1. Evidence came up ______ specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as months old.
A. what
B. has
C. that
D. whose
2. They tried to restrict access to ______ they believed to be dangerous areas.
A. which
B. what
C. that
D. everywhere
3. ______ is announced in the papers, our country has launched a large-scale movement against smuggling and fraudulent activities in foreign currency exchange deals.
A. What
B. As
C. It
D. That
4. In this experiment, they were wakened several times during the night, and asked to report what they ______.
A. have just been dreaming
B. had just been dreaming
C. are just dreaming
D. had just dreamt
5. ______ she wondered if she had made a mistake.
A. Not until long afterwards that
B. Not long until afterwards
C. It was not until long afterwards that
D. It was long afterwards until
6. They assured us that ______ was waiting for us they were there to share it.
A. what
B. whatever
C. it
D. whoever
7. Jean doesn't want to work right away because she thinks that if she ______ a job she probably wouldn't be able to see her friends very often.
A. has to get
B. had got
C. were to get
D. could have got
8. At last she left her house and got to the airport, only ______ the plane flying away.
A. having seen
B. to have seen
C. to see
D. saw
9. They are teachers and don't realize ______ to start and run a company.
A. what it takes
B. what takes it
C. what they take
D. what takes them
10. No bread eaten by man is so sweet as ______ earned by his own labor.
A. one
B. what
C. such
D. that
11. The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause ______ of vegetables in the coming days.
A. rarity
B. scarcity
C. invalidity
D. variety
12. They stood gazing at the happy ______ of children playing in the park.
A. view
B. perspective
C. landscape
D. scene
13. An obvious change of attitude at the top towards women's status in society will ______ through the current law system in Japan.
A. permeate
B. probe
C. violate
D. grope
14. The green team ______ themselves on the red team by winning the final.
A. revenged
B. reversed
C. reverted
D. revealed
15. When he realized he had been ______ to sign the contract by intrigue, he threatened to start legal proceedings to cancel the agreement.
A. elicited
B. excited
C. deduced
D. induced
16. The kitchen was small and ______ so that the disabled could reach everything without difficulty.
A. conventional
B. compact
C. compatible
D. concise
17. The original elections were declared ______ by the former military ruler.
A. void
B. vulgar
C. surplus
D. extravagant
18. He has got too much ______ to worry about your problem.
A. on his mind
B. out of his mind
C. off his mind
D. to his mind
19. In the past ten years skyscrapers have developed ______ in Chicago and New York City.
A. homogeneously
B. simultaneously
C. spontaneously
D. harmoniously
20. The wealth of a nation should be measured ______ the health and happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can produce.
A. in regard to
B. in line with
C. by means of
D. in terms of