Part One:

  1. Do you enjoy listening to records? I find records are often _____,of better than an actual performance.

  A. as good as Bas good C. good D. good as

  2. 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. had C. must have been D. had to be

  3. The senior librarian at the circulation desk promised to get the book for me ____ she could remember who last borrowed it.

  A. ever since B. much as C. even though. D if only

  4. Observations were made ____ the children at the beginning and at the end of pre-school and first grade.

  A. towards B. of C. on D. with

  5. The article opens and closes with descriptions of two news reports, each ____ one major point in contrast with the other.

  A. makes B. made C. is to make D. making

  6. A safety analysis ___ the target as a potential danger. Unfortunately, it was never done.

  A. would identify B. will identify C. would have identified D. will have identified

  7. The number of registered participants in this year's marathon was half _____ .

  A. of last year's B. those of last year's C. of those of last year D. that of last year's

  8. For there ____ successful communication, there must be attentiveness and involvement in the discussion itself by all present.

  A. is B. to be C. will be D. being

  9. There was a very interesting remark in a book by an Englishman that I read recently _____ what he thought was a reason for this American characteristic.

  A. giving B. gave C. to give D. given

  10. No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything ____ going on in the world.

  A. it is B. as is C. there is D. what is