I. Choose the correct answer.

1. All of these applicants _____ by the d. are severely polluted

executives of the company. e. were severely polluted
a. have been highly recommended
b. has been highly recommended 8. “Have you checked where most of the
c. is commended highly seminar participants come from?”
d. has been highly recommended “oh yes, two thirds of them _____ from
e. have highly recommended various parts of java.”
a. are coming
2. The instability of economic and political b. comes
condition ----- the majoring of the c. they come
Indonesia people to live in poverty. d. to come
a. causes e. come
b. have caused
c. cause 9. The importance of the laser _____ in the
d. causing great variety of its uses and the greats
e. were causing number of the benefits in the field of
medicine.
3. The development of the solar energy for a. Is expected
public use _____ rather slow due to the b. Have been expected
high cost if production. c. were expected
a. have been d. are expected
b. has been e. being expected
c. it has been
d. they have been 10. The most common large animals in
e. are being western part of the United States _____
the mule deer.
4. All the doctors in our hospital have their a. are
own practice room and each of them b. is being
_____ a nurse to assist him. c. to be
a. needs d. they are
b. they needs e. is
c. he needs
d. need 11. A major problem in the construction of
e. to needs new buildings _____ that windows have
been eliminated while air conditioning
5. World trade center building, as well as system have not been perfected.
several office, _____ completely damaged a. are
by the aero plane rush explosion. b. were
a. was c. is
b. they were d. to be
c. it was e. have been
d. were
e. to be 12. None of the beauty constantans _____ to
wear bikini provided by the committee.
6. For the advanced level students, a. refuses
understanding passage ----- skill and b. to refuse
concentration. c. they refuse
a. need d. are refusing
b. needs e. refuse
c. it needs
d.they need 13. A number of students _____ complaining
e. have needed about the test.
a. is
7. Much of the available water in this b. are
surrounding _____ for something. c. be
a. has been severely polluted d. being
b. they have been severely polluted e. been
c. have been severely polluted
14. Singing jazz songs . . . skill and II. Choose the correct verbs.
improvement.
a. require 1. My mom (reads, read) a short story to
b. they require my little sister every night.
c. requires
2. Loving you with all my heart (are, is) a
d. is require
e. its require
crime.
3. Equality between men and women
15. Mathematics . . . the interesting subject for (was, were) often not taken for granted
diligent students. in the past.
a. are 4. This year’s deficit, together with those
b. is
of previous years, (has, have) caused
c. were
d. have the company to go bankrupt.
e. being 5. Twenty dollars (is, are) too expensive
to buy the bag.
16. Neither of these students . . . to be football 6. Sometimes what we face (is, are)
players. never as beautiful as what we want.
a. meets the requirements
7. The police (has, have) just caught the
b. it meets requirements
c. they meet the requirements thieves.
d. meeting the requirements 8. There (was, were) no one.
e. meet the requirements
Here (is, are) the news stories you asked.
17. Neither of the children nor the parents . . . 9. In my country, every house (has, have)
happy because of the gift. a big stone fence.
a. are 10. There (is, are) a lot of problems that
b. were (needs, need) to be discussed.
c. was
11. Where (do, does) Dicky’s friends live?
d. to be
e. have been 12. Maya and Alya (has, have) been here
for 2 months.
18. Each of the dance contestants . . . a tape 13. Everybody (are, is) coming to see the
recorder to play the cassettes. play.
a. need
14. The shoes he always wear (was, were)
b. needs
c. to need
stolen last night.
d. are needed 15. Ten minutes ( is, are ) more than
e. being needed enough time to complete this job
16. A number of students in the class
19. The number of illiterate people in our ( speak, speaks ) speak English
country . . . . drastically.
17. Each boy in the class ( has, have ) his
a. to decrease
b. decrease own book
c. has decreased 18. None of the animals in the zoo ( is, are
d. they decreased ) free
e. it decreases 19. Each of the students ( has, have )
notebook
20. In many ways, riding bicycle is similar
to. . . .
a. the driving of a motorcycle
b. when you drive a motorcycle
c. driving a motorcycle
d. when driving a motorcycle
e. drive a motorcycle