Revision of Weeks 1-3 6.

Two writers in the USA, with unbelievable

audacity, _______ to write a thousand books
1. The number of new bands from my
a year by working as a team and barely
hometown of Austin _______ when you
sleeping.
consider that the city used to be much
A. were claiming
smaller than it is today.
B. is claiming
A. are astonishing
C. was claiming
B. were astonishing
D. has been claiming
C. is astonishing
D. astonish
7. According to my friend, a coin collector,
_______ minted in 1883.
2. Both the egg and the eggplant, which have
A. a number of people are seeking Liberty
little in common with one another, _______
Head nickels
versatile when it comes to preparing a
B. a number of people is seeking Liberty
home-cooked meal for your family.
Head nickels
A. is very
C. Liberty Head nickels are being sought
B. are very
by a number of people, they were
C. they are very
D. Liberty Head nickels are sought by a
D. was very
number of people
3. _______ the best ways that Eric knew how to
8. Since news of the bankruptcy came
pass the time; unfortunately, he couldn't
suddenly, _______ immediately.
pass 11th grade.
A. the entire company are clearing out
A. Sitting on the couch and watching TV
their desks
was
B. everyone in the company are clearing
B. Sitting on the couch, watching TV, were
out their desks
C. Sitting on the couch and watching TV
C. everyone in the company is clearing
were
out his or her desk
D. To sit on the couch and watching TV
D. the entire company is clearing out their
were
desk
9. The school of fish, hiding among the jagged
4. Arching their backs and _______ common to
coral, _______ by the hammerhead shark,
many felines when they feel that their
despite the gloomy camouflage of the
safety is threatened.
surroundings.
A. hissing is a behavior
A. were easily seen
B. hissing are a behavior
B. seen
C. hissing, behaviors
C. are easily seen
D. hissing are behaviors
D. was easily seen
5. _______ more than two decades left until
10. Philip Ferdinand's debt, which grew
the next major earthquake is expected to
rapidly as he spent frivolously on
shake California.
extravagant luxuries, _______.
A. There is
A. were what ruined him in the end
B. There have been
B. was what ruined him in the end
C. There are
C. and ruined him in the end
D. It has
D. ruining him in the end
11. The vote of the American people, who
turned out in record _______ that our nation
longs for more honest politicians to take
office.
A. numbers, demonstrate
B. numbers, demonstrates
C. numbers demonstrates
D. numbers which demonstrate
12. Pham Tuyen's compositions, many of
which praise Vietnamese _______ and
propaganda.
A. Communism, is proof that music can
simultaneously be art
B. Communism, are proof that music can
at the same time simultaneously be
C. Communism, and music can
simultaneously be
D. Communism, are proof that music can
be both
13. The field of ceramics, which some
laypeople simply call "pottery," _______ in
application.
A. are wide and varied
B. is wide and varied
C. were wide and varied
D. and is wide and varied
14. The use of various drinking vessels for
different _______ a commonly accepted
practice across many world cultures.
A. dining situations are
B. dining situations were
C. dining situations is
D. dining situations being
15. Only one in _______ that health is more a
matter of good genetics than of a balanced
approach to eating and exercise.
A. five doctors agrees
B. five doctors agree
C. five doctors have agreed
D. five doctors are in agreement
16. My parents always told me that going to
the horse races _______.
A. are something to experience at least
once in your life
B. are something that one should
experience at least once in your life.
C. is something to experience at least
once in your life.
D. is something one's life should
experience at least once.
17. Neither smoking _______ good for your
long-term health.
A. smoking nor drinking alcoholic
beverages are
B. to smoke nor drinking alcoholic
beverages is
C. smoking nor to drink alcoholic
beverages are
D. smoking nor drinking alcoholic
beverages is
18. Down the wildflower-covered _______ the
trickle of snowmelt and the roaring river
that ends in a foaming waterfall.
A. mountain runs
B. mountain run
C. mountain,
D. mountain,
19. The condensation that forms on cold
_______ long been of interest to young
scientists.
A. glasses has
B. glasses have
C. glasses having
D. glasses are
20. Although both of the campers saw the
mountain _______ to report the sighting to
their counselors, since leaving the main
trail is against camp rules.
A. lion, neither are going
B. lion but neither is going
C. lion but neither are going
D. lion, neither is going
21. No one, including the professors, _______ 27. My young nephew reports that he knows
ready for the probing questions asked by some well-educated people who think
the members of the peer-reviewed _______ a scholarship or grant.
scientific journal. A. he or she deserves
A. were B. it deserves
B. was C. one deserves
C. are ready for D. they deserve
D. has been
28. _______ exchanged for a more durable and
22. The company is about to run out of funding inexpensive material, these alloys will
for research, so _______ to turn to investors continue to be used in bridge-building.
in hopes of securing a loan. A. Until it can be
A. they are going B. Until it is
B. they will C. Until they can be
C. it is going D. Once they can be
D. they have gone
29. Carlos predicted that anyone who attends
23. One style of teacher prefers to lecture, the Bach and Mozart _______ open-minded
rather than interact with students; _______ about the idea of listening to classical
at the front of the classroom. music.
A. they can often be found A. performances are
B. find them B. performances is
C. it can often be found C. performance are
D. such an instructor can often be found D. performances were

24. Someone can be both brilliant in one field 30. Only the gifted few with unique _______
and far below average in many others; likely to be remembered favorably by
_______ history in two hundred years.
A. they are called "savants." A. talents are
B. they can be called "savants." B. talent is
C. the term for these is "savants." C. talents is
D. he or she can be called a "savant." D. talent was

25. Everyone I know, including all my friends 31. "_______ with curiosity, "both of your sisters
and _______ to be celebrating the holidays attending the dance?"
with good cheer. A. Is," he asked
A. relatives, are going B. Are,” he asked
B. relatives, is going C. Was,” he asked
C. my relatives, are going D. Will,” he asked
D. relatives is going

26. As _______ from the poachers, the pack of

wolves raced across the barren tundra.
A. it ran
B. they ran
C. they run
D. it will run
32. Though the thought seems humorous now, 38. One of my classmates thinks that _______
we - both my friends and I - dreamed the most productive and generous
_______ when we were much younger. members of society who ever lived.
A. of becoming a garbage-truck driver A. their parents are
B. of becoming garbage-truck drivers B. his parents are
C. to become a garbage-truck driver C. their parents is
D. to become garbage-truck drivers D. one's parents are

33. Each swimmer should check that _______ 39. What any particular antique violin _______
goggles, a swimsuit, and a towel before determined by its age and maker.
boarding the team's bus. A. violin is worth is
A. they have B. are worth is
B. it has C. is worth are
C. he or she has D. are worth are
D. he and she have
40. All of the watches in our collection, which
34. Whoever our next mayor might be, _______ is comprised of timepieces from distant
absolutely must protect our citizens from _______ by connoisseurs of horology.
any further violence. A. centuries, is highly valued
A. I believe that he or she B. centuries, it is highly valued
B. they C. centuries, are highly valued
C. I believe that it D. centuries, being highly valued
D. I believe that they
41. Someone is at the door, but I am unaware
35. If nobody in the house is going to eat that of what purpose _______ visiting us for at
pasta, _______ refrigerate the leftovers so this late hour.
that the food stays fresh. A. they might be
A. they ought to B. they are
B. they should C. they could be
C. someone should D. he or she might be
D. he or she ought to
42. Each runner will have a lane on the track,
36. Alone on the prairie, one often begins to which has recently been resurfaced, to
feel that _______ a special connection to the _______ in order to minimize accidents.
desolate landscape. A. themselves
A. they have B. oneself
B. it has C. him or her
C. one has D. himself or herself
D. we have

37. Many people, after touring the medieval

fair, _______ to blacksmiths or jewelry-
makers.
A. become an apprentice
B. be an apprentice
C. become apprentices
D. choose to be an apprentice