Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
A number of people ___________________ disappointed with the result of the footballmatch. 
A. are   
B. is   
C. was  
D. were

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
This sailboat ____________ go faster if there were more wind. 
A. wouldn’t                  
B. shall                  
C. will               
D. would

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
In Western families, the child is often ___________ after the one his parents love most. 
A. called                
B. named                  
C. nicked                  
D. sounded

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
We left after ___________________ called. 
A. her           
B. she           
C. hers           
D. B or C

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Mary enjoys reading ______________, adventure, and whatever else she can either buy or borrow.
A. romance                     
B. romantic                    
C. romanticize                      
D. romanticism

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Mr. Phong __________ to drive me to the railway station.
A. invited
B. offered
C. suggested
D. recommended

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
I think that if you _____________ them that our invitation still stands, they ____________ it another thought.  
A. told - will give         
B. told - would give
C. told - would have given                
D. tell - would give

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