Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
“Which do you prefer - the blue china or the white china?” “The white china is ___________.''
A. definite better               
B. better definite
C. better definitely               
D. definitely better

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
With a little cry of joy and _____________ she ran forward to greet them, throwing her arms about her father's neck and bursting into tears for the first time since they had been cast upon this hideous and adventurous shore.
A. stress              
B. relief                   
C. ease                    
D. pain

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
“Where are Jack and Joseph?”
“They __________ the boxes you asked for into the house.” 
A. have been bringing                
B. bringing
C. have been brought               
D. to bring

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
''Do you want to go to Miami by bus or by train?”
“I _____________ by train.” 
A. would rather go                  
B. would rather to go
C. prefer go              
D. would rather have gone

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I __________ to play.
A. try             
B. tried                  
C. have tried                  
D. am trying

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
In recent years, the government has imposed pollution controls on automobile manufacturers. Both domestic and imported automobiles must ____________ anti-pollution devices. 
A. equip with              
B. be equipped with                   
C. equip by                  
D. be equipped by

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
__________ that military spending is extremely high. 
A. We are felt            
B. It feels             
C. It is felt           
D. We feel that

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
In this job, experience counts for more than paper ____________. 
A. background                  
B. quality                     
C. certificate                     
D. qualifications

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Massive credit-card debt is a ____________ phenomenon. 
A. late-twentieth-century                  
B. late twenty-century
C. late twentieth century                  
D. lately twentieth-century

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
A water polo cap is used to _______________ the players’ heads and to identify them.  
A. tie                   
B. penalize               
C. protect             
D. move