________(50)
A.giving
B.ending
C.taking
D.stopping

ln just three months H.G. Wells wrote the famous classic “The Time Machine” for what be won a Newberry Caldecott Award.
A.just
B.wrote
C.what
D.a

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
“This grammar test is the hardest one we’ve ever had this semester! ”_______but I think it’s quite easy".
A. I couldn’t agree more
B.You’re absolutely right
C.I understand what you’re saying
D.I don’t see in that way

Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from the others.

A.protect                
B.prohibit          
C.pollute             
D.cultivate

Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from the others.

A.nature           
B.dangerous          
C.interfered             
D.devastating

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined part.
In Britain and America, it is ______ for everybody to sing 'Auld Lang Syne' on New Year's Eve.
A.tradition    
B.traditional   
C.traditionally
D.traditionalism

Choose word or phrase - A, B, C or D – that needs correcting.
If Monique had not attended (A) the party, she never would meet (B) her old friend Dan, whom (C) she had not seen (D) in years.
A.not attended
B.never would meet
C.whom 
D.had not seen

Choose the word or phrase A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
If people stop destroying animals' natural habitat, more species will survive and produce .......
A.offspring       
B.ecology     
C.landscape               
D.benefit

Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the printed one. 
'Get in my car. I'll take you to the station.', he said to me. 
A.He offered to give me a lift to the station.  
B.He suggested taking me to the station.      
C.He promised to give me a lift to the station.
D.He agreed to take me to the station.

Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the printed one. 
Impressed as we were by the new cinema, we found it rather expensive.
A.The new cinema was more expensive than we expected.
B.We were not impressed by the new cinema at all because it looked rather expensive.
C.We weren't as much impressed by the new cinema's look as its cost. .
D.We were very impressed by the new cinema, but found it rather expensive