All candidates will be treated equally, ____ of their age or back ground.
A.irrelevant
B.Discounting
C.notwithstanding
D.irrespective

He tried to limit himself to ____ 10 cigarettes a day.
A.be smoking
B.have smoked
C.smoke
D.smoking

Rarely have I visited _______ Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.
A.as a beautiful city as
B.as beautiful a city as
C.as beautiful as the city
D.as a city as beautiful as

The writer has ____ finished his new novel.
A.most of
B.most
C.all most
D.almost

It is imperative ___________ towards a solution to global warming before the weather patterns of the world are disrupted irreparably.
A.the world would work
B.that the world worked
C.that the world work
D.the world to work

It's vital that our children's handwriting should be ____.
A.legible
B.legitimate
C.literate
D.illiterate

It was ____ we couldn't stop laughing.
A.such a funny sight that
B.so a funny sight that
C.a very funny sight that
D.so a laughing sight that

_________(38)
A.pressure
B.problem
C.variation
D.influence

_________(37)
A.deals
B.tends
C.develops
D.initiates

_________(36)
A.notice
B.attention
C.benefit
D.equality