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5. No actor in the 20th century broke down _____

1. The company I work for offered me to choose barriers in Hollywood _____ did Poitier.
between a better salary and a flat in the city centre
and I chose ____. A) more / than
B) rather / than
A) the latter
C) much / as
B) the last
D) either / or
C) the later
E) not only / but also
D) late
E) so late

6. The success of a Palestinian state is inconceivable in

the absence of peace and security for Palestinians
2. The proportion of English, who are severely obese, and Israelis ______.
increased by 50 per cent from 2000 to 2005, twice
_____ the growth seen in moderate obesity. A) as
B) like
A) so fast as
C) similar
B) so fast that
D) alike
C) too fast
E) similar
D) as fast as
E) fast enough

7. According to the estimate, there are _____ or ______

85,000 people who have joined today's rally asking
3. Many dairy products ______ cheese and yoghurt and for the resignation of the president.
some fermented meat products already use lactic
acid producing bacteria to protect and preserve their A) more/ fewer than
products. B) the more / the less
A) rather C) less / fewer than
B) most of D) more / less
C) both E) much / more than
D) such as
E) just as

8. Institutions and TOEFL score recipients that note

______ inconsistencies ______ high TOEFL scores and
apparent weak English proficiency should refer to the
4. Last November, a landmark paper showed that stem- photo on the official score report for evidence of
cell-like tumour cells with a signature protein are impersonation.
actually _____ to radiation ______ other brain cancer
cells. A) so / that
B) such / that
A) so resistant / that
C) such / as
B) as resistantly / as
D) more / than
C) more resistant / than
E) as / as
D) such resistantly / that
E) so resistant / as

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9. Pollution from marine shipping causes _____ 60,000 13. The many land and sea animals provide a source of
premature cardiopulmonary and lung cancer deaths food _____ income for the locals.
around the world each year.
A) as well as
A) appropriately B) as
B) apprehensively C) more than
C) approximately D) so well
D) extensively E) such
E) primarily

14. The Turkish strategy encompassed varying

10. The report benchmarks the number of annual deaths approaches and was _____ that of the English,
caused globally by pollution from marine vessels, necessitating a rethinking of traditional
with coastal regions in Asia and Europe ______. counterinsurgency methods.

A) more affecting A) more adaptable than

B) the most affected B) so adaptable as
C) as affected C) so adaptable
D) the most affecting D) adaptable enough
E) affecting E) the most adaptable

11. A study into the 'black sheep effect', shows that 15. One study found that nursing home residents 65 and
children treat disloyalty in their own group _____ older are three times _____ likely to be hospitalized
within different groups. for influenza ____ people of similar ages who do not
live in nursing homes.
A) as harsh as
B) so harshly that A) such / that
C) more harshly than B) too / as
D) so harsh as C) so / that
E) the most harshly D) more / than
E) so / as

12. _____ the danger of a particular insurgency is

recognized, _____ likely it is that the military 16. Insurance companies would spend a lot _____ paying
intervention will have to be considered. the $10 cost of a flu shot for each employee _____
they would pay to stop the resulting outbreak.
A) So early / little
B) Much earlier / less A) such little / that
C) The earliest / the least B) so little / as
D) The earlier / the less C) so little / that
E) Such earlier / less than D) less / than
E) the least / as

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17. Biscuit-makers both in Europe and Latin America 20. Heart disease is the leading killer of women and men
have not done _____ hoped. in the United States, and high blood pressure is a
major contributor to _____ problems ______ heart
A) so good as attack and stroke.
B) as well as
A) either / or
C) as good as
B) whether / or
D) so well that
C) such / that
E) better
D) so / that
E) such / as

18. A new Palestinian state will be more likely to succeed,

_____ its territorial contiguity; _____ open its borders,
allowing free movement of people. 21. These works are of ____ importance _____ they should
be published at any cost.
A) the greatest / the most
B) the greater / the more A) so / that
C) so great / as more B) such / that
D) as great / so much C) as / as
E) greater than / more D) more / than
E) so / as

19. Women face unique challenges in keeping their blood

pressure under control, and this may help explain 22. Strasberg himself considered the girl to be his _____
why _____ women _____ men struggle with pupils of all time.
uncontrolled blood pressure.
A) more greatly than
A) more / than B) the greatest
B) less / than C) the greater
C) the / same D) greatest
D) the more / the more E) as great as
E) such / as

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23. The new calculations might leave the mass of the 24. In the neighbourhood _____ 10 to 14 per cent of
universe ______ ten to 20 per cent _____ previously patients who go to see their doctor have depression.
calculated.
A) so many that
A) more than / so light as B) such as
B) as much as / as light as C) as much as
C) the more / the lighter D) so much as
D) as much as / lighter than E) as many as
E) as many as / lighter than

25. The economic downfall of the U.S. has affected many

countries and Haiti is one of _____ one.

A) the most affecting

B) more affecting
C) as affected as
D) the most affected
E) more affected than

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Answer Key:

1: A 14: A
2: D 15: D
3: D 16: D
4: C 17: B
5: A 18: B
6: D 19: A
7: D 20: E
8: C 21: B
9: C 22: D
10: B 23: D
11: C 24: E
12: D 25: D
13: A

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