The four strings on a violins are tuned in fifths.
A B C D
The leek has themildertaste than the onion.
A B C D
The researchfor the book Roots taking twelve years. (took)
A B C D
The most popular breed of dog in the U.S. are cocker, spaniel, and retriever.
A B C D
A water molecule consists of two hydrogen atoms and hadone oxygen atom.
A B C D
The church itwas open, and the choir was having a last minute rehearsal.
A B C D
After the yolk is separated from the white, it must be boil immediately.
A B C D
Almost American Indian cultures have been agricultural societies since 2000 B.C.
A B C D
There exists more than 2,600 different varieties of palm trees.
A B C D
Fire extinguisherscan contain liquefied gas, dry chemicals, orwatery.
A B C D
The largely single use of lead is in the plates of electrical storage batteries.
A B C D
The skeleton of a shark is made of cartilage rather than having bones.
A B C D
There is twenty six bones in the human foot, fourteen of them in the toes (appositive).
A B C D
A patient suffering from amnesia may had partial or total loss of memory.
A B C D
Electrical impulsesmay also picked up by the optic nerve.
A B C D
Cameos can be carved not only from onyx and sardonyx or from agate.
A B C D
Uranus is the seventhplanets from the sun.
A B C D
Superman madetheir comic strip debutin 1938 in Action Comics.
A B C D
A baboon’s arms appear as lengthily asits legs.