GRAMMAR REVISION TEST 4 

1. British TV is still stuck _____ a regulatory structure designed _____ a bygone age.
A) with / for
B) off / within
C) up / in
D) away / by
E) through / over

2. In developing new collective defence policies, America and her European allies will _____ be drawn closer together _____ drift irreversibly apart.
A) either / or
B) not only / but also
C) so / that
D) both / and
E) just as / so

3. Originally the sonnet was an Italian poetical form which attained great popularity in the Renaissance, and _____ it was natural, _____ not essential, for Shakespeare and his contemporaries to use it.
A) while / though
B) since / however
C) furthermore / rather than
D) already / even
E) hence / if

4. The book of "A Thousand and One Nights" is a collection of fascinating tales of the Orient, of Mixed Indian, Persian, Arabic, and Egyptian origination, and first _____ in Europe by Antoine Galland's French translation in the early eighteenth century.
A) having known
B) to know
C) to be known
D) made known
E) to be made known

5. At the Brussels meeting over the last weekend Madeleine Albright, The American secretary of State, _____ her allies that future NATO missions _____ them further afield, but not all over the world.
A) assures / is taking
B) has assured / will have taken
C) assured / would take
D) had assured / took
E) was assuring / will take

6. They claim that their aim is to establish long term cooperation _____ their customers, _____ a basis of partnership and mutual trust.
A) for / over
B) with / on
C) by / through
D) from / in
E) among / for

7. In their discussions concerning the proposed defence strategies, NATO diplomats found they could not agree _____ what the alliance was _____, what weapons it would threaten to use and in what circumstances.
A) on / for
B) about / into
C) with / over
D) by / about
E) before / through

8. The collapse of Rome left _____ its wake a large variety of ethnic communities _____ which modern European states emerged.
A) before / of
B) at / through
C) over / by
D) in / from
E) within / with

9. Marxism _____ an important movement in Britain even though it _____ its origin here.
A) would never have been / takes
B) had never been / would take
C) never was / has taken
D) would never be / would have taken
E) has never been / took

10. Germany’s weight in the European Union is known, _____ what is not known, even to the Germans themselves, is _____ they are to use it.
A) but / how
B) in case / because
C) unless / why
D) lest / until
E) otherwise / where

11. Edward Gibbon’s great book The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire informs us _____ mankind’s predilection for faction, augmented by environmental and cultural differences, is _____ determines history.
A) why / that
B) as / whereby
C) that / what
D) how / whoever
E) so that / whatever

12. It won’t be easy to find a replacement for him, for _____ takes over is likely to meet the same fate.
A) what
B) which
C) wherever
D) whoever
E) whichever

13. The majority of _____ are apprehensive about new computer programmes, until we’ve actually tried them out for _____.
A) him / himself
B) us / ourselves
C) them / themselves
D) ours / us
E) theirs / ours

14. The history of the Venetian Republic _____ to an end in 1797 when Venice_____ over to Austria by Napoleon.
A) was coming / would have been handed
B) came / was handed
C) had come / has been handed
D) comes / had been handed
E) would come / was being handed

15. More than half of the 850 asylum seekers currently detained in Britain _____ in prison
with no right of appeal, even though the vast majority _____ with any offence, let alone convicted.
A) were held / are not charged
B) are being held / have not been charged
C) have been held / would not be charged
D) being held / had not been charged
E) will be held / were not being charged

16. Over the past two decades, the Corsicans _____ their idyllic island, which was wrested by France from the Genoese in 1768, _____ into terrorism, corruption and economic decline.
A) have seen / sink
B) had seen / sank
C) saw / to sink
D) would have seen / had sunk
E) would see / had been sinking

17. For observers of international politics, March 1998 _____ as a month when the world’s superpower relations _____ a hopeful new turn.
A) will be remembered / may have taken
B) had been remembered / would have taken
C) may be remembered / took
D) has been remembered / would take
E) would be remembered / will have taken

18. Apparently, the talks held between the two governments concerning the prevention of drug-trafficking have not been constructive _____ to produce any positive results.
A) just
B) as well
C) also
D) enough
E) so that

19. As far as I remember, it was in China that they first met and got interested in the dam project, _____?
A) don’t I
B) wasn’t it
C) do I
D) was it
E) did they

20. The East European countries are strongly convinced that European Economic aid, _____ welcome, is not a substitute for market access and eventual membership of the European Union.
A) just as
B) lest
C) since
D) when

E) though
21. One gathers from the press that a large majority of the people are not in favour of the impeachment proceedings, and, frankly, I’m not, _____ .
A) either
B) too
C) also
D) as well
E) even so

22. The fundamental problem for North Africa is that the region has _____ people _____ the arid environment can support.
A) not only / but also
B) so many / that
C) such / as
D) more / than
E) as much / as

23. I did manage to keep my temper, but I couldn't refrain _____ pointing _____ that what he had done was wrong.
A) in / at
B) at / to
C) by / away
D) for / off
E) from / out

24. It _____ a mistake to think that all bacteria are harmful, for, without some species, we _____ for long.
A) is / had not survived
B) would be / could not survive
C) will be / have not survived
D) has been / would not have survived
E) had been / did not survive

25. Over the last few years, consumer interest in organic agriculture _____ up dramatically, and demand _____ currently ahead of supply.
A) has shot / is
B) shot / was
C) had shot / had been
D) is shooting / has been
E) was shooting / would be