I, Multiple-choice: 1, Melodi is an avid artist whose favorite hobbies are _________ and sculpture. A. using paint B. to paint C. painting D. paint 2, Increasing the number of ferry crossings to the island from the mainland had the _________ effect of attracting more visitors. A. desirable B. desired C. desirability D. undesired 3, Such a tremendous noise was _________ in the banqueting-hall that there was little danger of their being overheard. A. happening B. going on C. continuing D. turning out 4, When the area was cleared for mining, the animals that had lived there were _________. A. driven out B. putting out C. continuing D. gotten out 5, As soon as the problem at work blew up, he instantly thought about how he could come out of it looking good. He is such a ____________ person. A. self-evident B. self-conscious C. self-centred D. selfless 6, When will it ____________ us that climate change poses one of the greatest risks to the survival of our planet? A. see that B. considered C. know that D. dawn on 7, Rock and roll in the 1950s was primarily a youth cult, but its lasting importance ____________ in the seismic impact. A. stood B. stayed C. held D. lay 8, His face is used to advertise products with intellectual ____________ from computers to encyclopaedias. A. suppositions B. connotations C. assumptions D. inferences 9, My two cousins were so excited at the start of the war, they ran downtown and ________ up immediately. A. wrote B. signed C. drew D. brought 10, Mathew is increasingly required to present internally to his colleagues ____________ externally to the major shareholders. A. let alone B. not to mention C. besides D. alongside