The finance minister has not been so _____ since he raised taxes to such a high level.

   A. popular    B. well-known    C. favorable    D. preferable

American women were _____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.

   A. ignored    B. refused    C. neglected    D. denied

12. —Would you rather come on Friday or Saturday?

   —  _____.

A. Yes, of course       B. The other is better

C. What’s the matter   D. Either would suit me

13. It’s high time that we _____ home and _____ supper now.

A. go…have              B. went…had

C. go…should have       D. went…to have

13. All substances, _____ solid, liquids or gases, are made up of entirely atoms.

A. whether they         B. whether

C. whether are they     D. whether are

14. He went there, _____ some books and call on an old friend of his.

A. bought    B. buying    C. buy    D. to buy

14. He knows so much about the story. He must have read the book, _____?

A. mustn’t he       B. doesn’t he

C. hasn’t he        D. didn’t he

13. _____, he cannot solve the word puzzle.

A. Hard although he tried

B. He tried hard although

C. However hard he tried

D. As he tried hard

I have such a bad cold that I have lost all _____ of smell.

          A. degree    B. sense    C. strength    D. scent

She has lost her handbag with the _____ sum of $150 in it.

      A. extraordinary    B. important     C. considerable     D. valuable