Question

1.       We should be firm_______ patient in this case.

          a. and                          b. or                          c. in stead of              d. rather

2.       _______ food we eat lacks minerals, then the body an use the stores from its bones for more urgent needs.

          a. As the                     b. If the                    c. The                         d. Since

3.       It sounds like something wrong with the car's engine_______, we'd better take it to the garage immediately.

          a. Otherwise              b. Without it            c. If not                      d. If so

4.       We didn't go to Paris. We went to Rome_______

          a. also                         b. but also                c. instead                   d. instead of

5.       No one _______ Kathy knows very much about it.

          a. and                          b. as                          c. but                          d. however

6.       Some birds, _______ robins and cardinals, spend their winter in the North.

          a. as                            b. such as                 c. and                          d. likely

7.       Galaxies are composed of millions of individual stars_______ are so far away that they appear as single pints of light.

          a. but they                  b. they                      c. in spite of               d. contrary

8.       Internet is a very fast_______ convenient way for us to get information.

          a. and                          b. or                          c. therefore                d. but

9.       It's raining, _______ I can't go to the beach.

          a. so                            b. or                          c. but                          d. and

10.     An effective paragraph must _______ be unified and ordered but also complete.

          a. in addition             b. either                    c. not only                 d. as well

Answer 1

1 A

2 B

3 D

4 C

5 C

6 B

7 A

8 A

9 A

10 C