He is a poorly learned man, but he acts as if he ______.

  A. is       B. were   C. should be     D. seems like

Only when I left my parents for Italy, ________how much I loved them.

  A. I realized   B. I had realized   C. had I realized   D. did I realize

Gun control is the subject ________ Americans have argued for a long time.

  A. which       B. with which     C. about which    D. of which

Bill wasn’t happy about the delay of the report by Jason, and ________.

  A. I was neither     B. neither was I    C. I was either   D. either was I

It is difficult to judge whether what he said_________.

  A. is worth to be praised        B. is worthy being praising

  C. is worthy of being praised     D. is worth being praised

When the manager goes out for vacation, he always leaves his secretary_______ the factory.

  A. in the charge of    B. in charge of     C. in charge    D. in the charge

It is said that the old coins ______ under the earth for about 100years by the time they were discovered.

  A. had buried      B. had been buried     C. buried     D. were buried

Intelligence does not_______ mean success. You need diligence as well.

  A. honestly        B. formally     C. simply    D. necessarily

He is always helping people without expecting anything ______.

  A. in need         B. in fact      C. in danger   D. in return

The growing speed of a plant is influenced by a number of factors, _______ are beyond our control.

  A. most of them    B. most of which   C. most of what    D. most of that