1) After the Arab states won independence, great emphasis was laid on expanding education, with girls as well boys____ to go to school.
A) to be encouraged B) been encouraged
C) being encouraged D) be encouraged
2) ____,a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor.
A) Other things being equal
B) Were other things equal
C) To be equal to other things
D) Other things to be equal
3) All things ____, the planned trip will have to be called off.
A) considered B) be considered
C) considering D)shavingsconsidered
4) The house was very quiet, ____as it was on the side of a mountain.
A) isolated B) isolating
C) being isolated D)shavingsbeen isolated
5) This crop has similar qualities to the previous one, ____both wind-resistant and adapted to the same type of soil.
A) being B) been
C) to be D)shavingsbeen
6) Corn originated in the New World and thus was not known in Europe until Columbus found it ____ in Cuba.
A) being cultivated B) been cultivated
C)shavingscultivated D) cultivating
