Test 1 Quickprep

Aspokesperson for Ermine, Inc. is expected to make an important ------ about the company’s future tomorrow afternoon.

• announce

• announcing

• announcement

• announced

More than 500 people attempted to ------ for the seminar being given by Mr. Schnell next week.

• attend

• register

• sign

• request

Traffic in most of the downtown area has become ------ worse during the summer months.

• partially

• steadily

• reportedly

• eventually

Claude’s Pastries is open every day of the year ------- national holidays and New Year’s Eve.

• instead of

• by way of

• except for

• around

The park has become the most popular one in the entire state ------- the recent construction of various sporting facilities.

• thanks to

• on account

• with respect to

• according to

Ms. Rogers ordered the software ------- from the computers since it was causing problems.

• remove

• removal

• removed

• removable

Raymond Shipbuilding has signed contracts worth a ------- $1.3 billion during the first half of the year.

• combining

• combined

• combination

• combine

The city council selected Morris Construction to do the majority ------- the work on the stadium.

• at

• on

• with

• of

Ms. Reynolds reserved the large conference room for the -------- day and also arranged for refreshments to be delivered.

• entire

• total

• complete

• overall

-------- the bad weather, the groundbreaking ceremony will still be held at ten in the morning.

• In spite of

• With regard to

• As a result

• With respect to