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#36 - These chemicals are sold everywhere in my hometown.

D/ Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verbs:

1. The scientist....(be) has been interested in fossils since he was young. 
2. In 2010, a boy..(explore) explored the bone of a mammoth near his house.

3. In the past few months, the scientists .. (find) found the bones of a giant crocodile.
4. During the late 1900s, a group of researchers...(invent) invented the bones of two mammoths.
5. The report.... (warn) warns people about the hurricane.
6. This is the second time I.... (watch) have watched this comedy with my boyfriend.

1. Although he has high salary, he isn’t interested in the job.

A. Despite having high salary, he wasn’t interested in the job.

B. In spite of having high salary, he isn’t interested in the job.

C. Despite being interested in the job, he doesn’t get high salary.

D. In spite of having high salary, he is satisfied with the job.

2. The trees get enough water and sun light. It grows faster.

A. If the trees get enough water and sun light, it will grow faster.

B. The trees wouldn’t grow because it didn’t get enough water and sun light.

C. Because the trees doesn’t get enough water and sunlight, it doesn’t grow fast.

D. If the tree got enough water and sun light, it would grow faster.

3. The government have sent food and medical supplies to the victims of the flood.

A. Food and medical supplies have been sent to the victims of the flood by the government.

B. Food and medical supplies has been sent to the victims of the flood by the government.

C. Food and medical supplies are sent to the victims of the flood by the government.

D. Food and medical supplies were sent to the victims of the flood by the government.

4. It takes me 15 minutes to walk to the nearest post office.

A. I spend 15 minutes walking to the nearest post office.

B. I spent 15 minutes walking to the nearest post office.

C. It took me 15 minutes to walk to the nearest post office.

D. I don’t need much time to walk to the nearest post office.

5. Mary are typing an important document for this event.

A. An important document is typed for this event by Mary.

B. An important document is being typed for this event by Mary.

C. An important document was being typed for this event by Mary.

D. Mary types an important document for this event by Mary.

6. Today is Monday. We have to go to work earlier.

A. If today weren’t Monday, we would have to go to work earlier.

B. We don’t like Monday because we have to go to work earlier.

C. We don’t need to go to work earlier since today is Monday.

D. We wouldn’t have to go to work earlier if today weren’t Monday.

7. Australia/ the/ biggest/ has/ cattle/ in/ the/ station/ world.

A. Australia has the biggest station cattle in the world.

B. Australia has biggest cattle station in the world.

C. Australia has the biggest cattle station in the world.

D. In the world, Australia has biggest cattle station.

Question 24: The use of detail is_______method of developing a controlling idea and almost all students employ this method.

A. more common      B. common              C. most common      D. the most common

Question 25: My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that_______it is at night, _______he plays his music!

A. the less/ the more loud                         B. the less/less

C. the more late/ the more loudly              D. the later/the louder

Question 26: It gets_______when the winter is coming.

A. cold and cold                                       B. the coldest and coldest

C. colder and colder                                 D. more and more cold

Question 27: The cuisine of France is_______.

A. more famous than that of England        B. famous than the cuisine of England

C. more famous than which of England     D. as famous than that of England

Question 28: My sister is two years_______than me.

A. young                  B. so young              C. younger               D. the youngest

Question 29: What is the_______movie you have ever seen?

A. worst                   B. baddest                C. most bad             D. the worst

Question 30: The Missouri River is the_______river in the United States.

A. most long            B. longer                  C. longest                D. the longer

Question 31: That whale is_______than this dingo.

A. big                      B. most big              C. biggest                D. bigger

Question 32: Our crazy Uncle Pete is the_______fisherman in all of Oregon.

A. talented               B. most talented       C. more talented       D. talentedly

Question 33: The people applauded_______than before when Bobo the Clown came out.

A. most loudly         B. louder                  C. loudest                D. more loud

Question 34: I'm positive that I am_______and beautiful than my opponent.

A. more intelligent    B. most intelligent    C. as intelligent        D. intelligent

Question 35: Of all two sisters, Kizzy is the_______.

A. hard-working                                       B. more hard-working

C. most hard-working                              D. as hard-working

 Fill in the numbered blanks in the passage with ONE suitable word from the box. There is ONE extra word. Write your answer on the answer sheet.

    Water is one of our most  (26) ___ precious  ______resources; put it simply, without water there would be no life. Unfortunately, many of us seem to have forgotten this fact, and as a (27) __ result  ______ the world is facing  the danger of running out of  water. The actual amount of water on earth has changed little since the time of dinosaurs. The problem has been (28) ___ caused _____ by people’s misuse of our water supply. This not only means that we have polluted our rivers and seas, but (29) ___ also ______that we are wasting a great deal of this precious resource. (30) ___ Unfortunately _____the destruction of the rain forests has made this problem (31 ) __ worse ______since much of the rain that (32) ____ falls _____is lost because it runs off into the sea. The population of the earth is increasing daily, so it is (33) ___ vital  _____ that we find a solution to this problem before it is too late.

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Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. Write your answer on the answer sheet.

1. A. occurred                    B. destroyed            C. appeared          D. disappointed

2. A. sure                           B. solar                    C. supply               D. website

3. A. answer                      B. wrong                   C. always              D. write       

4. A. desks                        B. computers            C. lamps               D. laughs

5. A. therefore                   B. throw                    C. thick                 D. thought