SKILL 1-7 MIXED

1. Check the schedule to see how ______ the trains run.

A. frequent C. frequency
B. frequently D. frequented

2. We could print newspaper ads to ____ our new restaurant.

A. publicity C. public
B. publicize D. publication

3. UNICEF has ____ the responsibility of aiding children in need.

A. assumption C. assumes
B. assumed D. assuming

4. Electronic games challenge eye-hand ____ in a setting designed to provide entertainment.

A. coordination C. coordinative
B. coordinate D. coordinating

5. Throughout the animal kingdom, ___ bigger than the elephant.

A. whale is only the C. is the whale only
B. only the whale is D. only whale is the

6. We have ______ left in my pocket.

A. twenties dollar C. twenty dollars
B. twenty dollar D. twenties dollars

7. She hopes that she can lose about _____ before December.
A. five pound C. five of pounds
B. five of pound D. five pounds

8. _______ means different things to different people.

A. The happiness C. Happiness
B. A happiness D. Happiness’s

9. Bread ____ expensive in the grocery store on the corner.

A. is C. has been
B. are D. were

10. If you open the door, _____ will circulate better.

A. the air C. an air
B. airs D. air

11. _____ attempts to clarify mankind’s relationship with a superhuman power.

A. The religion C. religion
B. A religion D. religions

12. Each ____ in this display is on sale for half price.

A. furniture C. pieces of furniture
B. a furniture D. piece of furniture
13. We saw _____ of birds at the wildlife preserve.
A. several kinds C. some kind
B. several kind D. any kinds

14. One of the best reasons to eat vegetables ____ to add fiber to your diet.
A. are C. were
B. was D. is

15. Although southern California is densely populated, ____live in the northern part of the state.
A. a little people C. few people
B. a few the people D. a little of people

16. I think that there is too ____ violence on TV.

A. few C. many
B. little D. much

17. _____ processes information in many ways.

A. A software C. The software
B. Software D. Software’s

18. If the weather is good, Helen and ___ will go to the beach.
A. me C. mine
B. I D. me

19. When they have enough money, Pat and ___ will probably go back to school.
A. her C. she
B. herself D. hers

20. Do you really believe that she has blamed ___ for the accident?
A. we C. ours
B. our D. us

21. My father approves of ___ studying in the United States.

A. my C. mine
B. I D. me

22. The dog bites ___ on the tail.

A. their C. her
B. themselves D. its

23. When you see the African lions in the park, you see ___ in their true environment.
A. its C. them
B. their D. your

24. The accountant was terminated because of her ________.

A. effectiveness C. effective
B. careless D. carelessness

25. That process is not _______ in the factory.

A. economize C. economical
B. economically D. economics
26. The director of purchasing can ____ the best price.
A. negotiable C. negotiator
B. negotiate D. negotiation

27. The new furniture _____ good in the lobby.

A. looks C. looking
B. look D. looked

28. The employees collected several ______ to give to the poor.

A. clothes C. bags of clothes
B. some clothes D. bag of clothes

29. The name of ____ is Swiss Marketing Associates.

A. a company C. companies
B. company D. the company

30. Mr. Jacky needs to hire ____________.

A. the new secretary C. new secretary
B. a new secretary D. an new secretary

31. ______ processes information in many ways.

A. A software C. the software
B. An software D. software

32. The employees participating in the time management seminar will learn how to utilize ___ time
efficiently at work.
A. they C. them
B. their D. theirs

33. I read _______ that was very good.

A. some literature C. some literatures
B. any literature D. many literature

34. ______ of the entire department made the project a success.

A. An effort C. Effort
B. A effort D. The effort

35. The director of purchasing can be _____ for the best price.
A. negotiable C. negotiator
B. negotiate D. negotiation

36. The soybean has provided _____ with more than a hundred different products.
A. us C. we
B. our D. ourselves

37. The president of _____ Bradford Businessman’s Association is hosting the celebration.
A. a C. one
B. the D. for

38. The _____ had eroded along the bank.

A. soils C. soiled
B. soiling D. soil
39. She wanted to find out for _____ what the Norwegian fjord were like.
A. himself C. themselves
B. itself D. herself

40. Manhattan residents usually prefer less _____ areas when they go on vacation.
A. population C. populate
B. populations D. populous

41. The court made it obvious that illegal parking would no longer be ______.
A. tolerated C. tolerant
B. tolerate D. tolerance

42. A large number of clients mentioned that they found the company`s newest brochure to be
quite___.
A. benefit C. benefits
B. benefiting D. beneficial

43. Many car manufacturers are planning to produce hybrid cars which burn less fuel and permit
fewer ____ into the air.
A. pollution C. pollutants
B. pollute D. polluting

44. The office copy machines malfunction ____ than the computers do.
A. more frequent C. more frequently
B. most frequent D. most frequently

45. Seminar ____ numbers received a boost this year as they easily surpassed last year’s figures.
A. participated C. participant
B. participation D. participate

46. The number of employees taking pre-work leadership classes has ____ increased this quarter.
A. sharp C. sharpened
B. sharply D. sharpness

47. The amount of books in the Library of Congress is more than 58 million volumes.
A B C D

48. The food, including the fruits and vegetables, were on the table.
A B C D

49. Please open the curtains and let more lights into the room.
A B C D

50. Toothpaste for hotel guests are available at the front desk.
A B C D