The prize will go to the writer _______ story shows the most imagination.

A. who                         B. whose                     C. that                         D. what

 Hundreds of brightly colored balloons were _______ and used as party toys or party decorations

on New Year’s Day.  

A. come up                    B. taken up                C. built up                 D. blown up

 -- Why have you bought so much food?

-- My good friends _______ to stay with me for the weekend.

A. come                B. were coming       C. are coming          D. had come  

 It was the first time in two years that I _______ my youngest son face to face.  

A. have seen             B. had seen            C. saw              D. see

 Tom insisted that the boy _______ seriously ill and that the boy _______ to the hospital at once.

   A. be; should be sent              B. be; was sent             C. was; be sent             D. was; was sent

 John’s success has nothing to do with good luck. It’s years of hard work _______has made him what he is today.

   A. who                          B. which                      C. that                         D. what

 The professor _______ his thoughts before giving his lecture, so that he could make himself understood well.

A. organized                 B. recognized                C. realized                 D. advertised

 I _______ him to give up playing computer games, but he didn’t listen.

   A. advised                      B. persuaded               C. suggested               D. hoped

 His father told me that he ______ for the United States three days ______.  

A. has left; ago           B. had left; ago            C. left; ago              D. had left; before

 Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _______ the shocking end.

A. give away                  B. give out                    C. give up                     D. give in