GRADE 9 TD

Only after the atomic bomb ________ and development in the air travel _______,  ______ science fiction really become popular.

• had created/ had taken off/ was

• had been created/ had been taken off/ has

• had been created/ had taken off/ did 

• had been created/ / had taken off/ had

We’ve bought some ________ chairs for the garden so that they are easy to store away.

• adapting   

• adjusting 

• bending 

• Folding

The __________ the sky train system is, the __________ it is for people to travel across the city.

• more efficient / easier 

• less efficient / easier  

• more efficient / harder  

• less efficient / harder

Young people are ambitious by nature, so they tend to set their ______ on whatever they do.

• sights    

• views    

• visions       

• eyes

There are ______ words in English having more than one meaning. Pay close attention to this fact.

• a large many       

• quite many   

• a great many 

• quite a lot

I find the prose style of many American writers virtually ______.

• illegible          

• impenetrable    

• impermeable   

• incorrigible

John’s score on the test is the highest in the class; ______ .

• he should study last night 

• he should have studied last night

• he must have studied last night    

• he must have to study last night

My English is progressing in ______  .

• leaps and bounds 

• bounds and leaps 

• odds and ends  

• ends and odds

His new yacht is certainly an ostentatious display of his wealth.

• showy     

• expensive  

• large  

• ossified

Most of the guests at the dinner party chose to dress elegantly, but one man wore jeans and a T-shirt; he was later identified as a high school teacher. (Find the opposite)

• unsophisticatedly    

• decently     

• gaudily         

• gracefully