A a large amount of

1 VARIANT

1. Despite the material donations from the local shops, the school still needs ____ more equipment such as video players, cassette players and computers.

A) some
B) a few
C) many
D) no
E) plenty

2. The police found ____ counterfeit money as well as guns at the gang's head quarters.

A) a large amount of
B) several more
C) only a few
D) a number of
E) large numbers of

3. A colleague of ____ has lent us ____ holiday cottage for a week.

A) mine / his
B) him / her
C) theirs / its
D) your / them
E) our / their

4. There Is ____information Available on recycling, but unfortunately, little of ____ is known by ordinary people.

A) a lot of / it
B) plenty of / them
C) several / its
D) much / theirs
E) too many / itself

5. I've seen ____ of his work to know that he's ready for a promotion.

A) enough
B) a number
C) both
D) a few
E) several

6. Personally, of the two halls, I prefer the one closer to the airport, but ____ seems suitable to hold our conference in.

A) either
B) both
C) all
D) none
E) every
7. Blood flows to ____ parts of the body through the circulatory system, which is composed of arteries, veins and capillaries.
A) all
B) only a little
C) much
D) whole
E) every

8. They had ____ money to spend on their house, but even with that limited amount, they managed to create a warm and friendly atmosphere.

A) little
B) a few
C) the whole
D) plenty of
E) small number of

9. ____ of the area managers is going to report is total sales to head office ____ two weeks.

A) Each / every
B) All / each
C) Both / another
D) Any / all
E) Every / several

10. We had had so much rain that the fields on ____ sides of the river were ____ flooded.

A) both / all
B) every / both
C) neither / each
D) each / most
E) all / much

11. All the students ____ have been chosen to participate in the end-of-term concert should’ come to the assembly room at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

A) that
B) which
C) when
D) where
E) whose

12. My aunt, ____ son-in-law is the managing director of a large company, has been to a garden party at Buckingham Palace.

A) whose
B) who
C) whom
D) which
E) where

13. The use of wind, ____ is clean and inexhaustible source of energy, to generate electricity has increased lately because of recent interest in fuel conservation.

A) which
B) whose
C) that
D) who
E) where

14. We can see Shrewsbury Town football pitch from the window of our shop. Yesterday, I was watching ____ them play through the window, but stopped when ____ customer came in.

A) --- / a
B) any / a
C) a / the
D) a / ---
E) --- / the

15. In 1991, the remains of ____ Neolithic hunter, which were 5,300 years old, were discovered high in ____Alps.

A) a / the
B) the / ---
C) a / some
D) --- / a
E) a / an

16. Do you know ____ name of ____ American author Bill Bryson’s latest book?

A) the / the
B) a / ---
C) a / an
D) the / ---
E) --- / an

17. Celebrating the end of one year and the start of a new one is an age-old religious, social, and cultural observance in almost ____ part of the world.

A) every
B) all
C) either
D) neither
E) whole
18. Yesterday, a train ____ was travelling from Munich to Hamburg in Germany crashed into an overpass.
A) which
B) where
C) when
D) who
E) whose

19. Mexico City, ____ poverty, pollution and water shortages are commonplace, now has a total population of about twenty million.

A) where
B) that
C) which
D)why
E) how

20. There have been ____ isolated incidents of violence, but ____ of World Cup supporters have been well-behaved.

A) a few / the majority
B) any / a good deal
C) some / several
D) each / a great deal
E) every / a large number