38. Although she wrote a lot of short stories and poems when she was very young, __she was twenty five. A. her first real success did not come until B. her real first success came until not C. since her first real success did not come u...

33. The reason that his property was confiscated by the country, it__, was that he was involved in a lot of fraudulent activities during the war. A. was turned out B. was being turned out C. being turned out D. turned out ...

24. __native to North American, corn has now spread all over the world. A. In spite B. That it is C. It was D. Although ...

19. Maine has__weather than most of the other states in the continental United States. A. a cooler B. the coolest C. cooler D. the cooler ...

5. From time to time, there have been___demands that the basic wage be increase. A. insistent B. persistent C. consistent D. resistant ...

37. In1840, both Lucretian Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton resented__proper seating at the World's Anti-slavery convention in London because of their sex. A. refusing B. to be refused C. being refused D. having refused ...

29. Susan found that her new job did not provide her with sufficient__for her ability. A. capacity B. opening C. range D. scope ...

24. The post-World War II __resulted in a 43 percent increase in the number of teenagers in the 1960s and 1970s. A. boost B. production C. boom D. prosperity ...

16. I__him the Christmas gift by mail because he came home during the Christmas holidays. A. ought to have sent B. couldn't have sent C. must have sent D. needn't have sent ...

10. While being questioned on the court, the man denied__the old lady's necklace. A. having taken B. taking C. to have taken D. to take ...