1. I managed to translate most of the letter for you, but I ________ stuck on one or two sentences.
A. got B. get C. am getting D. was getting
2. The programme ________ at 11:15 when most people are at work.
A. was broadcasting B. was broadcasted
C. broadcast D. was broadcast
3. What’s worrying me is that it’s been two weeks since I ________ by a hamster and my arm is still swollen.
A. was bitten B. have been bitten C. was bit D. have been bit
4. The visitors ________ all the different ways of making brandy.
A. had shown B. showed C. were shown D. has been shown
5. He is the kind of person that will always ________ in most impossible ways.
A. take advantage B. take advantage of
C. be taking advantage of D. be taken advantage of
6. In my opinion we should react as soon as the plan ________ public. Waiting a day or two would put us in a rather awkward position.
A. went B. will be made C. has been made D. had gone
7. The parents’ representatives wanted to know why the schools ________ of the changes in the grading system.
A. haven’t informed B. hadn’t been informed
C. weren’t informing D. hadn’t informed
8. I hope the committee will respect its own regulations which are quite clear on this point: no applications should be accepted after the list signed by the chairman ________ published.
A. will be B. was C. will have been D. has been
9. Portland cement, when it ________ with water, ________ a paste that binds sand, gravel and stone into a rock-like mass called concrete.
A. is combined - forms B. has combined - is formed
C. was combined - was formed D. will be combined - formed
10. The twentieth century, now nearing its end, ________ the century when mankind ________ to realise that the Earth’s resources are limited.
A. was - was coming B. has been - has come
C. will be - had come D. had been - came
11. Alsatians and boxers, ________ by professional trainers, can be both guard dogs and pets.
A. if trained B. if will be trained
C. if are trained D. if have been trained
12. There were such a lot of different things to do at the resort where we b ________ our holiday that none of us ________.
A. spend - are bored B. were spending - bored
C. spent - was bored D. have spent - could be bored
13. Cells ________ for the first time by the English scientist Robert Hooke, who, in 1665, ________ a book about his findings.
A. were described - published
B. would be described - could be published
C. could be described - was published
D. has described - had published
14. Women ________ dress design until the last half of the 19th century.
A. were dominated B. dominated C. have dominated D. are dominating
15. Judging from the speed of mechanization, it ________ that very few things in the world ________ by hand in the twenty-first century.
A. has been predicted - will be making
B. will be predicted - were made
C. can be predicted - will be made
D. is being predicted - have been made
16. Considering the meagre resources we ________ with for the project, we ________ a wonderful job.
A. will be provided - have done B. were provided - can do
C. have been provided - used to do D. had been provided - did
17. Solutions to the problem of unemployment ________, but none of the measures that ________ so far has been very successful.
A. have sought - will be tried B. are being sought - have been tried C. have been seeking - are tried D. will be sought - have been trying
18. Africa’s population growth rate is much higher than the world average and it ________ that, by the year 2050 Africa ________ for twenty-one percent of the world’s population.
A. has estimated - accounts B. will be estimated - accounted
C. is estimated - will account D. will have estimated - is accounting
19. Following stricter “drink driving” regulations, the number of accidents which ________ drunk drivers ________ significantly.
A. have been involved - is reduced B. are involved - is reducing
C. were involved - was reducing D. involve - has been reduced
20. I wonder whether the hotel ________ us with towels or not.
A. is provided B. will provide C. had provided D. was provided
21. The world’s first dental school, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, ________ by two Americans, Horace Hayden and Chapin Harris, in 1839.
A. would have founded B. was founding
C. had founded D. was founded
22. The works of Shakespeare ________ into every major language in the world.
A. are going to translate B. have been translated
C. had translated D. had been translating
23. He ________ about this meeting for weeks, so I don’t know why he ________ anything for it yet.
A. is known - isn’t preparing B. knew - hadn’t prepared
C. has known - hasn’t prepared D. knows - didn’t prepare
24. A place ________ for you, Madam, as soon as you ________ the deposit.
A. will be reserved - have paid B. is reserved — had paid
C. is reserving - Eire paid D. has been reserved - will pay
25. There is no way you ________ all of your project in an hour, so you ________ the most important points and talk about those.
A. should be covered - ought to choose B. must cover - will be chosen
C. can cover - had better choose D. ought to cover - have chosen
