Exercise 10. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Nobody in my class is as outgoing as I am.
A.I am as outgoing as nobody in my class.
B.I am the more outgoing than nobody in my class.
C.I am the most outgoing person in my class.
D.I am not as outgoing as people in my class.

By 2050, medical technology_______ many diseases.
A.has conquered
B.will conquer
C.will have conquered
D.is conquering

A.government
B.complaint
C.experiment
D.appointment

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Mrs. Jenkins was too ill to go out and pay her phone bill, and they’ve just cut her_____. She ought to complain!
A.out      
B.off 
C.down    
D.up

Mice have been engineered with human genes to help scientists find out how to cure human diseases as cancer.
A.mice
B.human genes
C.find out
D.as

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
He has been waiting for this letter for days, and at_______it has come.
A.the end        
B.last   
C.the moment    
D.present

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each o f the numbered blanks.
Many American customs will surprise you; the same thing happens to us when we (33)_______ another country. People from various cultures handle many small daily things differently. What a dull world it (34)_______ be if this were not true! Some differences are minor, and people soon become accustomed to them. At (35)_______ , for example, some foreign women may be startled at the idea of (36)_______ their hair cut or styled by men. Visitors maybe amazed to see men wearing wigs. People may find the transitory quality of much American life odd, for example, one (37)_______ rent art by the week or the entire furnishings of an apartment, from sofa and bed to the last spoon, on less than eight hours’ notice. “Package” living is part of today’s American scene.
(34)______
A.would 
B.may
C.can
D.will

In 1975, the successful space probe to __________ beginning to send information back to earth.
 
A.Venus the
B.Venus it was
C.Venus was
D.Venus

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
“Why don’t we stay for another two days in this fantastic resort?” said Nancy to her husband.
A.Nancy and her husband liked the resort so much that they wanted to extend their holiday two more days.
B.Nancy asked her husband the reason why they wouldn’t be able to stay at that beautiful resort for two days.
C.Talking to her husband, Nancy suggested extending their holiday in that marvelous resort two more days.
D.Nancy couldn’t think of a reason why they couldn’t stay at that wonderful resort for two days.

III. Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
The prisoner was given a harsh sentence ______ the nature of his crime.
A.since                                   
B.as                                        
C.because                   
D. due to