On each side of the street ______ a lot of trees.

A. are grown B. is standing

C. grow D. stands

_____ already been interviewed.

A.er of applicants have

B.A number of applicants has

C.The number of applicants have

D.The number of applicants has

His brother rather than his parents ______.

A. are to be blamed B. is to blame

C. are to blame D. is to be blamed.

Each boy and each girl ______ a new book.

A. have gone B. has gone

C. have got D. has got

It is not I but you who ______ the first to run to the goal in that competition.

A. is B. was

C. are D. is going to

The boy at the back is the only one of the students who _____ from Africa in our school.

A.was B.were C.is D.are

A professor and writer ____ present at the meeting last night.

A.had been B.were C.is D.was

Over 80 percent of the population _____ workers.

A.will be B. are C.is D.was

The Arabian Nights____ well known to English lovers.

A.is being B.are C.were D.is

For most of us, success in school has very little to do with actual learning. The most important thing you have to master is how to play the grade games. you think out your own strategies for getting high marks, everything opens up to you. You may be to a well-known college or win scholarship, not to mention gaining the admiration of your teachers and parents.

But not everyone does well in tests. At times, it can almost turn into a funny game of hit and . Some students haven't mastered the of test taking, and some fear under pressure or need more time or another way to what they know. Being a school means learning things out of the school system. Then you have to work things to your . Lots of students are already doing it without it. Getting high grades also on knowing each teacher's character. For example, I once had to take , so one day in classes I talked to the teacher I had wanted to. I told him how I'd heard what a really good teacher he was, and how disappointed I was that I'd have to graduate having been in his class. I lied. It . (I had counted on the chemistry teacher being human, and he accepted.) I wasn't proud of myself for what I did. But I considered it of the grade game we're pushed into to aim at going to the best schools.?

1.A. Before B. Unless C. Once D. While

2.A. permitted B. allowed C. agreed D. admitted

3.A. miss B. lost C. strike D. blow

4.A. game B. art C. interest D. result

5.A. speak B. tell C. talk D. express

6.A. master B. house C. failure D. success

7.A. points B. ideas C. advantage D. freedom

8.A. remembering B. realizing C. teaching D. understanding

9.A. bases B. depends C. calls D. takes

10.A. place B. arms C. classes D. chemistry

11.A. between B. among C. after D. before

12.A. after B. before C. without D. from

13.A. worked B. effected C. mattered D. did

14.A. one B. none C. part D. member

15.A. taking B. playing C. making D. enjoying