Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
____________ passenger pigeon, one of several species of extinct birds, was huntedto extinction over _____________ few decades. 
A. The / Ø            
B. Ø / the                       
C. The / a                  
D. A / the

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
How many players are there in ____________ water polo team? 
A. a                  
B. an                
C. the                   
D. Ø

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
My parents are very kind and they are very ________ of me.
A. support
B. supported
C. supporting
D. supportive

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Mr. Jackson was famous for his ________________ a change in the world tennis law.
A. proposing for
B. proposing to
C. proposal for
D. proposal on

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The baby continued ____________________ even after she was picked up.
A.  being crying                
B. having cried 
C. to cry                 
D. having been crying

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
A decade ________________ a period of ten years.
A. describes        
B. is describing           
C. describe                
D. describing

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
If I ___________ as young as you are, I _____________ in a boat round the world.  
A. were — would sail                 
B. would be - would sail
C. were - will sail               
D. would - would sail

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
"Alice is moving to her new apartment next Saturday.” “I’ll be glad to help her, ___________ need some help.” 
A. should she              
B. if she will                
C. if she               
D. if she might

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
By the end of the 21st century, scientists ___________ a cure for the common cold.
A. will find 
B. will be finding
C. will have found 
D. will have been finding

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Are there any ______________ in your company for translators?
A. situations
B. offers
C. spaces 
D. vacancies