Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The nearest cinema is only _______________________.
A. by bus a short distance away                 
B. a short distance by bus away 
C. a short distance away by bus                
D. the distance of a short bus away

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The teacher said, "Study as hard as you can for the final test!"The teacher told us _____________ as hard as we could for the final test. 
A. studied                 
B. has studied                  
C. study                
D. to study

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The doctor said that his appetite ____________________ him restore his health quickly. 
A. has helped                
B. helps 
C. would help                
D. is helping

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
What ___________________ you used in picking a winner in the art contest? 
A. is the criteria               
B. are the criteria 
C. are the criterion             
D. are the criterions

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
She __________ tennis if it __________ not so hot. 
A. would play - were                  
B. would play - would be
C. will play - were                
D. would play - is

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Unless he ___________ his homework, he ___________ at home. 
A. does - doesn't stay               
B. will do - won’t stay
C. does - wouldn’t stay
D. does - won't saty

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