Choose the word, phrase or expression which best completes each sentence.
1. She didn't______ staying at home as she had some sewing she wanted to do.
A. mind B. care C. object D. matter
2.They want to have a new roof put on before the rainy season _______.
A. falls out B. comes into C. sets in D. turns up
3.The announcement about job losses has _______ consequences for the firm.
A. hard-hitting B. far-reaching C. never-ending D. wide-ranging
4. We should make the best of every _______ to learn.
A. chance B. availability C. benefit D. opportunity
5. Anne’s work was ______.
A. as good as, if not better than, ours B. so good as, if not better than, ours
C. as good like, if not better than our’s D. as well as, if not better than, ours
6. Just as remote-controlled satellites can be employed to explore outer space, ____ employed to investigate the deep sea.
A. can be robots B. robots can be C. can robots D. can robots that are
7. In _______ people, the areas of the brain that control speech are located in the left hemisphere.
A. mostly of B. most C. almost the D. the most of
8. ___________ the public’s concern about the local environment, this new road scheme will have to be abandoned.
A. As regards B. In view of C. In the event of D. However much
9. It’s true, I tell you! I got it from the ________. My sister works at the Town Hall. She is the one who made the decision.
A. nag’s head B. cat’s whiskers C. horse’s mouth D. lion’s den
10. It was decided that the cost of the project would be ____ and so it was abandoned.
A. repressive B. prohibitive C. restrictive D. exclusive
11. We hire out bicycle_________.
A. by hours B. by an hour C. by the hour D. for hours.
12. -“ Would you mind if I closed the door? It’s too cold outside.” -“________”
A. I’d rather you didn’t. It’s stuffy. B. No, I don’t like.
C. No, never mind. D. Why not do it?
13.The government stopped the local companies from importing fake milk powder ________ of public health.
A. in the interest B. to the best C. for the attention D. on the safe side
14. I don’t think it advisable that he __________to the job since he has no experience whatsoever.
A. will be assigned B. would be assigned C. should be assigned D. must have been assigned
15. The obedient students will abide _______the school rules.
A. of B. with C. at D. by
1.She prefers staying at home to going to market.
->She'd rather stay at home than go to the market.
2.We prefers English to French.
->We'd rather learn English than French.
3.They prefer working to resting.
->They'd rather work than rest.
4.She prefers drinking orange juice to eating mangoes.
->She'd rather drink orange juice than eat mangoes.
5.He prefers smoking to drinking.
->He'd rather smoke than drink.