A.

Chooses the word or phrase that most appropriately completes each

sentence.
1. The old castle is the towns main tourist _______.
a. site
area

b. location

c. attraction

d.

2. The climbers wanted to _______ the top of the mountain before it got dark.
a. get
come

b. reach

c. arrive

d.

3. The teacher wants us to hand in our assignments by Friday _______. She will
not accept anything after that.
a. at least
at the latest

b. at last

c. at once

d.

4. Do his paintings ________ to you?

a. impress
admire

b. appreciate

c. appeal

d.

5. John _______ visits his grandparents because he loves them very much.
a. frequently
repeatedly

b. originally

c. especially

d.

6. Mike is bored with his job and wants to find something more _______.
a. relaxing
refreshing

b. stressful

c. challenging

d.

7. Tony wants to move out of this parents house and into his own apartment to
feel more _______.
a. isolated
restricted

b. independent

c. confident

d.

8. Hes a very imaginative writer, who likes to create _______ words for his
characters to inhabit.
a. traditional
additional

b. portable

c. fictional

d.

9. The city council has decided to _______ the old city hall rather that tear it
down.

a. restore
broaden

b. decorate

c. construct

d.

10. Mark has lost of experience so hes the ________ person for the job.
a. logical
beneficial

b. ideal

c. enthusiastic

d.

B. Choose the word or phrase that produces a grammatically correct sentence.

11. The general admitted that mistakes _______ by his soldiers.
a. had been made
d. made

b. had made

c. were making

2. He ________ the richest man in the world.

a. is said to be
d. is said

b. is said that

3. A: Why did you wake up so early today?

town.
a. because
d. so as

c. is said that he is
B: _______ catch the first train into

b. in order to

c. so that

4. _______ he is rich and good-looking, hes still single.

a. despite
d. although

b. even

c. because

5. Jane ran home because she thought she _______ by a strange man.
a. was following
had followed

b. followed

c. as being followed

d.

6. _______ the bad weather, Steven went sailing.

a. although
d. because

b. due to

7. A: Why are you drinking coffee so late at night?

and watch the movie.

c. despite
B: _______ I can stay awake

a. despite
d. in order

b. though

c. so that

8. It is believed _______ somewhere in Australia.

a. that Sandra lives
Sandra that she lives

b. Sandra to live

c. to live Sandra

d.

9. the climbers felt exhausted _______the heat.

a. because
despite

b. has ever been built

c. due to

d.

10. Nothing this big _______ before.

a. has ever built
has ever had built

b. has ever been built

c. has ever been building

d.