The government raises money to operate  by tax cigarettes, liquor, gasoline, tires, and telephone calls.

Bats use echoes of their own high – frequency sounds to detect food and avoiding obstacles.

One of the four underlined parts marked A, B, C, D in each sentence is not correct in standard English. Identify them: 

If he weren’t too old, he would apply to the job as a reporter. 

The ancestors of some French Americans originally came to The United State because of the French Revolution, that broke out in 1789

The diary it was kept secret until the end of the war in fear of reprisals by the occupying army.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. "Humans now have to suffer the effects of global warming ______ having treated the environment irresponsibly"

If it is kept dry, a seed can still sprout up to forty years after their formation

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.  "In the polluted environment, _______ diseases can be passed easily from one person to another"

Mercury is not often visible because it is so near the sun to be seen.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. "Land erosion is mainly caused by widespread _______"

They agreed with waiting for me if I was late.

It took the mayor over an hour explanation to the other members of the board why he had missed the last meeting.

I would have gone with him to Washington except I had had no time

First raise your right hand, and then, you should repeat after me

Despite of rain or snow, there are always more than fifty thousand fans at the OSU football games.

If I were like you, I’d spend a bit more and buy the hardback version of the book.

Not one in one hundred children exposed to the disease are likely to develop symptoms of it.

Too much water makes plants turning brown on the edges of their leaves.

As her focus changed, the love poetry that Edna St, Vincent Millay produced in the 1920’s increasing gave way to poetry dealing with social injustice

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. " Carbon dioxide is one ---- the primary greenhouse gases that cause global warming."

Both a term paper and a final exam is often required for a college class.