STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

Directions :In sentences 1-15 select the word or phrase that best completes the sentence and choose the respective option (A, B, C, or D).

1.None of the clocks in the old section of the city work anymore, but they ___________ perfectly.

(A) were used to work
(B) were used to working
(C) use to work
(D) used to work

2.Some waterspouts ___________ begin over the water and, with great speed, move towards the shore.

(A) alike some hurricanes
(B) like some hurricanes
(C) are like some hurricanes
(D) which they are like some hurricanes

3.In the zoo there was ____________.

(A) a hundred-years-old elephant
(B) hundred-year-old elephant
(C) a hundred-years-aged elephant
(D) a hundred-year-old elephant

4.The governor has repeatedly stated that, before he leaves office, he _________ balance the budget.

(A) would like
(B) had wanted to
(C) would like to
(D) likes to

5.Behavioral scientists say that it is essential that an infant _________ loving attention.

(A) be given
(B) is given
(C) should be given
(D) receives

6.The microphone went dead while the narrator ________ the cast.

(A) was introduced
(B) was introducing
(C) has been introducing
(D) had introduced

7.______ , the students placed their pencils on their desks and left the room.

(A) Being finished the test
(B) All the test now being over
(C) Before the bell's ringing
(D) Having completed the test

8.In the morning the streets were flooded. There ______ a cloudburst during the night.

(A) must have been
(B) has been
(C) must be
(D) must to been