III. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences . 1. - Daisy: "What a lovely house you have!" - Mary: "______." A. Lovely, I think so B. Thank you. Hope you will drop in C. Of course not, it's not costly D. No problem 2. Analysts suggested the country __________its infrastructure to get foreign investment. A. improve B. to improve C. improves D. improving 3. The children __________to the zoo. A. were enjoyed taken B. were enjoyed taking C. enjoyed being taken D. enjoyed taking 4. _______ my friends were unsuccessful at the job interviews. A. Most B. The most of C. Most of D. Most out of 5. _______ hard it is, we'll finish solving it before you come back. A. No matter what B. How far C. No matter how D. Whichever 6. It was clear that the young couple were _______ of taking charge of the restaurant. A. responsible B. reliable C. capable D. able 7. _______ he loved her, he didn't forgive her for what she had done. A. Much as B. Because C. No matter D. However 8. _______ for the intolerable heat in the hall, we would have stayed much longer. A. If it weren't B. Unless it were C. Hadn't it been D. Had it not been 9. Last year, Matt earned..........................his brother A. twice as much as B. twice as many as C. twice more than D. twice as more as 10. Rarely...........about the environment enough to give up their cars A. do people care B. are people care C. people are care D. care people 11. Tom always.............the crossword in the paper before breakfast A. makes B. writes C. does D. works 12. I do not mind your using my bike.................you take care of it A. although B. for the fear that C. provided that D. unless 13. What time are you _______ duty? Let's have a coffee after that. A. over B. on C. off D. out of 14. Don't give up your harboring dream. _______ working harder and harder. A. Try out B. Keep on C. Speed up D. Go off 15. It's been a good year. I've written two books and a couple of articles, and _______ are now in print. A. both of which B. both of them C. all of which D. all of them 16. The meal Mary cooked tastes_______. A. well B. badly C. good D. worse 17. ______ at the party, we saw Ruth standing alone. A. Arriving B. We arrived C. Arrived D. We were arriving 18. He was turned down for the job because he is ________. A. qualified B. qualifying C. unqualified D. qualification 19. Everyone hopes to pass the next final exam,___________? A.doesn't he B. hasn't he C. haven't they D. don't they 20. _______ had booked in advance were allowed in. A. Only who B. Only those who C. Only who were those D. Only were those who 21. They hardly believe him and ................ A. so do I B. neither do I C. I do, too D. I believe him 22. The house was .............building. A. a stone nice old B. a nice old stone C. a nice stone old D. an old nice stone 23. At the moment she's considering ________ a car. A. buying B. to buy C. to buying D. buy 24. She.................her neighbor's children for the broken window A. accused B. complained C. blamed D. denied 25. I don't think we have very much......................., we are very different people A. together B. in common C. the same D. similar V. Supply the correct form of the words in bracket. 1. The committee has made some ..........................changes for the better (DECIDE) 2. Do you know that the ..................of the awards are coming on Sunday? (RECEIVE) 3. She thinks chatting on the Internet is.......................(TIME-CONSUME) 4. John went to bed early because he had had a ___________day. (TIRE) 5. The professor explained his idea with great________. (CLEAR)