There was a good _____ of the countryside from the front of the bus.

   A. sight    B. view    C. scene    D. scenery

. Scientists have to work hard to keep _____ with modern discoveries and developments.

   A. company    B. track    C. touch    D. pace

. The map was drawn to the standard _____ of 1/100,000, so there was not much detail.

A. route    B. line    C. rate    D. scale

 This is the _____ piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works.

   A. actual                    B. genuine                    C. real                    D. original

Our research has focused on a drug which is so _____ as to be able to change brain chemistry.

        A. powerful                 B. influential           C. monstrous                  D. vigorous

One-room schoolhouses can still be found in _____ areas where there are no other schools for many miles.

A.disposed B. deserted C. isolated  D. abandoned

. It has been laid down that each student must _____ a composition to the teacher once a week.

A. turn in  B. give up C. put forward D. bring out

. The magician picked several persons from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.

   A. by accident    B. on occasion

   C. at random      D. on an average

. The noise was so _____ that only those with excellent hearing were aware of it.

   A. dim    B. soft    C. faint    D. gentle

Thomas Edison considered genius to be _____ one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

   A. composed of     B. constituted in

   C. consisted of    D. comprised in