1. Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true _____ it comes to classroom tests. (A) when (B) since (C) before (D) after
2. As teachers we should concern ourselves with what is said, not what we think _____. (A) have to be said (B) must say (C) ought to be said (D) need to say
3. Realizing that he hadn t enough money and _____ to borrow from his father, he decided to sell his watch. (A) not wanted (B) not to want (C) not wanting (D) wanting not
4. This ticket _____ you to a free meal in our new restaurant. (A) gives (B) grants (C) entitles (D) credits
5. When he arrived, he found _____ the aged and sick at home. (A) nothing but (B) none other (C) none but (D) no other than
6. No agreement was reached in the discussion as neither side would give way to _____. (A) the other (B) any other (C) another (D) other
7. It seems oil _____ from this pipe for some time. We ll have to take the machine apart to put it right. (A) had leaked (B) has been leaking (C) leaked (D) is leaking
8. Once environmental damage _____, it takes many years for the system to recover. (A) is done (B) is to do (C) does (D) has done
9. Our company decided to _____ the contract because a number of the conditions in it had not been met. (A) destroy (B) resist (C) assume (D) cancel
10. In the advanced course students must take performance tests at monthly _____ . (A) gaps (B) intervals (C) length (D) distance