GRAMMAR REVISION TEST 5

1. Orwell _____ at that moment that when the white man _____ tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys.
A) perceived / would turn
B) has perceived / turned
C) had perceived / has turned
D) would perceive / will turn
E) perceived / turns

2. Great natural disasters cause _____ widespread death _____ massive social disruption and outbreaks of epidemic disease.
A) much / as
B) so much / that
C) not only / but also
D) as / as
E) no sooner / than

3. Though they had _____ government backing _____ a potential home market, the company poured billions of dollars into the project and lost everything.
A) with / less
B) neither / nor
C) some / any
D) no / without
E) few / more

4. Thesiger's passionate belief that traditional societies around the world _____ against the modern onslaught _____ fierce criticism.
A) were protected / will attract
B) have been protected / had attracted
C) are being protected / was attracting
D) ought to be protected / has attracted
E) would have been protected / would attract

5. All the reports _____ handed in last week, but some of them still _____ me.
A) should have been / haven't reached
B) were / didn't reach
C) have been / won't reach
D) had been / didn't reach
E) would have been / don't reach

6. David Dickinson’s new play is a fairy-tale romance, _____ a pregnant woman searches for the father of her child during a torrential rainstorm.
A) who
B) by whom
C) that
D) in which
E) whose

7. The true ecologist need not be a specialist at all, _____ his views should reflect the practical wisdom of ordinary people.
A) for
B) where
C) whether
D) in case
E) that

8. _____ half of the budget of the US National Institute on Ageing is spent on research into Alzheimer’s disease.
A) More of
B) Rather than
C) Other
D) The most
E) As much as

9. More importantly, Dobson's book is a reminder of _____ powerful and radical green thinking can be.
A) ever so
B) how far
C) wherever
D) much more
E) just how

10. You didn't have to invite all those people out for lunch, so why _____?
A) didn't you
B) did you
C) have you
D) haven't you
E) don't you

11. This poem is generally supposed _____ in the fifteenth century, but some people date it even earlier.
A) being composed
B) to be composed
C) to have been composed
D) having been composed
E) to have composed

12. The failure so far to produce evidence of life on any planet but _____ has given continued strength to the belief in the uniqueness of Earth.
A) us
B) their
C) ours
D) our
E) them

13. He _____ that the forests _____ to their natural inhabitants, that is, to all varieties of living things.
A) suggests / be returned
B) suggested / to be returned
C) has suggested / to have been returned
D) had suggested / are being returned
E) would have suggested / return

14. With the help of satellite images, the Indonesian government _____ that it is the timber companies which _____ the mass destruction of their rain forests.
A) will show / would have caused
B) would have shown / had caused
C) had shown / were causing
D) shows / had been causing
E) has shown / are causing

15. By the late 1980s, a surge of prosperity _____ across southeast Asia, but in some countries of the region the economic structure _____ sufficiently to the benefit from this trend.
A) would sweep / could not have developed
B) would have swept / has not developed
C) was sweeping / had not developed
D) has swept / was not developed
E) could have swept / was not developing

16. The ridicule that _____ upon him by leading scientists of the day _____ to the novelty of his thinking.
A) is being heaped / would testify
B) has been heaped / testified
C) had heaped / has testified
D) was heaping / had testified
E) was heaped / testifies

17. When I _____ as a fully licensed geneticist in 96, I thought I knew everything there was _____ about genetics.
A) had been graduated / to be known
B) graduated / to know
C) was graduated / to have known
D) have been graduated / known
E) have graduated / to have been known

18. Perhaps these people are _____ ignorant to realize _____ serious a threat these fertilizers are to their health.
A) more / than
B) so / why
C) as much / as
D) too / just how
E) not only / but also

19. I would have thought that only _____ naive worker could be deceived by _____ assurances.
A) the more / neither
B) a most / each
C) the most / such
D) a much / any
E) most / same

20. The motive was _____ aesthetic and social _____ they sought to bring good design within the reach of the ordinary man.
A) so / in that
B) both / because
C) just as / that
D) as much / as
E) too / therefore

21. He said I was submitting my application form rather late, but now I find _____- have still not submitted _____.
A) most / their
B) none / any
C) many / it
D) others / theirs
E) a few / these

22. In order to understand the implications of research _____ brain development one has to make a systematic study _____ what children know.
A) on / into
B) for / by
C) through / beyond
D) over / at
E) after / before

23. The arrival of Europeans in America dislocated traditional ways of life and altered the world _____ recognition.
A) for
B) beyond
C) at
D) off
E) from

24. I sent an mail to everyone in the department, asking for articles for this special issue, but _____ there has been no response.
A) so long
B) on time
C) until then
D) even later
E) so far

25. The crisis is particularly serious _____ a whole series of related issues ranging from unemployment to health benefits are involved.
A) so as
B) as well as
C) in order that
D) as for
E) since