1. One of the President’s greatest _____ was to decrease the unemploymentrate in the whole country.(
2. You can get a _____ from the bank with a low interest rate if you want tobuy a car.(A) regress(B)
4. New Jersey has been a leader in industrial research since the _____ ofThomas Edison’s research fa
5. Due to its cold climate, _____ little farming occurs in Alaska whencompared to other states.(A) r
6. Ancient Egyptians had a highly developed view of the afterlife with _____rituals for preparing th
7. Many people are living in temporary shelters after days of intense rain thatcaused _____ damage i
8. The vast majority of Egypt’s inhabitants live in the Nile valley and delta,and the rest of the co
9. I like to shop in this store. Their prices are very _____.(A) consummate(B) competent(C) compatib
II. Grammar (each 2%, total 20%)11. “Sorry, do you spell your last name with _____ ‘s’ or two?” “Two
12. “Look at those dark clouds!” “Don’t worry. _____ it rains, we’ll still have agreat time.”(A) Eve
13. In the 1800s, Alexander Graham Bell _____ the telephone.(A) was invented by(B) has invented(C) i
14. Bill _____ at this company for eight months.(A) has been working(B) works(C) is working(D) has w
16. _____ in 1939, the Borne Bridge spans the Cape Cod Canal and is one of themany grand projects of
19. _____ young children are playing in the park.(A) We see many(B) There are many(C) Because many(D