Choose the correct answers.

1. They want to ________ two floors from a very popular department store to hold there the mid-summer fair.

   1.   ?    borrow
   2.   ?    lend
   3.   ?    rent
   4.   ?    lent

2. I _________ in Kaoshiung, Taiwan. How about you?

   1.   ?    am born
   2.   ?    was born
   3.   ?    were born
   4.   ?    is born

3. It is best not to _______ him for what happened. He didn’t do it on purpose.

   1.   ?    blame
   2.   ?    blame on
   3.   ?    put blames on
   4.   ?    blaming

4. How ______ are you in your studies? On the average, how many hours do spend in reading and writing your assignment every week?

   1.   ?    time consuming
   2.   ?    much busy
   3.   ?    busy
   4.   ?    busier

5. Exercise systems, such as yoga, teach you how to ________ properly.

   1.   ?    breathe
   2.   ?    breathes
   3.   ?    breath
   4.   ?    breathing

6. Please have a look at last year’s figures _________:

   1.   ?    as below
   2.   ?    in below
   3.   ?    in the below
   4.   ?    below

7. Could you keep an eye on my _______ while I go to the bathroom?

   1.   ?    baggage
   2.   ?    baggages
   3.   ?    luggages
   4.   ?    pieces of baggages

8. There was nothing interesting to do in that little town. I was _____ most of the time.

   1.   ?    boring
   2.   ?    bored
   3.   ?    boring myself
   4.   ?    being board

9. Do you remember who was sitting ________ you in Western Civilization class last Wednesday morning?

   1.   ?    behind to
   2.   ?    next
   3.   ?    besides
   4.   ?    beside

10. It’s no news to anyone that the economy is going to remain bad. I strongly urge everyone to make sure that their spending does not go ________.

    1.   ?    beyond the budget
    2.   ?    after the budget
    3.   ?    out of the budget
    4.   ?    within the budget