b)        they feel somewhat uneasy

c)        they don’t want to reply

d)        both A and B

15     The passage indicates that _______.

a)         Americans exchange gifts the first time they meet.

b)        Americans seldom give gifts except for some holidays.

c)        Americans often bring some gifts to their friends.

d)        Americans only want to get gifts from others.

 

16. The old people often raise ______ for the sake of companionship.

A. pets   B. pipes   C. pills   D. pies

17. The river here is very wide but ____, so you can walk across it.

 A. narrow    B. arrow    C. shallow   D. hollow

18. The streets were empty ____ the policemen on duty.

   A. besides    B. except    C. excepting    D. except for

19. Don’t leave matches or cigarettes on the table within the _____ of little children.

   A. hand    B. reach    C. space   D. distance

20. –How did you pay the workers?

   –As a rule , they were paid by ______.

   A. the hour    B. an hour    C. hour    D. the time

21.____ of the students in our class are from the north.

  A. Two ninth       B. Second ninth

  C. Second nines     D. Two ninths

22. My father has classes ____ day: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

  A. each other          B. every other

  C. this and the other     D. all other

23. This morning Jack came to school late____.

  A. than usual        B. as usual

  C. like usual        D. like usually

24. I’m putting on weight. The doctor has warned me to ____sugar.

  A. keep up         B. keep back

  C. keep off         D. keep away

25. We were ____ for half an hour in the traffic and so we arrived late.

  A. kept up         B. held up

  C. cut up          D. brought up

26. The news quickly spread through the village ______ the war had ended.

   A. which     B. what          C. that        D. where

27. We hurried to the station ______ find ourselves three hours earlier for the train.

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