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1.

  Fred's parents should ______ because his grades are poor.
               
    (A) force him study  
(B) insist on him studying
    (C)

make him study

 
    (D) tell him study  
               
2.   Mr. Carson was ______ for an hour before dinner.
               
    (A)

so tired that he lay down

 
(B) enough tired to lie down
    (C) too tired to lay down  
    (D) very tired, so he laid down  
               
3.   The major point ______ was well understood.
               
    (A) that he spoke  
(B) made when he spoke
    (C)

of his speech

 
    (D) in the speech of his  
               
4.   There are several ways ______ .
               
    (A)

for one to invest his money prudently and to make a profit from his investments

 
(B) you can invest your money, and if prudent, you can make a profit from it
    (C) for investing one's money in a prudent way and for you to make a profit from those investments  
    (D) wherein money invested prudent can afford you large profits from them  
               
5.   Bill missed six days of classes because of ______ .
               
    (A) having his eye operate on  
(B)

an eye operation

    (C) a operation on his eye  
    (D) his eye was operated on  
               
6.   ______, the book presents an analysis of government programs.
               
    (A) Being a long book of at least 500 pages  
(B)

More than 500 pages in length

    (C) Consisting on 500 pages or even more  
    (D) With over 500 pages in its size  
               
7.   We had the school picnic ______ .
               
    (A) even though the rain  
(B) despite of the rain
    (C) although it raining  
    (D)

in spite of the rain

 
         
8.   To succeed in a difficult task, ______ .
         
    (A)

one needs to be persistent

 
    (B) persistence is needed  
    (C) you need be a persistent person  
    (D) persistence is what one needs  
         
9.   Since it is already midnight, we ______ .
         
    (A) had better leaving  
    (B) ought to have leave  
    (C) should take our leave  
    (D)

might as well leave

 
         
10.   Many people have law degrees, ______ .
         
    (A) but some of them do not practice it  
    (B) however it isn't practiced by all  
    (C) yet with some not practicing law  
    (D)

but not all of them practice law

 
         
     

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