红薇染露On no account ____B__ borrow money from friends, and still less ______ dependent on the favors of rich relatives. A) I would...I would be B) would I...I would be C) would I...would I be D) I would...would I be
Only with a complete grasp of all the cues of social intercourse ___B___ disappear. A) this train will B) will this strain C) this strain should D) should this strain
In the eastern part of New Jersey ___C___, a major shipping and manufacturing center. A) where the city of Elizabeth lies B) where lies the city of Elizabeth C) lies the city of Elizabeth D) the city of Elizabeth lies
At the South Pole ___D___, the coldest and most desolate region on Earth. A) Antarctica lies where B) where Antarctica lies C) Antarctica lies and D) lies Antarctica
Not until linoleum was invented in 1860 ___B___ hard-wearing, easy- to-clean flooring. A) any house did have B) did any house have C) house had any D) any house had ___B___ divorce ourselves from the masses of the people. A) In no time we should B) In no time should we C) At no time we should D) At no time should we
“Not until science became prominent ___C___ be abolished\A) did slavery come to B) slavery to C) had slavery come to D) that slavery came to
Not only ____C__ much bigger than any planet, but unlike the planets, it consists completely of gaseous material. A) the sun is B) the sun, which is C) is the sun D) that the sun
Not only ____D__ as a cooked dish the world over, but it is also used as the base of many other foods, condiments, and even beverages. A) eating rice B) rice is eaten C) people eat rice D) is rice eaten
Among the first plants to grow on the land regions of the Earth ___A___, which in prehistoric times grew to immense size. A) were horsetail rushes B) horsetail rushes C) horsetail rushes were D) and horsetail rushes
Not only ____B__ to determine the depth of the ocean floor, but it is also used to locate oil. A) to use seismology B) is seismology used C) seismology is used D) using seismology
The air inside a house or office building often has higher concentrations of contaminants ___A___ heavily polluted outside air. A) than does B) more
C) as some that are D) like of ___A___ to speak when the audience interrupted him. A) Hardly had he begun B) No sooner had he begun C) Not until he began D) Scarcely did he begin
Only recently ___C___ possible to separate the components of fragrant substances and to determine their chemical composition. A) it becomes B) having become C) has it become D) which becomes
Although the Earth’s chemical composition had been studied for years, only toward the end of the nineteenth century __B____ as a discipline in its own right. A) when geochemistry was recognized B) was geochemistry recognized C) then recognized as geochemistry D) as geochemistry was recognized
Not only ____A__ all the positive charge of an atom, it is also the site of the weight of every atom.
A) does the nucleus hold B) the nucleus holding C) the nucleus does hold D) holds the nucleus
___C___ devised to lessen the drudgery of washing clothes that the origin of the washing machine is unclear.
A) Were the inventions so numerous B) The inventions so numerous
C) So numerous were the inventions D) The inventions that were so numerous
Coinciding with the development of jazz in New Orleans in the 1920’s ___A__ in blues music. A) was one of the greatest periods B) one of the greatest periods C) was of the greatest periods D) the greatest periods
Beneath the streets of a modern city ___D___ of walls, columns, cables, pipes, and tunnels required to satisfy the needs of its inhabitants A) where exists the network B) the existing network C) the network’s existence D) exists the network
