A a large amount of

4 VARIANT

1. The new dress my sister bought didn’t fit ____, so she gave it to ____ .

A) her / me
B) she / you
C) hers / mine
D) mine / hers
E) herself / ours

2. Blood plays a critical part in the fight against disease because blood contains ____ kinds of disease-combating agents.

A) several
B) each
C) neither
D) a lot
E) much

3. If parts of the body do not get ____ blood, they will become infected and their tissues will die.

A) enough
B) many
C) whole
D) all
E) plenty

4. Upon graduation, ____ student is sent an information pack giving useful tips and information about finding suitable employment.

A) each
B) all
C) none
D) many
E) a few

5. Although we've already had ____ volunteers, we're still looking for ____ to help out at the school fete.

A) a number of / a few more
B) plenty of / much
C) several / much more
D) a lot of / a little more
E) almost no / quite a lot

6. ____ of his poems, "The Swans", ____ difficult to fully appreciate if you don't know about the poet's meeting Nelly Sachs.

A) One / is
B) Much / have been
C) Several / was
D) A few / is going to be
E) Some / has been
7. When the river was flooded, the farmhouse was surrounded by water on ____ sides.
A) all
B) every
C) either
D) each
E) neither

8. ____ sheep escaped from Farmer Gile's field last week, and so far, only ____ of them has been found.

A) Several / one
B) Many / a few
C) More / each
D) Some / enough
E) A few / some

9. Each of ____ has a blue dash of paint on ____ coat, so it will be easy to recognize Farmer Gile's sheep.

A) them / its
B) it / their
C) him / theirs
D) their / them
E) his / it

10. We must admit that the fault was not entirely ____ . Some of it must have been ____.

A) hers / ours
B) his / us
C) their / my
D) her / theirs
E) mine / you

11. Thank you for letting me know about this birthday wish of ____ .

A) his
B) him
C) me
D) your
E) us

12. I won’t accept your homework unless you can provide a good reason ____ you haven’t handed it in on time.

A) why
B) when
C) where
D) which
E) who
13. Oceans and seas are the bodies of salt water ____ cover about 71 percent of the Earth’s surface.
A) that
B) where
C) when
D) whose
E) why

14. Not much is known about African history until the year one thousand, ____ geographers first made written records.

A) in which
B) where
C) whose
D) how
E) that

15. The richness of Asia’s cultures is reflected in ____ arts and literature.

A) its
B) theirs
C) it
D) them
E) itself

16. The teacher said that if Joseph caused ____ trouble in class, she would send his mother a letter.

A) any more
B) far fewer
C) a number of
D) so many
E) several

17. Herman Melville’s book ‘Moby Dick’ tells of the adventures of captain Ahab, who loses ____ leg in his struggle with ____whale.

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

18. A: Which of these wallpaper designs would you like in the living? B: ____. ____ look horrible. Why can’t we just paint the walls?

A) Neither / Both
B) All / None
C) Either / Whole
D) None / Some
E) Every / Each

19. I wonder if ____ of our neighbors would look after our cat while we are away.

A) either
B) the whole
C) few
D) little
E) every

20. They gave the idea ____ consideration before accepting it.

A) a great deal of
B) several
C) only a few
D) much of
E) a good many