A
51. If you hadn’t helped with the assignment, I _______
working on it for hours.
A. could be
B. might have been
C. ought to have been
D. might be
B. might have been
52. Mike enjoys _______ his coworkers on Monday
mornings.
A. catching up
B. catching up with
C. with catching up
D. catching him up
B. catching up with
53. I’ll put the box on the seat between you and _______.
A. I
B. me
C. my
D. mine
B. me
54. The Himalayan mountains are believed _______
about 50 million years ago.
A. to have been formed
B. that were formed
C. forming
D. to form
A. to have been formed
55. It is very appropriate that Mary won the award for
_______ student paper.
A. a better
B. better
C. the best
D. best of
C. the best
56. All _______ access to clean, safe drinking water.
A. people should
B. people should have
C. should have people
D. should people have
B. people should have
57. The costumes for the upcoming theater performance
are _______ complete.
A. almost
B. soon
C. yet
D. far
A. almost
58. The company is not doing poorly; _______, profits
actually rose last year.
A. under no circumstances
B. apart from this
C. on the contrary
D. despite this
C. on the contrary
59.Students who study daily _______ high levels of
academic success.
A. are capable of achieving
B. are capable to achieve
C. capability of achieving
D. capability to achieve
A. are capable of achieving
60.
Matthew owns two computers, but he wants
to buy _______.
A. another
B. other one
C. some more of
D. other
A. another
61. Some people are more concerned _______ about the
budget cuts.
A. they are than others
B. other than
C. than others
D. other than them
C. than others
62. Even though the race participants _______ maps,
some of them still got lost.
A. has
B. did
C. do have
D. did have
D. did have
63. There’s a huge convention in Chicago this weekend,
so I’d rather visit _______.
A. anyplace
B. where else
C. somewhere else
D. other place
C. somewhere else
64. Seldom _______ ever strike in the same place twice.
A. for lightning to
B. lightning did
C. that lightning will
D. does lightning
D. does lightning
65. Javier told his group to _______ the project while he
was away.
A. keep him company for
B. get him in touch with
C. keep him posted on
D. get hold of him to
C. keep him posted on
66.
_______ movie is my favorite.
A. This
B. Those
C. These
D. Theirs
A. This
67. Jonathan chose _______ City University because
they have an excellent engineering program.
A. he studied at
B. to study at
C. studying
D. studying for
B. to study at
68.
If my colleagues had wanted my opinion, they
_______ it.
A. would have asked for
B. would have asked
C. have asked about
D. had asked
A. would have asked for
69. The children did a survey and found more people
prefer cats _______ dogs.
A. versus
B. to
C. for
D. above
B. to
70. The class is difficult, but those _______ will
learn a lot.
A. which make it out
B. who take it over
C. who see it through
D. that save it up
C. who see it through