The chairman of the committee moved that the proposal ________ put to the vote.

  A. is                         B. was                   C. were                        D. be

I ________ the money yesterday, because I had enough money to buy the cheaper products.

  A. needn’t borrow                                  B. needn’t have borrowed

  C. needn’t to borrow                              D. didn’t need borrowing

It snowed heavily last night, thus ________ the traffic problems today.

  A. causing                 B. caused               C. having caused           D. having been caused

I’d rather you just _________ in bed and ________ anything for at least two weeks.

  A. stayed…did                                         B. stay… do

  C. stayed… don’t do                              D. stayed… didn’t do

This special strain of rice ___________ one-third more of the crop in the same field.

  A. makes possible to produce                  B. makes it possible to produce

  C. make possible producing                    D. make it possible producing

Further reading made me realize that it was hard work and determination as well as her good nature _______ had got her into medical school.

  A. when                    B. which               C. how                         D. that

 In 1974, Yuan Longping became the first agricultural pioneer in the world _______ rice that has a high output.

  A. to grow                B. growing            C. having grown           D. to be grown

For forty years Jane Goodall _________ the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals.

  A. helps                    B. is to help           C. had helped                D. has been helping

________ take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly from China to Vancouver and to take the train from west to east across Canada in September.

  A. Other than            B. More than         C. Rather than               D. In spite of

When we get closer to the moon, we shall feel its gravity pulling us but it will not be ________ the earth’s.

  A. as a strong pull as                              B. a strong pull as

  C. as strong a pull as                              D. strong as a pull as