These chairs are ________ better than the others.

     A. as                              B. very                          C. much                        D. either

The girls and the flowers _______ he painted were vivid

     A. who                          B. which                       C. that                           D. whose

After he ________ his homework, he went straight to bed.

     A. has finished              B. was finished             C. finished                    D. had finished

A beaver uses its strong front teeth to cur down trees and peel off its bark.

     A. its strong                  B. teeth                         C. peel off                     D. its

All of the cities in Texas, San Antonio is probably the most picturesque.

     A. All of                       B. in Texas                    C. is probably                D. most picturesque

Because of approaching storm, the wind began to blow hard and the sky became dark as evening.

     A. Because of               B. to blow hard             C. became                     D. as

They were rich; they didn’t have a happy family, though.

     A. Although they were rich, but they didn’t have a happy family.

     B. Rich though they were, they didn’t have a happy family.

     C. They were rich although they didn’t have a happy family.

     D. However they were rich, they didn’t have a happy family.

She turned the radio on at 7.30. She was still listening to it when her mother came home at 9.00.

     A. She has been listening to the radio at 7.30.

     B. She had been listening to the radio since 7.30.

     C. She has been listening to the radio after 7.30.

     D. She had been listening to the radio by 7.30.

She raised her hand high so that she could attract the teacher’s attention.

     A. Because her teacher attracted her, she raised her hand again.

     B. Though she raised her hand high, she couldn’t attract her teacher’s attention.

     C. To attract her teacher’s attention, she raised her hand high.

     D. She had such a high raising of hand that she failed to attract her teacher’s attention

Anyone who misses more than fifty percent of the classes deserves to fail.

     A. Those who are absent more than half the time should fail.

     B. Fifty percent of classes have failed the exams.

     C. More than fifty percent is too much for one class.

     D. People who fail must make up fifty percent of the classwork.