The British and the American share the same language, but in other aspects they are as different as____

            A. cats and dogs           B. chalk and cheese      C. salt and pepper        D. here and there

A recent survey has shown that supporters of equal partnership in marriage are in the____.

   A.crowd                             B. particular                       C. obligation                       D. majority

The boy_______having had anything to do with the break-in.

   A. refused                          B. denied                           C. objected                        D. rejected

During a period of expansion, a firm often requires an increased number of______to perform the additional labor.

            A. employees   B. employment C. employed     D. employers

It is essential that Alice______Tome of the meeting tomorrow.

   A. will remind                     B. must remind                   C. reminds                          D. remind

She could______in the garden when we came around, which would explain why she didn't

hear the bell.

   A. work                                                                       B. be working

   C. have worked                                                            D. have been working

Many young people in rural areas don't want to spend their lives on the farm like their_____parents. So they leave their home villages to find well-paid jobs in the fast-growing industrial zones.

   A. long-term                       B. up-to-date                     C. weather-beaten              D. wide-ranging

Many young people in rural areas don't want to spend their lives on the farm like their_____parents. So they leave their home villages to find well-paid jobs in the fast-growing industrial zones.

   A. long-term                       B. up-to-date                     C. weather-beaten              D. wide-ranging

They stayed for hours,_______my mother was very annoyed about.

   A. that                                B. this                                C. which                             D. whom

The opposition will be elected into government at the next election, without a____of a doubt.

   A. shade                             B. shadow                          C. benefit                           D. hue