Quiz Day 2

1. The companies ________ the lowest price will have the most customers.
(A) offer
(B) are offered
(C) offering
(D) offers
2. Those travelers ____________ their trip on Delta should report to Gate Three.
(A) completing
(B) complete
(C) completes
(D) are completed
3. The first team ________ four games is awarded the championship.
(A) wins
(B) is winning
(C) is won
(D) winning
4. The speaker __________ to make his point was often interrupted vociverously.
(A) tries
(B) trying
(C) was trying
(D) was tried
5. The spices ___________ the meal were quite distinctive.
(A) flavoring
(B) flavor
(C) are flavoring
(D) are flavored
6. Most slang terms are simply old words __________ additional new meanings.
(A) give
(B) given
(C) are given
(D) they are given
7. Mountaineers ________ climb Mount Everest must make reservations to do so, often
up to seven years in advance.
(A) want to
(B) they want to
(C) who want
(D) wanting to
8. The horn of the rhinoceros consists of cone of tight bundles of keratin ______ from the
epidermis.
(A) grow
(B) grows
(C) growing
(D) they grow
9. Flintlock muskets __________ sharp bayonets were standard weapons during the
American Revolution.
(A) tip with
(B) tipped with
(C) the tips of
(D) were tipped with
10. Static electricity ______ one cloud to another or between clouds and the ground creates
lightning.
(A) flows from
(B) the flow from
(C) flowing from
(D) is flowing from
11. Measles is a highly contagious viral disease ________ by a characteristic skin rash.
(A) accompany
(B) is accompanied
(C) accompanied
(D) it is accompanied
12. The fir trees ________ for the holiday season were harvested in November.
(A) grown
(B) were grown
(C) it is grown
(D) have grown
13. The portrait ________ in the Houston Museum last month are now on display in Dallas.
(A) was exhibited
(B) is exhibited
(C) exhibited
(D) exhibiting
14. Those applicants ________ their completed forms at the earliest date have the highest
priority.
(A) returning
(B) they are returning
(C) are returning
(D) return
15. The chapters _________ by the professor this morning will be on next week’s exam.
(A) taught
 (B) were taught
(C) are taught
(D) is taught
16. The money ________ by the client was not accepted.
(A) offered
(B) was offered
(C) offers
(D) were offered
17. The musical instrument _______ is six feet long.
(A) is called the bass
(B) it is called the bass
(C) called the bass
(D) calls the bass
18. Modern art is on display at the Guggenhein Museum, a building with an unusually
A B C D
design.
19. Heart attacks are fatally in 75 percent of occurrences.
A B C D
20. Historical records show that Halley’s comet has return about every seventy-six years
A B C
for the past 2000 years.
D
Answer key
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. A
6. B
7. D
8. C
9. B
10. C
11. C
12. A
13. C
14. A
15. A
16. A
17. C
18. D
19. B
20. B