<p></p><p><strong>3. </strong><b>Choose
the correct item. <strong></strong></b></p>

<p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>

<p><strong></strong></p><p>1.<strong>
</strong>Parents {#1} their
children from religious studies at schools ever since the beginning of the
education reform. <br></p><p></p>

<p>2. She told me
that Ann <strong></strong>{#2}<strong></strong><strong>
</strong>a cold.<strong><br></strong></p>

<p>3. How
long <u></u>{#3}
Tom before they got married?</p>

<p>4. The
cargo plane <u></u>{#4}
for Paris by 5
o’clock that morning.<strong></strong></p>

<p>5. After<em>
</em>I <u></u>{#5} for four hours, I got so
hungry that I had to stop and eat my lunch.<em><br></em></p>

<p>6. He couldn’t go out to play
with his friends until he <u></u>{#6}
his homework.<br></p>

<p><span lang="EN-GB">7. </span>Penelope {#7}<u></u> to school a long before we popped in for a visit. <em></em><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>

<p>8. When
I met her that evening, she {#8}<u></u> for three hours
rehearsing for the show. <strong><br></strong></p>

<p>9. James was going to have a series of fights
in the professional boxing league that year, for
which he {#9}<strong></strong> since 2016.</p><p>10. The
local authorities {#10}
the shrine twice before the fire destroyed it. <br></p><p>11.<strong> </strong>Tom felt energetic because he had {#11} woken
up. <strong><br></strong></p>

<p>12. Eduardo <b></b>{#12}<b><u></u></b> of going on holidays on his own when his
girlfriend decided to join him.<br></p>

<p>13. Her twentieth birthday was the best day she<em> </em><u></u>{#13}<i>.</i><strong> </strong><strong></strong></p>

<p>14.
The company <b></b>{#14}<b><u></u></b> steadily before
the economic crisis struck in late 2000s.<strong></strong></p>

15. Until
last week Riley <u></u>{#15} a lesson.<br><p></p>