Adjective Clauses Test 2

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

1) There would be lasting value in a collection of documentary material primarily focused on the evolution of the U.S. government’s civilian space program, _________________ has been carried out since 1958 under the Agency’s auspices.

2) Instead of discussing the relationship between the two disciplines in general terms, I take hold of one of the crucial concepts ______________ are shared by both disciplines.

3) The Queen accepted the presents __________ the King of Spain had sent for their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.

4) Those were the troops ______________ duty was to defend the castle.

5) The President, ________________ was besieged by reporters when his plane landed, held a short press conference at the airport.

6) The old lady was glad to be back at the block of flats ______________ she lived.

7) The Victoria Line, ______________ the Queen opened in the late 1960s, was London’s first complete new tube.

8) Depression is the mental condition _________ causes extreme sadness and hopelessness.

9) Nicotine is the major substance in cigarettes ______________ gives pleasure to smokers.

10) The manager of the firm, ______________ had just come out of a board meeting, did not know the answer to the question.

11) Five o’clock is the time _________________ we usually have a cup of coffee.

12) Records from the nineteen-sixties show that one or two people died for every one-million people ______________ received the vaccine.

13) The plan to protect the American people from smallpox will first give the vaccine to those ________________ are serving in the military forces, health care workers and emergency workers.

14) An anthropological approach to economic processes allows us to critically examine the cultural biases ______________ are inherent in the principles of modern economics.

15) One student ______________ arm was broken was taken to hospital immediately.

16) Man grows up in a world _________________ conversation is often a contest.

17) Specifically, the difference between the leader and the non-leader is the degree ________________ the leader can accept exceptional stress and still think and carry out his mission.

18) Five people, _________________ was suitable, applied for the job.

19) People ________________ survive frightening situations, such as a fire or an emergency plane landing, frequently intersperse their story of the crisis with laughter.

20) The little girl ______________ was injured in the accident was taken to hospital.