GRAMMAR REVISION TEST 6

1. He felt that soil drainage should be kept to a minimum _____ much of the rainfall could be retained _____ soil moisture.
A) so that / as
B) even though / such as
C) whereas / like
D) whereby / such
E) whether / or

2. If we are to prevent the flow of toxic materials into the water reservoirs of the country, there is no other possible scheme available, _____ ?
A) isn't it
B) aren't we
C) is there
D) isn't there
E) are we

3. It looks _____ the hiring committee isn't impressed by his qualifications, and I don't think the manager of the company is, _____.
A) like / also
B) as if / either
C) so that / as well
D) though / too
E) just as / neither

4. If he _____ the conditions of the insurance policy carefully, he _____ that it did not cover such eventualities.
A) has read / realised
B) reads / has realised
C) is reading / realises
D) were reading / had realised
E) had read / would have realised

5. Ever since the advent of industrialisation, social scientists _____ the term "the masses" to "the people".
A) have preferred
B) had preferred
C) will have preferred
D) would have preferred
E) would prefer

6. In the 1960s, the modernist idea that there _____ only one authentic style for the modern age _____ in favour of the ideas of the plurality of styles.
A) could be / will have been rejected
B) can be / is rejected
C) could have been / is being rejected
D) could be / was rejected
E) can be / would be rejected

7. When photography first appeared, some people predicted that it _____ the death of painting.
A) will have caused
B) will cause
C) would have caused
D) caused
E) would cause

8. In the end, he admitted that he _____ the fire _____ at such a speed.
A) hadn't expected / to spread
B) didn't expect / to have spread
C) wasn't expecting / spreading
D) hadn't been expecting / having spread
E) wouldn't expect / to be spreading

9. The name Adonis was given _____ a stream rising in Mount Lebanon which runs red _____ the soil of the hills after a sudden fall of rain.
A) in / by
B) for / in
C) at / from
D) to / with
E) by / over

10. In the Franco-Prussian war, balloons were used to maintain the city's contacts _____ the outside world _____ the siege of Paris.
A) from / over
B) with / during
C) for / at
D) through / in
E) out of / under

11. The sustaining role of the family may go unappreciated _____ the younger members, but the older ones are fully aware _____ its value.
A) for / from
B) by / of
C) from / off
D) to / by
E) with / into

12. Wellington's abandonment of an attempt to make a Tory government was not _____ due to the threats of civil war _____ to Peel's refusal to join a Tory government.
A) so far / as if
B) as / as
C) as much / than
D) so much / as
E) even / more

13. Income tax can be fitted more closely to the individual taxpayer's ability than _____ tax.
A) any other
B) any
C) other
D) some
E) one another

14. The occupational psychologist is often regarded by industrialists as being _____ academic to serve any practical purpose.
A) too much
B) so
C) too
D) more
E) as much

15. In the works of many twentieth-century dramatists, it is possible to see _____ the individual writer's ideas and experience _____ some of the social and political developments of his period.
A) as much / as
B) not only / but also
C) only / such as
D) more / than
E) whether / or

16. _____ Henri Toulous Lautrec, a French painter who was happy to design posters and to illustrate books, many modern artists have found it necessary to supplement their incomes in various ways.
A) Due to
B) Firstly
C) Despite
D) In case of
E) Like

17. Many of the company's shareholders felt that such a drastic change in policy was unnecessary, and _____.
A) I would, too
B) neither did I
C) so did I
D) I wouldn't either
E) I don't either

18. _____ the past few decades South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong have achieved the fastest rates _____ economic
growth the world has ever seen.
A) Within / at
B) During / of
C) In / over
D) After / in
E) Over / about

19. The works of the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates commonly known as the "Hippocratic Collection", consist _____ about 70 works, _____ which only a relatively small number are possible by him.
A) in / for
B) for / in
C) of / of
D) at / about
E) by / within

20. _____ the computerized Dutch auction system, the flower industry gets flowers into our homes when they are still _____ their best.
A) Under / at
B) At / in
C) From / with
D) Until / to
E) Within / for

21. Diesel engines are more efficient than gasoline engines _____ the fact that a larger proportion of the fuel used is burned.
A) consequently
B) following
C) owing to
D) contrary to
E) so that

22. The great bulk of industrial work nowadays involves the use of machines, and it is certain that mechanization will proceed _____ in the future.
A) as well as
B) on the other hand
C) just as
D) ever since
E) further still

23. Let's take the ferry to Bandırma from where it's only a short drive to Bursa, _____ driving all the way from Istanbul to Bursa.
A) as well as
B) more than
C) besides
D) instead of
E) except for

24. Few things _____ unnerved the Spanish conquerors of the New World _____ the prospect of death on Aztec sacrificial stone.
A) as / as
B) so / as
C) not only / but also
D) neither / nor
E) so / that

25. Some anthropologists think that man today is _____ honest _____ he was hundreds and thousands of years ago.
A) much / as
B) the less / than
C) the least / of
D) little / as
E) less / than