Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The city libraries present a gloomy picture of the ____________ who used to flock the libraries every evening. 
A. gradual reduction of readers                     
B. gradual readers of reduction                     
C. gradual readers reduction
D. reduction gradual readers

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
I usually have a big birthday party unless _____________ .
A. I was short of money
B. I would be short of money
C. I will be short of money
D. I am short of money

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
I'd be able to lead the way if _________ .
A. you lend me your map
B. you lent me your map
C. you will lend me your map
D. you are lending me your map

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
___________________ of students taking TOEFL is increasing. 
A. The number of                
B. The amount of 
C. The great deal of                
D. Many

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
It was a day __________ everything seemed to go wrong.
A. when
B. where
C. who
D. which

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The light went out, and the room was plunged into ______________ .
 
A. darkness                
B. hardship        
C.  night                  
D. nightfall

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The police are looking for a man of _____________ height.
A. medium 
B. over 
C. tall 
D. such

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The war victims suffered terribly ____________ cold and hunger. 
A. with                
B. from                   
C. through                 
D. of

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
White has always been considered a(n) __________ of purity in Western cultures. 
A. signal                     
B. icon                     
C. image                   
D. symbol

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
 Sending _________________________ ''Special Delivery'' costs about fifteen times as much as sending it ''Regular Delivery''.
A. mails                
B. a piece of mail 
C. a mail                 
D. pieces of mail