Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions.

Electric lamps came into widespread use during the early 1900s and _________other types of fat, gas or oil lamps for almost every purpose.

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If she______ sick, she would have gone to the party with me.

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Most people indulge _________ harmless to relieve the boredom of their lives.

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We believe scientists will _______ a way to solve the problem of air pollution.

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My uncle _______ until he was fifty.

John is a good worker: He works very ________.

I don't believe it. It  .........  be true.

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Ninety percent of ______ occur around the Pacific Rim known as the ‘Ring of Fire’.

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We are looking (A) forward to taking (B) on a (C) tour of (D) Athens by our Greek friends.

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They did it with a view _______ promoting their new product.

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_______ Hong Kong used to be part of the British Empire.

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The number of homeless people _____ dramatically during the last ten years.

I'm busy at the moment. I   .............  on the computer.

Choose A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

She had got into her shoes, put on her coat and went to the door.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete the sentence: "The increase in interest rates will raise the cost of _______."

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He went to a seaside resort because he was keen on _____.

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 Paster, whose _____ of a cure for rabies made him _____  was a French scientist.

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The food is ________ than the last time I ate it.

Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence.

You may have some_____________ during the first few days, but you’ll soon get used to it. (comfort)

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 A few hours after the injection the feeling of numbness in your arm will_______ 

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The North can be characterized as _____, cooler, hillier.