Custom Search   [ Correct English | Common Errors |  | Sample Letters | Glossary of Correct Usage | Common Sentences | Q & A ] [ English Compositions | High School Vocab | Words | Phrases | Celebrity | Poetry Corner | SPM essays ] [ Literary English | Word Differentiation ] Sponsored Links <<Prev English Exercises > Rational Cloze Next>>     TOEFL Vocabulary English Conversation English Grammar American Idioms English Comprehension English Summary English News Movie Reviews   Choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D.   Apartments and flats can be seen all around us these days. They are more commonly ___1___ in busy areas where space is scarce and land is ___2___ valuable than in rural areas. An apartment ___3___ will provide accommodation for a large number ___4___ people at a comparatively low price. If the same piece of land ___5___ to be used to build bungalows, the price of ___6___ individual properties would be very high, and very ___7___ people would have homes there. In most large cities of the world, more ___8___ more apartment buildings are mushrooming in the city center, to ease the problem of housing the masses of people who have moved to the city. Apartment living has now become part and parcel of city life.                   1.   (A) find   5.   (A) was (B) founded     (B) were     (C) finding       (C) have     (D) found       (D) must                   2.   (A) so   6.   (A) a (B) more     (B) an     (C) mostly       (C) this     (D) most       (D) these                   3.   (A) built   7.   (A) many (B) builds     (B) little     (C) builder       (C) few     (D) building       (D) much                   4.   (A) of   8.   (A) or (B) at     (B) and     (C) with       (C) but     (D) in       (D) also                   Sponsored Links         Answers : 1D  The past participle is needed here. 2B  An adverb in the comparative is required because of the use of the preposition 'than'. 3D  A noun is required to form a compound noun (apartment building). 4A  The preposition 'of', indicating what is counted, is required. 5B  This is a conditional sentence ('if' is used here), so 'were to' is used to suggest a less probable situation. 6D  This is the only acceptable answer that can be used with a plural noun 'properties'. 7C  This is the only acceptable answer to be used with a countable noun with the meaning 'not many'. 8B  This is the best choice as it links similar ideas together.             001    002    003    004    005    006    007    008    009    010    011    012    013    014    015    016    017    018    019    020    021    022    023    024    025    026    027    028    029    030    031    032    033    034    035    036    037    038    039    040    041    042    043    044    045    046    047    048    049    050    051    052    053    054    055    056    057    058    059    060    061    062    063    064    065    066    067    068    069    070    071    072    073    074    075    076    077    078    079    080    081    082    083    084    085    086    087    088    089    090    091    092    093    094    095    096    097    098    099    100    101    102    103    104    105    106    107    108    109    110    111    112    113    114    115    116    117    118    119    120    121    122    123    124    125    126    127    128    129    130    131    132    133    134    135    136    137    138    139    140    141    142    143    144    145    146    147    148    149    150    151    152    153    154    155    156    157    158    159    160    161    162    163    164    165    166    167    168    169    170    171    172    173    174    175    176    177    178    179    180    181    182    183    184    185    186    187    188    189    190    191    192    193    194    195    196    197    198    199    200    201    202    203    204    205    206    207    208    209    210    211    212    213    214    215    216    217    218    219    220    221    222    223    224    225    226    227    228    229    230    231    232    233    234    235    236    237    238    239    240    241    242    243    244    245    246    247    248    249    250    251    252    253    254    255    256    257    258    259    260    261    262    263    264    265    266    267    268    269    270    271    272    273    274    275    276    277    278    279    280       American Slang English Proverbs English Exercises Common English mistakes Ancient Chinese stories Junior English essays High School English essays Lower Secondary English essays