13: Italian TV has ______ a young composer to write an opera for the TV’s thirtieth anniversary.
A. appointed B. ordered C. consulted D. commissioned

12: Because the waiter didn’t ______ what I ordered, he brought me a mutton steak instead of the
chicken wings that I’d wanted.

A. call on B. stay up C. take down D. check in

11: The world-famous physicist and ______ Stephen Hawking published on important paper before
he died at the age of 76.

A. cosmologist B. cosmologic C. cosmonaut D. cosmology

10: The lake had ice on it this morning. It ________ very cold last night.
A. must have gotten B. could have gotten C. would have gotten D. should have gotten

9: I remember ______ him tomorrow. It will be a big sum of money I’ve been saving so far.
A. paying B. to pay C. paid D. to be paid

8: I think almost everyone has heard the news from her, ________?
A. have they B. hasn't he C. haven't they D. don't I

7 You should take regular exercise _____ sitting in front of the television all day.
A. in spite of B. instead of C. without D. even

6: I would rather Jane ______ my brother so much money when he asked for. I know for sure that I
will have to pay his debt.

A. not lend B. would not lend C. had not lent D. did not lend

5: She agreed that all the present paperwork ______ for everyone to have more time to socialize.
A. stopping B. be stopped C. to stop D. stopped

4: The man _______ his car outside hasn’t come back for it yet.
A. whom he left B. who he left C. who left D. whose