In the afternoon ______ heavy snow began to fall. Soon ______ streets were covered with ____ snow. The poor little girl walked in _____ snow, cold and hungry. 

Some studies show that young babies prefer the smell of milk to those of other liquids.

An itch resulting when a nerve that can carry pain is only lightly stimulated.

The packaging materials for these goods should be ...........  substances.

Mars was flat, was believed by most people in the fifteenth century.

In the sixteenth century, Francois Vieta, a England mathematician, used the vowels “a”, “b”, “c”, “d”, “e” to represent a unknown number.

The purpose of phonetics is ____ an inventory and a description of the sounds found in speech.

Sometimes it is ________ to find suitable books for our children.

Disease is not as widespread than before because of better preventation medicine and vastly improved nutrition.

The wood of the rosewood tree is used to do time musical instruments.

It is necessary that the director will sign all the copies, not just the top one.

Choose the best answer:

He telephoned Mary ....................... another meeting.

Paper money was in _____ use in China when Marco Polo visited the country in _____ thirteenth century. A. the, the B. Ø, the C. Ø,Ø D. the, Ø 

The skin receives nearly the third of the blood pumped out by the heart.

We live in a tiny flat, _______?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

 A. Familiar     B. Uncertain     C. Global     D. Impatient

__________ the hijacker plane landed, it was surrounded by police.

Identify the error in each sentence: 

According to geological discoveries. 4.6-billion-vears life span of our planet is divided into four time intervals called eras.

From the four words or phrases (A,B,C or D), choose the one that best completes the sentence.

Being a teacher, I shop at stores which offer a …….. to teachers.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

The Germany’s war hysteria has accounted for its people’s hostility towards foreigners.

Early balloonists remained aloft in the air for relatively short periods.