Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence.
Example:
Students without the normal academic qualifications but who have relevant work experience may be offered a place on an easier diploma course on the_____ towards an MBA.
A. journey
B. rise
C. direction
D. route
Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence.
Example:
Suddenly_____ hungry, he stopped to buy a bar of chocolate.
A. felt
B. having felt
C. feeling
D. feels
Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence.
Example:
I was very angry _______ Tom, because he was very rude______me.
A. about - with
B. at - with
C. with - about
D. with - to
Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D.
The growth of cities and the (1)______ of industries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries brought increasing pollution of the rivers and waterways. As a consequence, water purification treatments (2)______ become more and more important as a means of providing safe (3)_______.
The most widely used method of water purification is water filtration plants (4)______ remove impurities from the water by passing it (5)_____ sand, and in some systems, treating the water with elements such (6)______ chlorine.
Filtration systems (7)_____ in Western Europe. The first treatment plants were built in 1829 to purify the River Thames in England.
In 1854, the (8)_____ for water treatment plants became recognized and the need for pure water a matter of public concern when a London cholera epidemic was (9)_____ to a public well. Most cities, first in England, then in the U.S and later throughout the world, developed filtra
Read the following passages and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
The threat to the environment
Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in danger. Many (1) ______ of animals are threatened, and could easily become (2)______ if we do not make an effort to (3)______ them. There are many reasons for this. In some cases, animals are (4)______ for their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies. Some birds, such as parrots, are caught (5)______ an sold as pet. For many animals and birds, the problem is that their habitat - the (6)______ where they live - is disappearing. More (7)______ is used for farms, for houses or industries, and there are fewer open (8)______ than there once were. Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them grow better crops, but these chemicals pollute the environment and (9)______ wildlife. The most successful animals on earth - human beings - will soon be the only ones (10)______ unless we can solve t
Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence.
Example:
You don't want another ice cream,_____?
A. won't you
B. don't you
C. do you
D. aren't you
Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C an D) one best answer to complete each sentence.
Example:
How much did they charge you______ that?
A. for
B. about
C. of
D. to
Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C an D) one best answer to complete each sentence.
Example:
Let's try to agree on a time______ we can all get together.
A. which
B. where
C. x
D. at
Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C an D) one best answer to complete each sentence.
Example:
The dam______ back the water suddenly gave way.
A. holding
B. to holding
C. hold
D. being held
Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C an D) one best answer to complete each sentence.
Example:
Farmers supply crops with phosphorous in areas ______ have removed it from the soil.
A. because long years of cultivation
B. where long years of cultivation
C. with long years of cultivation
D. by long years of cultivation