Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
21. | Factories and offices should be built in ________ areas only. | |||
| A. urban | B. coastal | C. cultural | D. rural |
22. | Both are informative articles, but this one is ________. | |||
| A. better | B. best | C. the best | D. most |
23. | Our aim is to make the performing arts, museums and our ________ accessible to all. | |||
| A. patriotism | B. love | C. heritage | D. status |
24. | Savannah is one of the best ________ cities for job growth. | |||
| A. medium-sized | B. full | C. whole | D. part |
25. | Last year it wasn't as cold as this year. This year it ________. | |||
| A. is as colder than last year | B. is colder than last year. | ||
| C. isn't as cold as last year. | D. isn't colder than last year. | ||
26. | ________they’re expensive, they last forever and never go out of style. | |||
| A. When | B. because | C. As soon as | D. Even though |
27. | Harrison’s greatest attribute is his ability to work ________ pressure. | |||
| A. in | B. within | C. on | D. under |
28. | It is difficult to ________ the exact cause of the illness. | |||
| A. take | B. forbid | C. determine | D. attract |
29. | Of the cities we surveyed, Singapore was ________ the worst rated by its residents for culture. | |||
| A. a bit | B. by far | C. a lot | D. much |
30. | They see the outdoors as a ________ activity, not a job opportunity. | |||
| A. volunteering | B. international | C. recreational | D. exhausted |
31. | He was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of drug ________. | |||
| A. stealing | B. trading | C. stealing | D. charging |
32. | Your body will change in shape and ________. | |||
| A. tall | B. height | C. taller | D. high |
33. | David Ferris’s father was a bank manager living ________the outskirts of the Lancastrian town of Preston. | |||
| A. of | B. at | C. on | D. in |
34. | The trip to the National Gallery has been ________ until next Friday. | |||
| A. turned up | B. found out | C. looked into | D. put off |
35. | In recent years, there has been thousands of victims of sexual and physical ________. | |||
| A. sentence | B. abuse | C. conduct | D. crime |
36. | She went back to live with her mother ________she did not earn enough money to live in her own house. | |||
| A. in order to | B. because | C. although | D. so that |
37. | The bus ________up passengers outside the airport. | |||
| A. hits | B. sends | C. lays | D. picks |
38. | A super market is ________ a shopping center. | |||
| A. less convenient as | B. the most convenient as | ||
| C. less convenient than | D. not so convenient than | ||
39. | He ________ a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems in 1951. | |||
| A. gained | B. took | C. forced | D. sent |
40. | We are ________a survey to find out what our customers think of their local bus service. | |||
| A. considering | B. indicating | C. conducting | D. affording |
41. | Leave the ironing ________ - I’ll do it later. | |||
| A. in any time | B. in the nick of time | ||
| C. from time to time | D. for the time being | ||
42. | These factors contribute ________making city life more difficult for its residents. | |||
| A. on | B. in | C. to | D. with |
43. | Hotels have developed ________ restaurants. | |||
| A. as rapidly as | B. as rapid as | C. so rapidly as | D. more rapid |
44. | All people should join hand in protecting the environment ________ we can gain better health. | |||
| A. because | B. in order that | C. even though | D. when |
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