1)Have we not ___ one father? Hath not one God created us?
(Bible, Malachi 2:10).
a. all b. every c. each d. most
2)A son can bear with composure the ___ of his father, but
the loss of his inheritance might drive him todespair (Machiavelli, The Prince,
1517).
a. death b. illness c. fate d. shame
3)The time not to ___ a father is eighteen years before a
world war (E.B. White, "Answers to hardquestions," The second tree
from the corner, 1954).
a. praise b. jeer c. blame d. become
4)There are some extraordinary fathers, who seem, during
the whole course of their lives, to be givingtheir children reasons ___ being
consoled at their death (La Bruy?re, Characters, 1688). a. of
b. to c. for d. from
5)Few sons, indeed, are like their fathers. Generally,
they are ___; but just a few are ___ (Homer,Odyssey, 9th Century B.C.)
a. good,
bad b. worse, better c. tall, taller d. happy, sad
6)In order to get as much fame as one's father, ___ has to
be much more able than he.
a. he b. one c. it
d. they
7) ___ is the mother of good luck.
a. Diligence b.
Experience c. Intelligence d. Arrogance
8)___ is the mother of wisdom.
a. Diligence b.
Experience c. Intelligence d. Necessity
9) ___ is the mother of invention.
a. Diligence b.
Experience c. Intelligence d. Necessity
10)He that would the ___ win, must with the mother first
begin.
a. battle b.
argument c. lottery d. daughter
11)"Like mother, like daughter" means ___.
a. If you admire the mother you will also admire the
daughter.
b. Daughters tend to do the same things as their mothers.
12)”Tied to one's mother's apron strings" means ___.
a. A person likes cooking.
b. A person has a fetish for his or her mother's clothing.
c. A person is dependent on his or her mother.
d. A person has very strict ideas about what is proper
behavior.
13)"Every mother's son (of someone)" means ___.
a. Absolutely everyone with no exception b. Anyone who is underage
c. All who are immature d.
Anyone who is living at home
14)"Old enough to be someone's mother" means ___.
a. A person is as old as someone's parents (too old for a
relationship).
b. A person is old enough to have children.
c. A person is well matched emotionally with another person.
d. A person ought to act more mature.
15)Children are the ___ that hold a mother to life.
(Sophocles)
a. stitches b.
anchors c. pillars d. glue
16)Every beetle is a gazelle in the ___ of its mother.
(Moorish Proverb)
a. mind b.
view c. eyes d.
heart
17)A ___ son is the heaviness of its mother. (Bible,
Proverbs)
a. foolish b.
friendly c. frank d. fiendish
18)The ideal mother, like the ideal ___ is fiction.(Milton
B. Sapirstein, Paradoxes of Everyday Life, 1955)
a. house b.
job c. marriage d. vacation
19) A mother is glad to get the loveliest child ___.
(Emerson)
a. dressed b.
ready c. home d. asleep
20)No woman can call herself ___ unless she can choose
consciously whether she will or will not be a mother. (Margaret Sanger, Parade,
Dec.1, 1963)
a. happy b.
open c. free d. modern
21)What mother sings to the cradle goes all the way ___ to
the coffin. (Henry Ward Beecher, Proverbsfrom Plymouth Pulpit, 1887)
a. down b.
after c. on d. in
22)Who takes the child by the ___ takes the mother by the
heart. (Danish Proverb)
a. storm b.
hand c. shirttails d.
arm
23)Men are what ___ mothers made them. (Emerson)
a. some b.
other c. their d. many
24)Only mothers can think of the ___ because they give
birth to it in their children. (Maxim Gorky) a. future b. past c.
present d. possible
25)Motherly love begins with oneness and ___ to
separateness. (Erich Fromm)
a. ends b.
leads c. results d. depends
26)A motherless son is a fish ___low water. (Burmese
Proverb)
a. out b.
over c. in d. on
27)There are 60 seconds in one ___.minute
28)There are 60 minutes in one ___.hour
29)30 minutes is called ___.half an hour
30)There are 24 hours in one ___.day
31)There are seven days in one ___.week
32)In British English, a period of two weeks is called a
___.fortnight
33)There are about four weeks in one ___.month
34)A three-month period (spring, summer, fall, or winter)
is called a ___.season
35)There are twelve months in one ___.year
36)A period of ten years is called a ___.decade
