II. Choose from the four options given one best answer to complete each sentence.
6. The medical community continues to make progress in the fight against cancer.
7.
A nuclear station may take risk going off due to unexpected incidents.
8. John cannot make a _______ to get married to Mary or stay single until he can afford a house and a car.
9. Most _______ are at senior level, requiring appropriate qualifications.
10. Jackie Robinson, ______ to play baseball in the major leagues, joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
11. Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes ________ they both emit hot liquids from below the earth’s surface.
12. Flag Day is a legal holiday only in the state of Pennsylvania, _______ Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag.
13. During the late 15th century, _______ of the native societies of America had professions in the fields of arts and crafts.
14. According some educators, the goal of teaching is to help students learn what _______ to know to live a well-adjusted and successful life.
15. The first explorer ________ California by land was Jedediah Strong Smith, a trapper who crossed the southwestern deserts of the United States in 1826.
16. The chair may be the oldest type of furniture, _______ its importance has varied from time to time and from country to country.
17. Halley’s Comet had its first documented sighting in 240 B.C. in China and _______ it has been seen from the earth 29 times.
18. The American Academy of Poets, _______ the 1930’s, provides financial assistance to support working poets.
19. Fish were among the earliest forms of life. Fish _______ on earth for ages and ages.
20. Many gases, including the nitrogen and oxygen in air, _______ color or odor.
21. According to research reports, people usually _______ in their sleep 25 to 30 times each night.
22. There _____ available in his area of specialization.
23. Many of the _______ not expect to win.
24. More than ten victims _______ missing in the storm last week.
25. In the US the first stage of compulsory education _______ as elementary education.
26. The mother asked her son _______.
27. Martin asked me _______.
28. John asked me _______ interested in any kind of sports.
29. Alice: “What shall we do this evening?” Carol: “____________________”
30. Linda: “Excuse me! Where’s the post office?” -Maria: “____________.”
