Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1. Don't beat about the bush. Let me tell you: Everything that______ remained a secret.
Question 2. It's essential that the trees ______more and more in our countryside.
Question 3. People say that John was the best director of his time.
Question 4. In recent years, the government has imposed pollution controls on automobile manufacturers. Both domestic and imported automobiles must ______ anti-pollution devices.
Question 5. They suggested helping the poor.
Question 6. If you can't drive, who is going to drive your car?
Question 7. Turn on the lights or you will crash anything on your way.
Question 8. Education ______to be the most important element to develop a country.
Question 9. English has become a second language in countries like India, Nigeria or Singapore where ______for administration, broadcasting and education.
Question 10. I have my younger brother ______ the floor so everyone tells me that he is really a good turn.
Question 11. Unfortunately, Mrs. Linda doesn't help me get down to work.
Question 12. I have a table ______ because melting temperature is too high.
Question 13. Carbon dioxide______ as one of the main contributors to the greenhouse effect.
Question 14. I was made ______every morning to have my brother's ability to think on his feet.
Question 15. He has never let himself ______down on.
Question 16. It is his duty to find out quickly some solutions to deal with the biggest problem of the world. It's pollution.
Question 17. It's impossible to pay the bills because there are many mistakes on them.
Question 18. I like you singing that song on rainy days.
Question 19. They saw him ______with his friends before he got lost.
Question 20. He has never been heard ______nonsense.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 21. That it is believed that most of the earthquakes in the word occur near the youngest mountain ranges - the Himalayas, the Andes, and the Sierra Nevada.
Question 22. During the Middle Ages, handwriting notices kept groups of nobles informed of important events.
Question 23. Southern California, is known for its mild winters, has become the new home for senior citizens escaping the hard Northern winters.
Question 24. Having behaved with cruelty by the boss, she left the job after only five days.
Question 25. He was so careless that he left the work half doing and went to the cinema.
Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.
Question 26. People say that the American women are used to living independently.
Question 27. Nobody told me that George was ill.
Question 28. I didn't realize that somebody was recording our conversation.
Question 29. Scientists have not produced a miraculous drug which can cure SIDA.
Question 30. It's your duty to finish your homework before you go to school.