81. She prefers English _________ France.

A. to                      B. for           C. at             D. in

  82. Three hundred people __________ homeless by the earthquake.

A. left                              B. were leaving      C. were left            D. had left

  83. By the time we got to the cinema, the film__________

A. had started        B. started               C. starting              D. has started

  84. Many people die__________ food poison today.

A. at                       B. of                      C. in             D. on

  85. What a _________ man he is! There’s nothing he wouldn’t do for us.

     A. mean                    B. generous                   C. gruel                     D. greedy

  86. The acid rain has caused__________ to the trees in this area.

A. carefulness        B. damage                        C. attraction D. difficulty

  87. The __________ buried the whole village while people were still sleeping in their houses.                 

A. drought             B. flood                           C. wind        D. tornado

  88. If people ________  to work by bus, there __________ fewer car fumes.

           A. to travel/be        B. travel/are           C. will travel/be       D. travel/will be

  89. If people didn’t throw rubbish in the street, it__________   attractive.

A. will look           B. would look                  C. look                             D. to look

   90. There are about 750 million English speakers in the world, and this number __________ fast.

 A. is increasing     B. to increase                   C. are increasing              D. increase