I prefer dogs _____ cats. I hate cats.
   A) from
   B) over
   C) than
   D) to

  Her parents however were not at all pleased _____ where she had decided to work.
   A) about
   B) for
   C) concerning
   D) around

  Do penguins fly? No, they ____ .
   A) aren't
   B) haven't
   C) don't
   D) won't

  There are many rumors in the company, the most irritating _____ is that it can go bankrupt within a month.
  
   A) of which
   B) that
   C) to whom
   D) what
   E) where

  The person in charge told me that If I took the 8 a.m. flight to New York, I _____ change planes.
  
   A) don't have to
   B) won't have to
   C) didn't have to
   D) may not have to

  Your cousin _____ she lived in a small flat.
   A) said me
   B) said to me
   C) told
   D) told me

  John failed his exams because he was always out with his friends when he _____ .
  
   A) should have been studying
   B) used to study
   C) must have been studying
   D) will have studied
   E) could be studying

   _____ and held prisoner for three days, sixteen-year-old boy was finally rescued by the police.
  
   A) To be kidnapped
   B) Having kidnapped
   C) To have been kidnapped
   D) Having been kidnapped
   E) To have kidnapped

  Many writers say that they never enjoy writing another book _____ they enjoyed writing their first one.
  
   A) so much that
   B) as much as
   C) the most than
   D) too many as
   E) enough as

  The traditional idea that Asia was
  the cradle _____ primeval man has had
  to be modified _____ the light of the
  discovery of human fossils of great
  antiquity in Africa.
  A) to / over
  B)for / from
  C) by / under
  D)from/within
  E) of/in