______ parents of Thomas claimed that he was at ______ the time of ______ robbery.

     A. The-the-the              B. X-X-the                    C. The-X-the                 D. X-X-a

______, Mozart was an accomplished compose while still a child.

     A. Remarkable as it seems                                  B. As it seems remarkable

     C. No matter remarkable it seems                      D. Remarkable however it seem

Unfortunately, we’ve made ______.

     A. little progress           B. a few progresses       C. little progresses        D. few progress

I get quite depressed when I think about the damage we are ______ to the environment.

     A. having                      B. taking                       C. making                     D. causing

The ______ were told to fasten their seat belts as the plane began its descent.

     A. flyers                        B. customers                 C. passengers                D. riders

Vitamin D is necessary to aid the ______ of calcium from food.

     A. absorption                B. absorbent                  C. absorbance               D. absorbency

He may be quick ______ understanding but he isn't capable ______ remembering anything

     A. of/at                         B. at/of                          C. on/at                         D. in/of

I regret going to the cinema. I wish I ______.

     A. hadn’t gone there     B. haven’t gone there   C. didn’t go there         D. would not go there

Regardless of your teaching method, the objective of any conversation class should be for the students to practice speaking words.

     A. objective of any       B. speaking words        C. should be                  D. Regardless of

More and 90 percent of the calcium in the human body is in the skeleton.

     A. the                            B. human                      C. is                               D. and