7.Americans are pound of their variety and individuality, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform, whether it is the uniform of an elevator operator or the uniform of a five-star general. Why are uniforms so popular in the ...

1.Also serving to produce a distinctive usage was the practice of distinguishing a son from a father by the use of Junior. This typically American practice began in the middle of the eighteenth century when most gentlemen had some knowledge...

14.Whether work should be placed among the causes of happiness or among the causes of unhappiness may perhaps be regarded as a doubtful question. There is certainly much work which is exceedingly irksome, and an excess of work is always ver...

8.It is not easy ____ the answer to the difficult math problem. A. to figure out B. figuring out C. figure out D. being figured out ...

2.I ____ asleep in the corner, for I remember nothing of what happened during the night. A. might fall B. must fall C. must have fallen D. can have fallen ...

15.Susan is not very intelligent, ____ work very hard. A. not does she B. or does she C. either does she D. neither does she ...

3.I ____ everything by the time you get back next month. A. shall finish B. will be finishing C. have finished D. shall have finished ...

22.Yhudi Menuhin, who died in Berlin on March 12, 1999, at the age of 82, was a child prodigy who fulfilled his promise to become one of the world's foremost violinists before extending his range to teaching and conducting. The gently spo...

16.I get jumpy inside when I get jealous and I find it hard to control that. At first I try to avoid it, try to pretend it's not there. Mostly that works for me; my jealous feelings are fleeting things anyway. They never last very long. I...

10.John is determined to carry out the very important experiment.____ happens, he will not change his plan. A. That B. Whatever C. What D. Wherever ...