21. We’d just informed that Nick __________ the new Managing Director. *
A. was to be
B. was being
C. is going to be
D. will be
22. I wasn’t sure how Jane would react because I________ her long. *
A. didn’t know
B. wasn’t knowing
C. hadn’t been knowing
D. hadn’t known
23. The crops ______ on the weather. *
A. depend heavy
B. depend heavily
C. affect heavy
D. affect heavily
24. Don’t you _________that Jane and Peter are still together? *
A. incredibly find
B. find it incredible
C. find incredibly
D. find incredible
25. Peter doesn’t talk much in public. He’s rather __________. *
A. kind
B. sociable
C. humorous
D. reserved
26. _________a scholarship, I entered the frightening and unknown territory of doctoral studies. *
A. Having been awarded
B. To be awarded
C. Having awarded
D. To award
27. It’s important that we ________ as soon as there’s any change in the conference agenda. *
A. being notified
B. be notified
C. were notified
D. be it notified
28. You must not let children play in the street because it is _________. *
A. suitable
B. safe
C. dangerous
D. careful
29. How much would you ________ for repairing my watch? *
A. charge
B. cost
C. spend
D. demand
30. I am sorry that I can’t ________ your invitation. *
A. take
B. except
C. agree
D. accept
31. Science has made great ________ during the past 30 years. *
A. motions
B. advances
C. advantages
D. opportunities
32. You come for just a little while. You don’t want to stay. You visit someone informally. You only _____. *
A. drop by
B. put off
C. come in
D. give away
33. When you do this, you choose a person from a group. You do this to people to make a team. What are you doing? *
A. Separating
B. Training
C. Picking
D. Throwing
34. His ________ had always been to become an architect. *
A.study
B. direction
C. imagination
D. ambition
35. He is ________ a very old man but in fact he is only fifty. *
A. apparently
B. evidently
C. obviously
D. actually