Tom : "I read somewhere recently that about 137 species of animals and plants become extinct everyday."
Mary : "__________".
A.Well, maybe all is not lost yet.
B.What's point?
C.What a pity!
D.It can't have happened like that .

The opposition will be elected into government at the next election, without a _________ of a doubt.
A.shade
B.shadow
C.benefit
D.hue

_________every major judo title, Mark retired from international competition.
A.When he won
B.Having won
C.Winning
D.On winning

People say that prevention is better than cure.
A.Prevention is said to be better than cure.
B.Prevention is said to have been better than cure.
C.Prevention said to be better than cure.
D.It was said that prevention is better than cure.

Twice as many men as women are insurance agents.
A.More men than women have insurance.
B.Insurance is twice as difficult to sell to women as to men.
C.Male insurance agents outnumber female agents.
D.Women are twice as likely as men to have sold insurance.

despite / short day/ we/ complain/ much/ do
A.Despite such a short day, we tend to complain having too much to do.
B.Despite such short day, we tend to complain about having too much do.

C.
C.Despite a short day, we tend to complain about too much to do.
D.Despite such a short day, we tend to complain about having too much to do.

I/ not see/ point/ rule/ we/ not/ cycle/ school
A.I can't see the point of this rule which we don't cycle to school.
B.I can't see the point of this rule which says we can't cycle to school.
C.I can't see the point of rule which says we can't cycle to school.
D.I don't see the point of this rule which we are not allowed to cycle to school.

your organization/ possible/ conference/ place
A.Your organization made it possible this conference to take place.
B.Your organization made it possible for this conference to take place.
C.Your organization made possible for this conference to take place.
D.Your organization made it possible to take place this conference.

The main idea of the passage is that in America's frontier days _________.
A.people combined work with creation
B.people cleared land by rolling logs
C.a logrolling involved the community
D.it was necessary for early settlers to clear the land

According to the passage, what did people have to do first to settle an area?
A.Invite neighbors over
B.Develop recreation ideas
C.Build farms
D.Get rid of the trees