Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
It’s about time Gary got his own apartment. He’s                       us long enough.
A.sponged off   
B.threw in the towel
C.had a screw loose      
D.was on pins and needles

Part 6: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Paul has just sold his __________ car and intends to buy a new one.
A.Japanese old black                  
B.old black Japanese        
C.old Japanese black              
D.black old Japanese

How many countries took part in the last Olympic Games?
A.participated                      
B.performed                      
C.succeeded                     
D.hosted

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
“This library card will give you free access ______ the Internet eight hours a day.”
A.on
B.to 
C.from
D.in

According to the passage, capital includes all of the following EXCEPT...

A.factories                
B.tractors                  
C.money                    
D.workers

She is very happy because her application for a  ............. has been accepted. (SCHOLAR)
A.scholarship
B.scholars
C.scholarly
D.scholastic

It was an interesting novel. I stayed up all night to finish it.
A. I stayed up all night to finish the novel so it was interesting.
B.Unless it were an interesting novel, I would not stay up all night to finish it.
C.Though it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it.
D.So interesting was the novel that I stayed up all night to finish it.

 In 1863 and 1864, the U.S. Congress passed the National Banks Acts, which set up a system of privately owned banks chartered by a federal government.
 
A.chartered
B.privately owned banks
C.a federal government           
D.the National Banks Acts

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 32 to 42.
_________ his poor health, he’s always cheerful.
A.Although
B.Because of    
C.Despite 
D.Because

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

A.habitat                     
B.inflation                  
C.disease                    
D.remove