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Quiz 7--------Quiz 10
Quiz 7
I.
Choose the most appropriate word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences.
1.
He tried to avoid ___________ my questions.
A. answer
B. answering
C. to answer
D. to have answered
2. He is ___________ to arrive a bit late.
A. probable
B.possible
C. easy
D. likely
3. I can't __________ how to put the top back.
A. put out
B. add up
C. make out
D. put up
4. ___________ he realized that it was too late to return home.
A. No sooner it grew dark when
B. Hardly it grew dark than
C. It was not until dark that
D. Scarcely it grew dark that
5. Margaret ___________ here, but not any more.
A. had worked
B. had been working
C. used to work
D. used to working
6. George ___________ have missed the way; I explained the route carefully and drew him a map.
A. mustn't
B. isn't able to
C. may not
D. couldn't
7. Many parents allow their children __________ own decisions.
A. to make their
B. making their
C. make their
D. made their
8. He suggested __________ a meeting and __________ the workers decide the matter themselves.
A. call; let
B. to calling; to letting
C. have called; let
D. calling; letting
9. While __________ in Boston, Edison made his first invention.
A. work
B. working
C. being worked
D. having worked
10. The radio is too noisy. I wish you __________ it down.
A. will turn
B. would turn
C. turn
D. can turn
11. I wish I ________ the secret, but I don't know.
A. knew B. know C. had known D. have known
12. The mild weather has ____________ the sales of winter clothing.
A. inhibited B. exhibited C. persuaded
D. declined
13. We have always deeply regretted ____________ our farm.
A. sell B.
to have sold
C. to sell
D. selling
14. This is the second time I __________ a public speech.
A. made
B. had made
C. have made
D. make
II .
Complete the following sentences with an appropriate preposition or adverb.
1.
I can't see how anyone could confuse you
another!
2.
The children were frightened
the strange sounds in the night.
3.
What's the difference
the new model and the old one?
4.
You should be working instead
lying there in bed.
5.
From small beginnings it has developed
a big company.
6.
If he can't pay up, he will be faced
losing his home.