�. As they were classmates, ________ was no wonder that they should do the work in the same way.

  A) This            B) That           C) There         D) It

12. ________ out of the cottage, I found my new watch ________.

  A) Having walked… missed          B) Walking… gone

  C) Walked… lost                   D) To walk… disappeared

  E) Having walked… lost             F) Walking… Disappeared

�4. When she was a child, Linda ________ her mother ________ her a story.

  A) was always worrying, telling          C) always worried, telling

  C) was always worrying, to tell           D) always worried, to tell

26. Much to our regret, the proposal ________ health food production was rejected for the lack of fund required,

  A) concerned  B) concerning  C) which was concerned  D) which concerning

6. I don’t mind ________ the decision as long as it is not too late.

  A) you to delay making              B) your delaying making

  C) your delaying to make             D) you to delay to make

The local peasants gave the soldiers clothes and food without which they ________ of cold and hunger.

A) would           B) will die           C) would be dead      D) would have died

8. ________ when she started complaining.

  A) Not until arrived he                  B) No sooner had he arrived

  C) Hardly did he arrive                  D) Scarcely had he arrived

 ________ the fact that too much fat can be harmful, a moderate amount of fat is actually essential to the maintenance of good health

  A) Given         B) Considering       C) Regardless      D) Despite

 The big earthquake is still on ________ clothing is needed ________ in the mountain village

  A) A large number of…much         B) A great amount of…badly

  C) A good many of…rather           D) A great deal…very

 The Red Cross would have ________ thousand dollars with which to buy gifts for the old men

  A) other            B) the other      C) another          D) the others