I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.

11. When was your school ____________? – 100 years ago.

A. found          B. founded                 C. discovered             D. born 

12. When he arrived, everyone ____________.

A. has left       B. left                          C. had left                  D. leave

13. In some vocational schools, the training quality is worse than ___________ used to be.

A. it                  B. they                                    C. them                       D. that

14. Hurry up! They’ve only got _______ seats left.

A. a little          B.  plenty of               C.  a lot of                               D. a few   

15.       He likes to take ___________ in sport, not only to watch it.

A. practice      B. place                       C.  part                        D. exercise

16.       I'd rather you ___________ anyone what I said.

A. don't tell                 B. won't tell                  C. didn't tell                 D. not to tell

17.       We were so late that we ______ had time to catch the train.

A. nearly                     B. hardly                     C. almost                     D. simply

18.       There is always _______ traffic in the city centre at rush hour.

A. heavy                      B. full                          C. strong                     D. many

19.       Both she and her husband are _______ work.

A. out of                      B. for                           C. on                            D. in

20.       Tom is having someone _______ the newspaper to her.

A. who brings                        B. to bring                  C. bringing                  D. bring 

21.       They were just _______ us about Anna's new friend.

A. talking                    B. saying                     C. speaking                 D. telling

22.       He was unwilling to explain the reason _______ his absence.

A. for                           B. why                         C. of                             D. that

23. Never ______ off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A. set                           B. put                          C. do                            D. turn

24. The stolen jewels were ____________ a lot of money.

A. valued                    B. cost                         C. priced                     D. worth

25. By the time you receive this letter, I will have left __________ Japan.

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