a. instructions b. just c. boiling d. waters → d 125. The house seemed to have been unoccupying for several months. a. seemed b. been c. unoccupying d. for → c 126. You must drive more slowly than in town. a. must b. more c. slowly d. than → d 127. Be sure to say goodbye to your grandmother before you will leave. a. to say b. to c. before d. will leave → d 128. The rate of inflation has fallen steadily during recently months. a. inflation b. fallen c. steadily d. recently → d 129. Most people consider that stealing was wrong. a. Most b. that c. stealing d. was → d 130. Dickens’s last novel was unfinished when he had died. a. Dickens’s b. last c. unfinished d. had died → d 131. Please would you to send me further details, of the job advertised? a. Please b. to send c. further d. advertised → b 132. Children learn a lot about how to behave in a situation as this. a. about b. to behave c. in d. as → d 133. I write to his almost every day. a. write b. to c. his d. almost → c 134. Even though I admire his courage, I think he has been foolish. a. Even though b. admire c. think d. has been → d 135. We would get the job finished much quicker if everyone worked as hardly as everyone else. a. would get b. much quicker c. as hardly as d. everyone else → c 136. One of the patients in a local hospital has one typhoid. a. patients b. in c. local d. one → d 137. I think cycling is preferable with walking. a. cycling b. preferable c. with d. walking → c 138. He said he disapproved of people which smoked. a. said b. disapproved c. of d. which → d 139. You can’t possible expect me to have supper ready by 8 o’clock. a. possible b. expect c. to have d. ready → a 140. I had been looking for this book for months and at last I have found it. a. had been b. for c. at last d. have found → a 141. I am writing to tell you how much I had enjoyed the few hours I spent with you and your family yesterday evening. a. am writing b. how much c. had enjoyed d. spent → c 142. I have been in England for the beginning of October and this was my first invitation to dinner with an English family. a. have been b. for c. was d. with → b 143. I found the conversational most interesting and was glad to practise my English. a. found b. conversational c. interesting d. glad → b 144. I would also like congratulating you on your excellent cooking. a. also b. congratulating c. on d. cooking → b 145. I was very gratefully for all the helpful information you gave me about the courses in English.