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1. My pain ____ apparent the moment I walked into the room, for the first man I met asked

sympathetically: "Are you feeling all right?"

A. must be B. must have been C. had been D. had to be

2. It is only when you nearly lose someone ____ fully conscious of how much you value him.

A. do you become B. then you become C. that you become D. have you become

3. Just as the soil is a part of the earth, ____ the atmosphere.

A. as it is B. so is C. the same as D. and so is

4. While driving along the treacherous road, ____ .

A. my right rear tire blew out B. my right rear tire had a blowout

C. I had a blowout on my right rear tire D. I had my right rear tire blowout

5. Jean Wagner's most enduring contribution to the study of Afro-American Poetry is his

insistence that ____ it in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference.

A. is to be analyzed B. has been analyzed

C. be analyzed D. should have been analyzed

6. ____ there is little we can do to modify the weather, we can at least know what kind of

weather to expect.

A. Since B. When C. While D. Unless

7. This organization brought Western artists together in the hope of making more of an impact

on the art community ____ any of them could inpidually and to promote Western art by

women.

A. rather than B. rather C. than D. other than

8. But the Swiss discovered long years ago that constant warfare brought them ____ suffering

and poverty.

A. anything but B. nothing but C. none other than D. no more than

9. After ____ seemed an endless wait, it was her turn to step into the doctor's office.

A. it B. that C. what D. which

10. The board deemed it's urgent that these files ____ right away.

A. had to be printed B. should have been printed

C. must be printed D. should be printed

11. The sale usually takes place outside the house, with the audience ____ on benches, chairs or

boxes.

A. having seated B. seating C. seated D. having been seated

12. ____ in this way, the situation doesn't seem so disappointing.

A. To look at B. Looking at C. Looked at D. To be looked at

13. Nobody came to see me while I was out, ____ ?

A. did they B. didn't they C. did she D. didn't she

14. You will see this product ____ wherever you go.

A. to be advertised B. advertised C. advertise D. advertising

15. Suddenly ____ fire broke out in the room and everything in it was soon on ____ fire.

A. /, a B. The, / C. a, / D. /, the

16. If you ____ Jerry Brown until recently, you'd think the photograph on the right was strange.

A. shouldn't contact B. weren't to contact C. didn't contact D. hadn't contacted

17. Scientists think ____ helps some trees to conserve water in the winter.

A. when losing leaves B. leaves are lost C. that losing leaves D. the leaves losing