Advanced level – Test 6 1. Although the scientific community had hoped that the field of transplantation ……., the shortage of organ donors has curtailed research. A. progress B. had progressed C. would progress D. progressing 2. The seed heads of teasel plants raise the nap on coarse tweed cloth …………. than do the machine tools invented to replace them. A. more efficiently B. efficient more C. efficient D. most efficient 3. We are all amenable ……… discipline. A. with B. at C. to D. for 4. ……………. unknown quantities is the task of algebra. A. To found B. Find C. The find D. Finding 5. I read two books but neither book …… very interesting. A. has been B. had been C. was D. were 6. The yearly path of the sun around the heavens …………… A. is known as the ecliptic B. known as the ecliptic C. it is know to be ecliptic D. knowing as the ecliptic 7. This table is already …………… A. occupy B. occupied C. occupation D. occupational 8. A dolphin ……………. a porpoise in that it has a longer nose. A. different B. differs C. different from D. differs from 9. The …………. I’m late is that I missed the bus. A. reason B. reasoned C. reasonable D. reasonbly 10. … like “Macdonalds” and “Kentucky fried chicken” have used franchising to extend their sales internationally. A. Chain’s restaurants B. Chains restaurants C. Chain restaurant D. Chain restaurants 11. A baby is under parental …………… A. guidance B. guide C. guided D. guideless 12. Uranus is just ……………. to be seen on a clear night with the naked eye. A. bright enough B. enough brightly C. as enough bright D. bright as enough 13. Before Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, many people died …………… A. infected with simple bacteria B. from simple bacterial infections C. infections were simple bacteria D. infecting of simple bacteria 14. That most natural time units are not simple multiples of each other …………. in constructing a calendar. A. it is a primary problem B. is a primary problem C. a primary problem is D. a primary problem 15. ……………. the plow is being displaced by new techniques that protect the land and promise more abundant crops. A. As a whole B. Wholly C. On a whole D. The whole 16. In excess of 80 percent of the UN’s budget is used ……………. the economic development of member nations. A. support B. supporting C. the support D. to support 17. The bacteria in milk is destroyed when ……………. to at least 62°C. A. it be heated B. it heated C. it is heated D. it will be heated 18. In order for people who spoke different languages to engage in trade ……………., they often developed a simplified language called “pidgin”. A. with each the other B. with each to the other C. with each another D. with each other 19. The two main ………. are permanent magnets and electromagnets. A. kinds of magnets B. kind of magnets C. kind magnets D. kinds magnets 20. You ought to book in advance. You can’t rely …………… a hotel room. A. on finding B. in finding C. of finding D. about finding 21. According to a recent survey, ………. doctors do not have a personal physician. A. a large number of B. large amount of C. a large number of D. large number of 22. There are many beautifully preserved historic buildings ……………. A. in Beacon street in Boston B. in Beacon street at Boston C. ont Beacon street in Boston D. at Beacon street on Boston 23. The prime rate is the rate of interest that a bank will charge when it ………… money to its best clients. A. lent B. borrows C. borrowed D. lends 24. The area where a microchip is manufactured must be the ……………… environment possible. A. most cleanest B. cleanest/label C. more cleanest D. cleaner 25. Mathematics is ……………… and serves so many of the sciences that it is a prerequisite for studying every scientific discipline. A. such important field B. such an important field C. such a important field D. so an important field 26. Studies of job satisfaction are unreliable because there ………………. so many variables and because the admission of dissatisfaction may be viewed as a personal failure. A. was B. were C. is D. are 27. I knew I could rely …………… them to get the job done. A. in B. with C. of D. on 28. Champlain founded a base at port royal in 1605, and …………. a fort at Quebec three years later. A. builds B. built C. to built D. building 29. Natural gas often occurs together … petroleum in the minute pores of rocks such as sandstone and limestone. A. with B. in C. by D. along 30. There is no limit to the diversity to be ……………. in the cultures of people throughout the world. A. finding B. found C. find D. to find