TEST 16
That plant is ________ big that it should really be moved outside.

(A) so
(B) too
(C) such
(D) very 2. Generally speaking, people should have ________ as their desires will allow.

(A) much education
(B) as much education
(C) education
(D) for education 3. ________ strength of 70 horses, a forklift toils all day long in a warehouse lifting great weights.

(A) Because the
(B) With the
(C) Some
(D) The 4. Jan Malzeliger`s invention, the "shoe-lasting" machine, ________ production but it also cut the cost of shoe production by half.

(A) not only increased
(B) not increased only
(C) increased only
(D) only have increased 5. Goddard developed the first rocket to fly faster ________.

(A) than sound is
(B) does sound
(C) sound
(D) than sound 6. Some students are frightened the university ________ tuition fees to meet the rise in the cost of living.

(A) have raised
(B) raise
(C) raising
(D) will raise 7. It is very difficult to stop the cultivation of marijuana because ________.

(A) it grows very carelessly
(B) of it`s growth without attention
(C) it grows well with little care
(D) it doesn`t care much to grow 8. Automobile production in the United States ________.

(A) have taken slumps and rises in recent years
(B) has been rather erratic recently
(C) has been erratically lately
(D) are going up and down all the time 9. On the slope of Long`s Peak in Colorado ________ the ruin of a gigantic tree.

(A) that lies
(B) lies
(C) where lies
(D) lie 10. ________ that the English settled in Jamestown.

(A) In 1607 that it was
(B) That in 1607
(C) Because in 1607
(D) It was in 1607 11. Agronomists work to improve the quality of crops, increase the yield of fields, and ________ of the soil.

(A) the quality is maintained
(B) maintain the quality
(C) the maintenance of the quality
(D) maintaining the quality 12. Nitric acid ________ copper to give off brown fumes of nitrogen dioxide.

(A) on reacting with
(B) reacting to
(C) reacts with
(D) is reacting with 13. Although the name was not popularized until the Middle Ages, engineering ________ civilization.

(A) as old as
(B) is as old as
(C) that is old as
(D) as old as that 14. Penguins, the most highly specialized of all aquatic birds, may live ________ twenty years.

(A) before
(B) since
(C) for
(D) from 15. A desert receives less than twenty-five ________ of rainfall every year.

(A) centimeter
(B) a centimeter
(C) centimeters
(D) of centimeters 16. Most beekeepers have observed ________ at the approach of a thunderstorm.

(A) enraging the bees
(B) that bees become enraged
(C) that bees enraging
(D) become enraged the bees 17. The jaw structure of a snake permits it to eat and digest animals much larger than ________ .

(A) it
(B) itself
(C) its
(D) it has 18. When a woman becomes pregnant ________ in life, she encounters additional risks in delivering a healthy baby.

(A) lately
(B) lateness
(C) latest
(D) late 19. ________ of Country-Western singers may be related to old English ballads.

(A) The music
(B) Music
(C) Their music
(D) Musics 20. The United States is ________ that there are five time zones.

(A) much big
(B) too big
(C) so big
(D) very big



TEST 16
1. That plant is ________ big that it should really be moved outside.

(A) so
(B) too
(C) such
(D) very 2. Generally speaking, people should have ________ as their desires will allow.

(A) much education
(B) as much education
(C) education
(D) for education 3. ________ strength of 70 horses, a forklift toils all day long in a warehouse lifting great weights.