| The palace caught fire three times in the last century and little of the original building ____ now. |
A. remains B. is remained C. is remaining D. has been remained |
| The restaurant has become popular for its wide _____ of foods that suit all tastes and pockets. |
A. circle B. division C. range D. area |
| Airplanes that used to take more than half a day to cross the Atlantic are now _____ to make it in several hours. |
A. faster than B. fast enough C. so fast D. faster |
| _____ his homework in time, he had to stay up late into the night. |
A. Finishing B. Having finished C. To finish D. To have finished |
| As the famous saying _____, two heads are better than one. |
A. mentions B. goes C. tells D. instructs |
| The boy was waving his stick in the street and it _____ missed the child standing nearby. |
A. closely B. narrowly C. nearly D. hardly |
| In the conference room on the fifth floor, where a meeting _____, some students were busily setting the table. |
A. was to be held B. has been held C. will be held D. is being held |
| Hearing that most of the members voted against her, she _____ a smile. |
A. wore B. managed C. performed D. controlled |
| Everyone has periods in their lives _____ everything seems very hard. |
A. when B. where C. which D. that |