Level C lesson 116
1. We were very proud of his …………….
D
A. fearful
B. fearfulness
C. fearless
D. fearlessness
2. The Sloths spend most of …………… time hanging
upside down from trees and feeding on leaves and fruit.
D
A. its
B. his
C. her
D. their
3. The native people in the Americas were referred to as
Indians because according to the ………… at the time,
Christopher Columbus had reached the East Indies.
B
A. believe
B. belief
C. believed
D. believer
4. …………… missile was used in the war between
American and Irak.
C
A. Guidance
B. Guide
C. Guided
D. Guideless
5. A barometer is a device with a sealed metal chamber
designed ……………… the changes in the pressure of air
in the atmosphere.
D
A. to reading
B. read
C. reading
D. to read
6. Cotton fiber, like other vegetable fibers, …………….
composed mostly of cellulose.
B
A. are
B. is
C. has
D. have
7. Almost all life depends ………. chemical reactions with
oxygen to produce energy.
C
A. with
B. to
C. on
D. for
8. It may be argued that modern presidents have far
……………. responsibilities than their predecessors did.
C
A. great
B. more great
C. greater
D. most great
9. She put a (well-) …………… case for increasing the
fees.
B
A. reason
B. reasoned
C. reasonable
D. reasonably
10. Many grasshoppers can produce sounds by
……………. their hind legs against their wings.
D
A. rub
B. to rub
C. rubbed
D. rubbing
11. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was not only a poet and
an author but ……… the chairman of the modern
language department at Harvard university for more than
eighteen years.
A
A. also
B. so well
C. so
D. a
12. It’s an …………… advice service.
D
A. occupied (v)
B. occupied (adj)
C. occupation
D. occupational
13. Some important characteristics of the baroque style
were a renewed interest in ornamentation and a powerful
………………. of both light and shade.
A
A. use
B. useful
C. useless
D. to use
14. I’ve succeeded ……………… hold of the telephone
number.
A
A. in getting
B. on getting
C. upon getting
D. about getting
15. The girl took a long hike on the first morning at camp.
C
A. horseback ride
B. bike ride
C. walk
D. go