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Test 7

1. The name list of the new executive directors, ______ was announced today, would be very surprising and beyond people’s expectations

(A) when (B) whose (C) it (D)which

2. An attractive display is one thing that encourages customers _____ the products of the company.

 (A) to buy (B) buying (C) buy (D) bought

3. ______one gets, the more precious friendship becomes; for it affirms the contours of our existence.

 (A) As older (B) Being older (C) The older (D) As older 

4. An estimated five and a half billion tones of carbon ______ released into the atmosphere each year by burning of coal, oil, and synthetic fuels.

 (A) have been (B) have (C) has (D) has been

5. If a relaxed baby _______by loving, attentive parents, he might grow up to be an intelligent risk taker – an artist, or a scientist.

 (A) is raised (B) was raised (C) were raised (D) has been raised

6. Anyone who has experienced a gut-busting laugh knows ____ it interrupts tension.

 (A) how (B) what (C) which (D) when

7. At work or home, the basic tenet for humor is: take your responsibilities seriously, _____ don’t take yourself so seriously.

 (A) and (B) but (C) either (D) nor

8. There is some evident that _______ mentally active can slow age-related decline.

(A) keeps (B) keeping (C) kept (D) while keeping

9.Men tend to be seduced by technology; _____ they get into the faster-race-car syndrome, bragging about the speed of their microprocessors.

(A) but (B) while (C) for example (D) due to

10. The telephone is an extension of the human voice and the telescope and microscope are extensions of their ______.

(A) seeing (B) seen (C) sight (D) sought

11. Since their inception, the department has been troubled by high turnover.
               A                                                   B                   C                          D

12. The figure compares with a effective tax rate last year of 36 percent which resulted from write-offs.
                                        A    B                                                                                         C                      D

13. Steven Spielberg, one of the most successful Hollywood movie director, shows his creativity in the diversity of his films. 
                                                      A                                              B                            C                                    D

14. Despite products of the technological age –TV, videos,computer games – have taken many people away from reading books, the book industry is

             A                                                                                                                              B                                                        C

      still thriving.
          D

15. Increasingly, waste is being seen as a resource that the world can not longer afford to squander.
        A                                   B                                                                   C                              D                            

16. If the service is not prompt, the customers would have gone to another restaurant.
                A                   B                                                 C                    D

17.The director asked Helen gives the customers a tour of the factory and a demonstration of the latest products.
                                                A                                  B                                             C                            D

18. The letter that Mr. Howard sent it from Taipei has a lot of typographical errors.
                     A                                 B                       C                       D

19. The staff are required to attend the company training sessions a week twice.
                   A                       B                                      C                             D

20. Some people think it is good to censor books and the other believe that censorship goes against the basic right of freedom of expression.
                                                           A                              B                                                         C                                                                     D

21. Stockbrokers are people who buy and sell shares for their clients and charging fixed rates of commission for this service.
                                                 A                           B                                         C               D

22. Researchers have found that the healthiest diet is simple, inexpensive, and traditional fare that people abandon as they moving into affluence. 
                                                             A                                                                            B                                                                      C

23. The items on this invoice were mislabeled and has incorrect stock identification number. 
                    A                                      B                    C                                      D

24. The visitors only has a twenty-dollar bill with her when she landed at Hartford airport. 
                                A             B                                                        C     D

25. Due to poor planning and problems with local cash flew, most analysts predicted that the firm remained solvent for only a few months.
      A                                                                               B                                                                              C                                      D                        

26. The writings of Helen Keller serve as an inspiration not only for people with disabilities and for all people the world over.
         A                                                                B                                                        C            D

27. If e-mail had been invented before the telephone, it would be the most popular communications medium. 
                   A                                                                             B               C                              D

28. Modern children should be taught to deal direct with reality and to be proud and confident.                        

                                                                                   A              B                  C                              D

29. The director had her assistant picked up some related references for the proposal which will be submitted at thecoming quarterly meeting. 
                                                           A                       B                                                                                   C                                       D

30. As business has become increasingly international, the need for clearly-understood communication between members of different cultures are

                                                                                    A                                                         B                                                                                                                       C

even more crucial.
                D

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