Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to best complete the following sentences. 16. Carbon emissions from airplanes and other pollutants ________ to global warming. A. contribute B. stem C. attribute D. spark 17. Hundreds of people in the hardest-hit zone are at ________ from disease unless a tsunami-like aid effort is mobilized. A. threat B. menace C. danger D. risk 18. Parents play a ________ role in a child’s upbringing in the formative years. They are really the driving force behind whatever the children do. A. supporting B. crucial C. starring D. title 19. Television came into _________ and became a competitor with the motion pictures. A. practice B. enforcement C. use D. life 20. I sent the prospectus to you by post weeks ago. It ________ by now. A. should have arrived B. would have arrived C. must have arrived D. is supposed to arrive 21. ________ global solidarity, the world would not be better prepared for the influenza H1N1 pandemic. A. On account of B. Thanks to C. If not D. But for 22. -Pete: "What do you usually do on Sunday night?" -Margaret: "________ time I go out with my friends". A. Most of B. The most C. Most of the D. The most of 23. ________ different in character we are, we have been mutual friends since our childhood. A. However B. Despite being C. Although D. Whatever 24. "How was your visit to the dentist?" "It was painless. I ________ worried". A. mustn’t have B. needn’t have C. didn’t need to be D. wouldn’t have 25. ________ in Paris before, he didn’t know his way around when he took his family there. A. Not be living B. Never having lived C. His not living D. Because he has lived 26. ________ show lasts three hours. A. The whole B. Most C. All the D. Entire 27. "It’s beautiful here!" "I just wish we ________ a camera with us". A. brought B. would bring C. had brought D. were bringing 28. _______ as taste is really a composite sense made up of both taste and smell. A. That we refer to B. What we refer to C. To which we refer D. What do we refer to 29. Politicians should never lose ______ of the needs of the people they represent. A. view B. regard C. sight D. prospect 30. Six novels a year, you say? He’s certainly a __________ writer. A. fruitful B. fertile C. virile D. prolific 31. We’ve bought some ________ chairs for the garden so that they are easy to store away. A. folding B. adjusting C. bending D. adapting 32. “Bob, it’s getting cold._________ take a jacket with you?” -“All right, daddy” A. Why not B. You’d better C. Would you like D. What about 33. What a ________! A. new small nice car B. nice small new car C. new nice car, that is small D. car new nice and small 34. Ninety________the maximum length of time allowed for entrance exams to this school. A. minute is B. minutes are C. minute are D. minutes is 35. - “She’s the best pianist in the school.” - “________.” A. That’s that. B. Never mind! C. That’s OK! D. You can say that again.