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Part One
4. The___ wife was wearing a plain white dress with a
ELEMENTS OF GRAMMAR
string of pearls that cost more than my ___ salary.
A governor's-general, two years' B
governor-general's, two years' C
Directions: Complete the sentences below using the correct governor-general, two years D
alternative from those marked A, B, C, or D. governor's-general's, two-year

The noun 5. He pulled off his gloves and put ___ onto the dressing
table. She noticed that __ brand new. So was his hat.
Test 1 | A it, it was B it,
they were C them,
1. When I came into ___ cottage, the family ____sitting it was D them, they
round the table playing draughts. Draughts ___their were
favourite game. They like to play ___ in the evenings.
6. He conducted a lot of __ into ____ but ____ a failure.
A the Holley's, were, are, it
B Holleys, was, are, them C A researches, hay fevers, they were B
the Holleys', were, is, it D research, hay fever, it was C researches,
Holleys's, was, is, them hay fever, it was . D research, hay
fevers, they were
2. When he was going through a narrow passage between
two ___ , he heard ___ , These were his neighbours, 7. The proceeds of the campaign ___ been spent on the
two ___ girls. construction of the Children's Care Centre. Roadworks
__ being held there to build a new ___ crossing.
A merrys-go-round, laugh, twenty-years old B
A has, are, pedestrian's
merry-go-rounds, a laugh, twenty-year old C
B have, are, pedestrian
merry-goes-round, laughter, twenty-years old D
C has, is, pedestrians
merry-goes-rounds, a laughter, twenty-year old
D have, is, pedestrians'
3. They decided to open a season. Though it was a fash
8. Look, Mary is playing with the scissors! Take ____
ionable party and the walls were decorated with ___
away from her, ___ may cut into her fingers.
and ___, the majority of the guests ___wearing jeans
and T-shirts. A it, it B
them, it C it,
A lilies-of-the-valley, forget-me-nots, were they D them,
B lily-of-the-valleys, forget-me-nots, were they
C lilies-of-the-valley, forgets-me-not, was
9. Here ___ the pocket money my uncle has sent me 15. The crossroads at our supermarket ___ a dangerous
today. ___ will be enough to settle all my debts. place. The traffic lights will help both pedestrians and
A are, It C is, It drivers to avoid accidents. The police __ to set ___
B is, They D are, They here.
A are, needs, them C are, needs, it
10. The criteria ___ too vague. If there were a sharper B is, need, them D is, need, it
__ to make our choice, I would be happy.
A is, criterion C is, criteria 16. Measles __ a dangerous disease and a lot of children
B are, criterion D are, criteria catch ___at an early age.
A is, them C are, them
11. The latest news from the Middle East countries _ B is, it D arc, it
disturbing. A close-up camera showed a man run
ning somewhere. His face was bruised and his clothes 17. This ___ the most effective means of production and
__ torn. _ can be adjusted to your business in ___ time.
A was, was C was, were A is, it, two month's B are,
B were, were D were, was they, a two-months C is,
they, two-month D is, it,
12. The premises___ big enough, but the inspection took two months'
them a lot of __ , and they had to drive home at __ .
A was, time, dusks 18. The Azores ____ are dark blue species that require ___
B were, times, a dusk cultivation in temperate regions.
C was, times, dusk D A forget-me-nots, greenhouse B
were, time, dusk forgets-me-nots, greenhouse's C
13. The price for __ has increased by ten ___ in the last forget-me-not, greenhouse D
quarter. Lodgings ___ very expensive nowadays. forgets-me-not, greenhouse's
A an accommodation, per cent, is B 19. Reliable __ about everyday clothing from the past
accommodation, per cent, are C ___ hard to obtain.
accommodations, per cents, is D A evidences, are C evidences, is
accommodation, per cents, are B evidence, is D evidence, are
14. That species of birds ___ migrant and ____ found in 20. These species __ protected in national parks and
Africa in winter. Our surroundings __ too severe .
for such birds and they leave ___ early in September.
A is, game reserves B
A is, is, are, them C is, is, is, it B are, game's reserves C
are, are, are, them D are, are, is, it are, game reserves D is,
games reserves
 6. Where ___ Nick's pyjamas? — ____ on the bed.
Test 2
A is, It is C is, They are
1. ___ depths are usually much greater than____ depths B are, They are D are, It is
because of ___ low density. 7. Bread and cheese ___ his usual meal and he has been
A Snow, rain, snow B living on ___ for two months.
Snow's, rain's, snow's C A was, them C is, it
Snow, rain, snow's D
B are, it D is, them
Snow's, rain, snow's
8. His ___ decreased because his salary was cut by 7 ___ .
2. ___ are tiny white bells hanging from a single erect
stem about 30 cm tall with the ___ as a red berry. A earnings, per cent B
earnings, per cents C
A Lilies-of-the-valley, fruit earning, per cents D
B Lilies-of-the-valley, fruits
earning, percentage
C Lily-of-the-valleys, fruit
D Lily-of-the-valleys, fruits 9. The producer presented his new ___ film. The show
took __ time.
3. There___ a lot of machinery in the shop and skilled
workers operated __ . A two-series, three hour's B
two-seria, three hours C
A was, them C were, it two-series, three hours' D
B were, them D was, it two-series', three hour's
4. The ___ was shaky and he decided to go to the sec 10. The story of the magnificent __ castle the guide told
ondhand ___ store. us about was exciting.
A leg's table, furniture's A five-centuries-old
B leg of the table, furniture's B five-century's-old
C leg of the table, furniture C five-century-old
D leg's table, furniture D five-century-old's
5. One hundred pounds ___ a large sum for her and she 11. This is the ___ cloakroom, and that one is for ____ .
decided to put the money on her __ account.
A ladies', gentlemen's B
A was, savings B lady's, gentlemen's C
was, saving's C ladies', gentlemen D lady,
were, savings D gentlemen
were, saving's
12. The ___ at the ___ talks made a deep influence on 17. She was well aware of her extraordinary good looks,
everybody. and was perfectly prepared to discuss ____ , just as a
A Minister of Foreign Trade's speech, peace's B man seven __ high might talk of advantages and in
Minister's of Foreign Trade' speech, peace C conveniences of being tall.
Minister of Foreign Trade's speech, peaceful D A them, foot C them, feet
Minister of Foreign Trade's speech, peace B it, foot D it, feet
13. The official ___ is a table containing the holy days, 18. There ___ enough____ to suggest that job stress may
__ , and festivals of the church. increase a man's risk of dying from __ disease.
A Christian church calendar, saints' days B A are, evidences, hearts
Christian's church calendar, saint days C B is, evidence, heart C
Christian church's calendar, saint's days D is, evidence, heart's D
Christian's church's calendar, saints' days are, evidence, heart
14. The most beautiful ___ of carved jade in the form of 19. At its height in the early 1900s, the British Empire
ornamental pieces, such as vases, bowls, tablets, and
included over 20 ___ of the ____land area and more
statues, many of which are now __ , were made in China.
than 400 ___ people.
A specimen, museum pieces B
specimens, museum pieces C A percents, world, million
specimen, museum's pieces D B percent, world's, millions
specimens, museum's pieces C percent, world's, million
D percents, worlds', million
15. Various ___of the ____are cereals, cultivated for their
__ , which is used as food. 20. The ____history goes back to 1808.
A species, grass family, seed A state's newspaper's B
B speci, grass family, seeds state's newspaper C state
C species, grass's family, seed newspaper's D state
D speci, grass's family, seeds newspapers'

16. The stone identified as a ___ was the first step in

opening the___ fields of that region, which have be
come the greatest in the world.
A 21-carats diamond, diamonds
B 21-carat diamond, diamonds C
21-carat diamond's, diamond's D
21-carat diamond, diamond
 The Article 6. On the second day of our voyage, before we reached
__ Zanzibar, ____ Camellia ran into ____ bad weath
Test 3 er, and ___ most of the passengers became seasick.
1. African cheetah is believed to be _______fastest ani A the, the, the, the
mal on ____earth. B ___ , the, ___ , __
A An, the, the C ___ , ___, __ C ___ , ___ , a, the
D the, the, a, ___
B The, ___ , ___ D The, the, ___
2. ___ most cats hunt in ____ dim light, but they also 7. Until the nineteenth century,___ carpet was usually con
hunt in __ dark and in ___ daylight. sidered __ work of ___ art and was made by ____hand.
A __ , ___ , the, ___ A the, ___ , ___ , __
B The, the, the, the B a, a, the, __
C _____, ___ , ___ , ___ C the, a, ___ , __
D The, the, ___ , the D a, __ , the, the

3. __ Captain Cook reached ____Cape of Good Hope 8. At last ___ war ended, but the transition from ___
in ___ spring of 1771 and sailed via ____ St. Helena war to ___peace was painful for both sides.
in the South Atlantic before arriving in England in July A the, the, the C a, a, a
1771, B ___ , __ , ___ D the, ___ , __
A The, the, __ , the C The, ___ , ___ , the
B __ , the, the, ___ D ___ , ___ , the, ___ 9. __ morning after ___ morning of ___ late he has
taken his walk in the same direction trying to see her
4. We must organize ___ little dinner to celebrate ___ again.
event. Tell her to come and see me at ___ noon. A A, a, the C __ , ___ , ___
We'll speak about it. B The, the, ___ D A, a, ___
A __ , an, the C the, the, __
B a, the, the D a, the, ___ 10.___ common autumn phenomenon in ___ central and
eastern USA and in _ Europe is _____ Indian sum
5. She remained on ___ deck until ___ midnight, and mer, a period of ___ unseasonably warm weather
__ following day she was carried up there again early that sometimes occurs in __ late September and Oc
in __ morning. tober.
A __ , ___ , the, the C ___ , __ , ___ , ___ A The, the, the, the, the, ___
B a, the, the, the D the, the, __ , ___ B A, the, ___ , the, the, the
C A, ___ , __ , ___ , ___ , the
D A, the, ___ , ___ , __ , ___
11. By ____ late 18th century and ____ Captain Cook's 16. Only __ tiny percentage of ___ plant species are di
exploration of ___ southern Pacific, much of ____ rectly used by __ humans for ___ food, shelter,
world had been mapped. fiber, and drugs.
A the, the, the, the A __ , ___ , the, the C the, the, the, the
B ___ , ___ , __ the B a, __ , ___ , __ D a, the, ____ , the
C the, ___ , the, the
D the, __ , ___ , ___ Test 4
12. In 1620, ___ group of Leyden Puritans, 101 men,
1. ___ rice, wheat, corn, legumes, cotton, conifers,
women and children, set out for ___ Virginia on ____
and tobacco are __ items on which ___ whole econ
board ___ Mayflower. omies and nations depend.
A the, the, the, the C a, ___ , a, the A __ , the, the
B a, __ , ___ , the D a, the, a __ B The, __ , ___
13. At ___ zenith of their power in ____ Middle Ages C The, the, the
craft guilds had __ enormous power over their mem D __ , the, ___
bers.
2. ___ tiger lives in Asia and belongs to ___ same genus
A ___, the, __ C a, ___ , the as __ lion, leopard, and jaguar.
B the, the, an D a, the, ___
A The, the, the C ___ , the, ___
14. He was a page, that is ___ youth of ___ noble birth B A, __ , a D The, ___ , __
who left his family at ___ early age to serve in the
family of __ man of ____ rank. 3. ___ most of financial activities are crowded along ___
Threadneedle Street.
A __ , the, an, a, the
B a, ___ , an, ___ , ___ A The, the C ___ , __
C the, the, the, the, the B The, __ D __ , the
D a, a, an, a, ___
4. The intersection is known as ___ Bank, which in
15. ___ dinosaur is a reptile that was ___ dominant land cludes ___ huge Bank of England complex, ___ Roy
animal during ___ most of ___ Mesozoic Era but al Exchange, and ___ Stock Exchange.
became __ extinct at its close. A the, the, the, the
A The, the, the, the, the B __ , ___ , ___ , __
B The, the, ___ , the, ___ C __ , the, __ , ___
C A, a, __ , ___ , ___ D the, __ , the __
D A, the, the, the, the
 5. The busiest shopping area is ___ Oxford Street, where
such large department stores as __ Selfridges, ___ 10. apple, peach, pear, and apricot trees are culti
John Lewis, and __ Marks and Spencer are located. vated in __ valleys of the region.
A ____, __ , ____, ___ A __ , the C ___ , ___
B the, the, the, the B The, __ D The, the
C __ , ___ , the, the
D the, the, ___ , ___ 11. musk deer, wild sheep, ______ wild goats, wild don
keys, yaks, and ___ Tibetan antelopes are common
6. ___ East End, beyond ___ City of London and ____ in mountainous areas.
Tower, has long been ___ home of London's docks A __ , ___ , ___ C The, the, the
and immigrants. B A, __ , ___ D The, ___ , the
A The, the __ , __ C The, the, the, the
B __ , ___ , the, the D The, ___ , __ , ___ 12. On __ typical summer day, the temperature can rise
from 3°C before ___ sunrise to 27°C by ____ midday.
7. ___ centre of this educational establishment is ____
University of London in ___ Bloomsbury, founded in A the, the, the C the, __ , ___
1836. B a, ___ , ___ D a, the, the
A The, ___ , the C ___ , the, __ 13. ___ most common material for rugs and carpets has
B The, the, ___ D ____, ___ , the traditionally been ___ sheep's wool, although in cer
tain regions __ goat's or camel's hair is also used.
8. It is made up of ___ number of colleges, schools,
and attached institutes, which range from __ Lon A The, the, the C ___ , the, the
don School of Economics and Political Science to ___ B The, __ , ___ D ___ , ___ , __
King's College and several medical schools.
14. At the end of the 16th century the first explorers of
A the, ___ , __ C a, __ , ___ ___ South Seas mapped ___ southern sky, which was
B a, the, the D the, __ , the largely unknown to ___ ancients.
9. With ___ average elevation of more than 4000 m, A __ , the, __ C the, the, the
Tibet is the highest region on ___ earth sometimes B __ , a, the D the, __ , ___
called ___ Roof of ___ World.
A ___ , the, the, the 15. During ___ Renaissance, people thought that their
B the, __ , ___ , ___ own age and __ time of ___ ancient Greece and
C an, the, ___ , the Rome were advanced and civilized.
D an, ___, the, the A the, the, the C the, the, __
B __ , ___ , ___ D __ , the, ___
 16. Because there were no ___ rugs or tapestries, sounds
of the monks' prayers echoed from one end of the 6. ___ pearl is ___ abnormal growth resulting from the
church to ___ . invasion of the body of the mollusk by __ minute
A ___ , the other C the, another particle of foreign matter, such as __ fine grain of
B the, other D___ , others sand.
A The, an, a, a C ___ , the, __ , the
Tests | B A, ___ , the, __ D The, an, the, the
1. ___ East End has frequently been characterized by___ 7. ___ jade has always been prized by ____ Chinese and
poverty, crime, and slums. Japanese as ___ most precious of all ____ stones.
A The, the C ___ , ___ A The, the, the, the C The, __ , the, ___
B The, __ D ___ , the B ___ , ___ ,___ , the D ___ , the, the, ___
2. The church calendar includes the fixed feasts, such as 8. Sir Henry Morgan is said to have been kidnapped at
___ Christmas, and ___ movable feasts, which de
Bristol when ___ boy and sold as ____ servant on ____
pend on the date of ____ Easter.
West Indian island of Barbados.
A the, the, the C ___ , __ , ___
B ___ , the, ___ D the, ___ , the A ___ , ___ , __ C the, the, ___
B a, a, the D a, t he, a
3. In 1722 several thousand Polynesians inhabited the island,
but ___diseases and raids by slave traders reduced ____ 9. wealth acquired from __ trade enabled ________ up
number to fewer than 200 by __ late 19th century. per classes to live in ___ luxury.
A the, the, __ C ___ , the, ___ A The, the, the, the C ____ , __ , the, ___
B the, a, the D ___ , the, the B ___ , __ , the, the D The, the, ___ , __
4. The island was named by ___ Dutch explorer who 10. __ cotton is still a principal raw material for ____
landed here on __ Easter Day in 1722. world's textile industry, but its dominant position has
A the, ___ C the, the been seriously eroded by __ synthetic fibers.
B a, ___ D the, an A The, the, the C The, __ , ___
5. Born in Salinas, California, Steinbeck was educated B ___ , __ the D ___ , the, __
at ___ Stanford University. As ____ youth, he worked
11. __ American inventors Elisha Gray and Alexander
as ___ ranch hand and fruit picker. Graham Bell applied for___ patent on ___ telephone
A ___ , a, a C the, the, the on the same day.
B the, __ , ___ D __ , __ , a A The, a, the C ____, a, a
B ___ , the, the D The, the, ___
 12. ___ jade is ____ highly valued gemstone used in____
jewelry. The Pronoun
A The, the, __ C ___ , a, ___ Test 6
B __ , the, the D The, a, the
13. ___porcelain was ___ first made by ____ Chinese. 1. He closed one eye, but ___ eye looked at me with a
A The, ___ , the C____, __ , the strange expression as if he wanted to advise me of ___
B The, the, ___ D____ , the, __ but was forbidden to say ___ .
14.___ gold is extremely inactive. It is unaffected by ___ A another, something, something B
air, heat, moisture, and ___ most solvents. other, anything, anything C the
A ___, __ , the other, something, anything D the
B The, the, ___ another, anything, something
C ___ , ___ , ___
D The, __ , ___ 2. They covered ____three miles and came to a point
15. ___ optical phenomena, such as rainbows and halos, where they couldn't see ___ vegetation: _ __ was cov
ered with snow.
occur when ___ light shines through cloud particles.
A ___ , ___ C The, the A other, any, all
B The, ___ D____, the B another, any, everything
C the other, no, each
16.___ stone picked up by ____ child on the banks of D others, __ , the whole
___ Orange River in ____ South Africa in 1866 was a
big diamond. 3. He set __ to one side, disassociating ___ from what
A ___, a, the, the was going forward, watching ___ running calmly.
B A, a, ___ , ___ A little, ___ , the others
C ___ , the, ___ , the B a little, himself, another
D A, a, the, __ C a little, himself, the others
D little, ___ , the other
17. E-mail and ______ Internet are ___ latest technolo
gies that are spreading ___ American English.
A ___ , ___ , ___ , the 4. When I met her, ___ her parents had perished and
B ___ , the, the, __ she was dependent upon ___ . She did not want __
C The, the, the, ___ help and lived on ___ own.
A either, her, anybody, her
B any of, hers, somebody's, hers
C both, herself, anybody's, her
D both of, oneself, everybody, oneself
 5. __ of them quite knew what she meant, but ___ was 10. She goes to Cyprus ___ summer, __ of them can
sure that she could not bring ___ to do it. assure you of it. Shall I send you ___ details?
A Nobody, all, her
A each, every, some B
B Somebody, every, oneself
either, all, any C every,
C No one, each, ___
everybody, any D every,
D None, everybody, herself each, some
6. I phoned her __ day, but she refused to tell me ____ .' 11. It is so noisy that __ can hear ____ . If __ keeps
A another, something B
talking, he will leave the room.
another, anything C the
other, something D the A none, anything, somebody B
other, anything nobody, something, anybody C
somebody, nothing, somebody D
7. She gave him a cold stare and told him ____ sharp no one, anything, anybody
words. He was taken aback at this behaviour of ___ .
A quite a few, hers 12. There are three towers in the fortress, one with a big
B such a few, her C clock, ___ are decorated with glazed tiles. ___ of
so few, herself D them remained intact.
too few, her A others, None C the others, None
B the others, No D others, Neither
8. Ann and Pete were trying their best, but ___ of them
was helpful. They made ___ attempts but ___ was in 13. Why are you afraid to ask for help? __ of them will be
vain. glad to solve your little problem, especially Jack. He
A none, other a few, all is goodness __ .
B neither, another few, everything A Everybody, himself
C nobody, the other few, all B Each, itself
D no one, another a few, everything C Every, itself
D Each, himself
9. It was clear he was hungry. He ate a considerable
__ of fried meat ____ quicker than ____and asked 14. She did not know what else to do. She had already had
for ___ helping. breakfast, put her ___ clothes into the suitcase, and
was standing at the window with little hope to see Al
A number, lot, others, other
ice in this green tweed coat of ___ .
B amount, far, the others, another
C deal, a lot, the other, the others A few, hers C a lot of, herself
D quantity, ___ , anothers, an another B a few, her D many, her
15. I tried to concentrate __ , but as I felt ___ cold I 4. One of the reasons why so ___ people are to be found who
could think only of a warm room with a fireplace and seem sensible and pleasant in conversation is that almost
an armchair in front of it where I can settle ___ . ___is thinking about what he wants to say ___ rather
A myself, myself, myself than about answering clearly what is being said to him.
B ___, _ , __ A few, everybody, himself
C myself, __ , ___ B a few, anybody, ___
D ___, ___ , myself C little, nobody, himself
D many, everyone, themselves
16. Colonies were ___ used as sources of raw materials
___ as markets for products of the home country. 5. It is more shameful to distrust __ friends than to be
A either, and C either, or deceived by ___ .
B neither, or D either, nor A their, theirs C his, themselves
B one's, them D our, ourselves
Test7 |
6. ___ action happens, but the subtle quality of the ____
1. They stood on ___ side of the bed looking at the sleep events and, more crucially, the characters' feelings
ing boy. His left hand was in plaster, ____ clasped a about ___ , form the essence of the story.
toy. A Few, few, themselves B
A each, other C every, another Little, little, them C Few,
B either, the other D either, other little, its D Little, few,
them
2. Only ___ nations in the world export diamonds with
South Africa and Russia the biggest importers, while 7. The loads imposed on a building are classified as ___
__ are far behind them. "dead" or "live". Dead loads include the weight of the
A little, other C few, the others building ___ and ___ major items of fixed equipment.
B a little, the other D a few, others A both, itself, each C either, itself, all
B both, ___ , every D either, oneself, any
3. It refers to the ways ancient Greeks spoke, worshipped,
understood the nature of the physical world ___ , or 8. Identification is proof of identity: ___ , especially a
ganized their governments, made ___ livings, enter card or document, to prove that ___ is who he or she
tained __ , and related to ___ who were not Greek. claims to be.
A themselves, them, themselves, the others A everything, everybody B
B itself, their, itself, others something, somebody C
C itself, their, themselves, others anything, anybody D
D themselves, __ , themselves, the other something, anybody
9. She learnt both classics and philosophy, but knows 14. He thought ____ over and came to the conclusion that
__ of them well. Though she can speak on ___ sub it was not in ___ bad.
ject in general. A it, himself C its, oneself
A none, any C neither, either B it's, itself D it, itself
B nothing, some D either, neither
15. You and I may now consider ___ as tete-a-tete; Sir
10. ___ is waiting for the signal. ____ two minutes and
Nicolas won't be much in our way. He hears and sees
the match will begin. ___ players are anxious to win.
__ but ____ .
A Everybody, Another, Every B
A yourselves, anything, his B
Anybody, Some, All C
ourselves, nothing, himself C us,
Everybody, Another, All the D
All, Other, Each something, hisself D ourselves,
somewhere, him
11. He was pleased with __ because ____of them noticed
16. In the early part of the Modern English period the
A him, nobody, anything B vocabulary was enlarged by the widespread use of one
himself, any, nothing C them, part of speech for ___ and by increased borrowings
no one, nothing D himself, from ___ languages.
none, anything A the other, others
C other ones, another
12. husband _______ wife were responsible for the reli B another, other
gious development of theit household members. D others, another
A Either, or B
Neither, nor C
Both, and D The Adjective & the Adverb Test8
Every, and
1. One of ___games is chess, which originated in India
13. He is diligence ___ . But he forgets one thing: the
difference between a good worker and a bad worker or probably China. It is a game of ___ tradition and
is that one works with his heart and __ with his is___ popular.
hands. A old, the oldest, international B the most
A himself, the other ancient, old, internationally C the more
B __ , another ancient, older, internationally D ancient, the
oldest, the most international
C itself, the other D
himself, others
2. You know still waters run ___ , but ___ I get to know 6. The almonds, which I bought in the shop __ our
him, ___ embarrassed I feel. I would like to have office, tasted ___ . I threw away ___ half of them.
__ information because I don't know what his ____ A nearly, bitterly, almost
move is going to be. B near, bitter, nearly
A deeply, the better, the more, farther, next B C next to, bitter, near
deep, better, more, further, nearest C deeper, D by, bitterly, all but
the best, the most, farther, near D deep, the
better, the more, further, next 7. ___ had we got out of the car ____ he and his ____
brother rushed to us. It was ___ how they could guess
3. She did not have to change trains and went to Glas where we were going.
gow __ . She felt ___ and thought if Harry would be A No sooner, when, older, strange B
able to meet her. But ___ had she stepped on the Hard, and, elder, strangely C No
platform in Glasgow ___ she saw him with a bundle sooner, than, elder, strange D
of flowers. Hardly, when, eldest, strangely
A direct, lonely, hardly, when
B directly, alone, hardly, than 8. There was an obvious weakness in the argument ___
C more directly, lonely, no sooner, when but they were too ___ to admit their mistake. The
D the most direct, alone, hardly, ___ most __ thing was that Nick, the ___ friend of theirs,
did not support them.
4. ___ they hurried ___ it was they would be in time to A presenting, alarming, embarrassing, old
see him off. They came __ after his departure. B presented, alarmed, embarrassed, eldest
A The more, the less obvious, short B C presented, alarmed, embarrassing, oldest
The more, more obviously, shortly C D presenting, alarmed, embarrassed, elder
The more, the less obvious, shortly D
The most, the least obviously, short 9. It was far ___ than he expected, so he made up his
mind to spend twice as ___ money as he had wanted.
5. She opened two bottles of perfume. The perfume in A more cheaper, more B
the oval bottle smelt ___ that reminded her of ___ more cheap, a lot C the
summer; but __ _ had a strange smell. cheapest, the most D
A so sweetly, last, latter cheaper, much
B so sweet, late, the latter
C such sweetly, the latest, the former
D such sweet, later, last
 10. This is a ___ task and I hope he'll cope with it. He remains
15. Yesterday I got lost in the forest. I shouted ____ and
___ in any circumstances. His results are always ___ .
__ but nobody came. Suddenly I felt somebody
A challenging, calmly, pleased B watching me ___ . I ran ___ to the right and soon
challenging, calm, pleasing C found myself near the spring, which was ___to my
challenged, calm, pleased D home. This was the most ___ experience 1 had ever
challenged, calmly, pleasing
had.
11. When he saw them standing ___ to each other, he A loudly, longly, close, fastly, closely, excited B
laughed ___ as though a weight had been lifted from loudly, long, closely, fast, close, exciting C loud,
him. But his wife cut him ___ saying his laughter was long, close, quickly, close, exciting D loud,
not to the point. longer, close, quick, closely, excitement
A closely, joyfully, shortly
B close, joyful, short 16. Many fruits taste ___ and delicious, and have the ad
C closely, joyful, short vantage of being relatively ___ in calories and ____ in
D close, joyfully, short nutrients.
12. Why is he backing out? It is not ___ . He earns as ___ A sweetly, lower, highly
money as I do, and maybe even a lot __ than we both. B sweet, low, high
A fairly, much, much C more sweet, more low, more high
B fair, much, more C D sweeter, much more low, much more high
fair, more, many D
fairly, many, much 17. The most ___ accepted theory of the origin of the
universe proposed that a huge explosion set ___ all
13. ___ after she left the village, she felt too tired to go the matter and energy in the universe.
any ___ . She took a nap lying __ on the grass. A wide, free
A Shortly, further, flat B B widely, freely
Shortly, farther, flatly C C wide, freely
Short, further, flat D D widely, free
Short, farther, flatly
14. To the ___ , ___ child this task would be ___ . 18. During the French and Indian War, several colonies
A brighter, more advanced, challenged B more had refused to cooperate ___ in the war effort when
bright, the most advanced, challenging C the their own borders were not ___ at risk.
most bright, the most advanced, challenged D A in full, immediately B
brighter, more advanced, challenging fully, immediately C in
fully, immediate D full,
immediate
19. The task of drafting the declaration fell to Jefferson, 2. Pencil marks, ___ those made by writing implements
who was known for his ___ style. using fluids, can be __ erased.
A powerfully written A different, easily
B powerful written
B not like, easy
C powerful writing
D powerfully writing C unlike, easily
D unlike, easy
20. These colonies stayed ___ to the coastline, never pen
etrating far inland, and in fact each was linked ___ to 3. The name mountain is usually applied to region of land
England than to the other colonies. that is raised rather ___ above the surrounding ter
A close, more closely B rain. Temperatures in the mountains are generally ___
closely, closely C than at sea level.
closely, more closely D A highly, much low B high,
close, more closer far lower C high, a lot more
lower D highly, more lower
21. Although the British considered the act to be ___ , many
American colonists saw it as a violation of their rights. 4. Mr Rochester, as he sat in his damask-covered chair,
A perfect fair B looked ___ to what I had seen him look before—not
perfectly fairly C quite so __ , ___ .
perfect fairly D A differently, stern, much gloomy B
perfectly fair differently, sternly, much more gloomy C
different, stern, much less gloomy D
22. ___ a land bridge between two continents, Panama different, stern, much more gloomier
developed plant and animal life ___ than almost any
where else on Earth. 5. Computerized tests adapt to the skill level of the indi
A As, more diverse C Like, diverselier vidual test-taker. Each correct answer given by a stu
B Being, diversely D As, diversely dent is followed by a ___ question, and incorrect an
swers are followed by __ questions. _____ the ques
Test9 tion, ___ points the student can score.
A more difficult, less difficult, The more difficult,
1. He was a ___ promising student in Maths and Physics the more
at Cambridge and always felt a lingering interest in the B less difficult, less difficult, More difficult, more
__ subject. C more difficult, more difficult, More difficult, the most
A very, last C highly, latter D more difficult, less difficult, The more difficult,
B __ , latest D quite, later the most
6. According to legend, Fuji arose from the plain during 10. The structural design of a building depends ___ on
a single night in 286 BC. ___ the mountain is ___ the nature of the soil and ___ geologic conditions and
than the legend asserts. modification by man of ___ of these factors.
A From a geological point of view, far more old B A essentially, underlied, both
Geologically, a lot elder B mainly, underlying, any
C From a geological point of view, quite more older C greatly, underlying, either
D Geologically, much older D in the shortly run, underlying, every

7. All members of the cat family are___ in physical char 11. Books differ from periodicals and newspapers because
acteristics, ___ vision and hearing, and claws and they are not published on a ___ schedule.
teeth that are ___ for grasping and tearing. A strictly daily, weekly, or monthly B
A closely similarly, acutely, highly adapting B strict day, week, or month C strictly
close similar, acute, high adapting C closely day's, week's, or month's D strict
similar, acute, highly adapted D close similar, daily, weekly, or monthly
acute, high adapted
12. In the ___ 1990s several companies introduced elec
8. The islands were named after British explorer and nav tronic books, or e-books. These ___ devices display
igator James Cook, who ___ sighted them in 1773. the text of books on a small screen designed to make
reading ___ .
A firstly
C at first A late, computerized, easily B
B first last, computerizing, easily C
D at the first late, computerized, easy D latest,
computerizing, easily
9. Unlike the ___ regulated and financed education sys
tems of many other industrialized societies, American 13. People have____ climbed mountains for ____ activities
public education is ___ the responsibility of the states such as retrieving lost animals and hunting, but tech
and ___ school districts. nical climbing as a sport has a much ___ history.
A nation's, firstly, individually A for long, necessarily day, shorter B
B national, chiefly, individual long, necessary daily, shorter C longly,
C nationally, primarily, individual necessary daily, shorter D long,
D nation, mainly, individually necessarily day's,-more shorter
14. It used to be said that oil-exporting countries depended C Particular, clear, to regulate D
on the oil-importing countries just as ___ as the ___ In particular, evident, regular
depended on the __ .
A much, latter, former B 19. The various islands gained their independence .
much, last, first C the same, and not always ___ , units.
first, former D great, latter, A like separate, viably B
first as separate, viable C as
separately, viably D like
15. She stretched herself out ___ on the sofa and looked separate, viable
at the barometer. She knew that ___ falling pressure
usually meant a storm was approaching. 20. The ___ and most rural sections of Missouri are the
A flat, rapid C flat, rapidly Ozark Upland and the north central section of the
B flatly, rapidly D flatly, rapid Northern Plains.
A most thinly populated
16. Although some __ cigars are made ___ by hand, B most thin populating C
most cigars are manufactured by machine. most thinly populating D
A highly-quality, entirely mostly thin populated
B high-quality, entire
C highly-quality, entire 21. The first schools in the area were opened by French
D high-quality, entirely settlers at St. Louis in the ___ part of the 18th centu
ry-
17. ___ , the results presented were not in accord with the
A later C late
___precise calculations.
B latter D latest
A Interestingly enough, rather
B Interesting enough, prettily 22. The words cloth and clothing are related,____ meaning
C Enough interestingly, rather fabric or textile, and ___ meaning fabrics used to cover
D Enough interesting, pretty the body.
A the first, the latter B the
18. high mountain ranges, such as the Sierra Ne
vada in the U.S., the Andes in South America, and former, the latter C the
the Himalayas in Asia, ___ affect climate and weath former, the second D the
er patterns over vast areas of the earth because they first, the later
stand as barriers to ___ circulating air masses.
A Enough, distinctly, regular B
Especially, markedly, regularly
 The Verb C has coined, have felt, had participated, was ex-
pressed
Test 10 I D was coined, felt, were participating, had been ex-
pressed
1. A man who ___ in the compartment said that the place
___ by a passenger who ____ out to the diner. 5. It ___ that as a result of emigration and other fac
A was sitting, is taken, went B sat, tors, such as war losses and temporary decline in fertili
had been taken, has gone C was ty, the population __ by about 5 per cent between
sitting, was taken, had gone D had mid-1974 and 1977. The years since 1974 also ___ by
been sitting, had taken, went an increase in persons leaving the island in search of
work, especially in the Middle East.
2. I cannot make up my mind if I ___ them till I____ A has been estimated, decreased, have been marked
when they___ . B estimated, had decreased, mark C has estimated,
A join, will find out, leave B will join, has decreased, have marked D was estimated, was
find out, will be leaving C will join, will decreased, was marked
find out, are leaving D would join, would
find out, will leave 6. Raphael's greatest work, "The School of Athens", ____
in the Vatican at the same time that Michelangelo ____
3. Cyprus ___ on major migration routes for birds, and on the Sistine Chapel.
in spring and autumn many millions ___ through.
Many species also ___on the island, A had been being painted, worked B
was painted, was working C was
A is lying, are passing, will winter painting, had worked D has been
B lies, pass, winter painted, was working
C is lying, pass, wintered
D has lain, have passed, have been wintering 7. You ___ nothing unless you ____ a microscope. It is
4. The term Middle Ages ___ by scholars in the 15th the most interesting specimen I ___ .
century to designate the interval between the downfall A see, don't use, ever see B will see,
of the classical world of Greece and Rome and its re don't use, have ever seen C will see,
discovery at the beginning of their own century, a use, have ever seen D won't see,
revival in which they ___ they ___ . Indeed, the no won't use, ever saw
tion of a long period of cultural darkness ___ by
Petrarch even earlier. 8. Do you see a couple in the corner? Their dessert ____
A coined, had felt, participated, had expressed now. As soon as they ___ it, we ___ their table.
B is coined, feel, are participating, has been expressed A is served, finish, will take
B is serving, will finish, take
 C is being served, finish, will take C Were you ever been, was, was
D has been served, will have finished, will take D Had you ever been, had been, had been

9. What's the matter? ___ ? — Yes, my mother ___ bad 14. Provided the dam __ by February, the flood ___
ly ill since yesterday. several towns.
A Have you cried, is A was built, will have struck B
B Have you been crying, has been has not been built, will strike C
C Did you cry, was won't be built, will be striking D
D Are you crying, had been won't have been built, strikes
15. When I ___ to Riga, it was cold, a stiong northern
10. Where ___ to? — My mother ___ me to go to the wind __ and it ___ for a fortnight.
post office because they __ a break in half an hour.
A parcel ___ to us. A came, blew, was raining B had come, had
been blowing, had rained C came, was
A are you going, has asked, will be having, has sent
blowing, had been raining D was coming, had
B do you go, asked, would have, was sent
blown, was raining
C are you go, asked, will have had, is sent
D are you going, has asked, will have, has been sent 16. In 1963 fiber-tip markers ___ into the U.S. market
and since then __ the ballpoint as the principal writ
11. She said that by the time you __ to him for help they ing implement.
___the greater part of their research.
A were introduced, had challenged B
A had turned, will do B had introduced, challenged C were
turn, will have done C introduced, have challenged D were
turned, would have done D introduced, challenged
had turned, would do
17. The fishing industry, which traditionally ___ under
12. The librarian said that she ___me another book unless developed, ___.
I ___the one which I ___ several weeks before. A had been, is expanding B
A would not give, did not return, had taken has been, had expanded C is,
B will not give, have returned, took had been expanding D has
C would not give, returned, had taken been, is expanding
D would not have given, did not return, had taken 18. China ____ the technology of silk production secret;
13. ___ to London? — Yes, I ____there when there _ the ancient Greeks speculated that silk ___on a spe
an exhibition of our goods cial tree in China.
A Have you ever been, was, was A had kept, would grow
B Have you ever been, have been, was B kept, grew
 C would keep, had grown 5. He ___ to make enemies as his business ____ and he
D was keeping, grow __ more powerful.

Test 11 A began, was developing, was growing B

had begun, is developing, is growing C has
1. Because they are relatively durable and portable, books begun, had developed, had grown D was
__ for centuries to preserve and distribute informa beginning, developed, grew
tion. 6. Dictionary-making, since computers ____ the routine
A are used B are out of it, __ fun.
being used C are A have taken, has been becoming
been using D have B had taken, has become
been used C took, has become
2. They ___ married for seven years when their first son D are taking, had become
7. We ___ to give refunds on articles of clothing that
A have been, was born B .
had been, was born C had A can't, have been worn B are
been, had been born D were, unable, are wearing C can't, are
had been born being worn D are unable, have
3. Unless special actions ___ , the case ___ . been worn
A won't be taken, will be lost B 8. I felt I __ , but there was nobody in the sight.
will be taken, is lost C are taken, A had watched B was
will be lost D aren't taken, is lost watched C was being
4. The first English colony in North America ____by the watched D had been
Pilgrims, who ___ from the English city of Plymouth watching
in the Mayflower and __ in Massachusetts Bay in 9. Look at him! He ___ the same clothes for years.
1620.
A wears
A was founded, had sailed, had landed B B has been wearing
was found, sailed, landed C had been C had worn
found, sailed, landed D was founded, D had been wearing
sailed, landed
10. Coal plants __ one of the worst industrial polluters
since the Industrial Revolution __ in the 19th century.
A had been, began
B were, had begun
 C have been, began C had been planning, he would break, he would
D were, have begun speak, asked D was planning, he would break,
he would speak,
11. Rapid changes in technology in the last several decades would ask
__ the nature of culture and cultural exchange.
A changed B 16. The afternoon was the longest Grace ___. She ___
have changed C for Tom.
had changed D A ever knew, was waiting
change B had ever known, was waiting
C ever knew, was expecting
12. The train ___ just as he ____the station. D had ever known, was expecting
A came, reached B had
come, reached C came, 17. Every year for sixteen years, since Ted ____three and
had reached D has Caroline one, it __ the Christmas Eve custom of the
come, reached Carters' to hang up their children's stockings and fill
them with inexpensive toys.
13. He has said that ___ me if I ___ easily to do it by myself. A was, was C had been, was
A would not help, was able B was, had been D had been, had been
B would not help, would be able
C will not help, am able D will 18. How____ the citizens of Babylon or Ur actually_ __
not help, will be able their bills, however, depended on who ___ .
14. I think we ___ it on the shelf for Daddy to see when A did, pay, were they
B __ , paid, they were
he __ home from work.
C did, pay, they were
A will put, will come B D___ , paid, were they
will put, comes C put,
comes D put, will come
The Verbal
15. All the way home he __ his tactics; how ___ the
news to her, how ___in puzzles until she ____ him to' Test 12 |
let her have the whole story.
A had been planning, would he break, would he 1. He stood beside a bush of pale roses ___ the last bees
speak, asked B was planning, would he break, ___into the hive. He seemed not ____attention to
would he speak, Ann's cry.
would ask A watching, to crawl, to pay
B having watched, to be crawling, to be paying
 C watched, crawl, paid
D watching, crawling, to have paid C to have been finishing, to go, to work D
2. I heard Uncle Henry ___ something to Paul. To my to be finishing, be going, be working
astonishment he seemed ___ what had happened to
me. Then he let me ___ to my room. 7. He is afraid ___ to Mrs. Priestly. In his place I would
rather __ her. He may depend on her ___ the prob
A to whisper, to ask, to go B lem properly.
whisper, ask, go C whisper,
to be asking, go D A of speaking, trusting, understanding
whispering, asking, going B to speak, trust, understanding C of
speaking, to trust, understanding D to
3. breakfast on dry bread and _______ in his pocket an speak, to trust, to understand
other piece of bread ___ for dinner, he settled him
self at a desk of the reading room. He looked forward
to his first book. 8. Let her ___ it herself. She is considered ___ a care
ful researcher and can't stand ___ .
A Having, carrying, serving, take
A do, being, to be helped B
B Having had, having carrying, to serve, take
to do, to be, to help C
C Having had, carrying, to serve, taking
doing, being, helping D do,
D Having, carried, serving, having taken
to be, being helped
4. Don't you remember ___ me at the Browns' last-sum
mer? We used ___ at their place every Friday.
9. On ___ that she had just come in, he sent a maid to
A to see, to meet C to see, meeting
her room ___ her to go down though he realized that
B seeing, meeting D seeing, to meet
it was no use __ to her again.
5. After ___ a few pages I felt like ____a break; I was
eager ___ so I laid my work aside for a time A telling, asking, to speak
B being told, to ask, speaking
A writing, having, to stroll C having told, to have asked, to have spoken
B having writing, have, strolling D being having told, to ask, speaking
C written, having, to stroll
D I have written, to have, strolling 10. __ her about my problems I was ashamed ___ such
6. You look rather tired. You are unlikely ___ the work a great mistake and did not mind ___ the subject but
in time. You had better ___ home now. It is not she kept ___ about my family and me.
worth ___ for another several hours. A Having told, at having made, changing, talking
A to have finished, going, working B B To have told, to make, to change, to talk
to finish, go, working C Telling, to have made, to have changed, on
talking D On telling, making, having changed, be
talking
 11. She heard his voice ___ . ___ that he was at the break
ing point, she made him ___ in one of the comforta C wave, hearing, driving
ble chairs close to the fire.
A have trembled, Feeling, to sit B D to wave, having heard, to be driving
tremble, Feeling, sitting C
tremble, Feeling, sit D Test 13 |
trembling, Felt, sit
1. On the last night of my restraint, I was awakened ___
12. Remember ___ them tomorrow. They are said ____ my own name ___ in a whisper.
from their voyage. I'd rather ___ them in a couple of
days. A to hear, having spoken
B by hearing, spoken
A phoning, to be returning, meet C having heard, to speak
B to phone, to have returned, meet D on hearing, to be spoken
C to phone, to have been returning, to meet
D phoning, to return, meeting 2. It is silly of me, but I'd rather they ___ Aubrey.
A did not prosecute C would not prosecute
13. He was made ____ the town and did not want to spend B not prosecuted D will not prosecute
the last money __ an apartment in the suburbs; this
unexpected offer of shelter was too tempting _ __ . 3. Robert hated ___ Simon ____ he couldn't answer any
A leaving, to rent, to resist of his questions.
B to leave, on renting, to be resisted A to let, to know C to let, knowing
C leave, on having rent, to resist B letting, to know D letting, know
D to have left, to have rented, being resisted
4. As a result, the British gave up ___ India and fo
14. I can't help ____ grateful to him for all he has done cused __ efficiently while ___ in tandem with tradi
for me. I've got used __ care of me. tional elements of Indian society.
A to be, him to take C being, to his taking
A trying to anglicize, on governing, work B a
B be, his to take D having been, him taking
try to anglicize, to govern, working C trying to
15. "I think you ought to do something to your hair. Why anglicize, on governing, working D to try
don't you have it ___ ?" I asked. But Alice did not anglicizing, at governing, work
appear ___ me. She was going to the airport with
Erick __ the car back. 5. The damage ___ to the house was extensive and he got
them ___ for it.
A waving, to hear, to have driven B
waved, to have heard, to drive A having made, pay
B done, to pay C
having done, pay D
made, to pay
 6. ___ the plains the chief pleasure to which I looked
fonvard to was ___ my pony every day. 11. Colonists appear ___ the game to North America in
A While crossing, to ride B the 17th century and that meant ___ new golf links.
Crossing, ride C To cross, to A to bring, opening
ride D Cross, riding B to bring, to open
7. __ a picture, most of us look ____ what our main C to have brought, opening
subject is doing, or whether everyone in the group D to have brought, to open
fits into the viewfinder.
12. He had her ___ her name on a registration list and
A Having taken, on seeing B __ a seat in the waiting room until the nurse got a
When taking, to see C Taken, chance ___ her out.
to see D Taking, to seeing
A write, take, to check B
8. He made her __ several times that she would never writing, taking, checked C
breathe a word about it, and finally, with many pauses to write, to take, to check D
and many groans, he let her ___ the whole wretched write, taking, checking
story.
13. The pre-1914 gold standard is considered by many ___
A promise, to know C to promise, know the golden age of international monetary arrangements
B to promise, to know D promise, know at the beginning of the 20th century.
9. A Scottish sailor, Alexander Selkirk, was marooned
on one of the islands between 1704 and 1709, and his A to be C being
experiences are supposed ___ the novel Robinson Cru B to have been D having been
soe, by Daniel Defoe. 14. I only know that when a child of seven I was the
A to inspire C to have inspired proud owner of a pony and used to ___ riding with
B to be inspired D to have been inspired papa. I was not afraid of __ at all.
10. At the beginning of the year, when supplies were plen A go, to fall C go, falling
tiful and the army could be led into the field, the king B going, falling D going, to fall
made up his mind ___ into Saxony and to hold there
a general assembly, as he was used to __ every year 15. The slave ___ some very smart as well as impressive
in Francia. things in reply to his master.
A made to say C was made to say
A to go, do C going, do
B to go, doing D going, doing B was made saying D made saying
16. The Greeks seem ___ papyrus as early as the begin
ning of the 5th century BC.
A to know C to have been knowing
B to have known D to have being known
 Test 14 C Laying, to notice their gossiping D
Laid, to notice them to gossip
1. You don't expect a man __ more than the first three 6. They were considering where ___ the money, as they
lines of the first verse, and ___ these until it is time to were afraid of __ .
begin the chorus.
A to hide, to be robbed B to
A to never remember, to keep on repeating B hide, of being robbed C
will never remember, keeping to repeat C to hiding, to be robbed D
never not remember, to keep repeating D will hiding, of being robbed
remember, having kept repeating
7. She risks __ everything if she follows his advice. It is
2. Though she showed no sign ___ , I was sure she re not worth __ .
sented ___ the centre of attraction.
A to lose, taking B
A to offend, him to be B to be losing, to take C
offended, his to be C of losing, taking D to
offending, his being D of being lose, to take
offended, his being
8. I can't help ____ at his meanness. He again decided
3. They tried their best ___ solutions to the problem, against ___ his old aunt. He says he can't afford ____
but finally they suggested ___ the building and .offered so much money on medicine.
__ us.
A surprising, to help, to spend
A to find, restoring, to help B B being surprised, helping, to spend
finding, to restore, helping C C to be surprised, helping, spending
finding, to restore, to help D to D to surprise, to help, spending
find, restoring, help
9. Bill continued ___ the old man faithfully, ___ in his will.
4. I don't feel like ___ him. He is said ___ an attempt to
A serving, hope to remember B to
get in touch with Ann last month.
serve, hoping to be remembered C
A to see, to have made serving, hope to be remembered D to
B seeing, to have made serve, with a hope remembering
C to see, to make D
seeing, to make 10. Rain forests also play a critical role in global climate
regulation __ carbon dioxide, a gas ___ partially
5. ___ the table she pretended not ____ about Martha. responsible for global warming.
A Having laid, noticing them to gossip A absorbing, is believed to be B
B Laying, noticing their gossiping by absorbing, believed to be
 C having absorbed, believed to be ' 16. Written American English also has a tendency ___
D absorb, is believing to be more rigid in matters of grammar and syntax, but at
11. Grace sat ___ for a few minutes, then got her heavy- the same time appears ___ more tolerant of the use of
coat and went down ___ at the cottage. neologisms.
A to think, looking A being, being
B thinking, to look C to be, being
C having thought, having seen B to be, to be
D think, look D being, to be

12. She remembered ___ at the remark.

A to be surprised C surprising Modal Verbs
B to surprise D being surprised
Test 15
13. ___ of the Cape Colony from the Dutch during the
Napoleonic Wars allowed the British __ a strong 1. It's because of Tom that we ___ late. We ____on an
presence in southern Africa. earlier train,
A Acquiring, establishing B The A could have been, should agree
acquisition, to establish C Having B would be, can't agree C may
acquired, establishing D Acquired, be, ought to have agreed D must
to establish be, can't have agreed
14. As a result, the British gave up ___ India and fo 2. Granny evidently ___ us, that's why we ___ knock
cused __ efficiently. loudly before she opened the door.
A to try anglicizing, to govern B A did not hear, had to
trying anglicizing, on governing C B must not have heard, must
trying to anglicize, on governing D C may not hear, were to
trying anglicizing, to govern D might not have heard, should
15. Native art seems __ during the period of English dom
3. I pity her because she ___ that she has acted wrong.
ination in the 19th century.
She ___ it to everybody.
A to disappear
B being disappeared A must feel, must not have said B
C disappearing may feel, ought not have said C can't
D to have disappeared have felt, needn't say D must be
feeling, shouldn't have said
 4. Where is Kate? She ____ . She has told me to come C must have changed, may have phoned D
at 5. — She ___ on the balcony, that's why she may have changed, ought to have phoned
your call.
9 I ___ the work so carelessly. ____ I do it again? —
A can't go away, may sunbathe, can't have heard B
can't ha\e gone away, must be sunbathing, can't hear C Yes, it ___by noon.
must not go away, need to sunbathe, should not hear D A can't do, Will, must be doing
should not go away, could have sunbathed, must B can't have done, Shall, must be done
not have heard C must not have done, May, may have done
D must not do, Will, must have been done
5. I ____ to the beach. The sea was rough and no one
dared ___ . 10. We __ at seven, but I ___ come here in time. I think
he ___ till I came.
A needn't have gone, to swim
A had to meet, couldn't have, may wait B were to
B needn't go, swimming C
meet, was not able, should have waited C were to
can't have gone, swim D
have met, couldn't, might have waited D had to
couldn't go, to swim
have met, might not have, should wait
6. We ____ meet Jack tomorrow. — You ___ to him of 11. Why are you so upset? She ___ the dates. — She ___
the matter long ego. Why keep him in the dark? about our meeting. She fixed the day and time herself.
A should, must have spoken B A could have mixed up, might not have forgotten
have to, may speak C are to, B may have mixed up, couldn't have forgotten
should have spoken D might, C is able to mix up, can't forget
need to speak D must mix up, was not able to forget
7. He ___ golf well, but today he ____ it because he has 12. You___ in their conversation. You ____ silent when
a backache. they were talking.
A is not to play, can do A don't need to interfere, should keep B can't
B can play, is unable to do have interfered, may keep C needn't have
C ought not to play, should have done interfered, should have kept D don't have to
D might have played, must not have done interfere, could have kept
8. You ___ at the wrong station, that's why it took you 13. ___ he have got into an accident? He is such a careful
so long to get here. I ___ you yesterday to explain driver. — But other drivers are not. Somebody ___
everything to you in more detail. into his car.
A may change, ought to phone B A Can, may have crashed B
must have changed, may phone May, should have crashed
 C Must, must have crashed D
Should, might have crashed 3 You ___ have a right to such very strong local attach
ment. You ___ at Longbourn.
14. When I came up to the post office, it was closed.
I ___ a bit earlier. A cannot, cannot have always lived B must
not, must not have always lived C should
A can't have come C has to come not, should not always lived D may not,
B must have come D ought to have come ought not always live
15. Your face seems familiar to me. We ___ somewhere.
4. They __ an hour ago. That they ___ without ill
A should have met C must meet
consequence is least probable.
B must have met D should meet
A had to come, should meet B
16. Washing dirty dishes and bathing in a stream, riv must have come, ought meet C
er, or Jake __ pollute water systems and ____ be had come, must have met D were
avoided. to come, might have met
A can, should C must, must 5. We never ___to allow our instincts of justice to de
generate into mere revenge.
B may, ought D should meet
A should C have
Test 16 | B are D ought
6. It is one of Harris's fixed ideas that he ___ a comic
L She guessed she ___ an allergic reaction, buf she had song; the fixed idea, on the contrary, among those of
no idea what she was reacting to — she'd never had Harris's friends who have heard him try, is that he
allergies before, either.
__ , and never ___ , and that he ___ to try.
A ought to have B must be
having C may have been A must have sung, must not, will have to, should not
having D should have had allow B can sing, can't, will be able to, ought
not to be
2. Some of my father's friends in Springfield had given allowed C will be able to sing, should not, must
him a bottle of good old brandy, which he agreed to not, should
drink at a certain hour of this day looking to the east, not be allowed D should, shouldn't, shouldn't,
while his friends in Illinois ___ a toast to his success must not be allowed
from a companion bottle with their faces turned west,
the difference in time being carefully estimated. 7. If we had not known it was a funny song, we __ .
A must drink C were to drink A might have wept B
B had to drink D must have drunk could not have wept C
should weep D must
weep
 8. _________________________________________ I
14. Vou ___ to prepare the room for our guests. They
had no accurate idea of the time, for I _______ my
__ arrive tomorrow or the day after.
watch, but I thought we ___ about four hours ago.
A was unable to see, had to start A must, must C can, can
B could not see, must have started C B may, may D need, may
did not see, would have started D was 15. You ___ to see your sister when she was in trouble.
not able to see, would start
Brother and sister ___care of each other.
9. You ____ for anyone more regular than Peters. A might have gone, should take B
A must not have asked must go, ought to take C must
B should not C couldn't have gone, should take D could
have asked D must not go, ought take
10. ______ He my mother, and all his brothers 16. They ___ us for all we have done for them!
quarrelled A might have thanked B
with him because he did. must have thanked C
A must not marry B must may thank D can have
not have married C should thanked
not marry D did not have
to marry
11. It was impossible to get there. The police ____ drivers Subjunctives & Conditionals
of thick mist and blowing snow. Test 17
A can have warned C ought have warned B
might have warned D must have warned 1. I felt sorry for Jane. If anybody ___ such a thing to
12. I ____hard from morning till night. I ___ our debts. me, I __ hurt.
A must work, may pay A would say, felt
B should have worked, might have paid B said, would feel
C am to have worked, could have paid C had said, would feel
D have to work, ought to pay D will say, will feel
13. Why are you crying? I ___ you about that
2. The orders are that three of you __ here, the rest
A need not have told ___ to the city centre.
B must not have told C
cannot have told D A will stay, will go B
might not have told should stay, should go C
would stay, would go D
stay, to go
. He ___ differently, if he ____ an answer two days ago 9. He behaves as if nothing ___ . But he forgets it is very
A will act, was given important that he ___ a chance of going there.
B would act, were given A has happened, will take B
C would have acted, would have been given had happened, take C was
D would have acted, had been given happened, should take D
4. Who was the first to suggest ___ the research, I can happened, takes
not well remember. 10. If she ___ half an hour earlier, she ___ to see him
A him to do C that he will do before the departure. He was eager to say good-bye to
B that he do D that he would do her.
A came, would be able
5. "I wish I ___ your health and vitality. I ___ a new
B would come, was able
life for myself," she said with a smile.
C would have come, would have been able
A had, would make D had come, would have been able
B would have, made
C have, will have made 11. It is desirable that she ____at the conference. Our
D was having, would have made director demands that everybody ___ at 3 o'clock.
A is present, comes
6. Don't help my son, please. I ___ rather he ___ B will be present, will come
supper himself. He is an excellent cook. C be present, come
A would, will cook C would, cooked D would be present, would come
B had, cooks D had, had cooked
12. You were not attentive. If you ___ so nervous, you
7. He wished he __ her the money. She never re ___ much better and ___ so many mistakes
turned it. A had not been, would have spoken, wouldn't have
A had lent C did not lend made
B hadn't lent D lent B were not, would speak, wouldn't make C
wouldn't have been, had spoken, hadn't made D
8. If I ___ you, I ____ him. It's high time you ____ his wouldn't be, spoke, didn't make
advice.
13. ___ his letter, his life ___ . I wish he ___ anything.
A were, would contact, would take
B had been, would have contacted, would have taken A Would the newspaper not print, wouldn't have ru-
C am, will contact, will take ined, had written
D were, would contact, took B Had the newspaper not printed, wouldn't have ru-
ined, hadn't written
 C Had the newspaper not have printed, wouldn't ruin, 19. Parliament ordered that the customs office ___ the
wrote D If the newspaper should not have taxes more efficiently.
printed, hadn't A would collect C collect
ruin, hadn't written B collects D collected
14. He speaks to me as though he ___ something on his 20. National parks request that visitors __ wild animals.
mind. It's time he ___ and ___ everything to us. A not feed C would not feed
A had had, had come, had explained
B had, came, explained B did not feed D do not feed
C has, will come, will explain
D had, should come, should explain Test 18
15. to the hustle and bustle of the city life, my annoy 1. Since they were new to town and didn't yet have a
ance __ .
doctor, Matthew insisted that she ___ a taxi to the
A If I would return, would be over B nearest hospital outpatient clinic.
Should I return, would be over C Would I
return, would have been over D If I had A would take C took
returned, had been over B take D takes
2. I pretended not to be interested in what they said, and
16. Some simple vending machines require that the exact
treated them as if I ___ their speaking.
amount of money for a particular item ___ .
A will insert C be inserted A would not have understood
B had not understood C did
B should insert D will be inserted
not understand D do not
17. ___ themselves at Victoria or Vancouver they ____ understand
themselves a large amount of money. 3. He wished they __ his embarrassment at the moment
A Had the miners outfitted, would have saved B she was introducing him.
Should the miners have outfitted, would have saved C A hadn't noticed B would
If the miners outfitted, would have saved D If the have noticed C would not
miners had outfitted, should save have noticed D didn't notice
18. Inspector Strickland, like myself, was suffering from 4. At first, when we began to laugh, the expression of his
a severe attack of bronchitis, which threatened to be face was one of intense surprise; as if laughter ___ the
come chronic if it___ immediately relieved, very last thing he had expected to be greeted with.
A were not C had been A was C had been
B would not be D would not have been B were D would be
5. If only enough money __ to tide over the present evil 11. The sellers demanded that payment ___ within five
day, all __ well. days.
A must be earned, might be B A were made B
was earned, must have been C would be made C
were earned, should be D might should be made D is
be earned, might be made

6. Even if I ___ down there in the middle of the night, 12. Put down the address lest you ___ it,
I __ my way all over that little town. A would forget B
A would be put, would be able to find should forget C
B was put, could have found should not forget D
C were put, could find would not forget
D had been put, would be able to find 13. If I were you, I ___ it ____yesterday.
7. But for his provisions they ___ of hunger. A would wish, had been done B
A have died C would have died would have wished, had been done C
B had died D would die wished, would have been done D had
wished, would be done
8. They considered it necessary that she __ out-of-doors
14. The teacher required that everyone ___ the meeting.
after 10 o'clock.
A attend C would attend
A would not be C were not
B attends D to attend
B be not D is not
15. ___ , they would lose everything.
9. But, lest you ___ , if I ___home by ten, don't expect
me. A Would the contract be terminated
B Should the contract be terminated
A are alarmed, don't B would be C Had the contract been terminated
alarmed, wouldn't come C were D Could the contract be terminated
alarmed, hadn't come D should be
alarmed, don't come 16. If mother __ him to the skating rink in his child
hood, he ___ two times Olympic champion.
10. We ___ the train if we ____faster.
A didn't take, would never have become
A would catch, had walked B had B hadn't taken, would never have become
caught, would have walked C would C wouldn't take, had never become D
have caught, had walked D would have wouldn't have taken, had never become
caught, walked
17. But for your help we ____ in time.
3 A little house stood____ the corner of the street. ___
A hadn't finished C should not have finished a distance it seemed white and pink because ___ the
B would not finish D didn't finish bushes of roses surrounding it.
18. I ___ anything for this not to have happened. A at, In, ___ C at, At, of
A would have given C will give B on, On, from D in, From, ___
B have given D give
4. A mountain river rushed ___ the bottom of the valley
19. Missouri now requires that all children ages 7 to 16 and the whistling of a train was heard ___ the far
___ in school. distance.
A shall enroll C will enroll A at, in C in, from
B should enroll D enrolled B on, at D under, for

20. A young woman ___ odd if she ___ the clothing that 5. Four cottages with cheerful green and white windows
her grandmother had worn when young. stood ___an open place ____ the big trees.
A would look, wore B would A at, between C at, beneath
look, had worn C would have B in, among D on, under
looked, wore D looked,
would wear 6. I am glad I've explained __ you reasons ___ chang
ing and hope you are not angry __ me any longer.
A ___ , of, with C for, for, to
The Preposition
B to, for, with D ___ , of, __
Test 19
7. They decided to go ___their car, and I was looking
__ our trip ___ all my heart.
1. He was very fond ___ his sister and meant always to
take care ___ her. She was glad ___ his company too. A by, upon, by B in,
A of, of, with C of, of, of forward, with C into,
B for, for, of D with, for, for to, at D in, forward to,
with
2. He was very kind ___me, and took a great deal of
notice __ me, and paid a good deal of attention ___ 8. She smiled ___ me and said, "I don't mind _ or
me and at last he proposed ___ me. ganizing the party if he has no objections ___ giving
A to, of, to, to C towards, to, to, __ it."
B of, for, for, at D of, with, towards, for A at, to, __ C for, from, upon
B to, __ , to D at, , __ , for
 9. Mary shook hands __ a tall stout man sitting ___ the
chair __ the piano and introduced him ___ me. 14 He explained __ me that a great deal might depend
A with, on, beside, to my being able to answer ___ a few questions that
I maybe was not used __ answering.
B to, in, at, for
C for, into, near, ___ A t o, upon, t o, __
D with, in, at, for B __ , on, ____, for
C to, on, __ , to
10.___ my opinion, he was always a little ahead ____ D for, of, for, to
me. But he was a snob: he was always interested ___ ,
and envious ___ those who had some sort of social 15. The Minister in charge ___ medical research, in re
position. ply __ questions, said, "We do not know the cause
___ this new illness. We must find a way ____ curing
A From, of, ___ , for it, and there is a need ___research. We must not act
B In, of, in, of ___ a hurry. This is an international problem, and
C On, from, in, __ we cannot act ___ ourselves."
D For, for, of, to
A for, to, of, for, for, in, by
11. They met the British Museum and soon were en B of, to, of, of, for, in, by C
gaged ___ examining its intensive collections; they had over, of, of, to, for, in, by D
often visited the Museum, but that did not prevent of, to, of, for, in, at, with
them___ being surprised ___ the richness of the Egyp
tian collection. 16 He possessed a profound understanding of human na
A in, ___ , ___ , by C near, by, from, with ture that was matched ___ a brilliant technique—not
B at, in, from, at D close to, on, __ , in only ___ painting but also ___ drawing.
12. ___ the whole, he never said much to me, but he A with, with, with C with, in, in
was never harsh ___ me. I don't remember his ever B by, by, by D by, with, in
shouting ___ me. 17. His work made an enormous impact __ his contem
A For, at, to C On, with, at poraries and influenced __ the style of many later
B In, to, at D On, by, ___ artists.
13. He glanced __ Mrs. Fang again. At that moment A on, on C on, __
the lady old picked ___ her spoon again and helped B by, ___ D with, on
herself ___the cherry jam.
18. Ireland is famous ___ its contributions ___ world lit
A on, ___ , with C at, ___ , __ erature.
B to, up, by D at, up, to
A for, in C for, to
B of, of D as, for
19. A prime minister is appointed by the president ___ 5. Though the air was smoky __ forest fires, in spite
nomination by the lower house. The government is __ considerable rainy weather ____ late, I tried some
responsible ___ the lower house of the national legis photographic work.
lature. A from, __ , ___ C of, ___ , for
A after, to C on, for B from, of, of D with, of, ___
B with, for D before, before
6. The steamer arrived ___ Thunder Bay early ___ the
Test 20 morning, and so ended the first half of our journey
from Toronto to Fort Garry; ___ rail ninety-four miles,
1. He knew Don Rodrigo only ___ sight and ___ reputa ___ steamboat five hundred and thirty miles.
tion, and had never had anything to do _ him, A in, in, by, on C at, in, by, by
beyond bowing his head ___ the few occasions when B to, in, by, by D to, ___ , on, on
he had met him.
A on, by, with, in 7. He took no notice ___ her, and so at last she spoke
B by, on, about, on ___ him ___ her friendly manner.
C by, by, with, on A for, with, with C from, with, by
D in, on, ___, with B of, to, in D of, with, with
2. It is so overwhelming that it can leave virtually every 8. According ___ the National Golf Foundation, which
body system ___ a state of collapse, and so ferocious keeps statistics ___ courses and players, more than
that a patient can be dead ___ minutes despite ____ one __ ten Americans now play the game.
the best medical treatment. A to, on, in C to, of, from
A in, in, of C with, through, of B with, about, of D with, for, among
B in, in, ___ D by, via, __
9. Seven ___ our United States are vitally interested____
3. The demand ___ passage was so great that old and the great Colorado River which has a length of more
undersized ships were pressed ___ service. than 1,700 miles and the phenomenal fall of 10,000
A of, in C for, onto feet __ its head waters in the Rocky Mountains and
B on, on D for, into its mouth in the Gulf of California.
A from, in, among C in, with, among
4. She went and stood ___ him and watched ___ him a B of, in, between D ___ , by, between
few moments ___ her cold way.
A near, for, with C close to, with, in 10. She was named ___ her grandmother.
B about, __ , by D beside, __ , in A to C for
B with D from
 11. Let us appeal __ reason. These facts speak in favour
ture, and ___ the island of Newfoundland the poor
__ his being innocence.
soil and a short growing season prevent ___ raising
A for, of C with, for most of crops.
B to, of D for, for A for, in, __ C to, on, ___
12. the 1960s the economy has been chronically de B for, on, from D to, in, from
pressed due ___ declining fish stocks and slackened 18. Farming is ___ only minor importance . ___ the pro
world demand ___ the their products. vincial economy.
A For, __ , for C From, to, of
A ___ , for C of, in
B Since, with, of D Since, to, for B of, of D for, in
13. _____________________________ The development
19. ___ the end of the 19th century ____ particular, the
of machinery ____________________ paper high-speed
Western humanities and natural sciences split ___ var
production has been largely responsible __ the in
ious disciplines.
crease __ literacy and the raising of educational levels
of people ___ the world. A In, in, in C At, in, into
B At, at, at D In, in, into
A for, for, in, throughout
B to, for, of, in
C of, of, of, in Problem verbs & Phrasal verbs
D for, of, in, throughout
Test 21
14. Why couldn't she have them ____ friends ___ than the
silly boys she danced with and who came ___ Sunday 1. His father died a poor man and after that the family
night supper? split ___ .
A as, ___ , on C ___ , more, for A on C out
B for, rather, to D by, rather, by B up D in
15. They would get ___ much better ___ people like these. 2. "Ask me questions and I will ___ my best to answer
A for, by C on, with them," he said and burst ___ laughing.
B over, with D off, by A do, in C do, out
16. She loved giving orders ___ the servants, and they B make, out D make, in
loved ___ obeying her.
3. Though it was clear that she was taken ___ , she ___ no
A __ , ___ C ___ , to comment on it, except by a scornful movement of the lips.
B to, __ D to, to
A back, made C amiss, did
17. Labrador is almost completely unsuitable ___ agricul- B aback, made D along, did
4. He did not ___ me his secret and I was so curious to 11. We expected him to join ___ us, but he never turned
know that I made __ my mind to find it ___ with Paul.
A say, on, out C talk, up, in A __ , up C with, in
B tell, upon, off D tell, up, out B to, out D ___ , upon
5. She ___ awake all night thinking of what had hap 12. He turns ___ to be a reserved person. I am sure he is
pened. She felt that Jean had taken ___ her from the keeping something ___ .
very start. A on, on C out, back
A laid, for C lain, from B out, out D on, down
B lay, against D was lying, upon
13. The centre of the party was Mike who __ everybody
6. They looked ___ a roof to live under before the cow laugh because he ___ and said many things for fun.
weather set ___ .
A made, did C did, did
A for, out B made, made D did, made
B looked forward to, on
C upon, off 14. Don't get ___ and ___ every minute, you are getting
D for, in __ my nerves.
7. Trafalgar Square is __ to have been ____ about a A up, down, on B
hundred years ago. to, fro, to C to,
back, on D on,
A said, lain C said, laid
off, upon
B told, lay D told, lied
8. Harrison who was laughing loudly suddenly broke 15. Her two-weeks' holiday in Greece ___ her a world of
good. She came fresh and so tanned as if she had been
.
__ in the sun for months.
A out C in
A made, lying
B off D ___
B did, laying C
9. Don't worry, Mom, Nick will soon get ___the disease. made, laying D
A on C against did, lying
B over D after 16. The rebellion was put ___ by the British, but not be
10. Look, he is sleeping again! — Yes, he can't break ___ fore extensive loss of life on both sides.
his habit of __ a bit after dinner. A through C out
A off, laying C with, lying B down D in
B out, lying D ___ , laying
 Test 22 6. But the majority of people are so intensely lazy and
timid, that they prefer to encourage the imposition by
1. Consumption of natural resources ___ dramatically giving ___ to it rather than put an end ___ it by the
every year as the human population increases and stand exertion of a little firmness.
ards of living ___ . A away, for C in, to
A arises, raise C rises, rise B out, to D off, by
B arouses, rise D raise, raise
7. And he never sees what an ass he is ___ of himself,
2. It ___ great stress on the heart, and in an older per and how he is annoying a lot of people who never
son or someone with hypertension or a heart condi __ him any harm.
tion, it can ___ more harm than good. A doing, did C doing, made
A places, make B making, made D making, did
B puts, do 8. I have a little money put ___ for a rainy day.
C lays, make
D influences, do A down C away
B off D out
3. The number of golfers in the United States ___from
17.5 million in 1985 to 24.8 million in 1992. - 9. He ___ awake looking at the tiles ___ in a geometric
pattern.
A rose C aroused
B raised D lifted A lay, lain C lay, laid
B was laying, laid D was lying, lain
4. Although novels with scientific underpinnings had been
written before, Verne ___the technique of scientific 10. The valley took me ___to the time of his childhood
verisimilitude to a fine art. when my Grandpa ___ me on horseback and we rode
together to the river.
A rose C arouse
B raised D lifted A __ , sat C away, sat
B back, set D over, set
5. Their life was set ___ forthcoming severe winter and
many attempts were ___to cross the mountains, but 11. You will break ___ if you work too hard.
all who tried were driven back by the pitiless storms. A down C up
A with, made B over D ill
B on, done C 12. The police are attempting to put ___ violent crime in
upon, made D the city.
by, done
A down C away
B over D on
13. A strong cup of tea takes ___ the weariness.
A over C off Part Two
B down D away MISCELLANEOUS
14. Measles broke ___ in the village.
A down C off
B out D in Directions: Complete the sentences below using the correct
alternative from those marked A, B, C, or D.
15. You'd better paint the woodwork before rain sets ____.
A __ C off Test 23
B out D in
1. He feels he ___ responsible. He has never got ____
16. People began to ___ sheep for wool about 6,000 years well with his___ relatives.
ago. A may have been, on, daughter-in-law's B
A raise C arise must be, along, daughter's-in-law
B rise D arouse C might have been, ___ , daughter-in-law's
D can't have been, on, daughter's-in-law
2. He was used to ___ because he was a good storyteller
and used to __ tales about animals.
A being heard, telling
B be heard, tell
C being listened to, make up
D be listened to, making up
3. My marriage ___ in 1996 ___ me with three children.
A set up, leaving
B broke up, having left
C went up, left
D turned up, being left
4. While skating along ___ full speed, they heard the
cars from Amsterdam coming ___ behind them.
A with, close C to, closely
B at, close D on, closely
5. Just as she felt tears ___ her eyes, the phone began to 10 She ____ the money to the boy. He does not know
ring. She ___ , listening to its rings, for several min what the money ___ .
utes. A mustn't have given, is
A come from, laid B may have given, are
B having come into, was laid C needn't have given, is
C to come in, laid D might have given, are
D coming into, lay
11. She had been sitting there so long that she ___ quite
6. He believed that he had made the matter of the final ___ , and so hungry that she could not help ___ into
cost ___ plain that the possibility ___ the money had the kitchen.
really never entered ___ his mind. A raised, stiff, to go
A such, to lose, in B rose, stiffly, going
B such, of losing, ___ C raised, stiffly, to go
C so, to be lost, into D rose, stiff, going
D so, of losing, ___
12. I don't want to harm ___ unless they ____ me. I'd
7. I was ___ by hearing my own name ____ a whisper. rather ___ by myself.
A awoken, having spoken by A somebody, harm, lived B
B awakened, spoken in C anybody, don't harm, live C
awaken, speaking with D somebody, don't harm, to live D
waken, speak with anybody, harm, live
8. Are you trying to make me ___ that I need not____ 13. No, you her beautiful. But she could get every
grateful ___ you? body ___ about her appearance because she had a lot
A feel, to be, to of charm and was always __ dressed.
B feeling, be, for A couldn't have called, forget, pretty
C to feel, to be, with B could have called, forget, prettily
D feel, be, to C couldn't have called, to forget, prettily
D might have called, to forget, pretty
9. Here you are at ___ . You ___ us a note at ____!
A last, must have sent, last B 14. Though he was ___ busy____ a letter, he tried ____
last, might have sent, least C the discussion ___ .
least, could have sent, least D A pretty, having written, to follow, close B
least, should have sent, last prettily, to write, following, closely C
pretty, writing, to follow, closely D
prettily, written, following, close
15. She was writing as if she ___ no time to breathe before 6. He sat down and I was made ___ him. He seemed to
she got the letter __ . let me __ for myself.
A had, written C was having, writing A to sit near, to decide
B sit besides, decide C
B had had, to write D were having, write to sit beside, decide D
sit by, to decide
Test 24
7. She has made me __ that I ___ thoughtless and self
1. We___ . He arrived ___ half an hour behind the ___ ish ___ her yesterday.
time. A to feel, might be, to
A shouldn't have hurried, near, appointed B B feel, might have been, of
mightn't have hurried, nearly, appointing C C feeling, should have been, towards
needn't have hurried, nearly, appointed D D feel, may have been, to
mustn't have hurried, near, appointing 8. I wish we ___ at ___ house but they ordered that we
2. She had a glimpse of ___ in the mirror hung rather ___ here.
__ on the opposite wall. A was, Carter's, would stay B
A hers, high C her, highly were, the Carters', stay C had
B herself, high D herself, highly been, the Carter's, stayed D have
been, Carter, should stay
3. Mr. Black, who seemed ___ his own dinner, ____
down his fork and knife and drew his chair to the sofa, 9. The breakfast was delicious. ___ coffee was hot and
smelt __ and ___ sandwiches were made ____new
A forgotten, lay C to have forgotten, laid bread and country butter.
B to forget, laid D having forgotten, lain
A The, well, ___ , of
4. He was the last man in the world ___ by ___ consid B ___ , good, the, from
erations. C The, good, the, with
D ___ , well, __ , out of
A to trouble, so C being troubling, such
B to be troubled, so D to be troubled, such 10. It was no use ___ of him. At last she ____her arms
__ on the table and rested her forehead on them.
5. I don't feel sorry for her ___ . I can't entrust her ___
any task though I __ her for three months. A thinking, lay, flatly
B to think, lain, flat
A being fired, with, have known
C to have thought, laid, flatly
B firing, ___ , had known
D thinking, laid, flat
C having fired, by, have been knowing D
having being fired, on, know
11. If I could only have one flower, I would have ___ , the C The, ___, to have approved
small ones that grow __ and smell so ___ . D ___ , the, to be approved
A lilies-of-the-valley, wildly, nicely B
lily-of-the-valleys, wild, nice C lily's- 2. After leaving Constantinople, the way will be taken
of-the-valley, wildly, nicely D lilies- out through ___ beautiful Bosphorus, across ___ Black
of-the-valley, wild, nice Sea to __ Sebastopol, ___ run.
A the, the, __ , a twenty-four hours
12. She was not used to ___ in any hurry ___ . B ___ , the, the, a twenty-four hours'
A to be, also C to be, neither C __ , ___ , __ , a twenty-four hour's
B being, either D being, too D the, the, ___, a twenty-four hour
13. ___ evening I found a photo of ___ taken ___ after 3. scissors, owing to the special warning of Moth
1 came to live at Warley. er's, __ kept____ John's reach.
A Another, me, short B A This, were, out of B
Other, mine, shortly C The Those, is, from C
other, myself, shortly D The These, were, out of D
other, mine, short That, is, out of
14. The room was full __ the bubble and squeak of con
versation. __ could hear ____ that ____ said. 4. I saw Herbert ___ the idle ___ .
A of, Nobody, anything, no one B A is standing between, looker-ons
with, Anybody, nothing, anybody C B standing among, lookers-on C
with, Somebody, nothing, nobody D to stand, among lookers-on D
of, Nobody, anything, anybody stood among, lookers-ons

15. Mrs. Brown was a teacher who brought____ the best in 5. My hotel room looked ___ across the vast field where
her students — but their own best, not ___ copied best. no ___ feeding.
A up, anybody else C out, anybody's else B A into, sheeps were
out, anybody else's D in, somebody's else B out, sheep were
C upon, sheep was
Test 2 5 D up, sheep was

1. ___ Mother and ____ Uncle John are likely ___ what 6. I was afraid ___ cold, but it was __ summer night,
1 have done. and ___ fine weather.
A __ , __ , to approve of A to be, a, a C to be, ___ , __
B The, the, approving of B being, the, the D of being, a, ___
 7. _____________ She put on dress of black silk with a 13. The staff, which consisted ___ , ten people, __ unan
jet brooch imous in ___ decision.
of her __ .
A of, were, their C from, were, its
A a, __ , mother's C a, ___ , mother B of, was, their D from, was, its
B the, the, mother's D a, the, mother
8. They went out into the wood that was flooded with 14. It is the first really ___ party that I____ , and I feel a
__ , while ___ were in the path. little___ .
A lily-of-the-valleys, forget-me-nots B A grown-ups, have invited, uncomfortably B
lilies-of-the-valley, forget-me-nots C lilies- growns-up, have invited, uncomfortable C grown's-
of-the-valleys, forgets-me-nots D lily-of- up, was invited to, uncomfortably D grown-up, have
the-valleys, forgets-me-not been invited to, uncomfortable
9. A cat, ____ , crept from the shadow of the gigantic barn. 15. Hardly ___ speaking ____ she heard ____ short laugh
A hunting field mices in the last row.
B hunted field's mouse A had she finished, than, ___
C having hunted field mouses B she had finished, when, a
D hunting field mice C had she finished, when, a
10. You ____better ____ a slice of ham or an egg, or ____ D she finished, than, __
with your tea. Test 26 |
A would, have, something B
had, to have, anything C 1. It's high time he ___better. It is necessary he ____ an
had, have, something D effort.
would, had, anything A studies, makes
11. I would be happier if there ____ sharper ___ to help B studied, made
___our choice. C would study, will make
D studied, make
A was, criteria, do B was,
criterion, make C had been, 2. His drawings are worth ___ . I've got one __ and
criterius, choose D were, ___ above my table.
criteria, make
A seeing, framed, hung B
12. The crew who ___ all asleep forgot ___ a lantern. to see, to frame, to hang C
A was, to rise C was, to raise seeing, framing, hanging D
B were, to raise D were, to rise to see, framed, hanged
 3. I am looking forward to ___ but I think my husband is
likely___ for ___ two weeks or more. C ___ , might be aware, will come
A leave, to stay, the other B D an, must have be awaring, would come
leaving, to stay, another C be 9. His face was quite expectant when I ___ my answer,
left, to have stayed, other D but you ___ it when I finished.
being left, stay, others
A has begun, should have seen B
4. These islands are said ___ by ___ . The Netherlands, began, should see C began,
their motherland, __ a sea-loving nation. should have seen D had begun,
A to be discovered, Danes, was used to be ought to see
B to have discovered, the Danish, used to being
C to discover, Hollanders, was used to being 10. Bob is the ___ of the two brothers. But his younger
D to have been discovered, the Dutch, used to be brother is ___ taller than he is,
5. It was a chance ____ , so we made a list of things ___ . A oldest, much more C elder, much
A not to miss, be taken B eldest, more D older, more much
B not to be missed, to be taken C
11. He felt like ___ in the fresh air. ____ the garden en
of not missing, being taken D of
trance, he stopped ___ at the flowers.
not missed, to be taken
A to work, Having arrived at, to look
6. You ____ very ____if you went to bed ___ late. B working, Arriving to, looking C
A may feel, exhausted, such work, Arrived in, looking D working,
B could have felt, exhausting, so C On arriving at, to look
must have felt, exhausted, so D
might feel, exhausting, such 12. We___ on Sunday but I feel as if I ___ you all my
life. - So ___ I.
7. We____ for two hours; Jet's have a rest, ____ ?
A can be walking, do we A have met, had known, do
B ought to walk, don't we B met, have known, have C
C might have walked, shan't we met, had known, do D had
D must have been walking, shall we met, had known, had
8. What ___ ass I have been! I ___ of that simple fact. 13. ___ number of students present at the meeting ____
Providing he ___ , I'll tell him everything. considerable, so I should say that ___ great number
A an, ought to have been aware, comes of them ___ interested in the subject.
B the, should have been awaring, comes A The, was, a, were
B A, were, the, was
C The, were, a, was
D A, was, the, were
 14. The trip was ___ and be was ___ , but __ ten miles 4, I __ provided you __ to accompany me; if you
___ passed.
,
A tiring, exhausting, other, were B I won't stir a foot.
tiring, exhausted, another, were C A will go, consent, will refuse
tired, exhausting, another, was D B go, will consent, refuse
tiring, exhausting, the other, was C go, will consent, will refuse
15. Only ___ children can eat when ____ the thoughts of D will go, consent, refuse
a journey. 5. ___ twenty years and you'll ____ all about it.
A few, exciting at B A Another, have forgotten
little, excited on C a B The other, forget
few, excited with D a C Other, be forgetting
little, exciting by D The others, have been forgetting
Test 27 5. She and Nick ___ at each other for a moment with
the kind of understanding they ___for a long time.
1. Without ___ to her, he began looking for a, flat near
her ___ house. A smiled, hadn't shared
B were smiling, haven't shared
A telling anything, parents B C were smiling, hadn't shared
speaking something, parents' C D had been smiling, haven't shared
talking something, parents D
saying anything, parents' 7. I woke, and looked at my watch; it was five o'clock.
I __ for four hours.
2. __ he felt, ___ more silent he had always been.
A The more deeply, the A have been asleep C had been asleep
B The deepest, ___ B was asleeping D had been asleeping
C More deeply, ___ 8. He lost the case and was put into ___ prison. I sup
D The deeplier, the pose he ___ his advisers.
3. The words flowed from his pen, though he broke ___ A the, should not listen to
from writing frequently to look __ definitions in the B __ , ought not to have heard
dictionary, C a, must not have heard
D___ , ought not to have listened to
A up, upon C out, up
B off, up D in, for 9. Remember___ your oil, water and lyres before you ___ .
A checking, will set off
B to check, set off
 C to have checked, sat off D Test 28
having checked, will sit off
1. Nick and I had a walk ___ day, but ____ of us ____
10. I can't help ___ that he does so ____ work. That is
pleased with it.
why he deserves ___ the exam.
A another, neither, were
A think, a little, failing B the other, neither, was
B thinking, little, to fail
C the other, none, was
C to think, little, to fail
D another, none, were
D thinking, few, failing
2. Though the cast ___ all amateurs, the performance
11. The guidebook suggests __ to the Sydney Tower where was a great success. There ___ loud applause for the
you can spend more time ___ the view over the city actors in the end.
A to go, to enjoy C to go, enjoying A were, were B
B going, to enjoy D going, enjoying were, was C
12. He met ___ of people but ___ he knew. was, were D
was, was
A the number, neither B
a number, none C a 3. Mr. Chairman, ___ discuss this question all day?
number, neither D the I don't think it is worth __ so much time on this.
number, none A can we, spend
13. ___ mistakes are ____ owing ____ carelessness. B will we have to, spending
C shall we be able to, to spend
A __ , made, to C The, done, to D need we, being spent
B The, made, for D ___ , made, for
4. He comes here every ___ day. He is looking forward
14. Quite ___ people were in the park as it was ___ fine to ___ this vacancy.
weather.
A other, give B another,
A a few, ___ C a little, ___ being given C other,
B few, the D little, a being given D another,
giving
15. Would you like ___wine? — No, thanks. I used to
__ a lot in my youth, but then I gave up ___ . 5. I am glad I've explained __ you my reasons _____ chang
A any, drinking so, drinking B ing.
any, to drink too, drinking C A __ , for C to, for
some, to drink quite, to drink D B to, of D for, to
some, to drink quite, drinking
6. The doctor says the sick boy ___ He will have to stay 11. She is not ___ person to give ___ secret
in bed for ___ few days. A the, away a C the, out the
A must not go out, another B B a, out a D a , away the
needn't go out, other C shouldn't
go out, the other D shouldn't 12. ___ Milky Way consists ____countless stars too faint
have gone out, others to be seen ___ .
A The, from, separately
7. When he went away, I wondered if he __ Mary when B __ , of, separate
he ___ home. C The, of, separately
A would telephone, came B D___ , from, separate
would telephone, would come C
telephoned, had come D 13. We __ a lot more if we confidence in our mem-
telephoned, would come ones and knew how __ them properly.
A remembered, would have, would use B had
8. He says he'd rather ___ billiards ___ tennis, but I'd remembered, would have had, to use C would
prefer ___ fishing. have remembered, had had, used D would
A to play, rather than, to go B remember, had, to use
play, than, go C to play, rather
than, going D play, than, to go 14. In old age, intellectual functioning is ___ related
.
9. ___ wicked always think that ____ other people are as physical health.
bad as ___. A closely, with a C closely, to
A ___ , the, theirselves B close, from D close, with a
B The, ___ , themselves
C A, an, they D 15.___ peppers were widely grown in ____Central and
The, the, them South America in ___ pre-Columbian times.
A The, ___ , the C The, the, __
10. He never apologizes ___ for his rudeness unless he
__ to please ____. B ___ , __ , ___ D ___, the, __
A before somebody, wants, anybody B to
somebody, does not want, somebody C before Test 29 |
anybody, does not want, somebody D to
anybody, wants, anybody 1. Despite __ various assertions, you cannot learn when
you are___
A of, sleep C ___ , asleep
B ___ , asleeping D of, sleeping
2. ___ the night of October 7, a major fire broke ____ C _ , t h e , __ , ___
in Chicago's timber yards and spread rapidly, thanks D A, a, an, a
__ high winds and many wooden buildings that exist
ed newer stone structures. 7. "Remember ___ those shoes while I am having my
hair ___ ," she said to her husband.
A On, out, to, among
B At, in, to, between A to repair, doing C to have repaired, made
C In, off, with, through B repairing, do D to repair, done
D ___ , out, to, between
8. Two days after our arrival ___ New York he phoned
3. One of ___ legends says that trees hold up the sky; from Boston and said that he ___ to stay there for ___ .
and if they ___ , ___ a catastrophe. A to, had decided, better B
A American's Indians', are cut down, there will be in, decided, all C at, would
B American Indian's, will be cut down, it will be C decide, best D in, had
American Indians*, are cut down, there will be D decided, good
American's Indians, will cut down, it will be
9. While he was in __ prison, his wife sold all their
4. ___ you are proficient in the Japanese language, you possessions and went to live somewhere in ___ west.
are sure ___ a communications problem ____ you visit She did not even go to ___ prison before the departure
Japan. to say good-bye to him.
A If, to have, after A the, the, the C __ , the, the
B When, having, would B ___ , __ , ___ D ___, the, __ ,
C As, have, before
D Unless, to have, should 10. I realize that ___ wrong has happened to you, but you
can't live without belief in___ these days. You should
5. For the sake of __ visit in Great Britain, it would not be pull ___ together.
reasonable for you ___ months trying to learn English. A nothing, something, ___
A two or three-weeks, to spend B a B something, something, your C
two or three-week, to spend C two something, anything, yourself D
or three week's, spending D two or nothing, anything, oneself
three weeks', having spent
11. The deck stewards took care ___ the door to the dining
6. ___ winter is the coldest season of ___ year, between room closed because the smell of food made some of
__ autumn and ____ spring. the passengers ___ they____ dead.
A __ , a, the, the A to keep, to wish, were B
B The, the, the, the of keeping, wish, were
 C having kept, wishing, would be D
keeping, to wish, had been 2. There are no ___ in your office — I know. The staff
__ on strike. The earnings of the company ____ in
12. He suddenly remembered ___ a boy ___ fire to some creased this year, and the employees want a pay rise.
petrol that had been spilt on the pavement. A people, is, has B
A to see, to set C seeing, set peoples, are, have C
B see, setting D seeing, to set people, are, have D
13. He was standing at ___ arm's length keeping silence. peoples, is, has
Not knowing what to do I took __ my specs and be
gan to rub ___ . 3. You needn't ___ to me those lies of ___.
A away, on, it A explaining, your B
B __ , off, them have explained, you C to
C an, off, it explain, yours D
D the, __ , them explain, yours
14. It is ____ how ideas come, like a ____ of lightening. 4. Why aren't we staying at ___ Jasmine Hotel? It's ___
A funny, flash C funny, clap than this one, but the facilities and service ___ excel
B funnily, stroke D funnily, bit lent.
15. He was not at all like ___other patients when he was A the, much more cheaper, are B
in ___ hospital and though he often had ____ sharp __, much expensive, is
pain in his side, he never complained. C __ , quite more cheaper, is
A the, ___ , the C ___ , ___ , a D the, much more expensive, are
B an, the, a D ___ , an, the 5. Then he found ___in the room with a lot of white
roses. __ other kind — ___ but white roses.
Test 30
A himself, Not, no C himself, No, nothing
1. The birth of ___computer and its American operat B ___, No, not D __ , Nothing, none
ing systems gave English language a nudge ahead;
that of ___ Internet has given it a huge push. 6. The sun __ so brightly and the sky was so blue that it
A the, the, the B seemed to him May would never end. It was certainly
a, an, an different from any spring he __ , for spring was within
C __, ___ , __ him.
D a, the, __ A was shining, had ever known
B shone, knew
C had been shining, has ever been known
D was shining, has ever known
7. The teacher couldn't bear ___ and got everybody ___ C to taking, having mistaken, furthest D
their seats. Then he suggested __ the test again. to take, mistaken, further
A cribbing, changing, writing B 13. They __ their home the day before, and in spite ____
to crib, to change, to write C the excitements of the travel, they both wondered if
cribbing, to change, writing D to they had remembered __ the gas.
crib, change, write
A left, of, turning off B
8. Before Guttenberg, ___ books were largely ___ priv had left, of, to turn off
ilege of ___ monks and rich. C were leaving, ___ , to turn off
A the, the, the, the D had been leaving, ___ , turning off
B __ , a, __ , ___
14. If a year ago he ___ that he was to undertake a trip
C __ , the, ___ , the
of this sort he ___ surprised.
D the, __ , ___ , ___
A had told, would be B would have
9. Hardly ___ in his native town ___ he phoned her; she told, would have been C has been
was busy, she ___ at her book for several days. told, will have been D had been
A he arrived, when, was working B had he told, would have been
arrived, than, had been working C had he
arrived, when, had been working D he had 15. It is ____ late morning already. It is ___ high time
arrived, as, had worked they___ down to business.
A __ , ___ , got
10. He got confused __ about the time of the meeting. B a, a, will get
He fetched for his diary, but it was ___ and not C the, ___ , get
________________________________ . D a, ___ , got
A himself, John's, his
B __ , John's, himself s Test 31
C __ , John's, his
D himself, John's, his one 1. The outskirts of our town ___not worth looking at.
There is a factory ___ glossy paper and the scenery ,
11. She looked at him ___ and her words sounded ___ . __ dull.
A cold, sharp C cold, sharply A is, having manufactured, are
B coldly, sharply D coldly, sharp B are, manufactured, is C are,
manufacturing, is D is, to
12. She was about ___ a step, which, if ___ , might lead manufacture, is
to___ complications.
A taking, mistaking, further B to
take, to mistake, farther
2. ___ population of ____ Venice of Marco Polo's times 8. Though he __ the question thousands of times in his
was ___ little more than 50,000 citizens. numerous excursions looking for a job, now he ___
tongue-tied.
A The, __ , a C A, ___ , ___
B __ , the, __ D The, the, a A has asked, has felt B had
asked, felt C was asking, was
3. I ___ my work urgently and I decided to have a stroll. feeling D had asked, had felt
A shouldn't finish B did
9. __ much like a boot, ____ Italian Peninsula extends
not need to finish C
generally southeast into __ Mediterranean Sea.
must not finish D can't
A Shaping, ___ , the
have finished
B Shaped, the, the
4. I prefer ___ there rather than ___ by train. — As for C Having shaped, ___ , __
me, I would rather ___ there by car. D Being shaped, the, ___
A driving, going, not going
10. Such institutions as ___Bank of England, ___ U.S.
B to drive, going, not go C
Federal Reserve System, or ___ Bank of France, are
to drive, go, not go D
charged ___ regulating the system of a ____ money
driving, to go, not going
supply.
5. The path grew ___and the horses climbed ____ . A the, __ , the, for, national
A steeply, slow C steeplier, slowly B the, the, the, with, nation's
B steep, slowly D steep, slow C ___ , the, ___ , of, nation
D ___ _,____ , __ , in, nation's
6. As a little girl she used to ___ in the grass making ___
in the fields __ of her grandmother's house. 11. If London is a place ___ influence and ____ money,
A lie, daisies-chains, in front it is also___ leisure metropolis.
B lying, daisy-chains, at the front A winning, do, ___ B for winning, do, a
C lie, daisy-chains, at the back C to win, make, a D to have won, made, ___
D laying, daisies-chain, in the back
12. Rain is very ___ in these parts, but once ___ , it won't
7. early capital of China Kaifeng was in the elev stop for days ___ end.
enth century the greatest city on ___ earth with the A rare, having begun, on B
population close to __ million. rarely, begun, in C rare,
A An, the, the beginning, at D rarely, to
B The, ___ , a begin, for
C __ , the, one
D The, ___ , ___
 13. We cannot wait till the mother ____ up her mind 3. __ Milky Way Galaxy takes its name from ___ Milky
Find out please if it is necessary that the child ___ this Way, the irregular luminous band of stars and gas clouds
question. that stretches ___ the sky.
A doesn't make, answers B A The, the, above B ___ , ___ , in
won't make, will make C C The, the, across D __ , the, through
makes, answer D will make,
should answer 4. Beside the spring the air smelled ___ and ____ with
the scent of ___ cut grass.
14. Until ___ 1960s the waters of ____ London's rivers A moistly, sweet, fresh B
were as polluted as ___ air. moist, sweetly, freshly C
A the, the, the moist, sweet, freshly D
B __ , ___ , __ moist, sweet, fresh
C __ , the, the
D the, ___ , its 5. One evening, shortly after my arrival, we ___over a
glass of beer, when Jones __ to talk about those hab
15. No sooner ___ the button than the message he ____ its of the natives which he to us before several
for the whole week ___ on the screen. times.
A he pressed, was expected, had appeared B he had A sat, was beginning, described
pressed, was expecting, was appeared C had he B has sat, was begun, has described
pressed, had been expecting, appeared D he was C had been sitting, had begun, was describing
pressing, expected, had been appearing D were sitting, began, had described
6. __ time is needed to take care of him. Take ___
Test 32
nurse, this one is not ___ .
1. I like travelling___ by train ___ by car. ___ of them A Much fewer, other, enough skilled
is attractive. B A lot less, another, skilled enough
A either, or, Any B C Far few, the other, too skilled D
Far little, other, so skilled
both, or, Each C
either, and, Every D 7. He was a ___person in the neighbourhood. The peo
both, and, Either ple thought there was not a man alive who could do
everything half as __ as he did.
2. waterway of _______south-central China represent
ed a vast and largely safe network for __ inland trade. A highly respecting, well
A The, the, the B A, ___ , the B high respected, fast
C The, ___ , ___ DA, the, a C highly respected, well
D highest respected, better
 13. He felt _ the last couple of days, but did not want to
8. ___ City of Westminster, which stretches along ____ show it to Mary and he tned to climb the hill _
River Thames, is one of the country's wealthiest bor than ___.
oughs and includes ___ Westminster Abbey and ____ A exhausted, steadily, usually B
Westminster Cathedral. exhausting, steadier, usual C exhausting,
A __ , the, __ , __ B The, ___ , ___, ___ more steadier, usually D exhausted, more
C The, the, ___ , __ D ___ , ___ , the, the steadily, usual
9. We stopped __ some petrol and saw a strange man.
His clothes ___ torn and dirty and needed ____ .
A getting, has been, to wash B 14. __into the room I saw John__at the window, but
getting, have been, being washed C to he appeared __in his papers. This man knew how
get, were, washing D to get, was, to __ what he wanted.
be washed A On coming, sitting, being absorbed, get B
After coming, sit, to absorb getting C Having
10. When raindrops fall through a cold layer of ___ air, come, being sat, to be absorbed got D On
they may freeze ___ impact with the ground to form coming, sitting, to be absorbed, to get
___ very slippery and dangerous "glazed" ice that is
difficult __ because it is almost transparent. 15 The new _ has arrived. Where shall we put ___?
A the, with, a, to see A equipment, them C machineries them
B ___ , by, ___ , for seeing B machines, it D machinery, it
C ___ , on, a, to see
D the, from, ___ , seeing Test 33
11. Never ___ such difficulties, he was ____ a loss. 1 What __ joy it was for John in his childhood to climb
up___ t op of t he hi l l and s ee _ t own and ___
A experiencing, in
B having experienced, at river at his feet below.
C experienced, by A __, the, a, a C t h e, a, a , a
D having experienced, near B a, the, the, the D a, a, a, a
12. I haven't seen her, she ___ standing in the shade. 2 They were _ with each other. They said things,
She ___ it all. which ___ would have been ____ insults.
A has been, must have heard A sharply, usually, brutalest
B was, may hear B sharp, ordinarily, the most brutal
C is, should hear C sharply, usual, awful
D had been, ought to have heard D sharp, ordinarily, the awfullest
3. You ___ me about their arrival. It was a surprise for 8. He looked back. The __ tops remained ___ and ___
me. against the sky.
A must have told B A mountain's, sharp, densely
might have told C B mountains', sharply, dense
could have told D C mountain, sharp, dense
may have told D mountains, sharply, densely
4. I always regretted __ Egypt. I can't help ___ its 9. If I ___ that you ___ I certainly ___ at home.
ancient civilization.
A knew, came, would have stayed B had
A not visiting, admiring known, would come, would have stayed C had
B do not visit, admire known, would have come, would stay D knew,
C not to visit, to admire will come, will have stayed
D not having visited, to have admired
10. It was not worth ____ there. I wish you ____ yourself
5. I___ him up, he ___ the clock. to __ much trouble.
A hadn't to wake, should have set B
A to go, had put, so B
needn't wake, could set C didn't have
going, put, such C to go,
to wake, must have set D needn't have
didn't put, such D going,
woken, may set
hadn't put, so
6. His___ of the language enabled him to understand the
words of an old Italian: "Your wife took all the ___ 11. The ___ period between ____ Games was called ____
and went away with ___ . Olympiad.
A knowledge, belonging, it B A four-years, the, the
knowledges, belongings, it C B four year' __ , an
knowledge, belongings, them D C four years', ___ , the
knowledges, belonging, them D four-year, the, the

7. ___ Milky Way Galaxy, sometimes simply called ____ 12. For three _______ man has tried to map his world
Galaxy, is a spiral system consisting of several ___
stars, one of which is ___ Sun. A millennium, __ , exact
A The, the, billion, the B millenniums, a, exact
B __ , ___ , billions, the C millennia, ___ , exactly
C __ , ___ , billions, __ D millennias, a, exactly
D The, the, billions, ___
13. I am going to retire next month and I am looking for 3. Near the centre of ___ City stand ___ St. Paul's
ward to ___ quiet life after the pressure I ____under Cathedral, Bank of England, ______ Royal Ex
for so many years. change, ___ Stock Exchange, and the rest of ____
A having a, have been B London's financial district.
have, had been C have, A the, the, the, the, the, the
was D having a, had B the, ___ , the, the, the, ___
been C __ , ___ , the, ___ , __ , the
14. There are ___ books in this box. Though he is a ___ D ___ , the, ___ , ___ , __ , ___
youth, he seems __ to lift it. 4. She ____ and, looking ____ in his face, said, "What
A quite a lot, fifteen-years, strong enough B right do you have to question me? ___ is nothing to
quite a few, fifteen-year, strong enough C tell you."
quite a lot of, fifteen years', enough strong D A rose, straightly, There
quite a few, fifteen year's, enough strong B raised, straight, It
15. Do you hear the wind ___ and the Tain ____ ? Many C rose, straight, There
trees are reported ___down. D raised, straightly, It
A howling, pouring, to have been blown - 5. The situation is becoming ___ . The main thing to do
B howl, pour, to be blown now is getting ___ as soon as possible.
C howling, pouring, to have blown
A threatening, in C threatened, through
D to be howling, to be pouring, having been blown
B threatened, out D threatening, away
Test 34
6. Where is John? I __ for him for ages! — Don't wait for
1. __ wind was like ___ ice, it had been snowing hard him. When I came home an hour ago he ___ his things.
since __ morning. A have been waiting, was still packing
A The, the, __ C The, __ , ___ B had been waiting, has been still packing
B ___ , ___ s the D A, an, the C am waiting, had been still packing
D have waited, had still packed
2. I used __ with boys in my childhood and I remem
ber Granny ___ me when I came home with a black 7. I am sure ___ fresh air and exercise will make me ____
eye. well. By studying early in the morning I will save ___
of time.
A fighting, reprimanding
B to fight, to reprimand A ___ , to sleep, plenty
C to fight, reprimanding B the, sleep, a great number
D fighting, to reprimand C ___ , sleep, a great deal
D the, sleeping, a lot
8. The news ___so unexpected that the boy was made 14. Something __ . She ___ by 9.
__ his story twice. A must happen, must come
A was, repeat C were, repeat B should have happened, was to come
B were, to repeat D was, to repeat C must have happened, was to have come
D need have happened, had to come
9. Do you see a woman ___ the street? She is said ___
a famous actress in ___ 1950s. 15. The area of __ British Isles is about ____ of Russia.
A having crossed, to be, ___ A __ , seventy
B crossing, to have been, the B the, a seventies
C to cross, to have been, the C ___ , the seventieth
D cross, to be, ___ D the, a seventieth
10. Mr. Jones seems ___all about illnesses. He said that Test 35
mumps ___ not a serious disease and ___ was noth
ing to worry about. 1. Nick suggested ___ there for two weeks. It was a
A to be knowing, were, there B brilliant idea. I wished I ___ of it myself.
to know, was, there C A to go, had thought
knowing, was, it D to know, B go, thought
were, it C going, had thought
D to have gone, would have thought
11. There ___ no scenery at all, but the costumes, the sound
and lights effects made the audience __ on the acting. 2. She took ___ clean napkin from ___ drawer and laid
A were, concentrate C were, to concentrate B it down at ___ plate.
was, concentrating D was, concentrate A __ , the, a C a, the, the
12. I admit not __ this turn of events. But I ____. B a, a, the D the, the, the
A to foresee, must have foreknown 3. ___ City of London and ____ West End are linked by
B to foreseeing, ought to foreknow ___ Strand, an avenue upon which are located two of
C foreseeing, should have foreknown London's oldest churches, ___ St. Clement Dane's
D to have foreseen, need have foreknown and ___ St. Mary-le-Strand.
13. My Dad said one ___have a rest after a day of hard A The, the, the, ___ , __
work. And you have to go there twice a week, __ you? B __ , ___ , ___, __ , ___
A must, haven't you C must, don't B C The, ___ , the, the, the
had to, haven't D will, don't D __ _, the, __ , the, the
4. The telegram said that she would have ___ trip anc 9. Mr. Blacke had a ___ modest opinion of his brain,
come at __ sunset. Her visit was ____ and he begai, and even of his courage, but he was __ shocked too.
to plan her reception.
A sufficiently, deeply C sufficiently, deep
A three hour's, the, exciting B B sufficient, deep D sufficient, deeply
three-hour, the, excited
C three hours', __ , exciting 10. He never ___ anything good to ____. If he __ , he
D a three-hour, ___ , excited ___ more support now.
5. They worked ___ day and __ night, and seemed A made, somebody, had made, would have had
___no progress. B did, anybody, had done, would have
C did, someone, did, would have had
A a, a, to do D made, anyone, would have made, would have
B a, a, to have done
C the, the, to be making 11. __ the door, Maggie found ___ facing a stranger.
D___ , ___ , to make She wanted to shut the door, but the stranger made a
quick movement, as if he ___going to stick his foot
6. She was so lively and laughed so ____ at oilier____ into the opening.
jokes that no one could help ___ her.
A Having opened, herself, were
A merry, peoples', to like B B On opening, __ , was
merrily, people, to have liked C C After opening, herself, had been
merrily, people's, liking D D Opening, __ , has been
merry, peoples, to be liking
12. I am afraid I don't understand you, Pete. I ___ my
7. When he came to himself he saw people ___ around as mind. Have you changed ___ ?
if they___ something else to happen.
A haven't changed, your one
A standing, were expecting B didn't change, your C
B stood, had been expecting haven't changed, yours D
C to stand, would be expecting didn't change, yourselves
D stand, were expected
13. In _ Northern hemisphere, _______ winter is com
8. She had never learned the habit of ___ command: her monly regarded as extending from the year's shortest
habit was to ask ___ permission. day, December 22 or 23 to March 20 or 21, when
A a, a __ day and ___ night are equal in _ length.
B ___ , __ A the, the, the, the, ___
C the, the B ___ , ___ , a, a, the
D __, a C a, a, t he, t he, a
D the, ___ , ___ , __ , ___
14. As the front door was ___ , she could see ___ through C at himself s end, listening, was being saying
the house. D in his ends'wits, hearing, was telling
A widely-open, straightly B 4. He ___ on the phone when Emma came in. ____ she
widely-open, straight C
been listening?
wide-open, straight D wide-
open, straightly A was speaking, Had C spoke, Was
B is speaking, Is D had been speaking, Has
15. You are not a beginner, you __ a car for four
years. It is high time you ___ the traffic regulations. 5. ___ the photo he saw a group of people. Nick was
__ the front, with Mary____ him.
A have been driving, would know B are
driving, would have known C have been A In, in, close to C In, on, near
driving, knew D had been driving, would B On, at, beside D At, at, at
have known
6. His feelings were too ____ for the words; he himself
Test 36 had ruined his life and his family ___ the money.
A deeply, stealing C deeply, having stolen
1. ___ to the office, he found out that Harry had invested B deep, by stealing D deep, to steal
the bigger part of his money into the construction of the
new hospital. He __ it without his solicitor's advice. 7. Oh, Mr. Limon, I ___ when I ___ you again. I have
A Having come, may not do one or two points to take ___ with you.
B Coming, must not have done A was wondering, will see, in B
C On coming, must not do have been wondering, see, on C
D Having come, could not have done am wondering, will see, up D
had been wondering, saw, off
2. __ canaries and ___ parrots are especially
population 8. Though ___ is a bit too ____ pepper, the meat tastes
and easy ___ . Of these, ___ parrot is widely kept and rather __ .
has been bred for a variety of colour types. A it, many, well C there, little, well
A __ , ___ , to keep, the B there, much, good D it, few, good
B The, the, keeping, a
C __ , ___ , for keeping, a 9. ___ Middle Eastern countries of ___ Iran, ____ Iraq
D___ , the, kept, the and __ Kuwait have ___ number of super giant oil
fields, all of which are located in __ Arabian-Iranian
3. He was __ . He tried __ , but couldn't follow what basin.
.
A __ , ___ , __ , ___ , a, __
A in the end of his wits, to hear, was being told B B The, the, the, the, the, the
at his wit's end, to listen, was being said
 C The, ___ , ___ , __ , a, the Test 37
D ___ , the, the, the, the, ___
1. The hard disease prevented him ___ doing anything at
10. I propose the chairman and secretary ___ . all. I often saw him lying ___ on the sofa.
A to elect C be elected A from, flatly
B to be elected D elect B off, flat
11. That evening she felt ___ better that she insisted ___ C from, fiat
D __ , flatly
sitting ___ a while in the high-backed armchair____
the window. 2. We used __ to the valley at ____dawn and there
A so much, upon, in, near enjoyed the scenery that changed every time when the
B so more, ___ , for, beside sun __ .
C so much, on, for, by D A to go, __ , rose
such more, on, for, at B going, the, stood
C to go, __ , raised
12. Why, have you come ___ me? ____ was no need for
D going, the, lifted
you ___ .
A to meet, There, to bother B 3. People who had never before cared ___ the Browns
meeting, There, bothering C to now became familiar ___ every moment of their life.
meet, It, bothering D meeting, A of, to C with, with
It, to bother B for, with D for, of
13. I ___ him about it; he knew it already. 4. You can't have good crops unless you ___ the soil.
A mustn't have told C needn't have told ___usually poor without care and fertilizing.
B can't have told D may not have told A don't cultivate, It is
14. They could __ recognize us in ____dark, that's why B will cultivate, They are
they did not stop ___ to us. C cultivate, They are
D won't cultivate, It is
A hard, the, talking C ever, __ , talking
B hardly, the, to talk D never, ___, to talk 5. I guessed what mystery ___ about. So ____ Mary, but
Pete ___ .
15. The epidemic of typhoid fever broke ___ in the poor
est district of the town. The authorities unable to A were they talking, was, was not
cope ___ it. B they were talking, was, was not
C were they talking, did, did not
A off, was, by C out, were, with
D they were talking, did, did not
B out, was, of D in, were, to
 6. This was ____year of ___ long sunshine. ____ month
followed upon ___ month with ___ little difference in 11, "A real change of air and __ would be very ____ for
___ sky. your son if you ___ it," the doctor said.
A the, ___ , A, a, a, ___ A surroundings, helping, would arrange B
B a, the, The, the, the, the surrounding, helpful, arrange C
surroundings, helpful, could arrange D
C a, ___ , ___ , __ , ___ the
surrounding, of much help, arranged
D the, a, __ , ___ , a, the
12. Whatever you do, don't do it ___ the spot. But re
7. He stared ____ me as if I were ____ from ___ world.
member: you shouldn't do everything ____purpose,
A __ , anyone, another
something must be said ___ chance, it will be more
B on, somebody, the other C at,
probable.
anybody, the other D at,
someone, another A for, for, for
B on, on, on
8. We arrived____ the station ____ sunset. Nobody was C in, by, on D
meeting us. It was so impolite __ John to forget about on, on, by
his guests that we were __ a loss not knowing what to
do. 13. I did not want to wait ___ the lift. I climbed the
stairs, three ___ , to the fourth floor.
A in, by, for, in
B at, at, of, at A for, at a time C for, on time
C at, at, of, with D B __ , in time D ___ , in the time
by, by, from, by 14. When a large vessel wants to pass ___ Tower Bridge,
9. The speaker ___ a short pause to stress his words. a policeman halts the heavy traffic passing over it,
and ___ powerful machinery slowly ___ the roadway,
The audience ___ him with great attention.
half to one side and half to ___ .
A did, was listening to B made,
was hearing C did, were hearing A beneath, a, raises, another
D made, were listening to B under, ___ , raises, the other
C down, a, rises, others
10. I would not think ___ moment if I ___ . D below, ___ , rises, the other one
A another, were to choose
B the other, was choosing C no 15 You are a fool ____ all his stories. He has made them
another, were choosing D any all __ .
other, will be to choose A to listen, out B to
hear, on C to listen
to, up D to listen to,
off
 Test 38 | 7 After you have set your objectives, remember ___
them in a list. Anything that is worth ___ should go
1.The resorts at the Red Sea are sard ____ ones of the on this list.
best in Africa. Imagine ___ there in winter, A to enter, doing C entering, to do
A to be, to go C to be, going B by entering, doing D having entered, have done
B being, going D being, to go
g. It was difficult ___ me to think these were her real
2. If you ____ the road sign, you ____ with that car.
reasons ___to get rid ____ me.
A had noticed, would not have collided
B would have noticed, hadn't collided A for, to want, from C for, for wanting, of B
C noticed, would not have collided D to, of wanting, of D of, to want, with
notice, would not collide 9. Though the girls are young, the majority of them ___
3. It is no good_____ a car in such nasty weather. reached the stage of caring ___ comfort and decora
A to use C using tions.
B to have used D use A have, for C has, for
B have, of D has, of
4. The borough includes ____ Buckingham Palace, the
principal government offices, important shopping cen 10. It used ___ that oil-exporting countries depended on
tres, luxury hotels, ___ Tate Gallery and ___ Na the oil-importing countries just as much as ___ de
tional Gallery. pended on ___ .
A the, the, the C the, ___, __ A to be said, the first, the former B
B ___ , __ , ___ D __ , the, the being said, the latter, the second C
5. He had already got up and was about ____. He was an to say, the first, the second D to be
old friend of ___ . said, the latter, the former
A to leave, ours C to have left, ours 11. Ann ___ quietly and seemed ___ .
B leaving, us D having left, us A breathed, to be asleeping B
6. But there was no ___ way out: he was ___ in debt. was breathing, to be asleeping C
A another, deeply was breathing, to be asleep D
B other, deeply C breathed, to be asleep
the other, deep D 12. He felt it sounded __ and kept____ .
other, deep
A unnaturally, silent B
unnaturally, silence C
unnatural, silent D
unnatural, silently
13. English theatre director Peter Brook is ______ found 4. She was _____ at ___ so early and insisted that Jim ___ _.
er of the company. A irritating, awakening, would leave
A The, the C ___ , the B irritated, being awakened, leave
B __ , ___ D The, a C being irritated, being awakened, should leave
D irritated, being awakened, left
14. They regarded ___ manual work ___ degrading.
5. She __ rather ___ alone.
A a, as C ___ , to be
B __ , as D a, being A had, to leave C had, leave
B would, to be left D would, be left
15. In some households the man was referred _______ "the
master". 6. __ general education is perhaps more important than
___ exact knowledge of some particular theory.
A for, like C to, as
A ___ , __ C ______ an
B __ , as D on, as B A, an D A,

Test 39 I 7. They had three little boys, __ one is a baby, ____

others twins of nine.
1. He was just a year ___ than John, but was alread\ A ___ , the C ___ , ___
__ and much ____ . B the, ___ D the, the
A younger, as taller, strong B as I. She stretched ___ out ___ on the sofa.
younger, taller, stronger C younger,
A her, flat C herself, fiat
as tall, stronger D as young, as tall,
more stronger B ___ , flatly D herself, flatly

2. She regarded it ___ her duty to come and read ____ ?. Nobody gets ___ unless they ___ it.
me ___ dusk when I could not make ___ lines in the A something, ask C anything, don't ask for
book. B anything, ask for D something, don't ask
A __ , ___ , in, out C like, to, in, off 10. Sensible, __ mothers play ____ big part in their chil
B as, to, at, out D to be, ___ , at, through dren's life despite ___ working and having a full-time
3. She remembered ____ that she would try, so she did nanny.
not regret ___ his offer. A interesting, ___ , ___
A promising, accepting B interested, a, ___
B to promise, to accept C interesting, a, of
C promising, to accept D interested, ___ , of
D to promise, accepting
11. He looked forward to ___ the position but soon he C world's, a, earth, ___
realized that decision-making is ___ art and meant D world's, a, earth's, a
__ hard work.
2. During ___ Age of Discovery ( ___ late 15th and early
A get, an, ___ C get, ___ , an, a ,
16th centuries), Spain and Portugal produced ___
B getting, __ , a D getting, an, ___ number of explorers whose discoveries of new lands
12. He ___ after me since my mother ___ . and peoples expanded the horizons — and borders —
of these nations.
A has looked, died C looked, has died B
has looked, has died D looked, died A the, the, a C____, __ , a
B ___ , ___, the D the, the, the
13. If anybody __ me I ____ them what had happened.
3. Fleshy fruits that will be eaten ___ typically are har
A had asked, would tell B
vested __ hand to ensure that they will be free from
asked, must tell C had
blemishes, a quality ___ by most consumers.
asked, could have told D
asked, would have told A freshly, on, preferable
B fresh, with, preferred
14. He behaved as though there ___ nothing ___ . C fresh, by, preferred D
A was, to be ashamed B freshly, by, preferable
were, to be ashamed of C
4. Although ___ called lead pencils, they do not contain
had been, being ashamed D
___ ^ of that metal but are composed of a mixture
were, being ashamed of
of
15 Her white dress and a lace umbrella made her ___ ___ graphite and clay.
as though she ___ to a garden party. A common, some, the
A to look, had come C look, had come B commonly, any, the
B looking, came D look, would come C commonly, any, ___
D common, some, ___

Test 40 5. The rise and spread of Christianity increased the de

mand __ permanent ___ religious documents.
A on, writing C for, writing
1. The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the four B for, written D on, written
oceans, covering more than ___ third of the ___ surface
and containing more than ___ half of its free water. 6. Rainbows are seen when ___ sunlight from behind the
A world's, a, earth, a observer strikes the raindrops acting___ tiny prisms.
B world, __ , earth's, a A __ , as C an, as
B a, as D a, like
7. The family performed __ number of functions that 11. If governments required that all oil tankers __ with
larger institutions now provide. The father, ___ head double-layered hulls, the damage ___ fisheries and wild
of the family, educated his sons, servants ancd appren life from the many oil spills of the 20th century ..
tices. Women instructed their daughters ____ a house A fit, of, may reduce
hold. B should be fitted, to, must be reduced
A the, like, how to run B a, C would be fitted, towards, must have been reduced
like, in how running C a, as, D be fitted, to, may have been reduced
in how to run D the, as, how
running 12. Chronic water shortages exist in __ Africa and drought
is common over much of the globe.
8. The Olympic Games __ in Athens, Greece , in 1896, A the most B
two years after French educator and thinker Pierre de the majority C
Coubertin proposed that the Olympic Games of an most of D
cient Greece ___ to promote a more ____ world. majority of
A had begun, to be revived, peace
B began, revive, peace-loving C 13. ___ man is ___ a worshipper of idols and a lover of
began, be revived, peaceful D kings.
began, to revive, peace-mined A __ , natural C ___ , naturally
B A, naturally D The, natural
9. ___ in 1891 with a single area in Wyoming, by ____
late 1980s the National Forest System had expanded to 14. These colonies stayed ___the coastline, never pene
more than 77 ___ in 44 states, Puerto Rico, and the trating far inland, and in fact each was linked ___ to
Virgin Islands. England than to ___ colonies.
A Beginning, the, million hectares A near, more closer, the other
B Having begun, ___ , million hectares B close, closer, other
C Beginning, the, millions hectare C about, nearer, others
D Begun, ___ , million hectare D close to, closer, the other
10. Between 1950 and 1990 the world population doubled 15. In addition to using taxation ___ money, governments
to 5.3 ___, with ___ 80 ___ living in developing, or may change taxes ___ social and economic objectives,
poorer, nations. or political popularity __ certain groups.
A billions, near, percents A to have, achieving, from B by
B billion, almost, percentage collecting, to achieve, on C on
C billion, nearly, percent rising, having achieved, of D to
D billions, close to, percent raise, to achieve, with
 C was, ourselves, had been lately taken D
Test 41 j
were, our, lately taken
1. The war left Britain ___ in debt, however, and the
6. He sniffed it again; it made him feel ___ somewhere
British Parliament insisted that the prosperous colo inside, because it reminded him of something, but he
nies ___ pay for the cost of protecting them. couldn't remember what.
A deep, should help C sharp, should help
B deeply, help D sharply, would help A deeply uneasy C deep uneasy
B deeply uneasily D deep uneasily
2. If you are going to be taking flash pictures, remember
that ___ the film, ___ the distance at which your 7. She stood ___ looking ___ the window.
flash will operate successfully. A motionlessly, into C motionless, out from B
A the faster, the greater B motionless, out of D motionlessly, in
the fastest, the greatest C
faster, more greatly D the 8. The living room looked as if an army ___ through.
fast, the greatly The Murdocks ___ all their friends and ____ , judging
from the results.
3. the site of the Olympic Games, the IOC consid
ers number of factors, chief among them which A had just passed, must have brought, everybody else's
city has, or promises to build, the best facilities, and B just passed, may have brought, everybody else C
was just passing, must bring, everybody' else D was
which organizing committee seems most likely ___ just passing, may have brought, everybody's else
the Games effectively.
A Selecting, the, to stage 9. He had ___ his Christmas shopping ___ and brought
home ___ package.
B Having selected, a, to have staged
C In selecting, a, to stage A done, late, a C made, late, a
D Selected, the, to have staged B made, lately, the D done, lately, a
4. ___ ten minutes of thought got me no ___ to an answer. 10. ___ halos are seen when ___ sunlight or moonlight in
A Still, closer C Another, closer front of the observer strikes ice crystals and then passes
B Other, close D The other, close __ high, thin clouds.
5. Most of our party ___ old friends of ___ , but among A The, the, over C ___ , the, away
them was a newcomer — a young man with a beard, B __ , __ , through D The, ___ , by
who __ charge of the local museum. II. Jack said that unless I __ his advice they ____ my
A was, us, has lately taken B business.
were, ours, had lately taken A would not take, ruined
B would take, would have ruined
 C makes, well-exposing, sharp D
C had taken, would ruin D make, well-exposed, sharply
hadn't taken, had ruined
12. Matthew Carey wrote in the early 1800s that in his opin 2. A good husband will always regard his wife __ his
ion man should always treat his wife ___ equal, but equal and never address her with an air of authority,
today's feminists would shudder at ___of his advice. as if she ___ a mere housekeeper.
A like, many C like, a great number A to be, were C as, were
B as, many D as, much B be, was D being, are
13. This ___ letter shows that, while the emphasis on
religion was greater __ now, many of the other pa 3. He was elected ___ president to a ____ term.
rental concerns expressed are timeless. A the, five-years B
A nearly 300-year-old, than then a, five-year's
B near 300-years-old, then than C __ , five-year
C nearly 300-year-old, then than D ___ , five-years
D near 300-years-old, than then 4. The Committee __ of opinion that nothing would be
14.___ differences arise between husband and wife, the gained by attempting to __ down a Constitution for
contest ought to be, not who will display the'most the British Empire.
spirit, but who will ___ the first advances.
A When, do C Providing, make A are, lay C are, He
B Unless, do D While, make B is, lay D is, lie
15. ___ with travel and greatly discouraged, we reached 5. We___ so accustomed ___ the concept of liberty that
___ the shore of the Great Salt Lake. It had taken an
we are completely ignorant of what is meant ___ to
entire month, instead of a week, and our cattle ___
not fit to cross the desert. slavery.
A Wearing, to, was C Being worn, to, were A had become, to, to submit
B Worn, ___ , were D Having worn, ___ , was B have become, to, by submitting
C became, of, by submitting
Test 42 D have become, for, on submitting
1. Modern cameras, film, and processing ___ it easier 6. When I say nothing, ___ I mean nothing, ___ I mean
than ever to create ___, __ focused photographs. ___ I can't talk about.
A makes, good-exposing, sharply B A neither, nor, anything B
make, good-exposed, sharp both, and, something C
either, or, something D
either, and, anything
 C do not, foot, everywhere D
7. ___in these thoughts, he reached his house, which not to, feet, nowhere
was at the end of the village, and hastened to
unlock the door with the key that he __ in his hand 12. You will be free as soon as you ___ twenty-one, but I
am a slave ___ life.
as he walked along.
A Having lost, was holding readily A will be, to C will be, for
B Lost, had been holding ready B are, for D are, to
C Being lost, held readily 13. The number of the boats and the names of the crews
D Losing, has been holding ready and passengers __ kept, so that in the event of a
8 If he could not help _ sides, he always sided with of boat ___ , or a person ___ from it, we would be able
the two contenders - very circumspectly, how-ever to get and give a clear account of everything.
and making every effort to show ___ party that he A were, being wrecked, missing B
had no real feelings of enmity towards him. A to take, were, wrecked, missed C was,
the strongest, the weakest B take, the strongest, the being wrecked, missing D was,
weaker C taking, the stronger, the weaker D taking, wrecked, missed
the strongest, the weakest
14. My mother, though a young woman, was not strong
9 But above all he used to __ against those of his col- and ___ in delicate health for many years, yet when
leagues who took the risk of supporting — and op- sorrows and dangers came upon her she was ___ brav
pressed against a powerful bully. A declaiming, weak
est of ___ brave.
C declaiming, the weak B declaim, the weak D
A was, the, ___ C had been, the, the
declaim, weak
B has been, the, the D was, __ , ___
10 She in front of him with hands on hips and el-'
bows pulled forward, glaring at him as if she _ to 15. The family____ all asleep, so we children ____ down
tear the secret out of his heart. A was standing, wanted on the ground.
B was standing, has wanted C stood, was wanting D A was, lay C were, lay
stood, wants B was, laid D were, laid
11 I'd rather you __ go there. The snow is many ___in Test 43
depth, not less than seven or eight___.
A would not, foot, somewhere B 1. Let the husband treat his wife, and the wife ___ her
did not, feet, anywhere husband with ___ much respect and attention, as he
___ a strange lady, and she a strange gentleman.
A treated, as, would treat B
treat, so, treats
 C treat, as, would treat 7. She had bread for ___ hungry, clothes for ___ naked,
D to treat, so, to treat and comfort for __ beggar that came within her reach.
2. An important agreement was reached __ the United A ___ , __ , every C the, __ , each
Kingdom and its former colonies, which were known B the, the, every D ___ , the, each
as dominions. These self-governing portions of ____
British Commonwealth included Australia, Ireland, 8. I loathed them as being ___ as ____ as ____ of men.
__ South Africa, and Canada. A the most meanest, same, the most wicked B
A among, the, the C between, the, __ the meanest, too, the wickedest C the
B between, ___ , __ D among, ___ , the meanest, well, the most wicked D the mean,
so, the wicked
3. Practically, ___ old have no ____ very important ad
9. I was fond of these stories and __ evening after ___
vice to give ___ young. evening would go into grandma's room, sitting with
A __ , ___ , ___ C the, __ , the my back ___ against the wall so that no warrior could
B the, a, the D __ , ___ , the slip behind me with a tomahawk.
4. Generally, ___ the film's speed or sensitivity to____ A an, an, close C the, the, closely
light, ___ the quality you'll get in terms of color-and B ___ , __ , close D __ , an, closely
fine detail. 10. Their party ___ so tired and ___ with the day's la
A the lowest, the, the highest bour that they declared they ___ another step.
B lower, ___ , higher A was, exhausted, would not take B
C the lower, the, higher were, exhausted, would not take C
D the lower, ___ , the higher was, exhausting, should not take D
5. Early evidence ___ that cattle ____ used for draft, milk, were, exhausting, could not take
sacrifice, and, in some instances, for meat and sport. 11. The cattle ___ killed, and the meat was placed into __
A indicate, was C indicate, were deep snow for preservation.
B indicates, were D indicates, was A was, the C was, ___
B were, __ D were, a
6. __ a recreational activity, pony trekking seems ___
in the western United States in the first half of the 19th 12. He seemed ___ dissatisfied, so we asked him if there
century. was ___ that we could do for him.
A Like, to have originated A to be, something farther
B As, to originate B to have been, anything far
C Being, to have been originating C to be, anything further
D As, to have originated D to have been, something farther i
 3 Out on the mountain it was blowing twice _ and
13. At last my father arrived ______ house with the little __ in our faces.
ones, and our family ___ again united.
A harder, direct C as hard, directly
A to, Mr. Sinclair, were B as harder, directly D hard, direct
B at, Mr. Sinclair's, were
C in, Mr. Sinclair's, was 4. __ people realize just how common depression is,
D to, Mr. Sinclair's, was how __ it can be and that it is ___ among worry
14. It was a long while before I could get him __ a ____ A A few, severely, the most prevalent B
view of the subject. A few, severe, the most prevalent C
A take, more fairer C to take, fairer B Few, severe, most prevalent D Few,
to take, more fairer D take, fairer severely, most prevalent
15. I never saw a party ___ up so ____ , and with ___ 5. She had ___ dark and abundant hair, ____glossy that
little fuss. ___ threw off the sunshine with a gleam.
A break, quietly, so B A a, such, they C the, so, it
breaking, quietly, such C B __ , so, it D ___ , such, they
breaking, quiet, such D 6. She ___ before she ___ to the altar that she would
break, quiet, so
never allow herself to flirt and she ___ .
Test 44 A resolved, had gone, had never flirted
1. Can I ever forget that night in the desert, when we B had resolved, went, had never flirted
walked ___ in____ darkness, every step seeming to be C had resolved, had gone, never flirted
D resolved, went, never flirted
the very last we could ___ !
A a mile after a mile, the, make 7. He liked ___ , to be petted and ___ , to be well fed and
B male after mile, ___ , take caressed.
C mile after a mile, ___ , make A to be kindly treated, praised B
D mile after mile, the, take to kindly treat, to praise C being
2. The young men said it was the funniest song that ___ , kindly treated, praising D be
and that they would get Mr. Brown, whom they knew kindly treated, praised
very well, __ it. 8. Newspapers were filled ___ the accounts of men who
A had ever been written, to sing B have claimed to have become rich overnight by picking gold
ever been written, sing C had ever been out of __ wondrous earth.
writing, sing D have ever been written, A of, California B
singing with, California's
 C with, California D C should have, large enough, men-of-war
of, California's D had, large enough, men-of-war
9. The police ___right to raider headquarters and ____ 14. He told us we___ a long night drive ahead of us, and
their arrests. ___ better ____on the hike.
A go, make C goes, make A would have, would, were
B goes, makes D go, makes B would have, had, to be C
had, had, be D had had,
10. It made her __ that it was curious how much ____ a would, were
person looked when he smiled.
A thinking, more nicer B 15. There were ___ of the signs of spring for which I used
think, nice C to think, ___ in Virginia.
more nice D think, A nothing, to watch C no, watching B
nicer none, to watch D some, watching
11. The ice was broken; ladies and gentlemen, who __
aloof all the week, addressed each other __ , and all Test 45
began now to express sorrow that they ___ part so soon.
1. We started in the evening, travelled all that night, and
A had been keeping, free, had to the following day and night—two nights and one day of
B had kept, free, must suffering ___ thirst and heat ___ day and piercing cold
C had kept, freely, were to __ night.
D had been keeping, freely, should
A from, by, by C from, in, at
12. In the morning we arose early to view our _______ B of, by, by D of, during, during
daylight and were pleased to find the camp in ___
good condition as we had left it a year ago. 2. He was a man who ___ , but he was ___ a man for
love.
A surrounding, in, such
B surroundings, by, so A must be loved, hard B
C surroundings, by, as should love, hard C
D surrounding, in, as might be loved, hardly D
may love, harder
13. The commerce on Lake Superior is increasing every
year; and it is desirable that the Americans ___ a ca 3. She walked back into the first kitchen garden she ___
nal ___ for ___ and the largest steamers. and found the old man ___ there.
A have, enough large, man's-of-war A had entered, dug C entered, having dug
B would have, enough large, man-of-wars B entered, to dig D had entered, digging
4. __ was the first voyage ___ which the fall of the 9. "It ___ a trial for our mothers," said Helen, "com
rapids of the lower Colorado canyons ___ measured ing out here and having to do everything __ . My
with precise instruments. mother had always lived in town."
A Our, during, were C Our, in, were A should be, differently B must have
B Ours, on, was D Ours, by, was been, in a different way C may have been,
in a differently way D may be, different
5. I do not remember ___ the Missouri River, or any
thing about a ___ journey through ___ Nebraska. 10. Cowboys keep the cattle together, guide ___ to pasture
A crossing, days*, the and prevent ___ from being mixed with other herds.
B to cross, day's, ___ A it, it C it, their
C crossing, day's, ___ B it, its D them, their
D to cross, days', the
11. The day passed ___ , for, as progress ___ in the right
6. When I was little I used __ down there to hear direction, all the passengers willingly ___ .
them __ beautiful talk, ____ what I never hear in this A pleasant, was made, enjoyed
country. B nice, was been made, enjoyed themselves
A to go, talk, like C to going, talking, as B to C pleasantly, was being made, enjoyed themselves
go, to talk, like D to going, talking, like D nicely, was being making, enjoyed

7. You ___ those slippers any more. They're too small 12. The time___ when the wealthy men of our great North
for your __ . You'd better __ them to me for Mary. west __ their summer residences on these hills and shores.
A oughtn't wear, foot, give A will come, will have B
B should not have worn, feet, to give C will come, have C
should not wear, foot, to give D comes, will have D
oughtn't to wear, feet, give comes, have

8. ___ Saskatchewan, one of the larger rivers of ___ 13. "How ___ you look!" I called. "So ___ !" they shout
North America, takes its source in the rugged fast ed altogether, and broke into peals of laughter.
nesses of ___ Rocky Mountains, and flows eastward A pretty, are you C pretty, do you
over the sparsely inhabited plains of __ southern Cana B prettily, you are D prettily, you do
da till it reaches___ Lake Winnipeg.
14. In summer, when the trees were ___ , he used ____
A The, the, the, the, ___
there with his friend that played ___ trombone.
B The, ___ , the, ___ , ___
C ___ , the, ___ , the, the A in bloom, sitting, ___
D ___ , ___ , the, ___, __ B in blossom, sitting, the
 C in flowers, to sit, __ 4. __ farmers plow with horses these days, but _
D in bloom, to sit, the other respects the old ways live ___ in Provence.
A Few, in, on C A few, with, ___
15. After my father ___ , my grandmother never let my B Few, on, on D A few, by, __
mother __ into her house again.
A married to her, to come B 5. Jake ___ me and took me by ___ hand.
married her, come C got married A rose, the C roused, the
her, come D got married to her, B arose, ___ D awoke, __
to come
6. Mrs. Shimmer ___ grandfather ten dollars for a milk
cow, and ___him ___ fifteen as soon as they harvest
Test 46 ed their first crop.
A had paid, was to give, another B
1. It's high time we ___ . At __ daybreak we'll walk down paid, had to give, other C had paid,
the bank of the river, on a little sandy beach, __ a had been to give, more D had paid,
view of a new feature in the canyon. had to give, the other
A will start off, the, to make
B start off, __ , making 7. I remember___ up and down my sunny little room ___ .
C started off, ___ , to take A to pace, morning after morning B
D should start off, the, taking pacing, morning after morning C to
pace, from morning to morning D
2. Nick looked as if he ____something, but ____ afraid pacing, the morning by the morning
8. The family ____now ___ to begin their struggle with
A liked to say, was, of starting B felt the soil.
to say, were, to start C felt like
saying, were, of starting D liked A have been, fair equipping
saying, was, to start B is, fairly equipped
C has been, fairly equipping
3. Sometimes the police ___ failure and ____ to retreat D have been, fairly equipped
when ___ not successful. 9. ___ them with about ____provisions, he started out
A experiences, has, it is with a party of seventeen, all that ___ able to travel.
B experience, have, they are A Leaving, a seven-day, were B
C experience, must, they are Having left, seven days', were C
D experiences, is, it is Left, seven day's, was
D Leaving, a seven-day, was
 10.
15. Despite ___ this new assessment, however, many
Breathless from the altitude, my legs ____ from the
climb, I muttered ___ , "Unbelievable! What ___ glo scholars still agree that Schliemann ___ invaluable
rious, incredible sight!" contributions ___ the field of archaeology.
A trembled, aloudly, a A of, made, in C ___, made, to
B trembling, aloud, a B ___ , did, into D of, did, to
C trembled, loudly, ___
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D trembling, in a loud voice, ___
11. On his first dive, a ___ shark swam out of ___ dark 1. Correspondence courses are especially suitable for ____
and made off with it, trailing a foam float. physically handicapped and homebound. Special pro
grams are designed for ___ blind and for parents of
A 12-foot-long, ___
__ deaf children.
B 12-feet-long, the
C 12-foot-long, the A ___ , the, the C the, the, the
D 12-feet length, ___ B the, the, __ D____, __ , ___
12. There were several places where it was possible for a 2. For 800 years __ University of Oxford ____ minds
boat to ___ into trouble; but with____ good luck and and confounding outsiders in ___ equal measure.
___ handling there did not appear enough risk.
A the, has been polishing, roughly
A get, reasonably, careful B B ___ , has been polished, rough
put, reasonable, carefully C C the, had polished, roughly
catch, reasonably, careful D D ___ , had been polishing, rough
keep, reasonable, carefully
3. Accustomed to on his master and ______ the con
13. I was used to ___ the old people at home ____ about versation of ___ refined and educated gentlemen, he
it. They said he ___ her money to get rid of her. had very little of the dialect of ___ Negro.
A hear, whispering, must have paid
A wait, listen, a, __
B hearing, whisper, might have paid
B waiting, hear, the, a
C hear, whisper, had to pay C wait, listen to, ___ , the
D hearing, whispering, ought have paid D waiting, hearing, ___ , the
14. But since the 1960s they ___ by a new type of invad
er, less brutal but more relentless: __ . 4. The history of sea power is ___ , though ___ no means
A have ever more overrun, a tourist solely, a narrative of contests between nations, of mu-
B are being more and more overrun, the tourist tual rivalries, of violence frequently resulting ___ war.
C are increasingly overrun, tourists A large, by, to C large, with, to
D have been increasingly overrun, the tourist B largely, without, in D largely, by, in
5. The feature which the steamer and the galley have 10. But now don't let anyone ___ that, like the common
__ common is the ability to move in ____ direction lot of speech-makers, I'm going to begin with a defini
independent ___ the wind. tion and then go on __ up mv tonic — that least of all.
A in, both, of C in, any, of A to expect, to divide
B on, the same, on D on, each, on B expect, to divide
C expect, dividing
6. For the past 20 years, city policy ___ to discourage D to expect, dividing
people ___ driving to the centre by reducing ___
number of parking spaces, and ___ fees. 11. The role of the oceans as ___ early highways ____ me,
A had been, ___ , a, raising and I have spent the better part of my life trying to
B has been, on, the, rising disprove that the sea was a barrier to human travel
C was, to, a, arising and cultural exchange.
D has been, from, the, raising A mens', always fascinated B man's,
has always fascinated C men's, had
7. Schliemann's career as an archaeologist ___ late in always fascinated D man's, has always
his life, after he ___ wealth in business. been fascinated
A has begun, has accumulated B 12. She ___ this name of Bovary, which was ____ , to be
began, had accumulated C had illustrious, to see it displayed at the ___ , repeated in
begun, accumulated D had
the newspapers, known to all France.
begun, had accumulated
A would wish, her, bookseller's
8. Orville Wright was born in Dayton, ___ Ohio. He B wished, of her, booksellers'
and Wilbur attended high school in Dayton, but____ C was wishing, of hers, bookseller's
boy formally graduated ___ high school. D would have wished, hers, booksellers'
A the, none of, from 13. She kept __ they must be economical ___ they were
B __ , each, ___
not rich.
C ___ , neither, from
D the, no, __ A on saying, though
B say, till
9. ___ , Bullfinch ___ a farmer in ____ Hudson Valley C saying, since
for the past 50 of his 65 years. D to say, as
A Graying and tanned, has been, the
B Graying and tanning, has been, ___ 14. I have called you to give you ___ words of ___ advice
C Grayed and tanned, is, the and to tell you the reason ___ my present purpose.
D Grayed and tanning, was, ___ A several, the, of C a few, ____, for
B few, ___ , for D some, the, of
15. I remember ___ to a colleague, after I ____ here for C ___, research, costly
a few months, that I didn't think I was ever going to 0 ___ , researches, costly
understand how ___ .
5. __ steam engine transformed the industrial world as
A remarking, was, did it all work B __ other technologies have as this invention liberated
remarking, had been, it all worked C people from the limitations of their own muscles and
to remark, have been, it all worked D made___ the factories that drove the Industrial Revo
to remark, was, did it all wort lution.
Test 48 A The, a few, possibility C
A, a few, possible B The,
1. People___ to devise printing methods for centuries few, possible D A, few,
before ___ breakthrough. possibility
A had been trying, Gutenberg 15th-century's B 6. __ how important electricity is to everyday life, think
have been trying, Gutenberg's 15th-century's C of what __ when the power ____ in a storm.
had tried, Gutenberg 15th-century D had been
trying, Gutenberg's 15th-century A Having understood, happens, will go out B
To understand, happens, goes out C To
2. champagne is a sparkling wine _______ by a tradi understand, will happen, will go out D To have
tional method in the Champagne region in __ north understood, will happen, goes out
eastern France.
7. After __ horses and later ___ steam engine came the
A The, produced, the
telegraph, and the world ___ the same since.
B __ , produced, ___
C The, to be produced, the A the, the, was never
D ___ , to be produced, ___ C ___ , __ , had never been
B ___ , the, has never been
3. ___ their Web sites, Internet booksellers allow buyers D the, a, had never been
__ from an enormous selection of books.
A Through, to choose C Via, choosing 8. Only about 700 ___ the 2,220 passengers of the Titan
B Through, choosing D Because of, to choose ic were rescued, but the number of survivors _______
if other ships had not arrived when they did.
4. ___ computers are used extensively in scientific ____ A from, must have been, low B in, could
to solve mathematical problems, display complicated have been, more lower C of, might have
data, or model systems that are too ___ or impracti been, much lower D out of, ought to have
cal to build. been, far lower
A The, researches, cost
B The, research, cost
9 There is ___ evidence that people from Iceland landed covered __ Moon's craters, ___ Jupiter's largest four
in what is now __ northeastern Canada around 1000 satellites, ___ sun spots, and the phases of __ Ve
AD, but experts believe this fact was unknown in ___ nus.
medieval Europe. A the, ___ , the, the, the, the
A an, the, the C ___ , ___, the B the, ___ , the, ___ , ___ , __
B the, the, ___ D ___ , ___ , __ C ___ , the, ___ , __ , the, the
D ___ , the, ___ , the, ___, __
10. Columbus never set __ on ___ North American
mainland. 15. After distinguishing himself ___ for the British army
A foot, __ C foot, the during the French and Indian War, Washington was
elected __ commander-in-chief of the ___ Conti
B feet, ___ D feet, the
nental Army.
11. The artist spent four years __ on his back ____ on a A to fight, a, colony's
scaffold in the Sistine Chapel to complete the master B having fought, the, colonies'
piece __ on the ceiling. C fighting, __ , colonies'
A flat, high, painting B D having fought, ___ , colony's
flatly, highly, painted C
flat, highly, painting D Test 49 I
flatly, high, painted
1. Beethoven ___studied with Mozart ____ in his teens.
12. ___ considered the greatest artist of his own time, A shortly, during C a little, meanwhile
Michelangelo is still seen as a key ___ the flowering of B briefly, while D deeply, __
the Renaissance and is the standard __ which all sub
sequent artists are measured. 2. The two composers ___ contemporary rivals if Mozart
A Widely, of, on C Widely, to, against __ in 1791 at the age of 35.
B Wide, to, of D Wide, towards, to A must have become, did not die B
should become, had not died C could
13. indulgence was a monetary payment that prom become, did not die D might have
ised the __ release from punishment after death for become, had not died
sins committed during a __ lifetime.
A The, soul, person's C ___ , souls', person's 3. Until the 19th century, a married woman ___ hold
B An, soul's, personal D The, soul's, person's property in her own name. And, of course, women
were not allowed ___ .
14. Galileo built the first telescope for astronomical pur A must not, voting
poses, observed that ___ Milky Way consisted of stars, B was not able, for voting
articulated the laws of bodies in ___ motion, and dis-
 C could not, to vote 9- Don't try to influence ___ him. Your influence would
D should not, being voted be bad and result ___ our breaking off.
4. "I am afraid I ___ ," he murmured, "and before I A on, in C on, to
, B __ , to D ___ , in
I insist on your answering a question I put ___ you
some time ago." 10. In 1887 the ___ Baron Pierre de Coubertin conceived
the idea ___ the Olympic Games and spent seven
A should go, am going, for years ___ public opinion in France, England, and
B must be going, go, to the United States to support his plan.
€ ought to go, would go, to
D must go, am going, ___ A 24-year-old, of reviving, preparing B
24-years-old, to revive, preparing C 24-
5. After I ___ in the room about ten minutes, talking to year's-old, of reviving, to prepare D 24-
these tedious academicians, I suddenly ___ conscious years'-old, reviving, to prepare
that someone ___ at me.
11. He saw her hand coming out to ____, and she looked
A have been, have become, looked B at him __ in the eyes as she shook hands, frankly,
was, became, had been looking C had ___ a man.
been, became, was looking D was,
become, has been looking A him, straightly, like
B his, straightly, as
6. Henry tried ___ me as if we ____ each other for- the C his, straight, like
first time. D him, straight, as
A treating, saw C to treat, have seen 12. He waved his hand and muttered that ___ was nothing
B to treat , had seen D treating, had seen at all, what he had done, and that any fellow ___ it in
his place.
7. ___ of us could help____ , and we became friends at
A there, will have done
once.
B there, would do C it,
A Neither, laughing C None, to laugh B would have done D it,
Neither, to laugh D Nobody, laughing will do
8. I wish I ___ it was your friend. I ___ in a more 13. He was evidently unused to ___ stiff collars and she
friendly way. repressed a smile at ___ sight of the red line that marked
A had not known, would behave the collar rubbing against his neck.
B had known, would have behaved A wear, the C wearing, ___
C knew, would behave B wearing, the D wear, the
D did not know, would have behaved
14. It's time the authorities ___ something to prevent road 4. You___ to be loyal while you ___ but we won't take
accidents. The tendency is ___ . care of you___ life any more.
A will do, threatening B A ought, will be employed, in B
should do, threatened C are, will employ, with C have,
do, threatened D did, are employed, for D ought,
threatening employ, on
15. I think somebody is following ___ us. — Don't look 5. For nearly ten minutes he stood there, __ , with parted
back, go on ___ as if you ____ nothing. lips and eyes ___.
A for, to walk, saw A motionless, strangely bright B
B ___, walking, saw motionlessly, strangely brightly C
C towards, walking, had seen motionless, strange bright D
D___ , to walk, see motionlessly, strange brightly

Test 50 6. ___detective story is distinguished from other forms

of ___ fiction by the fact that it is ____ puzzle.
1. At ___ first sight the answer ____ this question seems A The, ___ , a C A, __ , ___
B A, the, a D The, the, the
A the, for, obvious
B __ , on, obviously 7* They accused the author ___ not playing ___ with
C the, to, obviously the reader.
D ____, to, obvious A for, fairly C of, fair
B of, fairly D for, fair
2. Money __ anything that is ____ used ___ payments.
A are, widely, to do B is, 8. The first Sherlock Holmes' novel, A Study in Scarlet,
widely, for making C is, __ in 1887 and ____ by a series of short stories.
wide, to make D are, wide, A was appeared, was followed B
for doing appeared, followed C appeared,
was followed D was appeared,
3. Richard Knight substituted the name of the company followed
to Nike ___ the Greek goddess of victory, and a logo
9. Her first marriage, ___ Archibald Christie, ended ____
A for, added C on, had been added divorce in 1928.
B after, was added D from, had added A with, by C with, with
B to, in D to, with
10. The Ramayana is ___ of the two great Sanskrit epics Test 51
of ancient India, ___ being the Mahabharata.
A shortest, another C shorter, the other B 1. Tourism is ___ important; the country ___ 1.2 million
shortest, the other D shorter, the others visitors in 1998.
11. Rich___ its descriptions and poetic language, it con A increasingly, has had
sists ___ seven books and 24,000 couplets and has B more increasingly, had
been translated ___ many languages. C increasingly, had
D the most increasing, has had
A by, from, in C with, of, in
B in, of, into D by, in, from 2. There is no ___ valley in South America that has ____
varied beauties and __ many charms.
12. Alaska ___ to the United States since 1867, when it
___from Russia by Secretary of State William H. A a, so, so C ___ , such, so
Seward. B __ , such, such D the, so, such
A has belonged, was bought B 3. Mozart had an unsuccessful career and died ___ young,
belonged, has been bought C had but he ranks as one of the great ___ of Western civilization.
belonged, has been bought D has
A when, genii
been belonged, was bought
B __ , genii
13. It occupies the extreme northwestern region of ___ North C when, genius D
American continent and is separated from Asia by ___ . while, geniuses
A the, the 82-km-wide Bering Strait 4. Countries with ____ populations and____ resources risk
B __ , the 82-km-wide Bering Strait ___ into what demographers call the demographic trap.
C the, 82-km-width Bering Strait
D ___ , 82-km-wide Bering Strait A raised, limited, to fall
B risen, limiting, falling
14. A quake in 1908 resulted ___ the loss of ___ least C rising, limiting, to fall
84,000 lives in Messina and ___ villages, D rising, limited, falling
A to, in, nearly C in, at, nearby 5. Five short piano pieces composed by Mozart when he
B to, at, near D in, in, near __ six years old ____ still frequently ____ .
15. Sicily is the largest island in ___ Mediterranean Sea, A had been, are, playing B was,
separated from __ mainland Italy by ____ Strait of are, played C has been, has
Messina. been, played D had been, had
been, playing
A the, the, the C the, ___ , the
B __ , ___ , __ D ___ , the, ___
6. They were designed to serve __ all-inclusive textbooks 11. ___ divers know that seawater is so blue that all __
and thus differed ___ modern encyclopedias, which red light is absorbed within 20 metres of the surface.
serve chiefly __ reference sources.
A Experienced, ___
A as, in, as C like, in, like B Experiencing, the
B like, from, like D as, from, as C Experiencing, ___
7. The fall of an apple led Newton ___ that the attractive D The experiencing, the
gravitational force acting on the apple ___ the same 12. When I found that some promises of support ___,
force acting on the Moon. I approached __ several gentlemen and suggested that
A thinking, may be they ___ me at the bank.
B to think, might be A had failed, to, should guarantee
C think, should have been B had been failing, __ , would guarantee
D to thinking, could have been C failed, to, guaranteed
8. __ accumulated by a few thousand people (New D had failed, __ , should guarantee
Russians, or the New Rich) through an odd combi 13. Before the winter set __ , several members of the par
nation of cronyism, hard work, and theft ___nearly ty climbed to the summit of ___ Mount Erebus.
everyone.
A out, ___ C in, the
A The rich, has astonished B B in, ___ D out, the
Rich, astonished C The
riches, have astonished D The 14. We __ our best at the American Museum of Natural
riches, has astonished History to answer __ hundreds of questions daily.
9. The people were tanned and ___ skinned, but ____ A make, to C do, to
most were no darker than sunburned, brown-haired B do, ___ D make, __
Englishmen.
15. In the 1890s the species ____ on Stephens Island in
A brown, ___ C brown, the New Zealand not by an ornithologist, but by a light
B brownly, __ D brownly, the house keeper's cat who brought home nearly a dozen
10. The captain handed me his binoculars. Through ___ __ before the supply ran out. Forever.
1 could see three small boats ___and ____ on the long A was discovered, specimens B
Pacific swells. were discovered, specimen C was
A it, to rise, to fall B discovered, of specimen D were
them, to rise, to fall C discovered, of specimens
them, rising, falling D it,
rise, fall
 Test 52 7. Since they neither cultivated crops nor domesticated
animals, depending instead ___the natural replace
1. We had to realize that ___ flying weather in the Ant ment of resources, they travelled ___ light.
arctic may occur only one day ___ month. A of, at C of, __
A the, in a C the, the B on, by D on, ___
B a , a D ___ , a
8. For a while he lay ___ , then began muttering to himself,
2. Only one ___ in his ___ collection appeals to me. folded his arms, ___ his head down upon them, and ___ .
A specie, bird C specie, bird's A motionlessly, lay, must have been asleeping B
B species, birds D species, bird motionless, lay, might be asleeping C
motionless, laid, might have been asleep D
3. 1 found it __ to believe that Dr. Brown officially motionlessly, laid, must have been asleep
retired from the museum 20 years ago, and is approach
ing __ his ninetieth birthday. 9. For ___ most of human history, the primary means
of communication across long distances was not___
A hardly, ___ C hardly, to
computer, telephone or telegraph, but ____letter.
B hard, ___ B hard, to
A ___ , the, the C __ , a, a
4. But ___ in the Gobi, in a raw, eroded region that B the, the, the D the, ___ , __
the party named the Flaming Cliffs, ___the-most
sensational discoveries of all. 10. What should you do if you see someone ___ to take his
book when he ___ a restaurant?
A deep, laid C deep, lay
B deeply, lies D deeply, lain A forget, wiil leave C forget, leaves
B forgetting, left D to forget, leaves
5. In 1865 Bickmore sailed for ___ Spice Islands and in
three years he traveled 40,000 miles through ___ East 11. The reports of Cook and Banks suggested that an Aus
tralian colony ___ a valuable source of both flax and
Indies, Asia, and Europe, collecting ___ shells, birds,
and other specimens. timber for the British Navy.
A was C would be
A the, the, the C the, ___ , ___
B were D could be
B the, the, ___ D ___ , the, ___
12. I naturally asked if Sir James __ him any further
6. These original inhabitants, or ___Aborigines, claim
__ in Australia since time immemorial.
instructions as to proper behaviour in America, and
he seems ___ so.
A the, have being C the, to be
B __ , to have been D ___ , being A would be giving, to do B
had given, to do
 C had given, to have done 3. Volcanic eruptions in __ regions are a significant
D would give, would do threat ___people, property, and agriculture.
13. By 1830 wool ___ the principal ___ commodity and A populated, to C populated, of
__ raising occupied most of the country's arable space. B populating, for D populating, to
A had become, export, sheeps' B 4. The city lies in a picturesque highland region between
has become, export's, sheep's C __ Tiber River and ____ Lake Trasimeno.
became, export's, sheep D had
A __ , ___ C the, ___
become, export's, sheep
B the, the D ___ , the
14. Postcards were more than___ of communication. ___
stamps, they became collector's items ___ , ___ , and 5. ___ and ___ are the principal economic activities on
the Falklands.
A a mean, As, for buying, selling, trading B A Sheep raising, wool processing B
mean, Like, to buy, sell, trade C a means, Sheep's raising, wool's processing C
Like, to be bought, sold, traded D the means, Sheeps' raising, wools' processing D
As, to buy, sell, trade Sheep's raising, wool processing

15. A man never sees ail that his mother ___ to him till 6. Excursions take at ___ one day and sometimes ___ .
it's too late to let her __ that he sees it. A least, much more longer B
A has been, know C had been, to know last, more longer C least,
B is, knowing D had been, know much longer D last, longer
7. ___ e-mail came into widespread use in ____ 1990s
and ___ a major development in business and per
sonal communications.
Test 53
1. Italy is poor ___ natural resources, as ____ of the land A The, the, became
is unsuitable for agriculture due ___mountainous ter B __ , the, has become
rain or unfavourable climate. C ___ , ___ , has become
D The, __ , became
A in, the most, of C with, a lot, with
B of, most, to D in, most, to 8. The first animal ___ was almost certainly ____ dog,
which was bred from wolves.
2 On about March 21 and September 23, ____ hemi
spheres are the same distance from the sun and the sun A domesticating, a
___ at an equinox. B to be domesticated, the
A both, ip said to be C both, says to be B
either, says being D either, said to be
 C domesticated, a 14. Sony designs, manufactures, and sells ______ elec
D having domesticated, the tronic equipment.
A The, an C____, ___
9. Cook organized ___conducted tours throughout Europe B The, ___ D ___, an
and the success of the guided excursion led to the for
mation of a ___ agency bearing his name. 15. Although people ___ for about 5,000 years, the sport
A personal, travels' did not become a popular form of recreation until the
B personal, travel's 20th century.
C personally, travel A are skiing C ski
D personally, travels'
B have skied D have been skiing
10. ___ number of beach resorts on the Atlantic coast,
particularly Fernandina Beach and Jacksonville Beach, Test 54
__ fishing, swimming, boating, golf, and tennis.
A The, provides C The, provide 1. If the ice sheet in Antarctica ___ , the oceans of the
B A, provides D A, provide world___ by 60 m.
11. In addition to ___ a regional highway ____ , the city is A would melt, would rise B
a railway hub, with Amtrak __ service and several would melted, rose C
freight routes melted, would rise D melted,
rose
A be, crossroad, passenger's B
being, crossroads, passenger C 2. In the 16th and early 17th centuries, Spain, ___its
be, crossroads, passengers' D empire in South and Central America, began a ___
being, crossroad, passengers's of expeditions from Peru into the South Pacific.
12. ___ mayor and the 19 councillors are elected to ___ . A established, series
B having established, series
A The, four-year terms C establishing, serie
B The, four-year's terms D to have established, serie
C A, four-years terms D
A, four-years' terms 3. In 1768 __ Captain James Cook left England on
___ expedition to the Pacific that also took him to
13. The settlement was named Sydney for Britain's home Australia.
secretary, Lord Sydney, who was responsible for the
colony. A the three-year B
a three-year C the
A home's, for C home, to three-years' D
B home, for D home's, to three-years
4. Earnings from meat, hides, and live animal exports in C discovered, has remained D
the late 1980s ___ about $1.4 billion ____ . discovering, had remained
A were, annually C was, annual 11. Tsunamis can destroy low-lying coastal areas and can
B was, annually D were, annual be ___ if people living in such areas____ .
5. Average ___ density in 1999 was 10 people ___ sq km, A deadly, are not evacuated B
A population, per C population, in fatally, are not evacuated C
B population's, in D population's, per fatal, will not be evacuated D
dead, are not evacuated
6. white birch is the official tree of ______ New Hamp
12. They required that the ___ council ___ elected by the
shire and is found throughout the state.
people.
A A, the C A, ___
A five-members, was B five-
B The, _ D ___ , ___ member, were C five
7. Privacy includes ___ freedom from government inter member, be D five-members,
ference in private or family matters __ confidential would be
ity of such things __ personal correspondence, tele 13. ___ most people celebrate ___ Thanksgiving Day ___
phone calls, and financial information.
with family or friends for a holiday feast.
A either, and, as C both, and, as
B either, or, like D both, or, like A The, the, to gather
B ___ , __ , by gathering
8. Since the beginning of agriculture, the human popula C ___ , the, gathering
tion __ more than two thousand times. D The, __ , having gathered
A had increased on C has been increased by 14. Skiing as a form of recreation is much __ in origin,
B increased for D has increased by although __ some evidence that it may have existed
9. The white-tailed deer ___ the most numerous of the as early as the first half of the 18th century.
large animals. A recent, there is B
A are C have been more recent, there is C
B were D is recenter, there is D
recent, there are
10. The last continent __ , Antarctica __ hidden be
15. ___ wild animals found in Missouri include ___ deer,
hind barriers of fog, storm, and sea ice until it was
first sighted in the early 19th century. squirrel, opossum, raccoon, rabbit, and skunk.
A ___, __ C ___ , the
A having been discovered, has remained B
to be discovered, remained B The, a D ___ , a
 Test 55 6. __ Bosporous, a narrow strait that links the Black
Sea and __ Sea of Marmara, separates ___ Istan
1. It is required that both senate and house members ____ bul's European and Asian sections.
to ___ terms. A The, the, ___ C ____, the, the
A are elected, two years' B will B ___ , ___, __ D The, the, the
be elected, two year's C should be 7. lake is a large, inland body of fresh or salty stand
elected, two-year D be elect, two ing water and is distinguished ___ some seas, which
years have an interchange ___ the ocean and are subject
2. Innovations in ___ technology have improved pagers, ___ tides.
making them __ smaller, more affordable, and loaded A The, from, to, with
with new features. B ___ , with, with, to
C __ , of, to, for
A computer, much more
D The, from, with, to
B computer's, much C
computer, much D 8. Weather is measured by thermometers, rain gauges,
computer's, more barometers, and ___ other instruments, but the study
of climate relies ___ statistics.
3. The Tour de France, ___ race covering about 3,200
km, is ___ most prestigious bicycle race in the world. A the, of C an, upon
B __ , on D the, from
A a 30-day, the C 30 days', ___
B a 30 days, the D 30 day, __ 9. Tobogganing is popular ___ winter resorts throughout
the world where, ___ special toboggan runs, riders
4. __ e-mail enables computer users ____messages and
___reach speeds of about 145 km per hour.
data quickly through a local area network or beyond
through a nationwide or worldwide communication A with, in, must C at, upon, are able
network. B at, on, may D with, with, ought
A __ , sending C ___ , to send 10. ___ the land needed for growing food and housing
B The, to send D The, sending people, large areas of the earth's landscapes ___ com
5. __ Saint Valentine's Day is celebrated on February pletely transformed.
14 by the custom __ greeting cards or gifts to express A Providing, had
affection. B Having transformed, has been
C To provide, have
A __ , sending C ___ , of sending
D To provide, have been
B The, to send D The, sending
11. Antarctica is the coldest, __ , highest, ___ , and ___
discovered continent. Part Three WORD-
A most windy, remotest, most recent B BUILDING (1)
windiest, most remote, most recently C
windiest, remotest, recentlier D most windy,
most remote, much recently
Directions: Read the texts below and decide what part of speech
12. The general proportion that __ between certain groups in A, B, C or D best fits each gap in the sentences.
of animals is readily seen. Large animals ___ so abun
dant as small ones. Test 56
A must be obtained, cannot be
B should have been obtain, might not be In 332 BC Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia,
C is to be obtained, cannot have been (1) ___ Egypt. In 305 BC Alexander's general Ptolemy
D must have been obtained, must not have been became king of Egypt, and for almost 300 years his (2)
__ , the Ptolemies, ruled Egypt. Although Ptolemy was
13. The earth is __ to the sun in January and ___ away Macedonian by birth and the Ptolemies remained (3)_
in July, so the summer is ___ than the winter in the to Greek culture, they were (4) ___for one of the great
northern hemisphere. est periods of building and decorating temples in Egypt.
A closest, furthest, longest The Ptolemies did so to win (5) ___ for their rule from
B closer, further, the longest their Egyptian (6) ___ . The Ptolemaic dynasty ended when
C closest, farthest, longer Cleopatn, queen of Egypt, (7) ___ suicide after the Ro
D closest, further, longest mans (8) ___ her forces at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.
The Roman victory marked the end of ancient Egypt as an
14. The total volume of the ice sheet ___ Antarctica is (9) __ power.
estimated ___ 29 million cu km, or about 90 ____of
the world's ice. 1. A conquered C conquering
A covering, being, percents B conquer D conquest
B covered, be, per cents
2. A descend C descendible
C to cover, to be, percentage
B descending D descendants
D covering, to be, percent
3. A ties C tier
15. Sheep _____ probably domesticated about 11,000 years
B tied D tiring
ago in what is now northern Iraq.
A was C has been 4. A responsible C responsibility
B have been D were B responsibly D responsive
5. A accept C acceptance 4. A fortunate C fortune
B accepted D acceptability B fortunated D fortunately
6. A subjects C subjacent
B subjective D subjectify 5. A heirloom C heiress
B heirs D heirless
7. A commitment C committing
B committed D committal 6. A founding C founded
B foundation D to found
8. A defeatism C defeating
B defeat D defeated 7. A diffusion C diffuse
B diffusible D diffusing
9. A depend C independent
B independence D depending
8. A little C a little
B least D less

Test 57
Although the Smithsonian Institution may seem an
Test 58
American enterprise, its (1) ___ He in the bequest of an
A number of individual diamonds have become (1) ____ ,
Englishman, Smithson, who never even visited the Unit
(2) ___ because of their size. The largest of all (3) ___
ed States. In October 1826, James Smithson (2) ___ his
diamonds is the Cullinan, which was discovered in South
will, (3) ___his vast (4) ___ to his nephew with one
Africa in 1905 and was (4) ___ to Edward VII, king of
proviso: if the nephew died with no (5) ___ , Smithson's
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ire-
estate was to be given "to the United States of America,,
land, by the government of the Transvaal. The Cullinan
(6) ___ at Washington, under the name of the Smithso
weighed 3,106 carats before cutting and was pronounced
nian Institution, an Establishment for the increase and
by crystallographers to be a fragment of a (5) ___ larger
(7) ___ of knowledge among men". His nephew died,
stone. When the stone was cut, a total of 105 gems were
heirless, (8) ___ than seven years after his uncle.
produced, (6) ___ 1,063 carats in all. The largest of these
was a stone called the Star of Africa, the biggest cut dia
1. A origins C originality
mond in (7) ___ , and now set in the British (8) __
B original D originally
scepter.
2. A writing C wrote
B written D writer 1. A famed C famously
B famous D fame
3. A left C leave
B leaving D leaves 2. A primacy C prime
B primary D primarily
3. A knew C knowing 2. A celebrating C celebration
B known D knowledge B celebrated D celebrate

4. A present C presented 3. A occasion C occasionally

B presence D presenting B occasional D occasionalism

5. A considerably C considering 4. A feast C festivity

B considerable D considered B feasted D feasting

6. A weight C weighed 5. A evident C evidence

B weigh D weighing B evidently D evidenced

7. A exist C existed 6. A participate C participants

B existing D existence B participating D participated

8. A royally C royalty 7. A Grade C Graded

B royal D royals B Gradually D Gradual

Test 59 8. A prevailed C prevailing

B prevalence D prevalent
(1) __ to tradition, the first American Thanksgiving
was (2) __ in 1621 by the English Pilgrims who had 9. A annual C annualize
founded the Plymouth Colony. The Pilgrims marked the B annum D annually
(3) __ by (4) ____with their Native American guests
who brought gifts of food as a gesture of goodwill. Al Test 60 |
though this event was an important part of American colo
nial history, there is no (5) ___ that any of the (6) ___ During an (1) ___ 700 years ago, the England's King
thought of the feast as a thanksgiving celebration. Two Edward I took the 181 kg Stone of Destiny from central
years later, during a period of drought, a day of fasting Scotland. According to ancient prophecy, whoever had
and prayer was changed to one of thanksgiving because (2) ___ the stone would have (3) ___ over Scotland. Ac
rains came during the prayers. (7) ___ the custom (8) __ cording to legend, during coronations, the stone would
among New Englanders to (9) __ celebrate Thanksgiving make a (4) __ noise if the person sitting on it was of
after the harvest. royal (5) ___ , and it would remain (6) ___ if the person
was not of royal family. (7) __ for a brief period of
1. A Accordingly C According time, the stone has remained under the coronation (8) ___
at Westminster Abbey in London, England, for the last
B Accordance D Accordant
700 years. (9) ___ English and British monarch has been (3) __ radically from the Greek games in several respects.
crowned on the Stone of Destiny since Edward brought it In Greece the people were often (4) ___ , whereas in Rome
to Westminster Abbey in 1296. they were mere spectators, and only professional athletes,
slaves, and (5) __ usually took part. Also, the Greek
1. A invade C invaded games (6) ___for their entertainment (7) ____ chiefly on
B invasive D invasion (8) ___ among athletes, whereas the Roman games were
often characterized by the staging of battles (9) ___ to the
2. A owning C ownership death and (10) ___ large numbers of human beings and
B owned D own also beasts.
3. A powerfully C power 1. A spectacularly C spectacled
B powerful D powered B spectacle D spectacular
4. A groaning C groaningly 2. A featured C feature
B groan D groaned B featuring D featureless
5. A blooded C bloody 3. A differed C differ
B bloodily D blood B different D difference
6. A silently C silent 4. A participation C parts
B silence D silencing B participants D participate
7. A Exception C Except 5. A prison C imprisonment
B Excepting D Excepted B imprisoned D prisoners
8. A seat C seater 6. A dependence C depended
B seated D seating B depending D dependent
9. A Everyone C Everywhere 7. A value C values
B Each D Every B valuable D valued
Test 61 8. A competed C compete
B competition D competing
The ancient games are athletic contests and other types
of public (1) ___that were a (2) ___ of the religious and 9 A fighting C fightingly
social life of ancient Greece and Rome. The Roman games B fighter D fought
10. A involvement C involved 7. A edible C eat
B edibly D edibility
B involving D involve
8. A extensively C extent
Test 62 B extensive D extensible
Cereals are various species of the grass family, (1) ___ 9. A origin C origination
for their seed, which is used as food. The name is (2) ___ B original D originated
from Ceres, the Roman goddess of grains and agriculture.
Although the cereals do not belong to any (3) ___ tribe of Test 63
the grasses, the use of particular species as bread plants
seems to have been determined chiefly by the (4) ___size Periodic floods (1) __ naturally on many rivers,
of the seed or by the (5) ___ of obtaining it in (6) ____ forming an area known as the (2) ___ plain. These
quantity and of freeing it from its (7) ___ covering. The river floods often result from heavy rain, sometimes com-
most (8) __ cultivated grains are wheat, barley, rye, bined with melting snow, which causes the rivers to
oats, rice, corn or maize. These have all been cultivated overflow their banks; a flood that rises and falls rapidly
since ancient times. Maize is the only grain that (9) ___ with little or no (3) ___ warning is called a flash flood.
in America; the others were developed in Europe, Asia, Flash floods are usually caused by (4) ___ rainfall over
and Africa. a (5) ___ small area. Coastal areas occasionally are
flooded by unusually high tides (6) ___ by (7) ____
1. A cultivation C cultivated winds over ocean surfaces, or by tsunamis caused by
B cultivable D cultivar undersea earthquakes. Floods not only damage proper
ty and (8) ___the lives of humans and animals, but
2. A derived C derivation have other (9) ___ as well.
B derivative D deriving
1. A occurred C occur
3. A particularly C particularized B occurrence D occurring
B particularity D particular
2. A flow C flowed
4. A superiority C superiorly B flood D flooding
B superior D super
3 A advance C advances
5. A easy C ease B advanced D advancing
B easily D easement
4 A intensity C intensify
6. A suffice ' C sufficiency B intense D intensely
B sufficient D sufficiently
5. A relative C relate 3. A constituent C constituency
B relativity D relatively B consists D consisting

6. A induced C inducement 4. A length C longer

B induce D inducing B lengthen D long

7. A severely C severe 5. A wide C width

B severity D severing B widen D widening

8. A danger C in danger 6. A equipment C equipped

B endanger D dangerous B equipping D equips

9. A effectiveness C effective 7. A mature C maturating

B effects D effectively B maturate D maturely

Test 64 | 8. A grind C ground

B grinding D grindable
Although several cane-cutting machines have been used
with some (1) ___ , most of the sugarcane in the world is Test 65
(2) ___ by hand. The cutting instrument most common-
ly used (3) __ of a large steel blade 50 cm (4) _____ and Quebec has several problems with (1) . Because of
about 13 cm (5) ___ , (6) ___ with a small hook on the its location at the northeast corner of North America,
back, and set into a wooden handle. Cane is cut at or winds from the southwest carry pollution to the (2) ___ .
near the surface of the ground, stripped of its leaves by Acid rain has (3) __ damaged (4) ___ lakes and some
the knife hook, and trimmed at the top near the last forestlands, with maple trees the hardest hit. About half of
(7) ___joint. The cane is then piled in rows along the the sulfur compounds that (5) ___ acid rain originate at
ground until picked up by hand or machine, tied in bun power plants and industrial sites in the United States, a
dles, and transported by cart or truck to the sugar facto quarter originate in Ontario, and a quarter originate within
ry, where the (8) ___ mill extracts the sugar from the cane. Quebec. In (6) ___ , large parts of the St. Lawrence Riv
er are polluted by fertilizer runoff and toxic industrial dis
1. A succeed C success charges despite federally (7) __ regulations to improve
B successful D succeeding the (8) ___ of the water.

2. A harvesting C harvested 1 A pollute C polluting

B harvester D harvest B polluted D pollution
2. A provincialism C province 1. A commonly C commonness
B provincial D provincially B common D commoner
3. A seriously C seriousness 2. A guided C guidance
B serious D more serious B to guide D guideline
4. A numerously C numerous 3. A sailer C sails
B numerate D numerated B sailor D sailing
5. A causality C causative 4. A enter C entrances
B causally D cause B entrant D entered
6. A additional C add 5. A identify C identification
B addition D added B identifying D identified
7. A enforced C force 6. A potentially C potency
B forcing D enforce B potential D potent

8. A qualitative C qualifying 7. A notifying C notify

B quality D qualify B notification D notified

Test 66 8. A nearer C nearness

B nearly D near
A (1) ___ lighthouse is a structure from which light
is projected at night, or which serves as a marker by 9. A living C alive
day, (2) ____ ships (3) ____ in coastal waters. Light B live D life
houses are constructed at important points on a coast
line, at (4) to harbours and estuaries, on rocky 10. A requirement C required
ledges or reefs, on islands, and even in the water. Light B require D requiring
houses help (5) ___ a ship's location, warn ships of
(6) ___ hazards, and (7)____ them that land is (8) ____. Test 67
Lighthouses differ from smaller beacons in that a light
house includes (9) ___ quarters for a lighthouse keeper. In 1963 the ZIP (Zoning Improvement Program) code
Today, however, most lighthouses use automatic elec system was (1) ___ to simplify the patterns and (2) ____of
tric lights that do not (10) ___ a full-time resident op mail (3) ___ . The ZIP code is a five-digit number used
erator. on the last line of the address (4) ___ the name of the city
and state. The first (5) ___ , from 0 to 9, stands for one 11. A disassociated C associating
of the ten main geographical areas into which the United B association D associated
States and its (6) __ are (7) ___ . The next four digits
mark off (8) __ farther by subdividing the main area; the 12. A voluntary C volunteer
first three digits together (9) ___ a sectional or metropol B voluntarily D voluntarism
itan area, with the next two numbers (10) ___ an (11) ___
or branch post office. Use of ZIP codes is (12) ___ . Test 68

1. A introduced C introduce The first globes were built by ancient Greeks. The
B introduction D introducing earliest known globe was said to have been (1) ___ by
the (2) ___ Crates about 150 BC. An ancient celestial
2. A procedural C procedures globe that still (3) ___ was made about 150 AD as part
B procedurality D procedurally of a (4) __ , called the Farnese Atlas, in the Naples
Museum, Italy. The oldest (5) ___ terrestrial globe was
3. A distribution C distribute built in Germany, in 1492. This globe does not show
B distributor D distributed the Americas. As new (6) ___ were discovered in the
16th and 17th centuries, globes became more (7) __ .
4. A follow C followed The world's largest globe is the Unisphere, which was
B following D follower built for the 1964 New York World's Fair. This (8) ____
steel globe is 37 m (9) ___ and weighs 408,000 kg,
5. A digitalization C digital including its base.
B digitally D digit
1. A construct C constructing
6. A possessive C possessions
B constructive D constructed
B possesses D possess

7. A divide C dividing 2. A scholarship C scholar

B divided D division B scholarly D scholastic

8. A local C locally 3. A existing C existence

B localities D localized B exists D existed

9. A represent C representation 4. A sculptor C sculpt

B representative D represents B sculpture D sculptural

10. A specify C specifying 5. A existing C exists

B specification D species B existed D existence
 6. A land C lands
B landless D landed 4. A Add C Additions
B Adds D Adding
7. A accuracy C accurately
B accurate D accuracies 5. A regal C reigned
B reigns D regale
8. A stain C staining
6. A monarchic C monarch
B stained D stainless
B monarchal D monarchy
9. A cross C crossing
B crossed D across 7. A completing C complete
B completion D completed
Test 69 8. A covering C covered
The Louvre, the national art museum of France and B cover D coverage
the palace in which it is (1) ___ , is located in Paris, on
the right bank of the Seine River. The structure, until 1682 Test 70
a (2) __ of the kings of France, is one of the largest
Children's games are recreational (1) ___ especially
palaces in the world. It (3) ___ the site of a 13th-century
enjoyed by children. Any attempt (2) ___ them is diffi
fortress. The building of the Louvre was begun in 1546.
cult because of their great number and (3) ___ — chil
(4) ___ were made to the structure during the (5) ___ of
dren enjoy active games as well as passive ones, games
almost every French (6) ___ . Under Henry IV, in the
of skill and those of chance, games (4) ___ indoors or
early 17th century, the Grande Galerie, now the main
outdoors, and games for one child alone or for two or
picture gallery, which borders the Seine, was (7) ___ . By
more. Some games are structured, that is, played ac
the mid-19th century the vast complex was built; (8) ___
more than 19 hectares, it is a masterpiece of architectural cording to formal rules and generally with (5) __ equip
design. ment; others are unstructured, "made up" (6) as
the game progresses (and often prefaced with the sug
1. A house C housed gestion, "Let's (7) ___ "). Word games and guessing
B home D homeland games — (8) ___ lotto, questions, and charades — are
also popular.
2. A residence C resident
B residential D residence 1. A active C activities
B activists D activism
3. A occupies C occupancy
B occupying D occupant 2. A classifying C to classify
B classification D classified
3. A variant C varies but may (5) ___to a week or longer. The rash usually fades
B variety D varying in (6) ___ a week, and at that time the skin begins to peel.
Scarlet fever may be (7) ___ by other diseases, for
4. A playing C playable example, by pneumonia. Since the (8) ___ of penicillin,
B play D played however, most instances of scarlet fever can be (9) ___
without the (10) ___ of permanent after-effects.
5. A prescribable C prescribed
B prescription D prescribe 1. A infectious C infect
B infection D infected
6. A spontaneously C spontaneous
B spontaneity D spontaneousness 2. A affection C affects
B affected D affecting
7. A pretence C to pretend
B pretend D pretending 3. A initials C initialize
B initial D initialized
8. A inclusive C included
B include D including 4. A emerged C emerging
B emerge D emergence
Test 71
5. A extent C extended
Scarlet fever is an (1) ___ disease, caused by bacteria, B extending D extend
which usually enter the body through the nose or mouth; it is
transmitted from person to person by direct contact, that is, 6. A approximately C approximation
by sprays of droplets from the respiratory tract of an infected B approximate D approximated
person, or by indirect contact through the use of utensils
previously handled by an infected person. The disease most 7. A complication C complicated
commonly (2) __ children between the ages of two and ten B complicate D complicating
The typical (3) ___symptoms of the disease are head
ache, sore throat, chills, fever, and general malaise. From
8. A introduce C introduced
two to three days after the first appearance of symptoms, red
B introducing D introduction
spots may appear on the palate; bright red papilla (4) ___
on the tongue, giving it an appearance commonly called straw-
berry tongue. A characteristic skin eruption appears on the 9. A cure C curing
chest and usually spreads over the entire body except the B cured D cureless
face. The rash fades on pressure. The fever, which frequently
runs as high as 40° to 40.6°C, generally lasts only a few days 10. A occurrence C occurred
B occur D occurring
 Test 72 3. A unemployment C employ
B unemployed D employee
The Great Depression in the United States, the worst
and longest (1) ___ collapse in the history of the modern 4. A charitable C charity
industrial world, lasted from the end of 1929 until the early B charitably D charities
1940s. Beginning in the United States, the depression spread
to most of the world's industrial countries, which in the 5. A survival C survive
20th century had become economically (2) __ on one B survived D surviving
another. The Great Depression saw rapid declines in the
production and sale of goods and a sudden, severe rise in 6. A weaknesses C weaken
(3) ___ . Businesses and banks closed their doors, people B weak D weakly
lost their jobs, homes, and savings, and many depended
on (4) __ to (5) ____ , In 1933, at the worst point in the 7. A prosperity C prosperously
depression, more than 15 million Americans — one-quarter B prosperous D prosper
ef the nation's workforce — were unemployed.
The depression was caused by a number of serious 8. A earnings C earning
(6) ___in the economy. Although the 1920s appeared on B earn D earned
the surface to be a (7) ___ time, income was unevenly
distributed. The wealthy made large profits, but more and 9. A contribution C contributed
more Americans spent more than they (8) ___ , and farm B contribute D contributing
ers faced low prices and heavy debt. The lingering effects
of World War I caused economic problems in many coun 10. A catastrophic C catastrophically
tries, as Europe struggled to pay war debts and repara B catastrophe D catastrophist
tions. These problems (9) ___ to the crisis that began the
Great Depression: the (10) ___ U.S. stock market crash 11. A confidence C confidential
of 1929, which ruined thousands of investors and destroyed B confide D confidentially
(11) ___ in the economy. Continuing throughout the
1930s, the depression ended in the United States only when 12. A mass C massively
(12) ___ spending for World War II began. B massiveness D massive
Test 73
1. A economize C economically
B economy D economic Periodicals are publications released on a (1) ___
basis that feature articles, poems, stories, and other types
2. A depend C dependence of writing. Many periodicals also (2) __ photographs
B dependent D dependably and drawings. Periodicals that are aimed at a general
 audience, such as weekly news roundups, are also called
magazines. Those with a more (3) ___ audience, such 4. , A scholarly C scholarship
as publications of (4) ___ organizations, can be termed B scholar D scholastic
journals.
5. A History C Historic
(5) ___ , the difference between periodicals and news B Historically D Historical
papers has been a matter of format, publication sched
ule, and content. Most newspapers deal with the news of 6. A issue C issued
the day and are (6) ___ daily on pulp paper with relative B issuance D issuing
ly large, unbound pages. Periodicals focus on more (7) __
material, and when they deal with the news they tend do
7. A specialize C specialized
so in the form of (8) __ or commentaries. For centurie
B specialization D specializing
periodicals generally (9) ___ on finer paper than newspa
pers, with smaller (10) ___ pages, and at intervals long
er than a day (weekly, every two weeks, monthly, quar 8. A summarize C summaries
terly, or even annually). B summarizing D summarized
In the 1990s, with the (11) ___ of the Internet,
publishers began to release newspapers and periodicals on 9. A appear C appearing
line. This development (12) __ the line between the B appearance D appeared
two forms because the general format of online newspa
pers and periodicals is (13) ___ , and the publication sched 10. A bind C binding
ule of both forms became more (14) ___ . For example. B bound D binder
many newspaper publishers update their online versions
throughout the day, and some online periodicals do the 11. A growth C grow
same Despite these technological changes, the two forms B growing D grown
differing emphasis in choice of content remains a (15) ___
factor. 12. A blur C blurry
B blurring D blurred
1. A regularity C regularly
B regular D regulate 13. A similarity C similar
B similarly D similize
2. A inclusion C including
B inclusive D include 14. A flex C flexibility
B flexible D flexibly
3. A narrow C narrowing
B narrowed D narrowness 15. A distinguish C distinguished
B distinguishing D distinguisher
 Test 74 1. A fascination C fascinated
B fascinating D fascinate
Throughout history, people have been (1) __ by life
underwater, and the Professional Association of Dive In 2. A estimating C estimates
structors (2) ___ that there are now 6 million active divers B estimation D estimated
worldwide. They (3) __ in many different types of div
ing, of which wreck, cave, (4) ___ , and military diving 3. A engage C engaging
are just a few. The most common form of diving is sport B engagement D engaged
diving, or (5) ___diving, which is practiced at depths of
less than 130 ft. From these depths, divers can make a 4. A commerce C commercialise
(6) ___ ascent to the surface. Diving beyond this limit B commercial D commercially
requires (7) __ training.
Because popular dive sites such as coral reefs and wrecks 5. A recreation C recreated
are (8) ___ not near land, most diving is done from boats. B recreate D recreational
In some locations, however, divers can enter the watei
from shore. On a typical outing, the divers decide before 6. A straightforward C straightened
hand how long they will remain underwater and how (9) ___ B straighten D straight
they will descend. While the divers are underwater, at
least one person serves as a spotter by remaining on the 7. A advance C advancement
boat or on shore. All groups, whether diving from a boat B advanced D advancing
or from shore, are (10) ___ to fly a diver down flag (a
red flag with a white diagonal slash) to alert boaters that 8. A typically C typical
people are underwater. B type D typifying
In general, divers seek locations where the water is
clear, the temperatures warm, and the marine life (11)____ . 9. A deep C depth
Divers often choose to visit areas with coral reefs because B deeply D deepen
they are colourful and (12) ___with life, and provide
shelter for many types of fish. The Caribbean is the most 10. A require C requirement
popular (13) __ in the world. Parts of the region are
B required D requiring
designated as marine parks or sanctuaries. Because they
are protected from fishing and other human activity, these
11. A plenty C plentiful
locations boast abundant aquatic plant and animal life.
Similar protected areas (14) ___throughout the world, B plenteously D plentifully
and the South Pacific, the Indian Ocean, and the Red
Sea are common dive destinations. 12. A densely C densing
B density D dense
13. A destine C destination 1. A autonomy C autonomic
B destined D destiny B autonomist D autonomous

14. A exist C existing 2. A comprise C comprisal

B existence D existed B comprised D comprising
Test 75 | 3. A respect C respectively
B respective D respecting
The Canary Islands or Canaries is the group of is
lands, the (1) ___ region of Spain, in the Atlantic Ocean,
off the north-western coast of Africa, (2) ___ the provinces 4. A alter C altering
of Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Their capitals B alternative D alteration
are, (3) ___ , Las Palmas on Grand Canary and Santa
Cruz de Tenerife on Tenerife Island; the cities also serve as 5. A descending C descendant
dual and (4) ___ capitals of the region. The chief islands B descend D descender
of the group, in (5) ___order of size, are Tenerife,
Fuerteventura, the (6) ___ to the African mainland, Grand 6. A near C nearest
Canary, Lanzarote, La Palma, Gomera, and Hierro. In B next D nearer
addition, several barren islets are (7) ___ in the group
The Canary Islands are of volcanic (8) ___ and are noted 7. A included C inclusion
for their scenery and mild, dry climate, which makes B inclusive D including
them an ideal site for astronomical (9) ___ . Precipitation
(10)___ mainly during the winter season. In areas below. 8. A originate C origin
about 400 m elevation, the (11) ___is typically northern B original D originally
African; characteristic (12) ___ are the date palm, dragon
tree, and cactus. Growing at higher levels are laurels. 9. A observer C observed
holly, myrtle, eucalyptus, pine, and a variety of flower B observation D observational
ing plants. Farming and fishing are the principal indus
tries. The volcanic soil of the Canaries is extremely (13) 10. A occurrence C occurred
______________________________________________
B occurs D occurring
.
The islands have no rivers, however, and severe drought.'
are common; (14) ___ irrigation is therefore a (15) ___ 11. A vegetable C vegetables
in most cultivable areas. Among important crops are ba- B vegetation D vegetate
nanas, citrus fruits, sugar cane, peaches, figs, wine
grapes, grain, tomatoes, and potatoes. (16) ___ products 12. A vary C various
include textiles and fine (17) ___ . (18) ___ is also impor B varied D varieties
tant, and the islands are a (19) winter-resort area.
13. A fertilizer C fertile
B fertilize D fertilized
Part Four WORD-
14. A artificial C artificially BUILDBNG (2)
B artificiality D artificials

15. A necessity C necessaries

Directions: Fill in the gaps in the sentences with the adjec-
B necessary D necessarily
tives derived from the nouns in brackets accord-
ing to the model.
16. A Manufacture C Manufactured
B Manufacturing D Manufacturable Model: Latin is the language of (ancientry) ancient Rome and
the (neighbour) neighbouring territory of Latium.
17. A embroider C embroiderer
B embroidered D embroideries | Test 76 j
18. A Tourist C Tour Latin is the language of (ancientry) ___ Rome and
B Tourism D Tourer the (neighbour) __ territory of Latium. With the spread
of Roman power Latin was carried to every part of the
19. A fashionable C fashionably known ancient world and became the (dominancy) ___
B fashion D fashioner tongue of western Europe. It was the language of scholar-
ship and diplomacy until the 18th century and of the
Roman Catholic liturgy until the late 20th century.
The colloquial speech of (culture) __ Romans ap
peared in the works of (variety) ___ writers, notably in
the comedies of Plautus and Terence, the letters of Cice
ro, the Satires and Epistles of Horace, and the Satyricon of
Petronius Arbiter. It is characterized by freedom of syn
tax, by the presence of (numeration) ___ interjections,
and by the (frequency) ___ use of Greek words. This (col
loquialism) ___ speech of polite society is not to be con
fused with the language of the (poverty)___ and unedu
cated classes, which shows a greater disregard for syn
tax, a love of new words, and a striving for simplicity,
especially in word order.
Latin was the language of letters in (west) ___ Europe
in the Middle Ages. Even for the people in (generaliza-
 ___ to the head; a deep chest; a (density) ____ water-
tion) __ , Latin continued to be a living language, be resistant double coat, usually dull black in colour; and a
cause the church provided a (hugeness) ___ mass of ec broad (strength) __ tail.
clesiastical literature in both prose and poetry. The feet are large, strong, and webbed, for traversing
The language, however, underwent many (essence) marshlands and shores. Powerful swimmers, Newfound_
__ changes. lands are known to have rescued human beings from drown-
The syntax was further simplified, new words were ing and to have carried lifelines from shore to ships in
adopted from various sources, and new meanings came distress. Today they are used primarily as watchdogs and
into existence; nevertheless, Latin changed far less durint companions, but they were once used to draw carts and
this period than did either French or English. carry burdens. Because of their being (loyalty) __ (in
In the 15th and 16th centuries New Latin, also callec telligence) __ , and (tractability) __ , Newfoundland dogs
Modern Latin, came into being. The writers of the Ren are ideal pets.
aissance produced a new and (brilliancy) ___Latin liter
ature that was closely (imitation) ___ of Latin classica
writers and especially of Cicero. Almost all books of im Directions: Fill in the gaps in the sentences with the adjec-
portance, (science) ___ , (philosophy) ___ , and (reli tives derived from the nouns in brackets accord-
gion) ___ , were written in Latin at this time, including ing to the model
the works of the (Holland) ___ scholar Desiderius Eras Model: The epitaph on the tomb of the greatest artist in
mus, the English philosopher Francis Bacon,-and the history summarizes his life (simplicity) simply 'll
English physicist Isaac Newton, and Latin was the medi Divino Michelangelo."
um of diplomatic intercourse among (Europe) ___ na
tions. Test 73
Not until the end of the 17th century did Latin cease
to be an (internationalism) ___ tongue. During the 18th The epitaph on the tomb of the greatest artist in histo
and 19th centuries, however, it remained the language of ry summarizes his life (simplicity) ___ : "II Divino
classical school, and even in the 20th century (scholar Michelangelo."
ship) _ treatises are sometimes composed in Latin. The Indeed, Michelangelo Buonarroti was held to b e di
Roman Catholic church still uses Latin as the language of vine by his contemporaries — it was the only way to ex-
its (officiahty) ___ documents. Dlain his (tremendousness) ___genius. Even though Le
onardo's Mona Lisa arguably ranks as the millennium's most
Test 77 recognizable painting, Michelangelo's (totality) _ body
of work — his sculptures, paintings, and frescoes — is
The Newfoundland male is about 71 cm (height) ___ unequalled.
at the shoulder and weighs from 64 to 68 kg; the female Michelangelo's (popularity) __ fame may rest on the
stands 66 cm high and its weight is from 50 to 54 kg. The sculpture masterpiece David and the Sistme Chapel ceil
Newfoundland has a (breadth) ___ , massive head; small, ing, but the Italian artist had a (length) __ and (vari-
deeply set, dark-brown eyes; small ears lying (closeness)
ant) ___ career. He was born in 1475 in the village of percomputers and databases of information. The Internet
Caprese and grew up in Florence, which was the art cap- has made it (possibility) ___ for people all over the world
ital of the early Renaissance. His early success came as a to (effectiveness) ___and rather (cheapness) ____ com
sculptor, but he also excelled at painting, architecture and municate with each other.
even poetry. The (fame) __ dome on the top of Saint Unlike (tradition) ___ broadcasting media, such as
Peter's Basilica in Vatican City is a Michelangelo design. radio and television, the Internet is a decentralized sys-
Michelangelo seemed to thrive on challenge and diffi tem. Each connected individual can communicate with
culty in his work. David, perhaps the most famous sculp anyone else on the Internet, can publish ideas, and can
ture in the world, was completed using a block of discard sell products.
ed marble. The artist spent four years (flatness) __ on The Internet has brought new opportunity for busi-
his back (height) ___ on a scaffold in the Sistine Chapel nesses to offer goods and services online. In the future, it
to complete the masterpiece painting on the ceiling. Al- may have an (equality) ___ dramatic impact on (height)
though ceiling paintings were usually considered unimpor- ___ education as more universities offer Internet-based
tant and were reserved for figures because of their distance courses.
from the viewer, Michelangelo produced biblical scenes ol In 1989 English computer scientist Timothy Berners-
power and subtlety on the chapel ceiling. Lee introduced the World Wide Web. Berners-Lee (ini
Michelangelo's best work offers a combination of de tials) __ designed the WWW to aid communication be
tail and (exquisiteness) __ beauty that is unmatched tween physicists who were working in different parts of the
according to art historians. His attention to the (technique, world for the European Laboratory for Particle Physics.
__ aspects of human anatomy, especially the male nude As it grew, however, the WWW revolutionized the use
is (brilliancy) ___ and (influence) ___ . of the Internet. During the early 1990s (increase) __
The artist's work is also (intellect) ___ stimulating large numbers of users who were not part of the scientific
grounded in mythology, religion, and other reference or (academy) ___ communities began to use the Inter
(Wideness) __ considered the greatest artist of his owr net, due in large part to the ability of the WWW to (easi
time, Michelangelo is still seen as a key to the flowering ness) ___ handle multimedia documents. One survey
of the Renaissance and is the standard against which a! found that there were 61 million Internet users worldwide
(subsequence) ___ artists are measured. at the end of 1996, 148 million at the end of 1998, and an
(estimate) ___320 million in 2000. Analysts estimate that
Test 79 more than 700 million people will use the Internet in 2001.
The Internet is the computer-based worldwide infor Test 80 [
mation network. The Internet is composed of a larg.
number of smaller interconnected networks. These net In the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century the
works may link tens, hundreds, or thousands of comput church suffered an (enormity) ___ blow to its authority.
ers, enabling them to share information with each other One man was at the heart of that split: German theologian
and to share various resources, such as (power) ___ su- Martin Luther.
 Luther, who was born in 1483, succeeded perhaps ued to (violence)___ agitate against the Roman Catholic
because he attacked the (notoriety) ___ corruption of the Church for the rest of his life. He was also the (principal
medieval Catholic Church from the inside. A priest, Luther ity) __ figure behind translating the Bible from the ancient
began questioning some of Catholicism's main tenets after Hebrew and Greek into German; this translation was impor-
becoming a professor of theology at the University of Wit- tant in opening religious scholarship to those without train-
tenberg in 1508.
ing in the ancient languages. Luther died in 1546, but his
Although many others had condemned the corruption (influence) __ heritage lives on in the religious world.
of the papacy and the church before, Luther focused his Protestantism stands beside Roman Catholicism and Ortho-
disputes (direction) ___ on certain church doctrines. doxy as one of the three main divisions of Christianity.
(Basis) ___among these was his belief that only God,
not the Catholic Church, could grant redemption from
sin. This conflicted (straightness) ___ with the church's Directions: Fill in the gaps in the sentences with the nouns
policy of selling indulgences. The indulgence was a (mon derived from the adjectives in brackets according
etarist) __ payment that promised the soul's release from to the model.
punishment after death for sins committed during a per Model: An iceberg is a (massive) mass of freshwater ...
son's lifetime. It was a (popularity) __ and (success)
___ way for the church to raise money. In 1517 Luther Test 81 |
(publicity) __ attacked this and other church practices
that had become corrupted in his Disputation on the Power An iceberg is a (massive)___ of freshwater ice that is
and Efficacy of Indulgences, (commonality) ___ known as broken off from a (glacial) ___ or an ice shelf and that
the Ninety-Five Theses. floats in the ocean or in a lake. Ice floats because its
Thanks to the new printing technology of the time, (dense) __ is less than that of water.
Luther's writings were (wideness) ___ distributed, dis A typical iceberg shows only about one-fifth of its total
cussed, and debated. mass above the water; the other four-fifths is submerged.
Historians consider his (revolution) ___ ideas the sin Icebergs can be large. The largest iceberg ever sighted
gle most important contribution to the Reformation, a was 335 km in (long) ___ and 97 km in (wide) ____, about
movement that finally shattered Catholicism's 1,200-year the size of Belgium. It was seen in November 1956 by the
dominance in Europe and gave rise to Protestantism. crew of a United States Coast Guard icebreaker in the
Luther's defiance touched off more than a century of Ross Sea, off Antarctica. Icebergs pose a (hazardous)
religious warfare and nurtured an (emergency) __ spirit of __ to shipping and to offshore (active) ___ in polar and
nationalism throughout the continent as governments reject subpolar waters.
ed the authority of Rome and established their own (nation Icebergs can have Thany different forms, depending on
ality) __ churches. In 1534, for example, England's King their (original) __ and age. They are usually classified as
Henry VIII passed a law that created an (independence) tabular, i.e. resembling a flat tabletop, rounded, or ir-
__ Church of England, with himself as its head. regular and present magnificent sights in the polar and
Luther was excommunicated in 1521, but he contin- subpolar seas.
 Icebergs were known to early mariners and (explorato In 1985 Turner purchased MGM/UA Entertainment Com
ry) __ and to sealers and whalers who hunted their prey pany, which was the (ownership) ___ of the Metro-Gold-
in the Arctic and Antarctic waters. Beginning in the 20th win-Mayer (MGM) and United Artists (UA) film studios.
century, icebergs have been used as stabilized platforms Within months Turner sold most of the company, but
for scientific stations. Some people have suggested towing he retained MGM's massive library of films, which included
icebergs to places where is (scarce) ___ of water and melting such classics as Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz.
them there, but this idea has not yet been implemented. In 1988 he launched Turner Network Television (TNT),
on which many of the movies were shown. In 1996 enter-
Directions: Fill in the gaps in the sentences with the nouns tainment giant Time Warner acquired Turner Broadcast-
derived from the nouns in brackets according to ing System (TBS), the parent company for all of Turner's
the model businesses, in a deal valued at $7.6 billion.
Model: Ted Turner is an American business (execution) The (acquirer) ___ made Time Warner the world's larg
executive ... est media and entertainment company. Turner became vice
(chairmanship) ___ of Time Warner's board of directors and
head of the (divider) ___ containing TBS businesses.
Test 82
In 1997 Turner pledged to donate $1 billion to the
Ted Turner is an American business (execution) ___ United Nations, one of the largest single charitable (do
and sports (enthusiasm) ___ , one of the most influential nor) __ in history. He designated the money for UN
television (administration) ___ of the late 20th century. humanitarian causes. Turner is also the (foundation) ___
Bom Robert Edward Turner III in Cincinnati, Ohio, of the Goodwill Games, a quadrennial international sports
he was educated at Georgia Military Academy and Brown (competitor) ___ . His generous (sponsor) ___ is known
University. After his father committed suicide in 1963, to many companies.
Turner turned out the only heir and his (inheritor) ___
was the family billboard-advertising business.
In 1970 he bought a failing television station in Atlanta
and by 1975 Turner had transformed it into the first "super- Directions: Fill in the gaps in the sentences with the nouns
station" by transmitting low-cost sports and (entertainer) ___ derived from the verbs in brackets according to
programs via satellite to cable systems throughout the coun the model.
try. This was a highly profitable (innovator) __ that accel Model: In the history of American (entertain) entertain-
erated the spread of cable television nationwide. ment no subject has been more popular than . .
In 1980 Turner launched Cable Kews Network (CNN),
the first 24-hour television news station. Its live (cover) Test 83
__ of fast-breaking news around the world helped it to
become a highly respected news organization, and it even In the history of American (entertain) __ , no subject
tually achieved a global (view) ___ . has been more popular than the Civil War. Whether in
novels, television shows, or movies, some of the most be-
 loved and durable works of popular culture have used the
war as a point of (refer) __ , (depart) ___ , or focus. But him to use three different directors. Shooting began before
no work about the Civil War has attained the place of Gone the script was even complete.
With the Wind. It first won praise as a novel by Margaret Gone With the Wind premiered in Atlanta on Decem-
Mitchell. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Mitchell grew up ber 15, 1939. The film became an even bigger (succeed)
among (relate) __ who had first-hand memories of the __ than the book and won nine Oscars, including Best
war and the 1864 (invade) ___ that burned their city to the picture.
ground. After a brief, disastrous (marry) ___ , she began By the 1970s an estimated 90 percent of the American
supporting herself by writing for an Atlanta newspaper. public had seen the film in a theatre or on television.
Ailing from a (vary) __ of ills that plagued her until
her (die) ___ in 1950, Mitchell retired from journalism in
Directions: Fill in the gaps in the sentences with the verbs
the mid-1920s and began writing her novel. She refused
derived from the nouns in brackets according to
repeated requests to show her manuscript to a curious (edit) the model.
___ when he visited Atlanta on a scouting trip in 1935.
But when an (acquaint) ___ expressed surprise that Mitch Model: Today it is generally (recognition) recognized that...
ell was capable of writing fiction, she angrily presented it to
the agent as he was about to leave the city. He read the
novel on a train, and knowing he had discovered a classic, Test 84
he offered Mitchell a book contract. Published in June 1936.
Gone With the Wind became an instant publishing phenom Today it is generally (recognition) ___ that Italian-
enon. It sold 50,000 copies in one day, a million within si\ Spanish navigator Christopher Columbus did not "(dis
months, and an average of 3700 copies a day for the rest of covery) _" the Americas, which were already (inhabit
the year. In 1937 the novel won the Pulitzer Prize for fic ancy) ___by native peoples. However, he did (instiga
tion. By 1997 it had sold approximately 30 million copies, tion) ___the European exploration of these lands at the
periodically returning to the best-seller list. end of the 15th century. This single act of courage and
Even before the book was released there was a feverish skill, thought foolish or suicidal by many at the time, set
fight for the movie rights. David O. Selznick, a Holly in motion global population shifts and advances in human
wood mogul who had recently created his own studio, paid knowledge that profoundly changed history. Europeans
Mitchell $50,000, an astounding amount for that time. (finding) ___ a new land to inhabit and (exploitation)
But despite Selznick's wishes, Mitchell refused to write a . __ ; however, Columbus's discovery also began a clash of
script or to have anything at all to do with the film's (pro cultures that (proof) ___ disastrous for the aboriginal peo
duce) __ . ples of the Americas.
Making of the film version, which took more than three Based on his studies of contemporary maps and accounts,
years,was an epic in itself. Technical difficulties abound as well as on his sea travels to various European ports,
ed, and editing of enormous amounts of film footage slowed Columbus (belief) __ that he could reach East Asia —
the process. In (add) ___ , Selznick's (perfect) ___led what he called "the Indies" — by sailing west from Europe.
Finding royal backing for such a plan was not easy,
 however, and it was almost ten years before King Ferdi-
nand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile (agreement) - by the Italian navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano. In 1609
___ to support his voyage in 1492. the English traveller Henry Hudson made an extensive
Columbus was foremost a navigational genius and (com exploration of the area, and the Dutch laid claim to the
pletion) ___ four successful trips from Spain to the is island on that basis. In 1624 the Dutch established trading
post on southern Manhattan Island. To secure the claim,
lands now known as the West Indies. On the other hand,
Peter Minuit, (appointment) ___ by the director general
as many scholars have since pointed out, his motives were
of the Dutch colony of New Netherland by his govern
primarily financial and personalized — he was seeking new ment, purchased the island from the Native Americans in
lands for Spain and riches and glory for himself. Another 1626 for goods (value) ___ at about 60 guilders, or ap
aim was to (conversion) ___ the native peoples he (en- proximately $24.
counter) __ to Christianity. He even forced several na
The permanent settlement began the same year at the
tives to return to Spain with him to (testimony) ___ to outpost, which Minuit named New Amsterdam, and it
Ferdinand and Isabella of the riches of this new land. became the administrative centre of New Netherland.
However, scholars (consideration) __ that in these In 1664 Charles II of England granted his brother, the
actions and views Columbus was no better or worse thar
other Europeans of his time. duke of York a large area (inclusion) ___ Manhattan Is
Columbus died in 1506, just a few years after his las 1 land. A fleet of English warships (armament) ___to the
voyage. He never set foot on the North American mainland teeth seized New Amsterdam in the same year, and the
The many explorers who followed him opened up the settlement was renamed New York in honour of the duke.
The town was retaken by the Dutch in 16 73, but a year
continent for European colonization and (alteration) ___ later they ceded it back to England.
humanity's view of the world. Columhus's achievements
were key in the transition from the Middle Ages to the During the 18th century, New York City became one
modern age. of the fast (development) ___ commercial centres of the
British colonies in North America. It subsequently be-
came a centre of revolutionary activities by American pa-
Directions: Fill in the gaps in the sentences with the forms of triots. In 1776, American troops were forced to evacuate
the verbs derived from the nouns in brackets ac-
cording to the model. the city, which remained under British occupation until
the end of the American Revolution.
Model: The name Manhatten (derivative) derived from an From 1785 to 1790 New York was the seat of the U.S.
Indian word means ...
government. With the first stock exchange (foundation)
__ in 1792 New York soon became the nation's (leader)
Test 85 __ financial and commercial centre.
The name Manhattan (derivative) ___ from an Indian
word means "island of hills". In 1524 the island, then ~Test86 |
(inhabitancy) ___ by Native Americans, was probably seen
Although it is not known how humans and dogs first
learned to exist, people soon discovered the many ways
117
dogs could (riches) ___ their lives. Dogs have been used of Pisa, Galileo began to conduct experiments testing Ar
to hunt for food, herd animals, (guardian) ___ livestock istotle's (theorize) __ that the speed of a fall is (depend
and property, (destroyer) ___ rats and other pests, pull ence) __ on the (weigh) ____ of the falling object. Oth
carts and sleds, (performance) __ rescues, and (appre ers had questioned the theory in the past, but Galileo was
hension) ___ lawbreakers. They have been used during the first to use scientific experiments to disprove it — by
wartime as sentinels and message carriers. Today trained dropping objects of different weights from the Tower of
dogs are used to alert deaf people to common household Pisa, legend has it.
sounds, such as the ringing telephone or doorbell; (guid This method of developing a hypothesis and then per
ance) __ the blind; or (retrieval) ___ objects for para forming an experiment to see if the hypothesis was true or
lytics. Perhaps the most common of the many roles served false established physics as a (precision) __ science, bring
by the domesticated dog, however, is that of companion ing science as a whole out of the realm of natural philoso
As animals with strong social tendencies, dogs typically phy and into the modern era.
(longing) ___ for close contact with their owners. And Galileo's (contribute) ___to scientific knowledge were
people (tendency) ___ to form loving bonds with dogs. also (significance) ___ .
This companionship often helps to (easiness) ___ the pain He built the first telescope for astronomical purposes,
and isolation of the elderly or people whose physical or mental observed that the Milky Way consisted of stars, articulated
health (requirement) ___ long-term period of recovery. the laws of bodies in (move) ___ and discovered the Moon's
The Newfoundland is a breed of working dog, that craters, Jupiter's largest four satellites, sun spots, and the
(origin) ___ in Newfoundland from the crossbreeding ol phases of Venus.
native strains with foreign breeds, the latter possibly the Galileo's ideas (generation) ___ much controversy at
Great Pyrenees or the boarhound. Must pedigree New the time, none more than his support for trie then hereti
foundlands of today are (descendance) __ from dogs bred cal notion that the Earth was not the centre of the uni
in England. verse. In his book Dialogue on the Two Chief World Sys
tems, Galileo (argument) __ for the Copernican theo
ry, which held that the Sun was the centre of the solar
Directions: Fill in the gaps in the sentences with the appropri- system.
ate derivatives of the words in brackets according After the book was published, Galileo was charged
to the model. with and found guilty of (heretical) ___ by the Roman
Model: .. Shakespeare was born and Michelangelo (death) Catholic Church.
died He died in 1642, but the (fireplace) ___ of scientific
revolution that he started still burn bright.
Test 87
Test 88
Galileo was born near Pisa in 1564 — the same year
Shakespeare was born and Michelangelo (death) ___ . In Born in Bonn in 1770, Beethoven is often linked with
1589, while a professor of mathematics at the University Austrian composers Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart as a chief figure of the Viennese classical style Stanton was the (drive) ___ force behind the first wom
Beethoven (briefing) ___ studied with Mozart while in his en's rights (convene) __ in the United States, held in
teens, and the two might have become contemporary (ri 1848.
valry) __ if Mozart had not died in 1791 at the age of 35 A Declaration of Sentiments, based on the famous lan
Beethoven moved (permanence) __ to Vienna, Aus guage of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, was (sig
tria, in 1792 to study with Haydn, and he remained then nature) ___at the end of the meeting. The statement
the rest of his life. The student soon (surpassingly) __ called for property and custody rights for women, criti-
the teacher. cized men for barring women from higher education and
Beethoven's life and career were coloured by an unu most professions, and (proposition) __ that women should
sual tragedy that gave him no (choose) __ but to change have the right to vote — an (incredibility) ___ radical
and adjust: he gradually (loss) ___ his hearing in the earh idea at that time.
1800s and remained deaf for the rest of his life. Although Stanton and her group, the National Woman (Suffer)
he could no (longing) __ perform in public and for a ___ Association, began winning some battles as states
time even contemplated suicide, Beethoven could still (com changed their property laws so that women could own prop-
position) ___ . Some of his greatest works were written erty.
during and after the time of his hearing loss. In (factual) A constitutional (amend) ___ guaranteeing U.S. wom
. __ , some scholars believe that the composer's (great) en the right to vote was first (introduction) ___ in 1878.
___came not in spite of his deafness but becauseof it, as Stanton and her cohorts also helped women in other coun-
it (freedom) ___ him to experiment with new forms. Ex tries in their struggles to win rights such as the vote.
perts say that much of the work Beethoven composed dur However, Stanton did not believe that winning the
ing his last period was (farthermost) __ ahead of its time vote alone would change the plight of women, and cer
tainly not overnight. History has basically justified her (be
Text 89 lieve) __ .
Although the battle for equal rights continues today in
Until the 19th century, women were (large) ___ pow many places around the world, in 1920, 18 years after
erless before the law. For example, a married woman her death, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
could not hold (proprietary) ___ in her own name, and was finally (passage) ___ , giving U.S. women the vote.
in divorce proceedings men were commonly awarded per
manent (legalization) ___ custody of any children. And, Test 90
of course, women were not (allowance) __ to vote. Then.
in the rnid-19th century, the unthinkable happened: brave Venice is the city and seaport in northeastern Italy.
women began speaking up about the (equal) __ in their Venice is situated on 120 islands (formation) ___ by 177
lives. (Slowness) ___ , 50 percent of the world's popula canals in the lagoon between the mouths of the Po and
tion won largely equal (stand) __ under the law. Piave rivers, at the northern (extreme) ___ of the Adriatic
One of the most vocal and important of these women Sea. Because of its historic role as a naval (powerful)____
was Elizabeth Cady Stanton. and (commerce) __ centre, the city is known as the
"Queen of the Adriatic". A railroad and highway causeway ner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the Persian
connects Venice with the mainland. Long sand bars, or Gulf to the north, Saudi Arabia to the south and west,
barrier beaches, on the outer side of the lagoon serve as and Oman and the Gulf of Oman to the east. Before the
(protectionist) ___ against the sea. The islands on which (discover)___ of oil in the 1950s, the UAE was a group
the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. of largely undeveloped emirates under the (protect)
The Grand Canal, about 3 km (lengthen) __ , winds of the British. Oil brought rapid (grow) ___ and modern
through Venice from northwest to southeast, (division) ization to the area, and the emirates became independent
__ the city into two (near) ____ equal portions. No mo as the UAE in 1971.
tor vehicles are (permissive) ___ on the narrow s winding The city of Abu Dhabi, (location) ___ in the emirate
lanes and streets that (penetration)___ the old city, and of the same name, is the federal capital and the largest
the bridges are for (pedestrianized) ___ only. city.
For centuries the most common method of transpor- The UAE's (prove) ___ oil reserves make up almost
tation was by gondola, a flat-bottomed boat propelled by one-tenth of the world's (totality) ___, with about 90
a single oar. Today, the gondolas are used mainly bj percent in the emirate of Abu Dhabi and significant amounts
tourists; motor launches carry almost all the freight and in Dubai. (Estimation) ___ natural gas reserves amount
passenger traffic in Venice. to about 3 percent of the world's total, with Abu Dhabi
Modern Venice has faced many challenges, including again (possession) ___ the largest share.
(lose) ___ of population to other areas and physical dam Other mineral resources include (modesty) ___de
age from flooding, (sink) ___ , air and water (pollute) posits of chrome, iron, copper, and uranium.
___, and age. Since the 1960s the UAE has progressed from a largely
After severe flooding in 1966, an international effort subsistence (economic) ___to a developed one that pro
to (preservation) ___ historic Venice was coordinated by vides one of the world's highest (standardization) ___ of
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural living. The main engine for the extraordinary growth and
Organization (UNESCO), and many structures were ren development of the economy has been the oil sector, al
ovated and preserved. Flooding has (occurrence) ___ though non-oil trade has played a (significance) __ role
throughout the history of the city; it is caused when high and all the emirates have begun to diversify their econo-
tides combine with storm winds. The sinkage of buildings mies.
and other structures, caused by the (drain) ___ of under A unique feature of the UAE's economy is its (depend
ground aquifers, has been addressed by limits on ground ent) ___ on foreign labour. More than 90 percent of the
water usage and the construction of an aqueduct from the workforce is made up of expatriates.
nearby Alps.

Test 91
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the (federal) ___
of seven independent states located in the southeastern cor-
 8. I was used (A) to coming to (B) the bank of the
Part Five j river (C) after covering (D) a two-miles walk in
FIND A MISTAKE (1) the wood.

9. He would not (A) listen to the project of (B) hers

(C) accompanying him (D) as far as Leeds.
Directions: Identify one word or phrase marked A, B, C.
or D and underlined that must be changed to 10. (A) The (B) stay-at-homes mothers stood (C) gossip
make the sentence correct. What's the correct var- ing (D) at the corners of the alley.
iant?
11. His house (A) was close (B) bv hand, a very pleasant
Test 92 little cottage, (C) painted white with (D) green tiled
roof.
1. He did not understand (A) their speak because (B) his
knowledge of German (C) was derived (D) from his 12. He was so tired and (A) depressed that he felt he couldn't
public school. move (B) any longer: so he (C) laid on his back in the
old grass (D) looking UP.
2. He (A) was surprised. Both (B) window and ,(C) door
(D) was open. 13. You are trying (A) to make me (B) feel that I need not
(C) be grateful (D) for you,
3. (A) Though he tried (B) hard, he couldn't open the
window (C) despite of all his (D) efforts. 14. As soon as Ann and (A) her suitcase (B) was in the
taxi, Mike told the driver (C) to go to the station
4. Sam (A) as well as Nick and Mary (B) were enjoy- (D) as fast as possible.
ing the valley (C) beneath them at the crack of
(D) dawn. 15. She (A) couldn't help (B) to overhear them, because
they (C) were speaking too (D) loudly about Keith.
5. (A) A sudden thought (B) struck him and he suggested
(C) to search all (D) the other rooms in the house. Test 93
6. The letter was (A) hers, and she (B) wouldn't wish I. (A) How seems to be (B) the greatest injustice of all,
(C) anybody else but Mum (D) reads it. however, is that (C) the new lands that Columbus
discovered (D) were never given his name.
7. The plan of the rooms was (A) not familiar with
me and I felt (B) a little (C) uncertain which way 2 Why (A) are you standing (B) in the doors? Come in
( D) to go. and (C) make (D) oneself at home.
3. She was (A) wearing a (B) plain white dress and (C) was 14. My brother (A) as well as I (B) am ready (C) to ac-
helding a red rose (D) in her hand. company you (D) to the station.

4. He was (A) in a great hurry and had no time to (B) think 15.The wedding party (A) was forced to abandon their
it over. Otherwise he (C) had found (D) another
cars and (B) literally to fight C) their way into the
way out.
Old Town Hall (D) on foot-
5. I want (A) to ask him what decision (B) will he take Test 94
and (C) also I'd like (D) to find out the date.
1. (A) As your arguments are (B) strong, they (C)
6. Her father did not want (A) her to make friends with cannot convince me (D) in the least.
Pete and Sally (B) because they (C) influenced on her
badly, (D) to his mind. 2. Though he failed to find (A) a new route to Asia,
Columbus made the lands and peoples of the western
7. But why (A) should he (B) take all her perpetual nui hemisphere (B) to know to Europeans, (C) setting in
sance (C) on himself? It was not (D) fairly. motion a chain of events that altered human history
(D) on a global scale.
8. It is (A) silly_(B) from me, but I can't help (C) think
ing of the letter. I remember (D) seeing it on the table. 3. My next task was (A) to approach (B) to the
shore with my things, and I found it (C) by no
9. He (A) made it (B) clear once more that (C) the missed means (D)easy.
books were (D) to be received and brought to him.
4. Now (A) listen to me!" he said, (B) I'll speak to
10. He (A) wondered now (B) weather Harris was (C) the you (C) a few things that you (D) might have asked
man he ought to work (D) for, before starting out."

11. (A) After all. (B) there was no (C) doubt as to (D) that 5. He (A) hasn't visited us (B) for a long time. He
he meant. (C) must not have been told that we have already re-
turned (D) home.
12. (A) The Colossus of Rhodes was (B) a bronze 30-
metre statue of the Greek sun god Helios, erected about 6 (A) While our trip we had (B) an accident (C) in
280 BC (C) to guard the entrance to the harbor a which I had my leg (D) badly hurt.
Rhodes; it was destroyed about (D) 55 years later.
7. He (A) is dependent (B) of his parents' aid though
13. He (A) awoke (B) with a start. He stretched his he tried (C) his best to become (D independent of
(C) cramped body and wondered (D) what time was it them.
8. (A) Mrs. Henley's nightmare (B) has begun the 2. The works of (A) this Scottish and Irish authors who are
(C) previous Saturday afternoon while she (D) was play- (B) closely identified (C) with English life and letters
ing with her sons in the park, are also considered (D) part of English literature,
9. (A) The air pressure in the balloon is (B) much more
3. James Clerk Maxwell (A) was considered one of (B) the
greater than (C) the air pressure (D) in the jar. 19th century's most important scientists was (C) the
10. He was (A) a third-year student, just (B) begun his first to demonstrate that light (D) consists of electro
(C) in-hospital training and willing to learn (D) as magnetic waves.
much as possible.
4. (A) This piece of land is (B) much larger than (C) the
11- (A) Instead of delivering key points from my (B) stand- Alaska and California combined and has (D) a total
ard lecture on medical education, I decided to keep population of only 26,000 people.
(C) quietly and let Henry and the other students
(D) learn that lesson from a patient instead. 5. It seems (A) at the first sight (B) natural to explain the
facts (C) by assuming the existence of something
12. Mrs. Ludlow was (A) an attractive woman in her (D) either at rest or in motion in each body.
(B) mid-thirties, but she looked as if she (C) could
use (D) a good nights' sleep. 6. Managing to get (A) within about a hundred yards
(B) of the shore I saw (C) a native and asked him
13. (A) Until she looked (B) fine, she behaved as if she (D) what was the name of the place.
(C) were in a world (D) of her own.
7. (A) It seems to me that this statement is (B) primarily
14. (A) His 12-volumes series of novels, grouped undci a declaration of love (C) of the land, in which the
the title A Dance to the Music of Time, is a (B) highly several elements — (D) the woman, the dress, and
readable account of the lives and careers of people in this plain — are at last become one reality.
the arts and politics (C) from before World War II to
many years (D) afterward. 8. (A) The lake region is a very stormy one, and a day
never passes (B) without thunder, while a storm
15. John Le Carre (A) won popularity for (B) ingeniously (C) can always be seen somewhere, although (D) they
complex espionage tales, (C) losely based (D) on his never last long.
own experience in the British foreign service.
9. (A) I seemed to see the sailor, wandering (B) from a
Test 95
point to a point. (C) crossing and recrossing. going
(D) from some island to some headland.
1. She got me (A) use this (B) shade of colour although
I (C) strongly objected (D) to it.
10. I (A) could not help admiring the scene, and I seemed
 to see (B) as in a vision (C) what would happen (D) in 4. As I waited to see if the treatment (A) would ease
the days come. (B) William's pain. I thought about what (C) he would
face if (D) he would lose the use of his right hand.
11. It was only (A) another day I (B) received a letter
from a man at Mengo (C) saving (D) there were 50C 5. (A) For centuries this species (B) have been a famil
children in the Mengo school every day. iar sight (C) in southern Spain, in Africa, and in the
(D) warmer parts of Asia.
12. It has been (A) slow work and they have often felt
(B) depressed. (C) broke-hearted, and (D) dispirited 6. These essays (A) are distinguished by (B) a very justly
appreciation of the merits and (C) demerits of Poe
13. While (A) congratulating ourselves on (B) that has beet (D) as a writer.
accomplished during (C) the last twentv-seven years
we should remember (D) gratefully the services of many 7. (A) At age 33 Michelangelo (B) had already made his
people. reputation (C) as a sculptor (D) equal to any ancient
Greek or Roman.
14. I (A) took (B) a close look at his right hand. (C) Except
for some mild swelling of the fingertips, it looked (D) jus; 8. He (A) made a recommendation (B) regarding to the
as his left hand. opening up of additional sources of (C) cold milk and
(D) liquid yogurt.
15. (A) Entirely ignorant of the (B) published process but.
(C) determined to be published, she sold the first ston 9. (A) The sole reason of publishing a complete edition
(D) she submitted. of (B) the works of Shelly, as of any other writer,
must be (C) to increase the facilities for the student of
Test 96 | the particular period in which (D) he lived.
1. As we began (A) our two-and-a-half-hour (B) dead 10. Albright graduated (A) with honors (B) Welleslev Col
fall (C) toward the bottom, we discovered the sonar lege, near Boston, Massachusetts, in 1959 with a
(D) was not working. (C) bachelor's degree (D)
in political science.
2. When we burn (A) our skin by touching something
(B) extremely hot, it is (C) the high temperature that
(D) kill the cells. 11. Electronics (A) was born 55 years ago when Lee De
Forest (B) invented the first (C) three-electrodes vac
3 The planet that (A) circles (B) the sun most rapidly is uum tube — (D) the "audion".
(C) the Mercury, which makes (D) a full circuit_in
87.6 days. 12. I didn't believe it (A) would happen until I (B) saw
your boat (C) to come through the (D) timber rafts.
13. His days (A) are filled (B) of a succession of surpris 6. Seats are also (A) much harder to get in (B) Australia
es, usually disagreeable, and (C) constant happenings spring, when the wild flowers are (C) in bloom in West
of (D) the unexpected, ern Australia and the journey becomes (D) especially
popular.
14. (A) Among this mountainous region and (B) the Car
ibbean shore stretches a low level country, (C) cov 7. The products of the country are (A) numerous (B) de
ered with a dense forest. (D) rich in rubber, cedar, spite the fact that its resources are (C) as yet almost
and dye woods. entirely (D) undevelop.
15. The foreigners (A) on the board quickly discover that 8. (A) The coffee is grown (B) in large quantities in the
their Australian (B) travelling companions are an hilly region in the northwest; (C) sugar, tobacco, cot
(C) essentially friendly (D) breed. ton, rice, indigo and cacao plantati ons abound
(D) between the lakes and the Pacific.
Test 97

1. But (A) deep inside I still had this feeling that there 9. The crew (A) was made up (B) largely of (C) experi
was a place where I could breathe (B) more free enced seamen and (D) few government officials.
and where (C) my own hard work would be (D) the
10. My father, James F. Reed, was (A) the originator of
measure of my success and the source of my exist the party, and (B) the Donner brothers. George and
ence, Jacob, who lived just (C) a little way out of Springfield,
(D) decided to join them.
2. (A) Each journey for a man or a woman is (B) v
small achievement (C) in himself, an exercise (D) in 11. In the (A) winter long evenings Grandma Keyes
conquering a continent. (B) used (D) to tell me Indian stories which (D) fasci
nated and astonished me.
3. (A) Having booked two weeks or so (B) in advance is
usually (C) sufficient to guarantee a seat (D) on the 12. Her sons (A) tried to dissuade her (B) from the long
Indian Pacific train. and (C) fatiguing journey, but (D) for vain.
4. Preparations for (A) each year's race, held (B) early 13. (A) The knowing that books were always (B) scarce in
March, begin as soon as the last one (C) is over — a new country, we (C) also took a good library of
with careful review of (D) any mistakes. (D) standard works.

5. Draining (A) nearly a third of (B) the European Rus 14. We (A) children were afraid (B) of the oxens. thinking
sia. the river flows 2,300 miles from (C) the Valdai they could go (C) wherever they (D) pleased as they
Hills (D) northwest of Moscow to the Caspian Sea. had no bridles.
15. (A) Could we have looked into the future and (B) have 8. A new route (A) had just been opened by L. W. Hast
seen the misery (C) before us. these lines (D) had ings, which (B) passed (C) along the eastern shore of
never been written. (D) Mediterranean.

Test 98 9. (A) The central plateau region runs for (B) approxi
mately 1210 miles and the passage (C) is said to short
1. I watched them (A) closely. (B) hardly dare to draw ened the distance (D) bv three hundred miles.
my breath, and (C) feeling sure they (D) would sink
the boat in the middle of the stream. 10. To prevent (A) the Portuguese (B) from attempting to
claim his discoveries, Columbus sent a letter to Pope
2. (A) Stretching out before us (B) as far as the eye could Alexander VI, (C) himself a Spaniard, as soon as
reach was (C) a valley as green as emerald, dotted (D) he arrived to Spain.
here and there with flowers of (D) each imaginable
colour. 11. My father (A) was so eager to reach California that
(B) he was quick (C) at taking advantage (D) of any
3. (A) As the river (B) remained high and there was (C) no means to shorten the distance.
prospect of fording it. the men (D) went working to
cut down trees. 12. We (A) were sure by Brown and his party that the
(B) only bad part was the (C) forty-mile drive through
4. Exercise (A) in the open air under bright skies, and the desert (D) by the shore of the lake.
(B) freedom of danger (D) combined to make this par
of our journey (D) an ideal pleasure trip. 13. After a brief meeting (A) aboard ship, arrangements
were made for (B) another meeting, this one (C) at
5. At night when we (A) drove into camp, our wagon - Christmas Day. December 25, at the chiefs residence
(B) were placed (C) so as to form a circle, into which in a (D) nearby village.
(D) our cattle was driven.
6. (A) The Pharos of Alexandria (circa 280 BC), locat 14. (A) But for (B) the advice of these people we (C) should
continue (D) on the old Fort road.
ed (B) on an island (C) in the harbour of Alexandria,
was a famous ancient lighthouse standing (D) more
than 134 m in tall: it was destroyed in the 14th centuo 15. The water (A) in these wells was pure and cold,
(B) enough welcome after the alkaline pools (C) from
7. (A) Although viruses cannot be treated (B) with anti
which we (D) had been forced to drink-
biotics. which are effective only (C) against bacterial
the body's immune system has many natural defenses Test 99
against (D) virus infections.
. 1- We crept (A) closer together, and, when we (B) com-
 plained on the cold, papa placed all five of our dogs 10. In May 1505 (A) King Ferdinand finally granted Co
around us, and (C) only for the warmth of these lumbus an audience in which the explorer (B) was
faithful creatures we should (D) doubtless have per- allowed to present his claims to his titles and (C) the
ished. rich of (D) the Indies.

2. (A) Worn with (B) travel and (C) greatly discouraged 11. At night, radiation lowers (A) water temperature
we (D) reached to the shore of the Great Salt Lake. (B) comparatively slow, but land cools rapidly,
(C) becoming cooler than the air above it; (D) conse
3. These types of (A) athletic injuries typically (B) result quently a fog is formed.
in twisting, (C) such as when a gymnast lands
(D) improperly 12. I don't want to be (A) like James. He works (B) hard
because he is (C) anxiously (D) to succeed.
4. The committee (A) raised numerous objection?,
(B) asked many questions, and, (C) in the end. 13. (A) Have you found the book (B) of which we (C) were
(D) rejected to the plan. speaking (D) another day?
5. (A) Initially Columbus (B) had difficulty (C) to recruit
14. Micronesia is one of the three major divisions of (A) the
a crew because many sailors (D) feared a voyage into Pacific, Islands, encompassing (B) more than 2.000
the unknown. islands in the Pacific Ocean east of (C) the Philip
pines, and (D) on the most part north of the equator.
6. (A) Between (B) the Pacific and these lakes there is
(C) a narrow strip of land, from twelve to thirty miles 15. (A) Highly cultured, he wrote poetry (B) either in Persian
(D) width. and his Turkic (C) mother tongue, and he also left a
volume of memoirs that has been (D) widely translated.
7. (A) Navigation in the 15th century was far from (B) an
exact science, (C) as several navigational tools and Test 100
aids (P) were available.
8. (A) Since quite different, all three variants of chess are
believed (B) to have evolved from (C) a common an 1 (A) Having surprised and puzzled. I (B) slowly turned
cestor — either a 6th-century game played in India my head and saw Robin, (C) Naomi's two-year-old
or (D) an earlier game played in China. daughter, (D) grooming the thin cotton of my shirt.
9. (A) Saving Ben's hand (B) might also save his fairly 2 Aesop is (A) an ancient Greek writer of (B) fables,
because he was (C) the sole breadwinner for his large who is supposed (C) to_be a (d) freed slave from Thrace,
family and (D) ailment parents
3 (A) Babson college (B) was founded in 1919 by Roger
Ward Babson, an American statistician and economist
 who (C) made a fortune in the early 1900s by providing 11. (A) Released in 1985, Back to the Future is a (B) hit
(D) a financial information _and analysis to investors. motion picture about a teenager transported back (C) in
the time to (D) the 1950s.
4. Babylon is one of (A) the most important cities of the
ancient world, (B) who is location today is marked by 12. When (A) out of sight of land, ancient seafarers de
a (C) broad area of ruins just east of (D) the Euphra rived clues about their location (B) by having meas
tes River. ured water depth, monitoring (C) wind pattern and
wave shape, and observing the position of the Sun as it
5. Tell (A) that brother of yours that he (B) had better moved (D) across the sky.
(c) to get out of here if he does not want (D) to be
hurt. 13. Jordan boosted the popularity of the Nike (A) shoe
company and other sponsors (B) with his sincere,
6. (A) Alexander the Great captured the city in 330 BC plainspoken endorsements and his appeal (C) as a bas
and planned to rebuild it and (B) make it the capital of ketball player and spokesperson was (D) strong espe
his vast empire, (C) but he was died before he could cially among children and teenagers.
(D) carry out his plans.
7. Seven Wonders of the World are (A) works-of art and 14. Most scientists agree that life (A) on Earth (B) is now
faced (C) the most severe extinction episode since the
architecture (B) regarded by ancient Greek and Ro
event that drove the dinosaurs (D) extinct,
man observers (C) to be (d) the most extraordinary
structures of antiquity. 15. Bacon wrote letters of (A) a sound advice to Elizabeth
8. The plains (A) were alived with buffalo, and herds I, Queen of England, but his suggestions (B) were
never implemented, and he completely lost favour
(B) could be seen every day (C) coming to the Platte
(C) with the Queen in 1593, when he opposed a bill
(D) to drink. for (D) a royal subsidy.
9. Institutions of (A) higher learning (B) have granted
degrees since the 12th century and the Academic De Test 101
gree is a title granted by (C) a college or university,
usually signifying completion of (D) an establishing course 1 We (A) have harvested the fish and shellfish of the
of study. (B) world's largest lakes and oceans in volumes that
(C) makes it impossible for populations to recover fast
10. People dive as a way (A) to enter the water, but they enough (D) to meet our harvesting needs.
also dive (B) in fun and (C) in competition, attempt'
ing to perform airborne acrobatics before coming into 2 (A) The Chinese possessed the wealth and the seafaring
the water (D) gracefully. skills that (B) would enable them (C) to explore, but
they had (D) little interest in the world outside of China.
3. And everywhere we go, whether (A) by purpose or 11. The company wanted to repeat (A) the success of (B) the
(B) by accident, we have brought along species that Spanish: the colonists were to (C) look after gold and
(C) disrupt local ecosystems and, in many cases, drive silver, for a passage to Asia, and for other discover
native (D) species extinct. ies that (D) would quickly reward investors.

4. The city is noted chiefly (A) by hot mineral springs 12. I want (A) to hear (B) what the piano sounds (C) like.
which (B) were known in the time of (C) the Roman just in case (D) I will be asked to sing this afternoon.
Empire: remains of Roman baths (D) have been dis
covered here. 13. Although some people spend one or two years there
(A) at a time, the majority of them (B) visits just
5. In 1873 the duke of Beaufort (A) had introduced the (C) for the summer months when (D) good weather
game (B) to royalty (C) at his country estate, Bad facilitates fieldwork.
minton House, and the sport became known a
(D) badminton. 14. (A) Formed in 1959, the Beatles (B) were composed
(C) from four musicians born in Liverpool; the drum
6. (A) The polar bear. (B) the only marine bear, is also.. mer Peter Best in 1962 (D) was replaced by Ringo
known as the ice bear in some languages because of its Starr.
(C) prefer for hunting (D) on sea ice.
15. (A) The Pyramids of Egypt, built at Giza during the
7. Like (A) the short story. (B) the novel tells (C) the 4th Dynasty are the oldest (B) of Seven Wonders of
story, but unlike (D) the short story, it presents more the World and the only (C) ones remaining (D) intact-
than an episode. ly today.

8. The last continent (A) to be discovered. Antarctic

(B) remained hiddened behind barriers of fog, storm,
and sea ice (C) until it was first sighted in (D) the
early 19th century.

9. Many advertisements focused (A) on Michael Jordan

determination (B) to succeed and (C) encouraged kids
to "be (D) like Mike".

10 (A) Because the extreme cold and (B) the lack of native
peoples, forests, land animals, and (C) obvious natu-
ral resources, the continent remained (D) largely ne-
glected for decades after discovery.
 Ross Ice Shelf near Roosevelt Island just four days
Part Six FIND A before Scott's team began their journey.
MISTAKE (2) 9. Trucks are usually larger and more heavier than auto
mobiles and differ in basic construction.
10. Double trailers resemble two smaller trailers linked to
gether and can maneuver through tight turns more
Directions: There is one erroneous word or phrase in each easily than standard trailers do.
sentence below. Identify the mistakes and correct 11. Some of today's dolls walk and have facial expressions
them. that change, hairs can be repeatedly washed and styled
because each strand is firmly embedded in the scalp.
Test 102
12. There was something in his low, languid voice that
1. Cultural historians point out that acquisition of con was absolutely fascinated.
sumer goods, which had been scarce during wartimes 13. In the United States the cabinet consists of the presi
became a central feature of postwar life. dent's advisers, each of whose is a department head.
14. Firstly cultivated in South America, the cacao tree
2. From Montreal to Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence Rive;
was introduced Into Europe during the 16th century.
rises 68 m in elevation and has several regions of rap 15. Because you have the most marvelous youth, and youth
ids. is the one thing worth to have.
3. In the 19th century, Canada constructed canals and
locks to allow commercial vessels navigating this par.
of the river, and by 1900 all of the component water
ways had a minimum depth of 4 m. 1 During War II, Miami has served as a major military
4. Lack of food forced the party turn back within 179 km training area, and thousands of soldiers settled in the
of the pole. area after the war ended in 1945.
5. No one knows exactly how many species are being lost 2. The strongest tornadoes may sweep houses from their
because nobody of us knows exactly how many species foundations, destroy bricks buildings, toss cars and
exist on Earth. school buses through the air, and even lift railroad
6. They became the chief European traders with theIro cars from their tracks.
quois, supplying them with firearms, blankets, metal 3. The moment I met you I saw that you were quite un
tools, and other European trade goods for exchange consciously of what you really are, of what you really
of furs. might be.
7. Amundsen originally sought the North Pole, but when 4 If a cabinet lacks either legislative or popular sup-
that had been conquered in 1909 he set his sights on port, the government said to fall, and the executive
must form a new cabinet capable of winning the re-
the South Pole. quired support.
8. He together with his companions were ready for the 5 But she felt afraid of him, and ashamed being afraid.
journey; they set out from the Bay of Whales on the
6. If caught outside by a hurricane, a person should lie 6. As he took his first steps on the lunar surface, Arm
flatly in a ditch and cover his or her head for protec strong could have been seen in remarkably clear tele
tion from flying debris. vision pictures taken by a camera.
7. I never talk when I am working, and never listen too, and 7. A cabinet of the British type typically comprises of mem
it must be dreadfully tedious for my unfortunate sitters. bers of the party that has a decisive majority in the
8. In 1642 Pascal created a machine to get free his fa legislature.
ther, who was a tax collector, from the tedious task ol g. The means of forecasting natural disasters, such as
adding columns of numbers. floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and tsunamis, and of
9. Let us have something icing to drink, something with communicating disaster information to the public, has
strawberries in it. improved immensely as science and technology have
10. She could not help to like the tall, graceful youn^ advanced.
man who was standing by her. 9. He seated at the piano, with his back to them, turning
11. For nearly ten minutes he stood there, motionlessly over the pages of a volume of Schumann's "Forest
with parted lips, and eyes strangely bright. Scenes".
12. The captain handed me his binoculars. Through it 10. Popular character dolls include teenage "Barbie" dolls,
I could see three small boats rising and falling on the launched in 1959, for which a variety of clothing are
long Pacific swells. available.
13. Unless they don't resign, cabinet members serve foi 11. He was certainly wonderful handsome, with his fine
the duration of the term or terms of the president who ly-curved scarlet lips, his frank blue eyes, his crisp
appoints them. gold hair.
14. He felt as if a hand of ice had been lain upon his heart 12. Maximum trailer height and width are dictated by state
15. It is rather late, and, as you have to dress, you would law and vary from a state to a state.
better lose no time. 13. In the 15th century a new technological development
— the paper — revolutionized the production of Euro
Test 104 pean books.
14. He is a professional brother of yours, and yours pres
1. "Just turn your head a little more to the right, Dori ence may be of assistance to me.
an, as a good boy,*' said the painter, deep in his work. 15. "If you ever go to India, Miss Verinder, don't take
2. As the calculator is a very modern invention, ma your uncle birthday's gift with you," he said.
chines able to perform addition and subtraction have
existed for centuries. Test 105
3. A look of joy came into his eyes, as if he recognized
himself for the first time. 1. There was something in his face that made one trust
4. You should not go away when I asked you. oneself at once.
5. Both of you have made me to hate the finest piece of 2. The painter was busy mixed his colours and getting his
work I have ever done, and I will destroy it. brushes ready.
3. All the innocence of youth was there, as well as a) 2. It was paper Europeans learned about from the Islamic
youth passionate purity. world which acquired it from China.
4. For more than a century, doll collecting has been 3. "You are an enthusiast in your line of thought, I per
popular hobby, and collections have exhibited in mu ceive, sir, because I am in mine," said he.
seums throughout the world. 4. A good-natured Indian family who had been living here
5. Would you think it awfully rude from me if I asked you for three or four years gave us welcome and lay before
to go away? us gourds full of cool, delicious water and a few cold
6. Trucks come in many different varieties and are classi boiled sweet potatoes.
fied by weigh, type, and the job they perform. 5. The ruins of buildings were made of blocks of granite,
7. Sailboat competitions are governed by strictly, inter some of which was beautifully fitted together in the
nationally recognized racing rules. most refined style of Inca architecture.
8. Renaissance books were established the convention o 6. 50 cents for his day's labour were not unreasonable,
the title page and the preface, or introduction. although it was two and one-half times his usual day's
9. The tea brewed from the dried leaves of this plant has wage.
been drink in China since perhaps the 28th century 7. Gradually the table of contents, illustrations' list,
BC. explanatory notes, bibliography, and index were
10. We found in the midst of a tropical forest, beneath added,
the shade of whose trees we could make out a maze of 8. Perceval, a mythical figure of traditional Welsh tales,
ancient walls. is said to have been a member of King Arthur's legen
11. He offered to show me the ruins, which he had once dary nights of the Round Table.
visited if I would pay him well for his services.
12. The accident gave Bell insight how voices could be been forgotten, however.
reproduced at a distance. 10. Although her parents were more concerned with mak
13. One felt that he had kept oneself unspotted from the ing sure she knew to knit and sew, she always wanted
world. to be a writer.
14. The rarity and value of a book are determined by cer 11. You are much more better than you pretend to be.
tain criterion, many of which are, in fact, irrelevant 12. I told her that I loved her, and she said she was not
to the literary merit of the work. worthy being my wife.
15. He was a very tall, thin man, with a long nose, which 13. Women, as some witty Frenchman once put it, in
shot out between two keen, grey eyes, sat closely together spire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always
prevent us to carry them out.
Test 106 14. The wide rooms seemed too narrow for his gait, and
to himself he was in terror lest his broad shoulders
1. The most important rules for sailboat competitions are collide with the doorways.
aimed on the avoidance of collisions between compet- 15. He did not know how was she was dressed, except that
ing boats. the dress was as wonderful as she.
 15. He watched the easy walk of the other in front of him,
Test 107 and for the first time realized that his walk was differ-
ent from that of another men.
1. He had seen oil paintings in the show windows of shops
but the glass of the windows had prevented his eage, Test 108
eyes to approach too near.
2. He waved his hand and muttered that it was nothing a 1. We went ashore in one of their boats, and could not
all, what he had done, and that any fellow would do n help congratulating them heartily with the beauty of
3. For 25 years I have dealt with those species, and I havs the site they had chosen.
come to the conclusion that a few members of the an 2. Colleges seem to have set down at random and to have
imal kingdom are so difficult to keep in captivity. grown in erratic, unpredictable directions.
4. Shortly before the United States entered into the wa 3. A house for sale looks wonderfully in the summer sun
Peters made a speech at a meeting of the Civic Leagu- shine, and it seems cheap compared with prices in
in his hometown. Britain or Holland or especially Paris.
5. He was evidently unused to wear stiff collars. 4. 1 objected strongly, but at the end I agreed to under
6. Of course such an enthusiast became known to all oi take the mission.
the board. 5. Several years ago we would be denied entry into Mus
7. He saw her hand coming out to his, and she lookec cat, for the country was closed to outsiders.
him straightly in the eyes as she shook hands, frankly 6. In rising, the air cools and this is the cause for various
like a man. meteorological phenomena: clouds, rain, snow,
8. I have been looking forward to meet you ever since storms.
Arthur told us, 7. Since Grasse has long been associated with the crea
9. Those who have never seen Lake Superior get an in tion of high-class perfumes, much of the real money
adequate, even inaccurate idea, by hearing its spoke.i today lies in the production of aromas and flavours for
of as a "lake". more common product.
10. You have such a scar on your neck, Mr. Eder. 8. He made a great fortune, but, what was more, he
How did it happen? I am sure it must be some adven used it nobly, not for hisself, but for his country and
ture. his Empire.
11. Everything was ready and we had only to wait favour 9. The problem is so difficult and the road travels so long,
able weather conditions. however, that the work cannot be undertaken too soon.
12. I wish father had such bad luck with his farm machinery 10. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about
13. Why are you keeping silent? Would you rather I wouldn't everything, wouldn't it?
talk? 11. Matthew was not used to decide on the colours of ladies'
14. Each of the girls pointed out to me the direction in dresses, but in tiiis case there couldn't be much doubt.
which her father's farm lay, and told me how many 12. She knew only that no man had ever affected on her
acres were in wheat that year and how much in corn before as this one had.
13. A few provincial cities anywhere are more crowded with 13. They gave us a great number of advice in exchange
incident and achievement. for our confidence.
14. The scenery of the bay is of the grandest description 14. If we could take off then, all would have been well.
There is nothing as it elsewhere in Ontario. 15. Calculations show that the energy liberated from the
15. That time is in the last hours of the night or the twi modification of atoms containing in six drops of water
light that procedes dawn. would be sufficient to light up one of the world's great
cities for several hours.
Test 109
Test 110
1. Other arrests are making today, and occasionally a
big fight. 1. Found in 1621, the botanic garden is the oldest garden
2. It is no snow, or rain, or fog, or frost, and there in Britain and third oldest in the world.
can be no deposits of ice on the plane. 2. The balloon was ready and we planned to take from
3. Every morning she had coffee, an orange juice, and a very early in the morning, just before sunrise.
bagel with cream cheese or grape jam. 3. It was a surprise me to see them there; so I stood
4. This time I reached in safety to the farther side; but wondering what was going on.
there a difficulty arose which we had not foreseen. 4. Naturalists have been staggered by the Amazon's di
5. When the morning of the 5th dawned we were' covered versity ever since the first European researchers set feet
deep in snow, a storm had bursted in the night, and all in the South American rain forest more than 200 years
around was hidden in a dense sheet of driving snowflakes ago.
6. Large flocks of wild goose were seen passing over the 5. The Prime Minister Macdonald promised the residents
country. of British Columbia that if they joined the dominion,
7. Hard life has left deep wrinkles on his face and work- a railway would be built across the whole of Canada.
worn hands, making him look older than his 51 years 6. The deeper into the park I drive, the visible is the
8. But despite the recognition that the Amazon is one of human impact.
Earth's great centres of biodiversity, the underlying 7. She kept staring at me; finally, concluding I must be
causes of its richness remains unknown. asleeping, she eased away
9. My momma was home from work when I got there 8. It was a rich, beautiful country, although the snow
that afternoon and I told her about missed school. laid some inches deep.
10. The water carries to the fields through channels, but 9. These are cosmic rays that present a number of prob
it is barely enough and must be carefully divided. lems of high interest to physicists.
11. Dreams don't often come true, do they? Wouldn't it 10. Matthew's companion stopped to talk, partly because
be nice if they would? she was out of breath and partly because they had
12. Every line of the really great poets is filled with beauti reached the car.
ful true, and calls to all that is high and noble in the 11. When we got on the train I felt as if everybody must
human. look at me and pitying me.
 12 The diverse plant collection contains 8,000 species, 11. A great sand sea along the Africa's South Atlantic coast,
which represent 90 percents of the world's plant fam I the Namib Desert, gives South-West Africa its new
ilies. 1 name, Namibia.
12. Is Venice still sinking? This is the question everybody
13 Those rocky shores may turn to be the richest part of
outside Venice seem to ask.
' the whole Dominion. 13. Was he die of thirst and hunger on this high solitude
14 I tried going to sleep, but the jolting made me bite my before he could recover sufficiently to climb down?
' tongue and * * soon be£an t0 acne a^ over- 14. As a host, he treated us cheerfully, and friendly.
15 She'll ttf tne **rs* Scandinavian girl to get a position 15. It is necessary that he will be there at 5 sharp.
' in the h^ scno °l- We ought to have been proud of
her!
Test 111 |

1 The win*' C011^ prevent us from taking off, so we had

to choos^ tne ^me wrien tnere was last probability of
having v^n"-
2 We eathere(* fartner data about the nature of cosmic
ravs that c°uld not have been obtained with an un
manned^110011-
3 He by n° means said s°> or hinted so, in words; bin
on the ^°'e *l was a '^ ^ gathered from him in thi-.
consider^e tete-a-tete of us.
4 Would IP t0 stU(ty at Oxford, I would be happy.
5° At noon $ March 5, the sun just rose above the hori
I * zon for 3 few mmul:es> and then disappeared again
It was the first time I saw it since October 1.
I ^ £ ven ^g natives complained of the bitter air tha
evening. 'l was s0 ^een as fr°zen steel.
7 In this v^d of sand there lives animal species tin/
1
" flourish tftn-out ever seeing a living plant.
8 Another3 ^ew n0UIS' sleep and we were on the tra I
again.
9 Venice cov'ers a mere three-square miles. You couU
walk fromone enc^t0 another in an hour.
10 I had ntf er seen a coast that looked so much like
' ' southern England's one.
 Part Four Word- entertainment, innovation, coverage, viewership, own-
Building (2) er, acquisition, chairman, division, donations, found-
er, competition, sponsorship
Test 16
ancient, neighbouring, dominant, cultured, various, Test 83
numerous, frequent, colloquial, poor, western, general, entertainment, reference, departure, relatives, inva-
huge, essential, brilliant, imitative, scientific, philosoph- sion, marriage, variety, death, editor, acquaintance,
ical, religious, Dutch, European, international, schol- production, addition, perfectionism, success
arly, official
Test 84
Test 77 recognized, discover, inhabited, instigate, found,
high, broad, close, dense, strong, loyal, intelligent, exploit, proved, believed, agreed, completed, convert,
tractable encountered, testify, consider, altered

Test 78 Test 85
simply, tremendous, total, popular, long, varied, derived, inhabited, appointed, valued, including,
famous, flat, high, exquisite, technical, brilliant, influ- armed, developing, founded, leading
ential, intellectually, Widely, subsequent
Test 86
Test 79 enrich, guard, destroy, perform, apprehend, guide,
powerful, possible, effectively, cheaply, traditional, retrieve, long, tend, ease, requires, originated, descended
equally, higher, initially, increasingly, academic, easi-
ly, estimated Test 87
died, theory, dependent, weight, precise, contribu-
Test 80 tions, significant, movement, generated, argued, here-
enormous, notorious, directly, Basic, straight, mon sy, fires
etary, popular, successful, publicly, commonly, widely,
revolutionary, emergent, national, independent, violent Test 88
ly, principal, influential briefly, rivals, permanently, surpassed, choice, lost,
longer, compose, fact, greatness, freed, far
Test 81
mass, glacier, density, length, width, hazard, activ- Test 89
ity, origin, explorers, scarcity largely, property, legal, allowed, equality, Slowly,
standing, driving, convention, signed, proposed, incred-
Test 82 ibly, Suffrage, amendment, introduced, beliefs, passed
executive, enthusiast, administrators, inheritance,
 Test 90
4. C found
formed, extremity, power, commercial, protection 5. B he will take
long , dividing, nearly, permitted, penetrate, pedestn 6. C influenced her
ans, loss, sinkage, pollution, preserve, occurred, drain
age 7. D fair
8. Bof
9. C the missing books
Test 91
10. B whether
federation, discovery, protection, growth, located 11. Dwhat
proven, total, Estimated, possessing, modest, economy 12. B a 30-metre bronze statue
standards, significant, dependence
13. D what time it was
14. B is ready
15. A were forced
Part Five Find a
Mistake (1) Test 94
1. A Although
Test 92
2. B known
1. A them speak
3. B the shore
2. D were open
4. B I'll tell you
3. C despite
5. C may/might not have been told
4. B was enjoying
6. A During
5. C searching
7. Bon
6. D read it
8. B had begun
7. A not familiar to
9. B much greater
8. Da two-mile walk
10. B beginning
9. C to accompany
11. C quiet
10. B stay-at-home mothers
12. D a good night's sleep
11. Bat hand
13. A Although
12. C lay
14. A His 12-volume series of novels
13. D to you
15. C loosely
14. B were
15. B overhearing
Test 95
1. A to use
Test 93
2. A these Scottish and Irish authors
1. A What
, 3. A considered
2. D yourself
f 4. C Alaska and California
3. C was holding I 5. A at first sight
 6. D what the name of the place was
7. C for the land 8. A Coffee
8. D it never lasts long 9. Da few government officials
9. B point to point 10. D decided to join him
10. D in the days to come 11. A long winter evenings
11. A the other day 12. D in vain
12. C broken-hearted 13. A Knowing
13. B what has been accomplished 14. B of the oxen
14. D just like his left hand 15. D would never have been written
15. B publishing process
Test 98
Test 96 1. B hardly daring to draw
1. B deadly fall 2. D every imaginable colour
2. D kills 3. D went to work cutting down trees
3. C Mercury 4. B freedom from danger
4. D he lost 5. D our cattle were driven
5. B has been 6. D more than 134 m tall
6. B a very just appreciation 7. C against bacteria
7. A By age 33 8. D the Mediterranean
8. B regarding 9. C is said to shorten
9. A The sole reason for publishing 10. D he arrived in Spain
10. B from Wellesley College 11. C to take
11. C three-electrode vacuum tube 12. A were assured
12. C coming 13. C on Christmas Day
13. B with a succession 14. C should have continued
14. A Between this mountainous region 15. B welcome enough
15. Aon board
Test 99
Test 97 1. B complained of the cold
1. B more freely 2. D reached the shore
2. C in itself 3. B result from twisting
3. A Booking 4. D rejected the plan
4. B in early March 5. C recruiting
5. B European Russia 6. D in width
6. B Australia's spring 7. C although
7. D undeveloped 8. A Although
9. D ailing parents
 10. C the riches
11. B comparatively slowly 12. D I am asked
12. C anxious 13. B visit
13. D the other day 14. C of four musicians
14. D for the most part 15. D intact
15. B both in Persian and
Part Six Find a
Test 100 Mistake (2)
1. A Surprised and puzzled
2. C to have been Test 102
3. D financial information 1. ... which had been scarce during wartime....
4. B whose location 2. From Montreal to Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence
5. C get out of River ...
6. C but he died 3. ... to allow commercial vessels to navigate this part
7. Cas of the river...
8. A were alive 4. Lack of food forced the party to turn back within
9. D an established course of study 179 km of the pole.
10. B for fun 5. ... because none of us knows exactly how many
11. C in time species exist on Earth.
12. B by measuring 6 ....... and other European trade goods in exchange
13. D especially strong for furs.
14. B is now faced with 7. ... but when that was conquered in 1909 ...
15. A sound advice 8. He together with his companions was ready for the
journey ...
Test 101 9. Trucks are usually larger and heavier than auto
1. C make it impossible mobiles ...
2. B would have enabled 10. ... can maneuver through tight turns more easily
3. A on purpose than standard trailers can.
4. A for 11. ... hair can be repeatedly washed ...
5. A introduced 12. ... that was absolutely fascinating.
6. C preference 13. ... each of whom is a department head.
7. C a story 14. First cultivated in South America, ...
8. B remained hidden 15. ... and youth is the one thing worth having.
9. A on Michael Jordan's
10. A Because of the extreme cold Test 103
11. C look for 1. During War II, Miami served as a major military
training area, ...
 2. ... destroy brick buildings, ... Test 105
3. The moment I met you I saw that you were quit
unconscious ... 1. ... that made one trust him at once.
4. ... the government is said to fall, ... 2. The painter was busy mixing his colours ...
5. ... and ashamed of being afraid. 3. ... as well as all youth's passionate purity.
4. ... and collections have been exhibited in museums ...
6. ... a person should lie flat in a ditch ...
5. ... it awfully rude of me if ...
7. ... and never listen either, ... 6. ... and are classified bv weight, type, ...
8. In 1642 Pascal created a machine to free his fa
ther, ... 7. ... are governed by strict, internationally recog
9. Let us have something iced to drink, ... nized racing rules.
8. Renaissance books established the convention ...
10. She could not help liking ... 9. The tea ... has been drunk in China ...
11. For nearly ten minutes he stood there, motion
less, ... 10. We found ourselves in the midst of a tropical for
12. The captain handed me his binoculars. Through est, ...
them ... 11. ... if 1 paid him well for his services.
13. Unless they resign, ... 12. The accident gave Bell insight into how voices ...
14. ... as if a hand of ice had been laid upon his heart 13. One felt that he had kept himself unspotted ...
15. ... you had better lose no time. 14. .... are determined by certain criteria, many of
which are, ...
Test 104 15. ... between two keen, grey eyes, set closely to
1. ... to the right, Dorian, like a good boy,... gether.
2. While the calculator is a very modern invention, .
3. ... as if he had recognized himself ... Test 106
4. You should not have gone awav when I asked you 1. ... are aimed at the avoidance of collisions ...
5. Both of you have made me hate ... 2. ... the Islamic world which had acquired it from
6. ... Armstrong could be seen ... China.
7. ... typically comprises members of the party ... 3. ... I perceive, sir, as I am in mine. ...
8. The means ... have improved immensely ... 4. ... gave us welcome and laid before us gourds ...
9. He was seated at the piano, ... 5. ... some of which were beautifully fitted ...
10. ... for which a variety of clothing is available. 6. 50 cents for his day's labour was not unreasona
11. He was certainly wonderfully handsome. ... ble, ...
12. ... and vary from state to state. 7. Gradually the table of contents, list of illustrations. ...
13. ... a new technological development — paper — ... 8. ... of King Arthur's legendary knights of the Round
14. He is a professional brother of yours, and vour Table.
presence ... 9. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck has never
15. ... don't take your uncle's birthday gift ... been forgotten, however.
fc 10. ... making sure she knew how to knit and sew. ... k
 11. ... much better than ... 6. ... this is the cause of various meteorological phe
12. ... she was not worthy to be my wife. nomena...
13. ... and always prevent us from carrying them out 7. Though Grasse has long been associated ,..
14. ... lest his broad shoulders should collide with tht 8. ... not for himself. ...
doorways. 9. ... and the road to travel so long, ...
15. He did not know how she was dressed. ... 10. ... if we knew all about everything, would it?
11. Matthew was not used to deciding on the colours ...
Test 107 12. ... that no man had ever affected her before ...
1. ... had prevented his eager eyes from approaching 13. Few provincial cities anywhere ...
too near. 14. ... There is nothing like it elsewhere in Ontario.
2. ... and that any fellow would have done it.
15. ... or the twilight that precedes dawn.
3. ... that few members of the animal kingdom ...
4. Shortly before the United States entered the war ..
5. He was evidently unused to wearing stiff collars. Test 109
6. ... became known to all on board. 1. Other arrests are being made today, ...
7. .., and she looked him straight in the eyes ... 2. There is no snow, or rain, ...
8. I have been looking forward to meeting you .... 3. Every morning she had coffee, orange mice. ...
9. ... by hearing it spoken of as a "lake". 4. This time I reached in safety the farther side: ...
5. ... a storm had burst in the night, ...
10. ... I am sure it must have been some adventure.
6. Large flocks of wild geese ...
11. ... we had only to wait for favourable weathei
7. A hard life has left deep wrinkles ...
conditions.
12. I wish father didn't have such bad luck ... 8. ... the underlying causes of its richness remain un
13. ... Would you rather I didn't talk? known.
14. ... how many acres were in wheat that year and 9. ... and I told her about missing school.
how many in corn. 10. The water is carried to the fields ...
15. ... that his walk was different from that of othei 11. Wouldn't it be nice if they did?
men. 12. ... is filled with beautiful truth. ...
13. They gave us a great deal of advice ...
Test 108 14. If we could have taken off then. ...
1. ... congratulating them heartily on the beauty of the 15. ... liberated from the modification of atoms con
site ... tained in six drops ...
2. Colleges seem to have been set down ...
3. A house for sale looks wonderful in the summer Test 110
sunshine, ... 1. Founded in 1621. ...
4. I objected strongly, but in the end ... 2. ... we planned to take off very early ...
5. ... we would have been denied entry ... 3. It surprised me to see them there...
4. ... ever since the first European researchers set foot...
 5. Prime Minister John A. Macdonald ...
6. ... the more visible is the human impact.
7. ... finally, concluding I must have been asleep. ...
8. ...although the snow lay some inches deep.
9. It is cosmic rays that present ...
10. Matthew's companion stopped talking. ...
11. ... as if everybody must be looking at me and pitving mp TecT 2000
12. ... which represent 90 percent of the world's plant
families.
13. Those rocky shores may turn out to be ...
14. I tried to go to sleep. .,.
15. ... We ought to be proud of her!

Test 111
1. ... when there was least probability of having wind Then and Now
2. We gathered further data about the nature of cos "Among the Americans who served on Iwo Jima, un-
mic rays ... common valor was a common virtue."
3. ... I gathered from him in this considerable tete-a- These words, spoken years ago by Fleet Admiral Ches-
tete of ours. ter W. Nimits, then Commander in Chief of the United
4. Should 1 go to study at Oxford, ... States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, are inscribed
5. ... It was the first time I had seen it since October ] on a plaque beneath an American flag that flies day and
night — an unusual tribute — over the jagged summit of
6. ... It was as keen as frozen steel.
Mount Suribachi.
7. In this world of sand there live animal species that
flourish ... To the Marines who fought their way to this spot on
February 23, 1945 — D-plus-4 in the invasion of Iwo
8. Another few hours' sleep ...
Jima — it would no doubt seem strange to return today
9. ... You could walk from one end to the other in ai
and ride in a comfortable station wagon over a paved,
hour.
two-lane road. The cliffs that they would remember as
10. ... that looked so much like southern England's mottled brown, pocked with Japanese pillboxes and cave
11. A great sand sea along Africa's South Atlantic positions spitting death, are green now and the mood is
coast. ... one of peace, disturbed only occasionally by the drone of
12. ... everybody outside Venice seems to ask. an approaching plane.
13. Was he to die of thirst and hunger ... Today the flag that flies over the 546-foot cone of
14. ... treated us cheerfully, and in a friendly way. Suribachi is still ruffled by breezes that often bear a faint
15. It is necessary that he (should) be there at 5 sharp tinge of sulphur from the live volcanic cracks and fuma-
roles below.
 Appropriately, Iwo Jima means "Sulphur Island." But phalt runway to repair mechanical defects developed in
only the Japanese name is ever used here — that is what mid-ocean flight.
the Marines always called it, and that is what 92,000,000
Japanese, to whom this eight-square-mile black dot in the 1. The Japanese forces were finally forced to yield as a
western Pacific is equally a monument to the valor of result of ___.
their fighting men, have always called it. A bayonet charge
For the Japanese forces in the Pacific also had tht. B aerial bombardment and naval shelling
finest hour on this lonely, ever-smoking heap of cinders C the suicide of their own commanding general
about midway between Tokyo and Guam. Under General D direct land attack on their hidden positions
Tadamichi Kuribayashi, who committed suicide with E
short sword in the traditional Japanese warrior's way when 2. The picture of the island today is one of ___ .
all hope was gone, more than 20,000 fought to the enc A hope for the future
and only 1,083 prisoners yielded. B devastation and ruin
Man-made caves had been the key to the Japanese C calm and quiet
defense. Connected in many cases by lateral tunnels, and D despair
impervious to bombing and shelling except in the event ol
a lucky direct hit, they provided the defenders with inter- 3. American forces now on Iwo are there ___ .
locking fields of fire covering virtually every inch of the A to present Iwo from falling into the hands of enemy
island. B to maintain a large cemetery
But, on the twenty-sixth day of the battle, the men oi C so that the native population may be helped back to
the Third, Fourth and Fifth marine Divisions, pressing normalcy D to assist airplanes and monitor
forward without regard for casualties that left some units navigation
with hardly any of the men who had participated in the
initial assault, eradicated all opposition. 4. We learn that the Japanese in their defense of the is
The 400 or so men of the U.S. Air Force and Coast land ___.
Guard who occupy Iwo Jima today find the island a place A dug into the cliffs of the mountains B
of serenity, peace — and monotony. They are assigned relied heavily on natural advantages C used
here for twelve-month terms. The fourteen Coast Guard trickery and ingenuity D made remarkable
men run a LORAN — long-range air navigational station; use of a secret airfield
the Air Force contingent operates an emergency landing
strip and weather and communication services on the site 5. Food for the American forces on Iwo Jima ___ .
of the former Motoyama Airfield No.2. Fresh food comes
A is raised by the natives B
to the island from Japan twice a week by plane.
comes from Japan C is
Iwo Jima is still strategic in the sense that it serves as
delivered by many ships D is
a refuge for pilots in difficulty. Two or three planes a
shipped from America
month, on the average, set down on the 9,600-foot as-
 10. He was good at tennis and in his room there was a
II. whole shelf of cups he __ in tournaments since he
___ eleven years old.
6. "It's a sad story. We ____to be married, but he ___
in a car crash." A won, had been B had been
winning, turned C has won,
A ought, was killed has been D had won, was
B were, was killed
C wanted, killed 11. Minnie had a gift for mathematics and probably could
0 are going, has been killed get __ teaching in the department if she ____ it upon
graduation.
7. He had written his address down the last morning, she
A a job, wanted
remembered, and said that if she ___to Paris he ____
B work, will have wanted
happy to see her again.
C job, wished
A had ever come, will feel B D a position, wants
comes, will be C would
come, may be D ever came, 12. Then he was suddenly on the steps of the city hall and
would be __ a lot of police around.
A it was B
8. Girls called Rosemary get married in white veil there was C
and take ___ from their ___ and wait in the eve there were D
nings in green suburbs for their commuting hus
bands. has seen
A advices, mothers-in-law B some 13. If ____ David or Jane comes, she or he will want a
advice, mother-in-laws C an drink.
advice, mother's-in-Iaw D advice, A neither
mothers-in-law B both C
9. Her hands were shaking. He leaned over and took either D
__ lighter from her hands, steadily held ____ flame
none
to her cigarette. 14. We had ___ dinner at ____ Alfredo's. It wasn't ____
A the, the bad dinner, but I cannot say I remember what we ate.
B a, a C A ___ , ___ , __
a , - D her, B the, the, a
her C ___ , ___ , a
D a, the, ___
15. "My mother died when I was ten. My father had haa 20. He stayed __ for a long time, staring at the box.
three ___ wives: two of them were only two years old I watched him, wondering what his ___ move was
er than I am now, and ___ was younger." to be.
A other, another B A motionless, the next B
others, the other C motionlessly, next C
another, other D motionlessly, further D
other, the other motionless, next
16. She finally said, "I'm going on vacation in ___ time 21. The building in the middle of the village is a super
I won't be seeing you then for a month." market, but it ___ a cinema.
A two weeks A used to being B
B a weeks' was used to be C
C two week's used to be D was
D a couple of weeks' used being
17. ___ I stood hesitating, I saw a fishing boat ___ slowly 22. "I am sure," said Holmes, "he ___ through the door.
into the little bay below me. The window doesn't open."
A As, come A could to enter
B During, coming B must have entered
C When, to come C ought have entered
D While, to have come D should have been entered
18. By the time 1 ___ the garden gate, I ___ over th 23. You see my dilemma. ___ I must find the man who
first shock of her death and my mind was functionin stole the examination papers __ the examination must
again. be postponed until new papers ___ prepared.
A had reached, got A Either, or, are
B reached, had been getting B Either, nor, must be
C reached, had got C Neither, nor, will have been
D have reached, have got D Either, or, will be
19. There is no ___ , ___ or ____ driver in the world thai 24. He stood stiff and impotent with anger. She stared
an Italian. into the mirror as if he ___ .
A more wild, more mad, more dangerous A doesn't exist B
B wilder, madder, dangerouser C wilder, didn't exist C hadn't
madder, more dangerous D wilder, more existed D won't
mad, more dangerous exist
25. He suddenly felt a strange uneasiness in the middle of 29. A fit C go o n
the stomach. It was the first time he ___ a touch of B get on D match
indigestion during these anxious weeks.
30. A alike C same
A has had
B likely D similar
B had C
had had D 31. A height C highness
has Bhigh D tall
32. A alike C like
B common D similar
33. A dark hair C hair dark
III. B dark-haired D haired dark
34. A many C most
B more D much
My Friend Lucy
My best friend's name is Lucy. She is also a (26) ____ 35. A encountered Cgot to know
by marriage because (27) ___ brother, William, married B knew D met
my sister, Ruth. Lucy is (28) ___ than me but we (29) ____
very well because we have (30) ____tastes and interests. 36. A alone C only
We are about the same (31) ___but we don't look very B lonely D single
much (32) ___ because she is (33) ____ while my skin
and hair are (34) ___ fairer than hers. 37. A few C little
We first (35) ___ at my sister's wedding. She is the Bgirl Dlot
(36) ___ girl in her family so I thought she would be a 38. A each other C ourselves
(37) ___ spoilt. But we liked (38) ____ from the (39) ____ B one other D the other
moment and I soon (40) ___ friends with her.
39. A first C prime
26. A familiar C partner Bone D principal
B parent D relative
40. A got C made
27. A her C their B grew D went
B his D your
28. A elder C more old
B elderly D older
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 TecT(2001 first actual teaching on any level. Today the University has
much the same form of organisation adapted to accommo-
date its increased size and complexity. It is governed by a
Vice-Chancellor, a Court, and a Senate. The Senate
composed of representatives of the constituent colleges and
school nominees of the crown, the London Country Coun-
cil, certain professional bodies and graduates, is the su-
preme academic authority. The Court, also broadly repre-
On History of the University of London sentative body, allocates to the colleges money derived from
In the early 19th century Oxford and Cambridge were the national government and the London Country Coun-
the only two universities in England. The cost of education cil. In brief, the University of London is a federation of
at these universities was so high that only the sons of the colleges, each largely independent, and the whole inde-
wealthier classes could afford to attend. But more restric- pendent of the British Parliament in academic matters.
tive still were the religious tests; only Church of England In many ways the University has departed from the
members could attend. It was to overcome these limitation* traditions of Oxford and Cambridge. London University
that in 1827, in Gover Street, London, a non-denomina- was the first to abolish religious tests, to grant degrees
tional college — "University College" — was founded. Its without residence. Recently the Senate abolished — not
first years were years of struggle for survival against hostile without a stir — the requirement of being English for
forces of the Church and State. The "godless" college was entrance. The cap and gown are missing here, but the
opposed by Archbishop of Canterbury, Sir Robert Peel and tradition of schooling is strong.
the Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, who opened
a rival institution — King's College. 1. According to the text in the 1st half of the 19th century
In 1836 these two institutions, University College and
King's College, joined forces through a typically English
compromise. Each retained the control of its own internal A Oxford and Cambridge were founded B there were
organisation, faculty and teaching; a separate body, the only two universities C the history of the University
University of London, was created to "conduct the exam- of London began D the University College and the
ination of and confer degrees upon their students". Thus King's College were closed
was born the University of London. 2. In 1836 the King's College and the University College
The long reign of Victoria saw many changes in the lost the following privilege: ___ .
University. Medical schools of the various teaching hospi-
tals, Bedford College for women, Imperial College of A to have their own internal structure
Science and Technology, and many others. The famed B to have their own buildings
London School of Economics was a new-comer in 1895. C to hold examinations for the University degree
Up until 1900 the University was only an examining D to provide modern teaching
body, but in that year an Act of Parliament allowed the
 3. It follows from the text that the creation of the Univer
sity of London could best be described as ____. g. She looked at me ___ , but didn't say ___ .
A a struggle for survival B an A kindly, anything C kindly, nothing
opposition to the Church C an B kind, something D kind, anything
opening of a rival institution D a
compromise 9. Mark was sure to get acknowledged as he worked .
A hardly C too hardly
4. Among the forces opposing the University College the
author fails to mention ___ . B hardly enough D hard enough
A the Church C the Queen 10. Before her marriage, she lived in London, where she
B the State D the Head of the Government worked for ___ National Gallery in ___ Trafalgar Square.
5. Among the traditional requirements abandoned by the A the, the C ___ , ___
University of London the reader does not find the re B ___ , the D the, __
quirement ___ .
A to be English 11. Agatha Christie is ___ master of ___ detective story.
B to have a religious background A a, the C ___ , ___
C to admit men only B a, a D the, a
D to be a resident of the UK
12. You haven't ___ time if you want to catch the train.
A many C much
B plenty D a lot
II.
13. Average life expectancy in Europe ___dramatically over
6. At the examination she demonstrated ____ excellent the last hundred years.
knowledge of English. A had risen C rises
A hers C the B has risen D is rising
B an D its 14. At first the authorities thought the athlete ___ drugs, but
7. A massive green space — Osterley Park — centres around they soon realised they ___ up the results of the tests.
a Tudor Mansion by the same name, built as a coun A had taken, had mixed
try home for Sir Thomas Gresham, ___ man in 16th B took, have mixed
century. C taking, mixed
D has been taken, had mixed
A the most wealthiest C the wealthiest
B wealthiest D the more wealthy 15. I really hate those cartoons where Tom ___ Jerry.
A has always chasing C always chase B
is always chasing D is being chased
 16. Your money could ___ to good use instead of ___ idle
in the Bank. 22. She took ____ of her father's good mood and asked if
her boyfriend could stay for dinner.
A be put, being left C to be put, being left
B put, to be left D have put, to be left A use B benefit C advantage
17. He suggested ___ go rowing on the river and ____ 23. The United Kingdom is very small ____ many coun
take a picnic lunch with them. tries in the world.
A to, to A compared with B
B that they should, ___ depending on C
C ___ , ___ taking
D that they will, to
24. Whether you are a flower fanatic, or simply love
18. It's time that team ___ a match. They haven't won a __ outdoor attractions, London and its outlying ar
match for ages. eas offer gardens for all tastes.
A has won C won A exploiting B exploring C exploding
B wins D will win
25. My aunt Emily likes reading and gardening, and she
19. If you ___ some money, you ____ so hard up now, goes for long ___ over the hills with her dog, Buster.
A have saved, won't be
A walks B steps C voyages
B save, wouldn't have been C
had saved, wouldn't be D 26. If people planned their holidays- they would always be
haven't saved, haven't been __ with their rest.
20. She gave ___ waiting____ the landlord to repair the A satisfactory B satisfied C fond
roof and paid for it.
A up, for C with, for 27. She won't take ___ in the bridge tournament as she
B in, to D up, ___ goes away in April.
A place B part C round

28. In Scotland, where there are good __ for winter

sports, skiing and climbing are very popular.
21. Sometimes when his aunt sent him off to school he A conventions B circumstances C conditions
would go part of the way and then turn and so to
the river to swim or fish instead. 29. A vast array of artefacts and treasures are available to
A aside B outside C inside all museum ___ .
A applicants B visitors C workers
 30. Needless to say, it is particularly young people
v^o | TecT(2002 ) ~| I.
look forward to Valentine's day, hoping to ___ many
cards.
A receive B initiate C revise Seneca Falls
31. ______________________________ The ceremony The early American feminist, Cady Stanton, found
would be televised __________________ . The BBC agreed an ally in Lucretia Mott, an ardent abolitionist, when the
two met in 1840 at an anti-slavery conference in London.
to do it.
Once the conference began, it was apparent to the two
A irrationally B nationally C exceptionally women that female delegates were not welcome. Barred
32. The speed and efficiency of a TV technology ____ that from speaking and appearing on the convention floor, Cady
when something happens on the other side of the world, protested by taking other female delegates with them. It
we can hear about it within hours. was then that Cady Stanton proposed to Mott a women's
rights convention that would address the social, civil and
A expresses B means C makes
religious rights of women. The convention had to wait for
33. Last year a profit of two million pounds was ____ in eight years, when the two organized the first women's rights
the first six months but this was cancelled by a loss of convention, held in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848.
seven million pounds. At the meeting, Cady Stanton presented a "Declara-
A done B made C put tion of Sentiments", based on the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, and listing 18 grievances against male suppres-
34. Since the 1930s Oxford had developed ___ as an in sion of women. First, married women had no right to
dustrial and commercial centre. their children if they left an abusive husband or sought a
A funnily B rapidly C rarely divorce. Second, if a woman was granted a divorce,
there was no way for her to make a professional living
35. More ___ needs to be carried out so that we can cut
unless she chose to write or teach. Third, women could
down the use of harmful chemicals in agriculture. not testify against her husband in court. Then, married
A knowledge B experience C research women who worked in factories were not entitled to keep
their earnings, but had to turn them over to their hus-
bands. When a woman married, any property that she
had held as a single woman automatically became part of
her husband's estate. In addition, single women who owned
property were taxed without the right to vote for the law-
makers who imposed those taxes — one of the very reasons
 why the American colonies had broken away fromGreat
Britain. 3. The text states that among existing women's rights the
Convention attendees passed the resolutions "Declaration of Sentiments" mentioned the right ___ .
unanimous-ly with the exception of the one for women's A to grant a divorce
suffrage (the right to vote). Only after an impassioned speech B to become a professional teacher
in favour of women's right to vote by Frederick Douglass, the C to leave their children
black aboli tionist, did the resolution pass. Still, the majority of D to keep their earnings
those in attendance could not accept the thought of women
voting 4. It is clear from the text that in Seneca Falls the Con
At Seneca Falls, Cady Stanton gained national prom- vention attendees were ___ .
inence as an eloquent writer and speaker for women's A unanimous
rights. Years later, she declared that she had early realized B against women's right to vote
that without the right to vote, women would never achieve C in majority male
their goal of becoming equal with men. Taking the aboli- D all abolitionists
tionist reformer William Lloyd Garrison as her model,
she saw that the key to success in any endeavour lay in 5. According to the text Cady Staton followed the exam
changing public opinion, and not in party action. By awak- ple of ___ .
ening women to the injustices under which they laboured, A her own C Frederick Douglas
Seneca Falls became that catalyst for future change. Soon B Lucretia Mott D William Lloyd Harrison
other women's rights conventions were held, and other
women would come to the forefront of the movement for
II. B&sGepiire eAHHCTBeHHMH npasigiJibfibiH Bapnairr H3 npejj-
political and social equality.
jio%emibix AJIJI sanGJiHeHfra nponycKa (^aiaiiHH 6-20).
1. According to the text the agenda of the first women's
6. Hamburger and chips ___ not ____ very healthy lunch.
rights convention wasn't supposed to include ___ .
A civil rights A is, a C are, the
B the right to self-defence B are, __ D is, __
C social rights 7. At first he enjoyed the job. But after ___ days getting
D religious right up at six did not seem ___ good idea.
2. It follows from the text that the American colonies broke A several, so C few, very
away from Great Britain because ___ . B a few, such a Da little, to be a
A lawmakers levied taxes in the US 8. Geese and pigs wandered ___ through the muddy streets
B property was under taxation of medieval towns.
C they paid heavy taxes without a right to vote
A freely C very free
D they owned property without taxation
B free D rather free
9. When I was out I passed ___ young couple with two C suffered, has been
little girls and __ boy. D is suffering, was
A the, a C ___ , ___ 16. Mary ___ in Japan for two years. She is working
B a, a D the, the there and __ it very much.
10. horn is one of _______ most difficult orchestral in A was, likes C is, is liking
struments to play. B has been, likes D has been, is liking
A A, a C ___ , ___
17. Your money could ___ to good use instead of ____
B The, the D __ , the
idle in the Bank.
11. She refused to have ___ to do with her family now. A be put, being left B
A anything C nothing put, to be left C to be
B something D many put, being left D have
put, to be left
12. Reality continues to demonstrate that some social groups
and individuals are not as free as ____ . 18. Tom Sawyer was not always as good as a boy as he ___ .
A the other C the others A has been C ought to be
B another D others B might have been D should be
13. I was so worried about my garden while I was in hospi 19. We have a burglar alarm ___ somebody tries to break in.
tal, but I have very good neighbours. When I got home A so as C if it is
I could see that the vegetables ___ every day and the B unless D in case
grass ___ regularly.
20. I hope Grace isn't going to spend the rest of her life
A were watered, was cut
longing ____ that redhaired boy.
B are watered, is cut
C had been watered, had been cut A with C for
D have been watered, has been cut B to D by
14. He really objects to ___ so much noise.
A she makes C her making III.
B she is making D her to make
21. She looked down out of the window and saw on the
15. Paul ___ from earache since the weekend. He ____to garden ___ her husband and with him a boy of sev
the doctor twice, but it's still no better. enteen or so.
A suffers, was A path B trend C patch
B has been suffering, has been
 22. Newspapers come out all the time to ___ people with
the fresh and objective news. 31. Political risk is the projection of possible losses that
A tell B provide C divide __ from political and social sources.
A return B result C refer
23. Most people accept that something has to be ___ about
over-population. 32. There must be the right for people to ____ about their
A made B done C produced future for themselves, rather then let a colonial pow-
er do it for them.
24. Olympic Airways announces the arrival of ___ OA 269 A decide B regret C tell
from Athens.
A route B plane C flight 33. In Summerhill school the children have classes usually
__ to their interests.
25. Sometimes there are ___ on stamps.
A due B owing C according
A mischances B misuses C mistakes
26. ___________________ Food is a form of . It gives 34. There are some ___ nursery schools, which parents
us energy, helps us to pay for.
grow, resist decease and form strong teeth and bones. A voluntary B private C free
A petrol B fuel C liquid
35. Our environment is being ___ but we still have time
27. The British Museum is officially ____ as being the Na to do something about it.
tional Library and Museum of History, Archaeology,
Art and Ethnography. A defeated B destroyed C suffered
A depicted B described C prescribed
28. Many European museums are home to ____ works of art
such as the Mona Lisa in the Louvre museum in Paris A
unthinkable B valueless C priceless
29. In recent decades, the development and ____ of ne
information technologies have raised many debates about
the consequences of their use.
A spread B split C sprint
30. This newspaper has a long ___ of attacking corrup
tion and mismanagement.
A tradition B intention C extradition