TEST 27
________ owe much of their success as a group to their unusual powers of migration.

(A) That birds
(B) A bird
(C) The bird
(D) Birds 2. Even if the unemployment rate ________ sharply, the drop may still be temporary.

(A) to drop
(B) dropping
(C) have dropped
(D) drops 3. June was very angry that her mail from home ________.

(A) had opened
(B) was opening
(C) had been opened
(D) opened 4. His wife ________ told that he had had an accident.

(A) was
(B) had to
(C) is
(D) had 5. The freshman read an advertisement ________ the newspaper about an apartment to rent.

(A) in
(B) from
(C) on
(D) out of 6. They went to the store to buy knives, forks, spoons and ________.

(A) glasses
(B) cutlery
(C) eating tools
(D) silverware 7. Many of the current international problems we are now facing ________.

(A) linguistic in competencies
(B) are the result of misunderstandings
(C) are because of not understanding themselves
(D) lacks of intelligent capabilities of understanding each other 8. The crime rate has continued to rise in American cities despite efforts on the part of both government and private citizens to curb ________.

(A) them
(B) him
(C) its
(D) it 9. ________ of commodities by air began in the 1920s at the same time as airmail service.

(A) The shipping
(B) A ship
(C) The shipped
(D) To ship 10. Thirty-eight national sites are known as parks, another eighty-two as monuments, and ________.

(A) the another one hundred seventy-eight as historical sites
(B) the other one hundred seventy-eight as historical sites
(C) seventy-eight plus one hundred more as historical sites
(D) as historical sites one hundred seventy-eight 11. ________ daily promotes physical as well as emotional well-being in people of all ages.

(A) Having exercised
(B) Those who exercise
(C) Exercising
(D) For exercising 12. Although the scientific community had hoped that the field of transplantation ________ , the shortage of organ donors has curtailed research.

(A) progress
(B) had progressed
(C) would progress
(D) progressing 13. ________ apples are grown in Washington State.

(A) Best
(B) The most good
(C) The best
(D) The better 14. Countries may ________ the World Bank for development projects.

(A) borrow large sums of money from
(B) lend large sums of money from
(C) borrow large sums of money
(D) lend large sums of money 15. The average elevation of the Himalayas is twenty thousand feet, and Mount Everest ________ to more than twenty-nine thousand feet at its apex.

(A) raises
(B) rises
(C) roses
(D) arises 16. ________ migrate long distances is well documented.

(A) That it is birds
(B) That birds
(C) Birds that
(D) It is that birds 17. To relieve pressure in the skull, ________ into the blood.

(A) you will inject a strong solution of pure glucose
(B) to inject a strong solution of pure glucose
(C) a strong solution of glucose will inject purely
(D) inject a strong solution of pure glucose 18. A slipped disk is a condition ________ the intervertebral disk protrudes and presses on nerves.

(A) what
(B) which is
(C) in which
(D) that 19. The pirate Jean Lafitte offered his services to the U.S. government in the War of 1812, ________ in 1815, and received a full pardon from President James Madison.

(A) fought in the Battle of New Orleans
(B) the Battle of New Orleans was
(C) he fought in the Battle of New Orleans
(D) the Battle of New Orleans 20. The facilities of the older hospital________

(A) is as good or better than the new hospital
(B) are as good or better that the new hospital
(C) are as good as or better than the new hospital
(D) are as good as or better than those of the new hospital



TEST 27
1. ________ owe much of their success as