________ his great wealth, he always remained a man of simple tastes.

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• 1The traffic was very heavy; otherwise I ________ here 50 minutes sooner.

  A.would be

  B.should be

  C.had been

  D.would have been

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• 2The car is quite ________ of petrol.

  A.economic

  B.economical

  C.saving

  D.sparing

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• 3It was essential that all the necessary documents ________ to the president’s office being the end of this month.

  A.be handed in

  B.must be handed in

  C.should

  D.had been handed in

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• 4By the time you get to Beijing tomorrow, I ________ for Shanghai.

  A.am leaving

  B.should have left

  C.will leave

  D.have already left

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• 5She didn’t regret paying 200 dollars for the bookcase. As a matter or a fact, she would gladly have paid ________ for it.

  A.as much twice

  B.much as twice

  C.as twice much

  D.twice as much

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• 6The socks were too small and it was only by ________ them that he managed to get them on.

  A.spreading

  B.extending

  C.lengthening

  D.stretching

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• 7Language can be defined as a tool by which human beings ________ with one another.

  A.associate

  B.connect

  C.communicate

  D.correspond

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• 8As a small boy, he was slow ________ learning to read and write.

  A.on

  B.with

  C.in

  D.about

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• 9Tony was ________ a mile of the hotel when he ran out of petrol.

  A.within

  B.inside

  C.about

  D.off

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• 10It has been rather costly to install the machinery, but it will prove to be worth the money ________.

  A.in the long run

  B.in conclusion

  C.at long last

  D.at the end

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