Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Ann looked ____________ the mirror and admired her new blouse. 
A. in  
B. at  
C. on  
D. into

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
A new underground line ___________ now. They say one of its stations ____________ in my street. 
A. is constructed - will be built               
B. is being constructed - has been built
C. is being constructed - will be built               
D. will be constructed - to be built

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Anne says that she reads about half __________ hour a day, at least. 
A. a            
B. an               
C. the
D. Ø

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The importance of reading should be stressed as it adds multiple _______________ to a child's growth. 
A. comers                     
B. spheres                         
C. angles                   
D. dimensions

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The doctor persuaded the patient ______________________ in hospital for 3 more days. 
A. staying                
B. to stay                   
C. being stayed                  
D. stay

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
“I don’t know whether to take that mathematics course or not.” “If ___________ you, I’d take it.” 
A. I am               
B. I will be                
C. I had been                 
D. I were

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
One of our difficulties is we do not always have the ____________ addresses of all our members. 
A. up to date                     
B. to update
C. up-to-date                   
D. up to-date

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
She has a lot to be thankful for; but _________ thing of all is that she does not realize it. 
A. the sadder                         
B. sadder
C. the saddest                   
D. saddest

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Scientists recognize that species continually disappear at a background _____________ rate estimated at about one species per million per year, with new species replacing the lost in a sustainable fashion. 
A. extinct                    
B. extinction                   
C. extinctivity                 
D. extinctiveness

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Why did you leave so hurriedly?
If you __________ there for another week, he __________ your portrait. 
A. had stayed - would finish                   
B. had stayed - would have finished
C. stayed - would have finished                 
D. would have stayed - would have finished