Pre-test

The awards ceremony will be _________ at the grand ballroom of the Park Station Hotel.

• held

• raised

• taken

• granted

In March, the Grand Symphony Orchestra will present an _________ opera by talented newcomer Maria Cruz. Which of the following options best describes the opera?

• excite

• excites

• excited 

• exciting

We hope to send _________ tax documents to you by the end of the week.

• you

• your

• yours

• yourself

All materials _________ for the upcoming seminar need to be copied at least two days in advance

• called

• required

• questioned

• invited

Traveling by train to Tokyo takes approximately one hour less _________ traveling by car.

• for

• with

• as

• than

Because Hong Kong is home to people from all over the world, a _________ of fashion styles can be seen in the city on any given day

• variety 

• kind

• separateness

• distance

The board of trustees will _________ vote on the revised proposal at its meeting later this month

• define

• definite

• definitive

• definitively 

Because of _________ extremely focused customer bases, small business owners can often respond quickly to new economic trends

• they

• their

• theirs

• them

Payment is _________ at the time you check out of the conference center.

• expect

• expecting

• expected

• expectation

Officials attribute the _________ in service to a software upgrade that makes the system run faster.

• improvement

• exchange

• relief 

• lift