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Test 2

1. When the contracts are ready, have them _____ to the purchasers.
 

(A) send (B) sent (C) be sent (D) been sent
 

2. The variety of insurance benefits ____ very broad under this policy.
 

(A)are (B) is (C) be (D) has been

3. _____ the figures had been checked twice, the supervisor found a mistake.
 

(A) Unless (B) However (C) Since (D) Even though
 

4. Television has been around in the Untied States for half a century, and it is still a controversial topic, which ______strong and contradictory opinions.
 

(A) rises (B) arouses (C) arises (D) rose
 

5. Instead of working out in the office, brainworkers can now “telecommute” from home________ physically commute to the office.
 

(A) as well as (B) rather than (C) but (D) better than
 

6. Mr. Delta was responsible for collecting and _____ the related data for the proposal.
 

(A) organization (B) organized (C) organize (D) organizing
 

7. A four-month investigation made it clear that America today is well into the kind of troubling world ______the most basic principles of privacy are under attack.
 

(A) when (B) which (C) in which (D) wherever
 

8. The surgeon general’s report ______that smokers create health risks for nearby nonsmokers has encouraged companies to promote smoke-free work environments.
 

(A) asserting (B) asserts (C) asserted (D) has asserted
 

9. More and more companies that have imposed ______on smoking are attempting to help their employees kick the habit.
 

(A) restrictions (B) retention (C) restoration (D) reward
 

10. The Central Bank exercises general authority and _____over the banking and financial system in Taiwan.
 

(A) supervises (B) supervising (C) supervision (D) superbly
 

11. You may rely on us to _______the instruction in the Documentary Credit in full.  
 

(A) carry through (B) carry on (C) carry out (D) carry away.
 

12. We have already contacted our forwarding agent to make arrangements for the ________of the goods, and we assure that we can meet your delivery deadline of 31st June.
 

(A) transportation (B) transformation (C) translate (D) transition
 

13. When insurance is taken out, a proposal from is completed, which gives details of ______, for how long and the nature of the risk.
 

(A) what it is insured (B) what is insured (C) that it is insured (D) which is insured.
 

14. It is ______to seek advice from an insurance broker about the many different policies available from insurance companies.
 

(A) advisable (B) advised (C) advice (D) advising
 

15. ______ for the perfect location and assessing the needs of their company, the members of the executive committee took a long time before making their decision.
 

(A) Look (B) Looking (C) Looked (D) Because look
 

16. To prevent errors caused by using the new coding system, we should ______ before beginning to write codes.

(A) find it over (B) take it over (C) look it over (D) look it up
 

17. Please pack the boxes in wooden cases, five boxes per case which must have fireproof ____ waterproof linings.
 

(A) with (B) so (C) and (D) but
 

18. Many employees in this company cannot use computers; _____ in-service training is required.
 

(A) on the whole (B) besides (C) consequently (D) and
 

19. If there _____ better communication, the couple would not divorce.
 

(A) was (B) is (C) will be (D) were
 

20. _____ you do not receive the original invoice, we will enclose a copy with this letter.

(A) While (B) Whether (C) In case (D) As long as
 

21. Money can be considered as a ______and it is traded in the foreign exchange market.
 

(A) facility (B) commodity (C) loan (D) credit
 

22. In order to avoid making mistakes, the manage have his colleagues _____ the statistics.
 

(A) checked (B) to check (C) check (D) who check

23. Your _____of the thirtieth of May has come to our attention, and we wish to acknowledge your receipt immediately.
 

(A) request (B) requirement (C) demand (D) denial
 

24. The prices of shares change from day to day ______supply and demand and the rise or fall of the market.
 

(A) according upon (B) in accordance with (B) match with (D) are based on
 

25. The habit of traveling long distances to work _______for the past decades due to the availability of mass-produced reasonably-priced cars.
 

(A) is (B) was (C) has grown (D) had been
 

26. Quilting requires a _______investment of time, which is why prices are often high.
 

(A) considerate (B) considering (C) considerable (D) considered
 

27.______a country’s food become rich, the diseases of poverty (malnutrition, infectious disease) are replaced by the those of civilization (arteriosclerosis, obesity)
 

(A) Whereas (B) As (C) Even though (D) Unless
 

28. With this change in people’s working habits _______ the new problem of filling their free hours with recreational activities.
 

(A) come (B) comes (C) have come (D) coming
 

29. Many people _____debt because they overuse their credit cards, and they are charged at 12 to 20 percent interest on the money they borrow on their cards.
 

(A) get over (B) get through (C) go into (D) get off
 

30. Dr. McClinton was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for medicine alone and the third woman _____any unshared Nobel science prize.
 

(A) to win (B) winning (C) who wins (D) she won
 

31. The National Recycling Coalition recently _____Congress to pass tax incentives that would encourage development of new applications for waste materials.
 

(A) calls up (B) call over (C) call for (D) called on
 

32. A trusting friend can call us back to earth and remind us _____ the universality of failure and sufferings.
 

(A) from (B) of (C) on (D) with
 

33. If the earth ______ warmer each year, so called greenhouse effect, the earth would become a dead planet like Venus
 

(A) will get (C) would get (C) gets (D) were to get
 

34. The increased carbon dioxide is probably not a threat to health, _____ it profoundly affects the way the earth is heated by the sun.
 

(A) nevertheless (B) thus (C) and (D) but
 

35. It has recently been proved_________ lasers can be used to perform bloodless, painless surgery.
 

(A) where(B) until (C) while(D)that

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