The traffic is so heavy. It will take us at least an hour to get there.

     A. Unless the traffic is so heavy, it will take us at least an hour to get there.

     B. As the traffic is so heavy, it will take us at least an hour to get there.

     C. The traffic was so heavy that it took us an hour to get there.

            D. We will spend more than an hour to get there to avoid heavy traffic

In the United States (A) among 60 percent (B) of the space on the pages of newspaper (C) is reserved for (D) advertising.

Rabbits and hares (A) look much (B) like and are often (C) mistaken for (D) each other.

The doctor’s records must be kept (A) thorough and (B) neatly (C) so as to insure (D) good book-keeping

We had planned to walk right round the lake, but the heavy rain made this impossible.

     A. In spite of the heavy rain we managed to walk half way round the lake as planned.

     B. The heavy rain nearly prevented us from walking right round the lake.

     C. We wouldn’t have walked right round the lake even if it had rained heavily.

     D. If it hadn’t rained so heavily, we would have walked right round the lake.

Don’t take any notice of all his complaints about his health; there’s nothing wrong with him. 

     A. You can ignore all his talking of being ill; he’s actually perfectly healthy.

     B. Try to avoid the subject of his health as I am tired of hearing all about his complaints.

     C. Don’t listen to him telling about his health; it’s his favorite subject.

     D. If you let him, he would talk only about his ill-health though actually he is quite healthy.

Wouldn’t it better to let them know about the alterations to the plan.

     A. Why haven’t they been informed about the new development?

     B. Shouldn’t they have been consulted before the scheme was changed?

     C. Don’t you think they should be informed about the changes in the plans?

            D. We’d better ask them to change the plan, hadn’t we?

It all happened so quickly, one minute I was making chips and the next the whole kitchen was _________ fire.

     A. at                              B. on                             C. by                             D. in

The production of tin ore in the United States is relatively insignificant, _________ less than one hundred tons anually.

     A. amount to                 B. in the amount           C. amount to it              D. to the amount of

_________ one or more units of living substance called protoplasm.

     A. Although all living things that consist of

     B. All living things consisting of

     C. All living things consist of

     D. In all living things consist of