slide 112 — ex. 1-13

Choose the appropriate option.

1. When population is not checked by artificial means, it increases, putting
more strain on limited natural resources.
a) they
b) them
c) its
d) it

2. The portion of a mountain where trees cannot grow is called the tree line.
a) there
b) that
c) so
d) where

3. In 1892, Dr. James Naismith invented the game of basketball to provide college
students with exercise during the winter months.
a) provide
b) provided
c) to have provided
d) to provide

4. Not only was Mary Ann Shadd famous for helping escaped slaves, she was also the
first African Canadian woman to establish a newspaper.
a) Was only not
b) Not only was
c) Was not only
d) Not only

5. Everest being the highest, K2 is the second highest mountain peak in the world.
a) the second of the
b) of the second highest
c) the second highest of the level
d) the second highest

6. “It is not very cold. I don’t think we need these big jackets.”
“I don’t think so, either.”
a) anyway
b) either
c) neither
d) too

7. Neither Nebraska nor Iowa has any coastline.
a) Either
b) Neither
c) Both
d) Together

8. Birds owe much of their success as a group to their unusual powers of
migration.
a) That birds
b) A bird
c) The bird
d) Birds

9. The house sparrow, now a common bird in NY city, was first seen in the city in 1850.
a) now a common bird
b) bird in common
c) a bird now in common
d) which a common bird

10. During the early period of Ocean navigation there was hardly any need for
sophisticated instruments and techniques.
a) was so hardly
b) so that hardly
c) when there hardly was
d) there was hardly

11. It was difficult at first, but Mike got used to working at night.
a) be used to working
b) were used to working
c) got used to working
d) is used to working

12. The legal systems of most countries can be classified as either common law or
civil law.
a) as either
b) either as
c) either to
d) to either

13. Who you work for is your own business.
a) Who you work for
b) Whose you work for
c) Who for you work
d) You work for whom