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GRAMMAR REVISION TEST 3 1. If the others hadn’t voted in favor of the younger candidate, I probably wouldn’t have done so _____.
A) even
B) either
C) too
D) also
E) as well 2. Scientists rely on computers to model phenomena _____ would _____ be difficult to observe.
A) whereby / in case
B) such as / nonetheless
C) which / nevertheless
D) that / otherwise
E) so that / in fact 3. The lawyer decided to call _____ of the witnesses only and paid no attention to _____ .
A) both / others
B) the two / any other
C) two / the others
D) some / another
E) any / some others 4. _____ the embargo imposed on us is lifted in the near future, we can’t hope for any economic recovery.
A) Whereas
B) While
C) Because
D) In case
E) Unless 5. We are prevented _____ completing the project _____ time due to unforeseen circumstances.
A) from / on
B) in / by
C) by / in
D) at / over
E) for / about 6. Several experts were working on the project, and each came up with some interesting proposals, and naturally _____ claimed that _____ was the best.
A) many / each
B) some / its
C) we / it
D) each / his
E) all / he 7. Today the expansion of knowledge in astronomy, physics, chemistry, and biology is _____ vast and complex, and multiplying _____ quickly to be mastered fully.
A) so / that
B) too / too
C) just as / as
D) as well / as
E) so / so 8. The Hollywood studio system in film making, which began _____ 1920 and flourished from the early 1930s _____ the 1950s is unique in Western culture.
A) throughout / into
B) around / through
C) by / until
D) within / over
E) along / till 9. _____ proving useful in many scientific fields, computers-generated knowledge, _____ Professor Hayes acknowledges, is not without pitfalls.
A) Although / because
B) Since / while
C) While / as
D) As long as / even if
E) Once / whether or not 10. _____ suggestion he may make as regards the tax rate, let’s not give any response _____ we have discussed the matter thoroughly together.
A) However / when
B) Whyever / after
C) Whatsoever / while
D) Whatever / until
E) Whenever / before 11. Most newspapers are of the opinion that if a majority of Scots really _____ independence, the British Parliament has no option but _____ to their wishes.
A) did want / had acceded
B) wanted / have acceded
C) had wanted / would have acceded
D) do want / to accede
E) would have wanted / acceded 12. For a hundred years or so, some critics _____ that poetry is dying and all that time poets _____ poems that later generations recognise as great.
A) have maintained / have been writing
B) maintained / wrote
C) had maintained / were writing
D) maintain / are writing
E) would maintain / had been writing 13. What I _____ is that we _____ to think seriously about a thorough reform in the legal system.
A) have proposed / should have begun
B) had proposed / were beginning
C) am proposing / begin
D) was proposing / have begun
E) proposed / had begun 14. When the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli _____ a map of Mars in 1877, he _____ a large number of straight linear features, which he called “canali” that is “channels”.
A) publishes / has noted
B) had published / was noting
C) has published / notes
D) published / noted
E) would have published / had noted 15. If we _____ the terms of the contract, all the paint-work in the building _____ finished by the 5th of next month.
A) are to meet / will have to be
B) were meeting / will be
C) met / would have had to be
D) had met / is being
E) will meet / was being 16. We are confident that the management and the workforce will get on well together as long as _____ respects _____.
A) the other / another
B) both / itself
C) the one / another
D) everyone / themselves
E) each / the other 17. The term "aborigines" signifies the original inhabitants of any country, _____ the native tribes of Australia.
A) with regard to
B) due to
C) in spite of
D) in particular
E) according to 18. Today the United States, still by far _____ prosperous country in the world, is increasing its working hours _____ creating a more positive balance between work and leisure time.
A) the more / as well as
B) most / in spite of
C) more / than
D) the most / instead of
E) the / just as 19. The telephone is at the centre of innovative technologies _____ may alter forever _____ we receive and use information.
A) which / but
B) so that / since
C) that / how
D) as / although
E) whereas / in case 20. The editor thought that the new series of articles would prove very popular, but actually hardly _____ seems to have been impressed by it.
A) nobody
B) anyone
C) the other
D) any other
E) somebody 21. The report presents a general overview of the problems that _____ when a disaster _____ nation.
A) would have been encountered / will hit
B) are encountered / will hit
C) have been encountered / had hit
D) had been encountered / was being hit
E) will be encountered / hits 22. There have been some art critics who _____ in depreciation of Van Gogh that he _____ a draughtsman all his life.
A) had maintained / has remained
B) have maintained / remained
C) were maintaining / had remained
D) maintained / would have remained
E) will maintain / remains 23. The Romanian Privatisation Authority announced last week that Renault of France _____ to be the sole bidder for a majority stake in the national car company, Dacia, which _____ cheap cars for the domestic market.
A) would turn out / had made
B) has turned out / made
C) would have turned out / is making
D) is turning out / has made
E) might turn out / makes 24. Fish farming in the world seems to be destined to expand, but it is _____ early to predict the likely extent of growth in this field.
A) as well
B) enough
C) too
D) as
E) so far 25. Although the American writer Katherine Anne Porter used a variety of places _____ the setting of her short stories and novels, she frequently came _____ to the scenes of her early days.
A) through / over
B) within / in
C) for / back
D) without / for
E) under / up |
