Practice test:
I.Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences
1. No sooner had we started the picnic.............. the rain began pouring down!
A. than B. when C. that D. and
2. Hardly....................................attack people.
A. have snakes B. do snakes C. snakes do D. snakes have
3. ______ but he also proved himself a good athlete.
A. Not only he showed himself a good student B. He did not show himself only a good student
C. Not only did he show himself a good student D. A good student not only showed him
4. Not until the end of the 19th century ______ become a scientific discipline.
A. plant breeding has B. did plant breeding C. plant breeding had D. has plant breeding
5. Had she worked harder last summer, she ______.
A. wouldn't have been sacked B. wouldn't have sacked
C. wouldn't sack D. wouldn't be sacked
6. ______ he arrived at the bus stop when the bus came.
A. No longer has B. No sooner had C. Not until had D. Hardly had
7. Only when you grow up ______ the truth.
A. you will know B. you know C. do you know D. will you know
8. ______, he would have learned how to read.
A. If he has been able to go school as a child B. If he could go to school as a child
C. Were he able to go to school as a child D. Had he been able to go to school as a child
9. _______,they would have had what they wanted.
A. If they arrived at the fair early B. Had they arrived at the fair early
C. Unless they arrived at the fair early enough D. Supposing they were arriving at the fair early
10. _______ that she burst into tears.
A. Such was her anger B. So angry she was C. She was so anger D. Such her anger was
11. No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.
A. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone.
B. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back.
C. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately.
D. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back.
12. Never before ______ as accelerated as they are now during the technological age.
A. have historical changes been B. have been historical changes
C. historical changes have been D. historical have changes been
13. _____ make a good impression on her.
A. Only by doing so can I B. Only so doing can I
C.Only by so doing I can D. Only by doing so I can
14. They drove fifteen miles off the main road. Also, they had nothing to eat for the day.
A. They drove fifteen miles off the main road until they had something to eat for the day.
B. They neither drove fifteen miles off the main road nor had anything to eat for the day.
C. Driving fifteen miles off the main road, they eventually had something to eat for the day.
D. Not only did they drive fifteen miles off the main road, they also had nothing to eat for the day
