The boy was too fat to run far.

1. The boy was very fat and couldn’t run far.
2. The boy’s fatness didn’t stop him running far.
3. The boy had to run a lot because he was too fat.
4. The boy became ill because he was too fat.

Wealthy as they were, they were far from happy.

1. They were as wealthy as they were happy.
2. They were not happy as they were wealthy.
3. Even if they were wealthy, they were not unhappy.
4. Although they were wealthy, they were not happy.

: It was careless of you to leave the windows open last night.

1. You shouldn’t leave the windows open last night.
2. You are so careless that you left the windows open last night.
3. You shouldn’t have left the windows open last night.
4. You might have been careless because you left the windows open last night.

A. summer                                   B. carpet                    C. visit                       D. include

:  A. preparation                         B. transportation       C. diagnostic             D. technology

Helen Keller, blind and deaf from an early age, developed her sense of smell so finely that she could identify friends by their personal odors.

A. classify                      B. communicate with     C. describe                     D. recognize

Students are                                      less pressure as a result of changes in testing procedures.

A. under                         B. above                         C. out of                        D. upon

                                      the distance was too far and the time was short, we decided to fly there instead of going there by train.

A. To discover               B. Discovered                C. To have discovered   D. Discovering

Since 1950 the world                                      nearly one-fifth of the soil from its agricultural land and one-fifth of its tropical forests.

A. has lost                      B. lost                             C. was losing                 D. had been lost

Many people are still in                                    habit of writing silly things in           public places.

A. the – the                    B. the -                        C.  - the                      D.  - 