1.The United States of America ________ one of the most developed countries in the world. 2.Every means ________ tried, but in vain. 3.Not only my sister but also I ________ good at painting.Both of us ________ good painters. 4.Going to bed early ________ a good habit. 5.I, who ________ your teacher, will try my best to help you out. 6.“All ________ present and all ________ going on well,” the chairman said. 7.The old ________ taken good care of in our country. 8.An iron and steel works, with some other factories ________ to be built here. 9.The number of people invited ________ fifty, but a number of them ________ absent for different reasons yesterday. 10.I as well as they ________ ready to help you. 11.What we need ________ enough water, but what they need ________ houses. 12.Her family ________ larger than mine and her family ________watching TV now. 13.There ________ a big table and six chairs in the dining room. 14.The rest of food ________ (leave) for the rest of the students who ________ (have) gone to the library. 15.We need one of the students who ________ at the meeting.He is the only one of the students who ________ English fluently.(speak) 16.Many a student in our class ________ pop music while many students in their class ________ classic music.(like) 17.Each of them ________ Chinese food.They each ________ Chinese food.(enjoy) 18.The worker and writer referred to ________ (go) to write a comedy next year. 19.This kind of cartoons ________ well in the bookstore while cartoons of that kind ________ badly.(sell) 20.No boy and no girl ________ (prevent) by the heavy rain from taking part in the activity. 21.On the wall ________ (hang) two large portraits. 22.Nobody but Jane and Mary ________ (know) the secret. 23.Not only I but also Jane and Mary ________ tired of having one examination after another. 24.A library with five thousand books ________ offered to the nation as a gift. 25.When and where to build the new factory ________ not been decided yet. 26.Email, as well as telephones, ________ playing an important part in daily communication.
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