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GRAMMAR REVISION TEST 2 1. It was _____ his efforts that the two sides finally agreed to hold talks _____ the principles of economic cooperation.
A) by / through
B) ever / for
C) through / on
D) with / at
E) without / from 2. Why can’t you admit that _____ hard he works, he will never manage to achieve what his elder brother has achieved?
A) unless
B) whatsoever
C) though
D) whenever
E) however 3. Many more people would doubtlessly have attended the debate _____ they had known in advance who the principal speakers were.
A) if only
B) while
C) since
D) after
E) until 4. If our delegates hadn’t shown themselves willing to come to terms, those from other countries _____.
A) would be, too.
B) wouldn’t have, either.
C) had not, either.
D) have had, too.
E) would have, too. 5. In recent decades the efficiency of the United Nations _____ by a growing number of countries.
A) will have been questioned
B) was questioned
C) had been questioned
D) would be questioned
E) has been questioned 6. They set up a liaison office in East Africa for marketing their goods but now they wish they _____ so.
A) had not done
B) have not done
C) would not do
D) would not have done
E) never do 7. As the decade _____ to wind down, Mark Morris _____ as our century’s youngest great
choreographer.
A) has begun / had stood
B) will begin / is standing
C) was beginning / has stood
D) begins / stands
E) is beginning / has been standing 8. As _____ of our employees can afford cars of _____ own, they all have to rely on public transport.
A) few / them
B) some / his
C) none / their
D) most / our
E) many / its 9. Private investments play _____ important a part in the country’s long-running economic expansion _____ no government dares to increase taxation on personal savings.
A) too / that
B) such / as
C) much / so
D) so / that
E) as / as 10. It seems likely that, by the end of the week, the costs involved in the construction of the bridge _____ by the Ministry.
A) would have been announced
B) would be announced
C) are being announced
D) will have been announced
E) have been announced 11. In the past few months, our company director _____ more mettle than most industrialists _____ in an entire career.
A) had shown / have done
B) showed / would do
C) shows / did
D) was showing / may have done
E) has shown / do 12. If they _____ what sort of a person he was, they _____ him their support.
A) would know / didn’t give
B) knew / won’t give
C) had known / wouldn’t have given
D) would have known / hadn’t given
E) have known / haven’t given 13. Of the many attempts that _____ to regulate language one way or another, very few _____.
A) were made / had succeeded
B) have been made / have succeeded
C) are made / succeeded
D) could have been made / will succeed
E) are being made / may have succeeded 14. I don’t imagine he wrote the speech _____ but _____ did so, certainly made a good job of it.
A) for them / whomsoever
B) of his / somebody
C) by him / they
D) himself / whoever
E) themselves / whichever 15. His proposals _____ the new social security policy seems more viable than any of the others.
A) by way of
B) due to
C) owing to
D) in case of
E) as regards 16.There are situations _____ the best way to heal the patient is to help him die peacefully.
A) from where
B) in that
C) whence
D) for whom
E) in which 17. Had they apologised for deliberately overcharging me, I _____ a complaint with the Consumers’ rights Office.
A) will not have filed
B) may not have filed
C) would not have filed
D) was not filing
E) may not file 18. An acorn, left to itself becomes an oak, and a geneticist _____ its DNA to make it grow into an elm may justly be said _____ with its natural course.
A) altering / to have interfered
B) having altered / to interfere
C) to alter / having interfered
D) being altered / interfered
E) to have altered / to be interfering 19. He’s certainly going to recommend that the changes in the structure of the company be introduced step by step, and _____.
A) so I am
B) so am I
C) so do I
D) I do, too
E) I also do 20. Do you really believe that the party programme _____ it now stands, is democratic _____ to influence the vote in our favour.
A) as / enough
B) since / also
C) where / as well
D) such as / too
E) that / even 21. _____ the recent rise in unemployment largely affects eastern Germany, there is considerable unrest in western Germany, too.
A) Since
B) In case
C) Although
D) Unless
E) Until 22. _____ he was campaigning for relection last year, he promised that _____ relected, he
would undertake to restructure the party.
A) Wherever / lest
B) Because / while
C) As / since
D) While / unless
E) When / if 23. _____ the terms of the forthcoming trade agreement, Japan wins parity _____ the United States.
A) Through / above
B) By / of
C) From / from
D) Under / with
E) After / over 24. We have yet to take _____ consideration the problem of how large future national armies should eventually be, regardless _____ their current size.
A) onto / at
B) in / in
C) for / with
D) under / from
E) into / of 25. Of all the policies put into effect by the Thatcher governments, _____ controversial was the economic one.
A) most
B) the more
C) the most
D) more
E) mostly |
