7. Jack said he ______ his teacher that he won the first place in the English speech contest.��

 A. owed it to                                                  B. owed��

 C. owed to it                                                  D. owed to��

8. ______ , Bob’s lecture offers much background information beyond the textbook.��

 A. As it is short                                              B. As short as it is��

 C. Short it is                                                  D. Short as it is��

9. Cynthia was not well adapted to the life in the remote village, ______ there were so few distractions.��

 A. what                                                         B. which��

 C. where                                                        D. why��

10. He was out of practice for two months. Now he must work harder and ______  the lost time.��

 A. put up with                                                B. add up to��

 C. go in for                                                    D. make up for��

11. According to some social scientists, teenage girls who become pregnant are more ______ to drop out of school than those who don’t.��

 A. like                                                           B. possible��

 C. possibly                                                     D. likely��

12. He took the medicine but it didn’t have the expected ______ .��

 A. answer                                                      B. result��

 C. effect                                                        D. affect��

13. The teachers took great ______ to make their lessons easy and interesting for their pupils.��

 A. efforts                                                       B. pains��

 C. work                                                         D. responsibility��

14. He took a quick glance through the ______ of the small suitcase on the seat.��

 A. contents                                                     B. contexts��

 C. objects                                                       D. subjects��

15. ______ their high sense of responsibility and experience, they wouldn’t have completed the project ahead of schedule.��

 A. On account of                                            B. In spite of��

 C. But for                                                      D. Due to ��

16. ______ having names, the roads in New York are numbered and the higher the number, the further north and “up” in the city you are.��

 A. Because of                                                 B. Instead of��

 C. Despite                                                      D. Besides��