Task 3

Complete the sentence below by choosing the best answer.

1. The sun _____ vast amounts of gases.

(A) gives off
(B) with
(C) which
(D) from

2. _____ after the Second World War that test pilots first attempted to break the “sound
barrier”.
(A) it was shortly
(B) was shortly
(C) there was shortly
(D) shortly

3. _____ in the Atacama Desert.

(A) It never virtually rains
(B) It virtually never rains
(C) It rains never virtually
(D) Never virtually it rains

4. _____ surprises many youngsters.

(A) Butterflies are insects
(B) Butterflies as insects
(C) Butterflies being insects
(D) The fact that butterflies are insects

5. _____ , the outermost layer of skin, is about as thick as a sheet paper over most of the
skin.
(A) It is the epidermis
(B) In the epidermis
(C) The epidermis
(D) The epidermis is

6. A stock _____ at an inflated price is called a watered stock.

(A) issued
(B) is issued
(C) it is issued
(D) which issued

7. _____ called galaxiids feed on algae and mosses that grow in the warm waters.
(A) A small Australian fishes
(B) Small Australian fish
(C) A small Australian fish
(D) The small Australian fishes
8. _____ connect the word “happiness” with the symbols for white, silk, and tree.
(A) Many Chinese person
(B) Much Chineses
(C) Many Chinese
(D) Much Chinese people

9. _____ are phosphorescent in the dark intrigues many people.

(A) That certain species of centipedes
(B) Certain species of centipedes
(C) There are certain species of centipedes
(D) It is certain species of centipedes

10. _____ from the leaves of the rare weeping tree even though the sky may be cloudless.
(A) Great drops of water dripping
(B) Great drops of water drip
(C) Water dripping in great drops
(D) That great drops of water are dripping