“You should have finished the report by now”, John told his secretary.
A.John scolded his secretary for not having finished the report
B.John said that his secretary had not finished the report on time.
C.John reproached his secretary for not having finished the report.
D.John reminded his secretary of finishing the report on time.

We stayed in that hotel despite the noise.
A.No matter how noisy the hotel was, we stayed there.
B.Because of the noise, we stayed in the hotel.
C.Despite the hotel was noisy, we stayed there.
D.We stayed in the noisy hotel and we liked it.

The word “celebratory” in line 11 means that the writings referred to were…
A.related to parties
B.full of praise
C.religious
D.serious

In the first paragraph, Bradstreet, Warren, and Adams are mentioned to show that…
A.poetry produced by women was more readily accepted than other writing by women.
B.only three women were able to get their writing published.
C.even the contributions of outstanding women were ignored.
D.a woman’s status was changed by marriage.

The word “contemporary” in line 5 means that the history was…
A.informative
B.written at that time
C.thoughtful
D.faultfinding

As they (A) grow older, children in many cultures (B) taught (C) not to rely (D) on their parents.
A.grow older
B.taught
C.not to
D.on their

(A) It’s imperative that a graduate (B) maintains a grade point average (C) of “B” in (D) his major field.
A.It’s
B.maintains
C.of
D.his

“You did a fine job on this research paper, especially on the source of information” – “Thanks. I __________ getting it exactly right.”
A.took a point of
B.got a point of
C.made a point of
D.did a point of

It would have been a much more serious accident __________ fast at the time.
A.had he been driving
B.he had driven
C.he drove
D.was he driving

Mark tried to solve the problem __________ the noise and interruptions.
A.because of
B.in spite of
C.according to
D.in case of