1. In previous times, then fresh meat was inshort ________, pigeons were kept by manyhouseholds as a source of food.

A) store

B) provision

C) reserve

D) supply(D)

2. As Commander-in-Chief of the armedforces, I have directed that all measures________ for our defense.

A) had been taken

B) would be taken

C) be taken

D) to be taken(C)

3. A thief who broke into a church was caught because traces of wax, found on hisclothes, ________ from the sort of candles used only in churches.

A) had come

B) coming

C) come

D) that came(A)

4. After the guests left, she spent half an hour ________ the sitting-room.

A) ordering

B) arranging

C) tidying up

D) clearing away(C)

5. I was ________ the point of telephoning him when his letter arrived.

A) to

B) on

C) at

D) in(B)

6. In no country ________ Britain, it has been said, can one experience four seasonsin the course of a single day.

A) other than

B) more than

C) better than

D) rather than(A)

7. A lorry ________ Jane’s cat and sped away.

A) ran over

B) ran into

C) ran through

D) ran down(D)

8. The project ________ by the end of 2000, will expand the city’s telephonenetwork to cover 1,000,000 users.

A) accomplished

B) being accomplished

C) to be accomplished

D) having been accomplished(C)

9. ________ evidence that language-acquiring ability must be stimulated.

A) If being

B) It is

C) There is

D) There being(C)

10. Those gifts of rare books that were given to us were deeply ________.

A) appreciated

B) approved

C) appealed

D) applied(A)

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