If you keep practicing your son in football, he _____________ to be a famous player.

A. wants              B. hopes              C. wishes             D. promises

This crop does not do well in soils _____________ the one for which it has been specially developed.

A. outside            B. other than         C. beyond            D. rather than

If you want to see a doctor, you fix a date with him ahead of time. That is a common __________ in the USA.

A. sense            B. rule             C. practice          D. reality

--Remember the first time we met, Jim?

-- Of course I do. You _____________ in the library.

A. had read          B. were reading       C. have read         D. read

--Did you visit the famous museum?

--No. We _____________ it, but we spent too much time shopping.

A. could have visited                         B. must have visited

C. can' t have. visited                       D. shouldn't have visited

--May I go and play with Tom this afternoon, Mum?

--No. You can't go out _____________ your homework is being done.

A. before             B. as                  C. until               D. after

The theory he's stuck _____________ us that earthquake can be forecast.

A. to proves          B. to prove           C. to proving          D. to proved

I just don't understand _________ that prevents so many Americans from being as happy as one might expect.

A. why it does        B. what it does       C. what it is          D. why it is

_____________ people study Latin today than 50 years ago, and still _____________ people study Greek.

A. Fewer; fewer      B. Fewer; few        C. A fewer; a fewer   D. Few; fewe

Can you make a sentence to _____________ the meaning of the phrase?

A. show off           B. turn out           C. bring out           D. take in