1. ______ receiving financial support from family, community or the government is allowed, it is never admired.
A) As B) Once C) Although D) Lest
2. Many patients insist on having watches with them in hospital, ________ they have no schedules to keep.
A) even though B) for C) as if D) since
3. _____ I admire David as a poet, I do not like him as a man.
A) Much as B) Only if C) If only D) As much
4. A good many proposals were raised by the delegates, ________ was to be expected.
A) that B) what C) so D) as
5. She had a tense expression on her face, ________ she were expecting trouble.
A) even though B) as though C) even as D) now that
6. In India more than one hundred languages are spoken, ______ which only fourteen are recognized as official.
A) of B) in C) with D) within
7. Small as it is, the ant is as much a creature as ________ all other animals on earth.
A) are B) do C) is D) have
8. Don’t let the child play with scissors ________ he cuts himself.
A) in case B) so that C) now that D) only if
9. ________ much is known about what occurs during sleep, the precise function of sleep and its different stages remains largely in the realm of assumption.
A) Because B) For C) Since D) While
10. They always give the vacant seats to ________ comes first.
A) whoever B) whomever C) who D) whom
11. The residents, ________ had been damaged by the fire, were given help by the Red Cross.
A) all of their homes B) all their homes
C) whose all homes D) all of whose homes
12. These people once had fame and fortune; now ________ is left to them is utter poverty.
A) all that B) all what C) all which D) that all
13. How is it ________ your roommate’s request and yours are identical?
A) if B) so C) what D) that
14. There was such a long line at the exhibition ________ we had to wait for about half an hour.
A) as B) that C) so D) hence
15. Government reports, examination compositions, legal documents and most business letters are the main situations ________ formal language is used.
A) i