1. Children who are over-protected by their parents may become _____.
(A) hurt (B) damaged (C) spoiled (D) harmed
2. There were some _____ flowers on the table.
(A) artificial (B) unnatural (C) false (D) unreal
3. When I was very young, I was terribly frightened of school, but I soon _____ it.
(A) get off (B) got across (C) got away (D) got over
4. I always _____ what I have said.
(A) get to (B) hold to (C) lead to (D) see to
5. Mr. Wilson said that he did not want to _____ any further responsibilities.
(A) take on (B) get on (C) put up (D) look up
6. _____ she first heard of the man referred to as a specialist.
(A) That was from Stephen (B) It was Stephen whom (C) It was from Stephen that (D) It was Stephen that
7. The goals _____ he had fought all his life no longer seemed important to him.
(A) after which (B) for which (C) with which (D) at which
8. Evidence came up _____ specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as 6 months old.
(A) what (B) has (C) that (D) whose
9. Many people complain of the rapid _____ of modern life.
(A) rate (B) speed (C) pace (D) denied
10. American women were _____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.
(A) ignored (B) neglected (C) refused (D) denied
11. There's little chance that mankind would _____ a nuclear war.
(A) retain (B) endure (C) maintain (D) survive
12._____ his sister, Jack is quiet and does not easily make friends with others,
(A) Dislike (B) Alike (C) Unlike (D) Liking
13. The coming of the railways in the 1830s_____ our society and economic life.
(A) transformed (B) transported (C) transferred (D) transmitted
14. It is quite necessary for a qualified teacher to have good manners and _____ knowledge.
(A) extensive (B) expansive (C) intensive (D) expensive
15. We _____ our breakfast when an old man came to the door.
(A) just have had (B) have just had (C) just had (D) had just had
16. You _____ all those calculations! We have a computer to do that sort of thing.
(A) needn't have done (B) must not have done (C) shouldn't have done (D) can not have done
17. By the end of this month, we surely _____ a satisfactory solution to the problem.
(A) have found (B) will be finding (C) will have found (D) are finding
18. If I correct someone, I will do it with as much good humor and self-restraint as if I were the one ______.
(A) to correct (B) correcting (C) having corrected (D) being corrected
19. The ancient Egyptians are supposed ______rockets to the moon.
(A) to send (B) to be sending (C) to have sent (D) to have been sending
20. There's a man at the reception desk who seems angry and I think he means______trouble.
(A) making (B) to have made (C) to make (D) having made