Choose the best answer:

I wasn’t anxious ......... the first who died of snakebite.

 

Today there is an unusually large amount of students in the class.

Vaslov Nijinsky achieved world recognition as both a dancer as well as a choreographer.

Our house has been redecorated last week. You can still smell paint when you enter and the wallpaper has a striking contrast with the floor.

Of the two lectures, the first was by far the best, partly because t person who to delivered it had such a dynamic style.

I only noticed we were running lowly on petrol after we had passed the last filling station.

The native people of the Americans are called Indians because when Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492, he thought that he has reached the East Indies.

Salt was once (A) too (B) scarce and (C) precious that it was used as money (D).

You should know by now that I cannot stand it when my steak is not cooked properly as I always have mine well-made.

Plato’s accounts of the philosopher Socrates don’t always __________ those left behind by Xenophon. 

Most presidential candidates have their names print on the ballot in the New Hampshire primary election because it is customarily the first one in the nation, and winning it can give a good chance to be nominated by their parties.

In the 1970’s consumer activities succeeded in promoting laws that set safety standards for automobiles, children’s clothing, and a widely range of household products.

The manufacture and production of steel is one of the industries on which the country prosperity was found.

If I come to a boring bit in a book, I just ________ a few pages till the real story starts again.

Please _________ and see us when you have time. You are always welcome 

We chose to take a trip to the Far East because it was advertised as adventurous and intrigued.

She _______ to refill the petrol tank. 

That lecturer, his name I have forgotten, is very well-known.

_________ knowledge can be acquired from books, skills must be learned through practice.

Julie’s mother abandoned her when she was a few of months old and she grew up in an orphanage.

His ............... of safety regulations really can’t be ignored any longer.