Daisy is a miserable person. - Of course she is. She's jealous of everyone.
- a. about
- b. with
2.
I think I’ll ask Fred. - Don’t bother. He has less than I do.
- a. few
- b. fewer
- c. less
(IV) Reading Comprehension.
A. Read the passage and choose the best answer for each of the blanks.
English Food.
Foreign visitors to England often ask (36) for one good restaurant but when their hosts suggest (37) that it is usually Italian or French or Indian. “But I mean a typically English restaurant,” they say. (38) To disappoint them, the host answers as best as he can. (39) The fact is that English people enjoy their own cooking at home but (40) avoid it in public. Even the experts who write articles on food (41) seem to use the French word “cuisine”, (42) which suggests that “cooking” is inferior.
In fact, English cooking is not (43) as bad as people think. The trouble with it, (44) is that the most appetizing typical dishes do not go with wine. At home, English people usually drink either water or beer or even (45) both; in restaurants, they sometimes think they (46) should order wine for the sake (47) of appearances.
At present, a number of exclusive restaurants in Britain are trying to adopt a “national cuisine”. But their criteria (48) seem to be to search for recipes in ancient cookery books and give the impression that British cooking is “mimic French cuisine”, while they disobey their own traditions. With regards to (49) such extremes, most British dishes served (50) there do not go with wine either.
B. Choose the sentence a, b, c or d nearest in meaning to the given one
- The teacher cared about regular attendance...
a. The teacher paid attention to regular attendance...
b. The teacher always punished us if we were absent.
c. If you were frequently absent, you wouldn’t be allowed to attend the class.