I finished my homework a few days ahead _________ the deadline.
A.at
B.to
C.of
D.by

_________ that we all went for a picnic.
A.So fine was the weather
B.It was such a fine weather
C.So fine the weather
D.Such a fìne weather was it

So little _________ about mathematics that the lecture was completely beyond me.
A.I have known
B.did I know
C.do I know
D.I knew

From the hotel there is a good _________of the mountains
A.view
B.vision
C.picture
D.sight

A.confidence
B.argument
C.obedient
D.ancestor

A.eradicate
B.certiticate
C.automatic
D.compulsory

A.overwhelming
B.centenarian
C.metropolitan
D.handicapped

The word " jazz" is considered to have common into regular use in around _________ .
A.the second half of the 20th century
B.the fưst half of the 19th century
C.the first half of the 20th century
D.the second half of the 19th century

All of the following are characteristics of jazz EXCEPT_________ .
A.a printed score for the music
B.a large number of percussion instruments
C.a melody played by the trumpet
D.a ragtime piano

The word premised in paragraph two is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A.created
B.performed
C.fixed
D.based