1. We couldn’t open the new store as scheduled, due to lacking _____.
(A) Funds
(B) Shares
(C) Expenses
(D) Interest rates
2. Three very _____ cats are owned by us.
(A) Alike
(B) Same
(C) Similar-looking
(D) Alike-looking
3. You should just leave him alone, if your invitations are met with repeated ______.
(A) Rebuffs
(B) Blunts
(C) Negatives
(D) Hypotheses
4. _____ I can talk, you are the only person.
(A) Which
(B) That
(C) To who
(D) To whom
5. Mr. Smith was _____ mishandling funds, in the course of the meeting.
(A) Informed by
(B) Denied
(C) Accused of
(D) Praised for
6. She admitted that she had contemplated suicide on many an occasion, writing her memoirs, Doreen, _____ lost a daughter to cancer.
(A) Have
(B) Who must
(C) Who had herself
(D) Would have
7. As _____ the neighborhood I do have concerns, but I don’t dislike the building.
(A) In
(B) Regards
(C) Well
(D) If
8. Plenty of times I’ve told you that I _______.
(A) Do love you
(B) Was love you
(C) Need love you
(D) Have love you
9. Having such a famous man for a mother ____ had an effect on Emily’s childhood.
(A) Must have
(B) Having
(C) Have
(D) Must
10. My brother ____ bought a laptop for his birthday last year.
(A) Has
(B) Had
(C) Was
(D) Were
11. My wife and I bought _______ last week.
(A) Pieces of new furniture
(B) Any new furniture
(C) Some new furniture
(D) A lot of new furniture
12. To spend my summer holidays, where do you think _______?
(A) I might
(B) Might be the best place
(C) A good place
(D) I should
13. Due to _____ having enough money to pay for the hotel, I couldn’t stay any longer.
(A) To
(B) For
(C) To not
(D) Not
14. They are happy that the number of their customers are increasing, _____, their business hasn’t taken off as expected.
(A) Moreover
(B) Nonetheless
(C) In as much as
(D) Furthermore
15. I’ve had _____ with you guys. Thanks for having me!
(A) So good time
(B) Good time
(C) Such fun
(D) So fun
16. On my way home, I stopped _____ a phone call.
(A) For make
(B) To make
(C) For making
(D) Making
17. “What if we ____ in for a change?” “Where shall we go this weekend?”
(A) Stayed
(B) Can stay
(C) Will stay
(D) Are staying
18. _____ on holiday, he always gets up at 5 o’clock in the morning.
(A) Even
(B) However
(C) Although
(D) Moreover
19. The one who was shocked by the atrocities ought to ask himself what _____ to prevent them.
(A) Did they do
(B) They could have done
(C) They must have done
(D) Had they done
20. I’m a teacher and _____ my wife.
(A) Such is
(B) So is
(C) Is she
(D) Is a teacher
21. _____ seen as a threat was important to her.
(A) She wasn’t
(B) Not to be
(C) Not being
(D) To not be
22. Because her parents _______ , she didn’t marry James.
(A) Haven’t liked him
(B) Were against it
(C) Were against
(D) Wanted her
23. Even though I’d tried all possible _____ of communication, I couldn’t get in touch with her.
(A) Tools
(B) Means
(C) Thing
(D) Ways
24. The thing ______ I like the most about my mother is her smile.
(A) That
(B) Have
(C) Is
(D) What
25. ______ , he’s not very intelligent, I think he’s an idiot.
(A) Say so
(B) To say nothing
(C) That is to say
(D) Having to say
26. In a job interview, avoid ____ questions that are too personal.
(A) Answering
(B) Having to answer
(C) To answer
(D) You should answer
27. The kids had bread and butter for lunch, and so _____.
(A) Had I
(B) Me too
(C) Did I
(D) I did
28. It turned out, all I had to do to convince Janet ____ talk to her mother.
(A) To
(B) By
(C) Is to
(D) Was to