The article is ________ more difficult than that one, so I think I can understand it with the help of
a dictionary.        

A. much          
B. quite          
C. very          
D. a little

— What do you think of bacteria, _____ good or bad?   
— _____ to say, but one thing is certain: without bacteria, the world would be quite
      different from what it is.   

A. Are they; hard    
B. Is it; hardly   
C. Is it; hard  
D. Are they; hardly

I had finished my homework and________ watch the Olympics when the power was cut off.

A. was going to      
B. was about to  
C. was to  
D. would

The manager as well as his whole team _______ determined to do the work as_____ as
they can and promises to get it completed in time .     

A. are; well  
B. is; well  
C. are; good  
D. is; good

Two building workers got seriously wounded when the stadium _______.     

A. was built  
B. was being built  
C. built  
D. is being built

The lazy bone pretended ______ earnestly when his father came into his study to see what
he was doing.     

A. studying  
B. to study  
C. to be studying  
D. to have studied

The student you considered ______ hardest failed to pass the important examination.     

A. to have studied  
B. having studied  
C. to study  
D. studying

It took the early settlers more than 150 years to build up        is now a modern city.

A. where      
B. which      
C. what          
D. that

Her pale face suggests that she ______ in poor health and strongly suggest that she _____ a doctor.     

A. is; sees    
B. be; see  
C. is; see  
D. be; should see

It is reported that ______ has been discovered in the rain forest in Brazil.

A. new species  
B. a new species  
C. a new specie  
D. new specie