1. Almost everyone fails ________ on the first try.
(A) in passing his driver’s test
(B) to pass his driver’s test
(C) to have passed his driver’s test
(D) passing his driver’s test
2. Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” ________ $39.9 million, three times the previous record.
(A) once sold for
(B) for sale once
(C) selling for once
(D) for once sold
3. ________, human beings have relatively constant body temperature.
(A) Alike all mammal
(B) Alike all mammals
(C) Like all mammals
(D) Like all mammal
4. Alfred Adams has not ________.
(A) lived lonelynessly in times previous
(B) never before live sole
(C) ever lived alone before
(D) before lived without the company of his friends
5. This year will be difficult for this organization because ________.
(A) they have less money and volunteers than they had last year
(B) it has less money and fewer volunteers than it had last year
(C) the last year did not have as few and little volunteers and money
(D) there are fewer money and volunteers that in the last year there were
6. The fact that space exploration has increased dramatically in the past thirty years ________.
(A) is an evidence of us wanting to know more of our solar system
(B) indicates that we are very eager to learn all we can about our solar system
(C) how we want to learn more about the solar system
(D) is pointing to evidence of our intention to know a lot more about what is called our solar system
7. ________ is necessary for the development of strong bones and teeth.
(A) It is calcium
(B) That calcium
(C) Calcium
(D) Although calcium
8. Frost occurs in valleys and on low grounds ________ on adjacent hills.
(A) more frequently as
(B) as frequently than
(C) more frequently than
(D) frequently than
9. ________ the fifth largest among the nine planets that make up our solar system.
(A) The Earth is
(B) The Earth being
(C) That the Earth is
(D) Being the Earth
10. Only rarely ________ neuroses leave a person unable to function in everyday situations.
(A) had
(B) are
(C) do
(D) that
11. Anxiety about uncontrollable situations is thought to cause ________.
(A) to fitfully sleep
(B) fitful sleep
(C) fitful in sleep
(D) sleep fitfully
12. Most stores in large American cities close ________ five or six o’clock on weekdays, but the malls in the suburbs stay open much later.
(A) at
(B) in
(C) on
(D) until
13. Since more than 50 percent of all marriages in the United States end in divorce, about half of the children in America must ________ in single-parent homes.
(A) grow up
(B) to grow up
(C) growing up
(D) have grow up
14. ________ is an ancient source of energy.
(A) The wind
(B) Winds
(C) Wind
(D) A wind
15. Charlie Chaplin was a comedian ________ was best known for his work in silent movies.
(A) who
(B) which
(C) whose
(D) what
16. In a parliamentary system, it is not the monarch but the prime minister ________ .
(A) whom the real power
(B) who has the real power
(C) whom has the real power
(D) who the real power
17. Geomorphology is the study of the changes that ________ on the surface of the earth.
(A) taking place
(B) takes place
(C) take place
(D) they take place
18. In New England ________ picturesque fishing villages and manufacturing towns.
(A) has
(B) many
(C) about
(D) there are
19. ________ all citrus fruit originated with the Chinese orange.
(A) That the belief
(B) The belief that
(C) To believe that
(D) It is believed that
20. Most Americans don’t object ________ them by their first names.
(A) that I call
(B) to my calling
(C) for calling
(D) that I am call