PART V         GRAMMAR and VOCABULARY [15 min.] 

Directions: There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or    phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.    

41. I have to collect ______ about the topic before I start writing the book. 
A. a few more materials                                        
B. a few more materials         
C. a little more materials                                     
D. a little more material 
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42. You can go out, ______ you promise to be back before 11 o’clock.            
A. as long as                                                             
B. unless            
C. lest                                                                        
D. in case 
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43. Were it not for the fact that his father is on the board of directors, he ______ the job. 
A. will never get                                                     
B. will never have got 
C. would never get                                                 
D. would never have got 
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44. ______ transistor is small in ______ size and highly reliable.             
A. A, /                                                                 
B. The, / 
C. A, the                                                                
D. The, the 
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45. He resented the suggestion that he ______ conscientiously. 
A. should not work                                             
B. did not work 
C. would not work                                
D. is not working 
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46. He made a long speech ______ his ignorance of the subject. 
A. only showing                                                     
B. only showed 
C. only to show                                                        
D. only as to show 
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47. Some men would do more for a dog than ______ for a wife. 
A. they would                                                        
B. they do 
C. they did                                                         
D. do 
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48. Under no circumstances ______ do anything that will benefit ourselves. 
A. we should    
B. should we 
C. that we should                                                 
D. that we will 
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49. Two hundred miles ______ a long distance ______ in two hours even by a fast car. 
A. are, to cover                                                     
B. are, to be covered 
C. is, to cover                                                         
D. is, to be covered 
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50. If reading is to accomplish anything ______ passing time, it must be active. 
A. more than                                                            
B. better than 
C. other than                                                     
D. without 
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51. It was to New York ______ he went in the hope of finding work on one of the New York newspapers. 
A. which                                                                    
B. where 
C. as                                                                        
D. that 
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52. ______ has been said above, grammar is not a set of dead rules. 
A. It                                                                     
B. Which 
C. As                                                                        
D. As it 
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