Prepositions Test 10

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

1) Atmospheric conditions, particularly changes _______________ the weather and their effects _______________ the Earth, are the subject of meteorology.

2) The Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani is largely responsible _______________ making Milan _______________ a centre of global fashion.

3) Cynthia sent the letter _______________ airmail because she wanted it to arrive _______________ three days or so.

4) The Central Intelligence Agency, known as the CIA _______________ plays a major role in third world politics.

5) Finger painting was originally intended as a means of developing the imaginative and artistic powers of young children, but it has become a hobby _____________ people _____________ all ages.

6) Coral reefs are being destroyed _____________ an alarming rate due to over-exploitation and the illegal techniques used _____________ fishermen.

7) The chair collapsed _____________ the strain of the big man’s weight and broke _____________ pieces.

8) I assume _____________ what she said that she will be travelling _____________ plane.

9) First, I read _____________ the questions quickly and then filled _____________ the answers.

10) Although drawings differ _____________ quality, they share a common purpose of giving visible form to ideas and the artist’s feelings _____________ them.

11) In 1996, representatives _____________ approximately 6O countries signed a United Nations Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty _____________ the hope of ending nuclear weapons testing.

12) The modern novel appeared ___________ the end of the Middle Ages ___________ the publication of ‘Don Quixote’ by Miguel de Cervantes early in the 16th century.

13) Fish are found _____________ the sunny surface of the ocean ____________ to the darkest depths where light never penetrates.

14) The actions of animals are based mainly ______________ instinct. Human behavior, by contrast, is mostly shaped and conditioned by interactions ______________ individuals or groups.

15) The branch of science that deals _____________ how living things, including humans, are related _____________ their surroundings is called ecology.

16) Eliminating a species of insect ____________ using massive quantities of a chemical pesticide also may eliminate a bird species that depends ____________ the insect as a source of food.

17) For centuries, London has been subjected to the danger of smog, long recognized _____________ a potential cause of death, especially for those _____________  severe respiratory ailments.

18) There is some evidence that extreme levels of noise can lead _____________ harmful effects _____________ human health.

19) Suddenly the car went _____________ control and knocked _____________ a pedestrian.

20) Considered by many the most infamous of the Nazis apart from Hitler himself, Heinrich Himmler was in charge ______________ organising the concentration camps where millions of Jews were put to death ______________ World Warn.