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132 Vocabulary 4000
Drill V
Answers and solutions begin on page 155.
1. In the past few years and to this day, many teachers of math and science had
chosen to return to the private sector.
(A) had chosen to return to the private sector.
(B) having chosen to return to the private sector.
(C) chose to return to the private sector.
(D) have chosen to return to the private sector.
(E) have chosen returning to the private sector.
2. Most of the homes that were destroyed in last summer’s brush fires were
built with wood-shake roofs.
(A) Most of the homes that were destroyed in last summer’s brush fires
were
(B) Last summer, brush fires destroyed most of the homes that were
(C) Most of the homes that were destroyed in last summer’s brush fires
had been
(D) Most of the homes that the brush fires destroyed last summer’s have
been
(E) Most of the homes destroyed in last summer’s brush fires were being
3. Although World War II ended nearly a half century ago, Russia and Japan
still have not signed a formal peace treaty; and both countries have been
reticent to develop closer relations.
(A) have not signed a formal peace treaty; and both countries have been
(B) did not signed a formal peace treaty; and both countries have been
(C) have not signed a formal peace treaty; and both countries being
(D) have not signed a formal peace treaty; and both countries are
(E) are not signing a formal peace treaty; and both countries have been
4. The Democrats have accused the Republicans of resorting to dirty tricks by
planting a mole on the Democrat’s planning committee and then used the
information obtained to sabotage the Democrat’s campaign.
(A) used the information obtained to sabotage
(B) used the information they had obtained to sabotage
(C) of using the information they had obtained to sabotage
(D) using the information obtained to sabotage
(E) to have used the information obtained to sabotage