7-9. Have you ____ eaten snails? A. once B. ever C. before D. too -- B ------------ 5-2. It's very cold outside. May I borrow something ____? A. put B. to put C. to put on D. putting on -- C ------------ 4-6. I ____ staying here because I can't get along with my news roommate. A. would rather not keep B. would not rather keep C. would rather not keeping D. would not rather keeping -- A ------------ 2-2. I don't like Joe, but I have to admit that he is much stronger than ____. A. mine B. me C. myself D. I -- D ------------ 3-13. The businessman immediately went to Paris ____. A. by the plane B. by a plane C. by plane D. with plane -- C ------------ 4-9. Juliet cannot ____ think about Romeo. A. stop B. but C. help D. but helping -- B ------------ 3-3. I happened to see ____ UFO while fling from L.A. to Chicago. A. an B. a C. a number of D. little -- B ------------ 3-11. I can tell spring is ____ because the plum tree in the garden started bloom. A. in the way B. on the way C. by the way D. in a way -- B ------------ 5-8. The last thing I remembered ____ before falling asleep was her song. A. heard B. hear C. hearing D. to hear -- C ------------ 6-5. I remember there was a ____ desk in Father's room. A. big square brown wooden B. big brown wooden square C. brown big square wodden D. big brwon square wooden -- A ------------ 6-8. It is surprising that Richard ____ have done such a thing. A. shall B. should C. will D. would -- B ------------ 3-2. Everybody knows that Allen in ____ honest person. A. a B. an C. the D. very -- B ------------ 3-9. Your wage is calculated by ____ hour. A. some B. a C. an D. the -- D ------------ 7-6. My watch is very expensive ____ it should keep corrent time. A. however B. accordingly C. yet D. nonetheless -- B ------------ 2-12. Adam likes baseball, tennis, and ____ sports. A. others B. other C. another D. the other -- B ------------ 8-4. A few people were leaning ____ the railing when it fell. A. through B. against C. into D. around -- B ------------ 5-16. The politician blamed his secretary ____ the traffic accident. A. with B. of C. to D. for -- D ------------ 5-11. Volunteers have swept the sidewalk ____. A. clear B. clearly C. clean D. cleanly -- C ------------ 2-16. You speak excellent French and ____. A. your mother so B. does your mother so C. so is your mother D. so does your mother -- D ------------ 2-13. Every ____ gave the actress a big hand when she entered the hall. A. person B. [people C. one D. ones -- A ------------ 3-8. The House of Representatives passed a new bill to create more jobs for A. the handicap B. handicapped C. handicap D. the handicapped -- D ------------ 6-3. The patient was wide ____ all night worrying about the operation. A. waking B. wake C. wakeup D. awake -- D ------------ 6-2. All kinds of ____ things are made up cells. A. lived B. living C. alive D. lively -- B ------------ 3-6. It is said that there are quite a few radical political groups ____. A. in an England B. in United Kingdom C. in the England D. in the United Kingdom -- D ------------ 6-4. Jane is such an ____ assistant the she can cope with almost any problems. A. able B. abled C. enable D. enabled -- A ------------ 4-10. You ____ as well stay ay home as it is windy outside. A. should B. will C. can D. may -- D ------------ 8-2. It was my honor to be able to sit ____ such a famous professor at the reception. A. from B. as C. by D. to -- C ------------ 4-2. She has been sick in bed all day long, so she ____ be downtown now. A. must B. must not C. can D. cannot -- D ------------ 5-1. Marco ____ down on the bed and took a deep breath. A. lied B. laid C. lay D. lain -- C ------------ 3-1. One of greatest things about being ____ is the opportunity to do good things for society. A. lawyer B. a lawyer C. the lawyer D. lawyers -- B ------------ 7-1. Marge plays the piano ____ but she's not as gifted as her mother. A. good B. well C. excellent D. skillful -- B ------------ 2-6. The child was very hungry, but stopped ____ from stealing the money at the last minute. A. it B. him C. them D. himself -- D ------------ 2-11. Why don't you have ____ cake? A. amy B. some C. a few D. one -- B ------------ 5-5. Tony will have his broken car ____ by the garage I recomended to him. A. fix B. to fix C. will fix D. fixed -- D ------------ 6-9. It is ____ that poor children in Africa be given food. A. hopless B. rare C. easy D. urgent -- D ------------ 8-5. It is the old women's dream to travel ____ the country alone. A. across B. around C. into D. over -- A ------------ 3-7. Alice was hit in ____ face because she insulted her mother. A. her B. the C. a D. some -- B ------------ 8-3. Why don't we place the furniture ____ the corner by the door? A. at B. on C. to D. in -- D ------------ 6-10. ____ layers in our company have a great deal of experience. A. Many B. A little C. Much D. A large amount -- A ------------ 4-1. You look exhausted. You ____ have worked too much. A. must B. may not C. couldn't D. should -- A ------------ 5-3. Alice ____ a call from her boyfriend. A. wait B. waited C. awaited D. awaited for -- C ------------ 5-9. David insisted that he ____ her home after the ceremony. A. drove B. would drive C. drive D. had driven -- C ------------ 4-8. I ____ in the party if I had known about it. A. should be B. was C. have been D. would have been -- D ------------ 5-6. The ex-FBI agent refused ____ in a public hearing. A. to testify B. testify C. testifying D. testified -- A ------------ 2-14. ____ of them was interested in going to the movie. A. Neither B. Every C. Both D. All -- A ------------ 7-3. I____ the office at 6 in the evening if the boss doesn't ask me to work overtime. A. usuallay leave B. leave usually C. sometimes leave D. leave sometimes -- A ------------ 3-12. Mr. Nishiyama was chosen ____ in the previous election. A. a principal B. an procipal C. the principal D. principal -- D ------------ 4-4. My son ____ go swimming in the river when he was a child. A. would B. shall C. will D. should -- A ------------ 5-12. His classmates forced him ____ into the pool. A. to jump B. jumping C. jump D. to be jumped -- A ------------ 5-18. The twins are sp alike it's almost impossible to distinguish one ____ the other. A. in B. on C. from D. to -- C ------------ 5-13. The motorcycle gang robbed the man ____ his waller. A. from B. of C. off D. with -- B ------------ 2-17. As Gina didn't know the meaning of the expression, she ____ in the dictionatry A. looked up on it B. looked up it C. looked it up D. looked up it to -- C ------------ 4-7. I would rather you ____ my daughter. A. will marry B. marry C. married D. have married -- C ------------ 5-4. Bill heard the old couple next door ____. A. quarrel B. to quarrel C. quarreled D. quarrels -- A ------------ 7-8. When I visited her at noon yesterday, she was ____ asleep. A. still B. already C. yet D. before -- A. ------------ 7-5. Susie ____ earlier than 9 o'clock on Sundays no matter what may happen. A. never gets up B. never get up C. gets up never D. gest never up -- A ------------ 2-5. Do you like that car of ____? A. I B. my C. me D. mine -- D ------------ 2-1. Since I had a lot of things to do at home, I asked them to go out without ____. A. mine B. I C. myself D. me -- D ------------ 2-15. He did not hold that opinion and ____ did I. A. nor B. either C. neither D. or -- C ------------ 7-4. How to satisfy customers ____ our first priority. A. has been always considred B. always has been considered C. has been considered always D. has always been considered -- D ------------ 5-19. After the bribery scandal, I persuaded him ____ resigning his position. A. into B. in C. from D. of -- A ------------ 6-1. Frank made a plan to purchase a new car by ____ install. A. the month B. month C. the monthly D. monthly -- D ------------ 8-8. Cross the avenue, take a right and walk two blocks until you see a bus stop ___ the left. A. to B. at C. in D. on -- D ------------ 2-7. It was Betty ____ who said I didn't have to joint her. A. themselved B. myself C. himself D. herself -- D ------------ 8-7. There was widespread concern ____ scientists about the safety of the medicine. A. around B. between C. among D. mostly -- C ------------ 8-1. The annoucement starts ____ the second floor at 10:00 a.m. A. on B. in C. at D. for -- A ------------ 6-7. We were very exited to see that a ____ boy won first prize in the race. A. 10-years-old's B. 10-years-old C. 10-year-old D. 10-years-old's -- C ------------ 4-3. Pat ____ pass the test, so her parents were very happy. A. could B. was able to C. can D. may -- B ------------ 7-2. The committee will have a special session ____ at the Okura Hotel. A. next week B. to study wage increases C. within a month D. in two weeks -- B ------------ 5-7. My grandmother avoids ____ the street hereeven if she is in a hurry. A. to cross B. cross C. crossing D. crossed -- C ------------ 5-15. The NGO has started to supply starving children ____ food. A. on B. to C. with D. for -- C ------------ 5-10. The lunch was excellent except the fruit that tested a little bit ____/ A. much bitterly B. bitterly C. too bitterly D. bitter -- D ------------ 3-10. The fitness boom started across the nation ____ 1970s. A. un early of B. in early C. in the early of D. in the early -- D. ------------ 8-6. The post office is ____ the station on Third Avenue. A. across to B. beside to C. away D. across from -- D ------------ 2-9. I don't think ____ saw the suspect. A. anyone B. no one C. not one D. someone -- A ------------ 4-5. Ms. Robinson ____ not accept the waiter's apology because she furious at what he said. A. shoud B. will C. shall D. would -- D ------------ 3-5. I really appreciate ____ gift they gave me for our wedding. A. some B. a C. the D. any -- C ------------ 2-4. Be sure you invest in this company while ____ shares are doing well. A. it B. it"s C. its D. whose -- C ------------ 2-3. It is ____ that proposed this plan then. A. her B. herself C. hers D. she -- D ------------ 2-10. You can visit us ____ time you like. A. some B. any C. one D. other -- B ------------ 3-14. Ben worked ____ in order to accomplish the task by the deadline. A. from the morning till the night B. from morning till night C. from a morning till a night D. from mornings till nights -- B ------------ 2-8. The priest told the girl to keep that idea ____. A. herself B. by herself C. for herself D. to herself -- D ------------ 6-11. Most ____ development in the twentieth century occurred in the States. A. economical B. economic C. economy D. economically -- B ------------ 5-14. I congratulate you ____ your victory. A. on B. to C. with D. for -- A ------------ 3-4. This photo reminds me that we had ____ at the party to which many celebrities had been invited. A. good time B. a good time C. the good time D. good times -- B ------------ 5-17. I prefer wine ____ beer when eating French food. A. than B. to C. with D. for -- B ------------ 7-7. Beth is a well-qualified accountant with a great deal of work experience and she works ____. A. hardness B. hardly C. as hardly as possible D. hard -- D ------------ 6-6. ____ low income people are worried about the new tax in. A. Every B. Almost C. Most D. A lot -- C ------------