VI. Choose the correct answer.

1.      John would rather ____ free tomorrow.

a. is                              b. was                          c. be                             d. will be

2.      I would rather he ____ her to his birthday party last Sunday.

a. have invited             b. had invited              c. invited                     d. would invite

3.      We’d better take an umbrella with us because it looks as if it ____.

a. is ffoiner to rain       b. would rain               c. is raininff                 d. rained

4.      It’s time we all ____ now.

a. had gone                  b. go                            c. should go                 d. went

5.      It’s high time you ____ the tea ready.

a. have got                   b. got                           c. get                           d. had got

6.      I don’t like Nick. He talks as if he ____ everything.

a. knew                        b. had known              c. knows                      d. will know

7.      I’d rather you ____ me now.

a. had paid                   b. is paying                  c. paid                         d. pay

8.      You’re very selfish. It’s high time you ____ that you’re not the most important person in the world.

a. realize                      b. had realized             c. have realized           d. realized

9.      When I told them my        plan, they looked at me as if I ____ mad.

a. was                          b. am                           c. had been                  d. will be

10.  Jack spent his money as if he ____ a lottery.

a. won                         b. had won                  c. has won                   d. wins

11.  Peter would rather ____ on a mattress than on the floor.

a. to sleep                    b. sleeping                   c. sleep                                    d. have slept

12.  The medicine made me feel dizzy. I felt as though the room ____ around and around.

a. were spinning          b. will spin                  c. spins                        d. is spinning

13.  It’s time for everybody ____ to bed.

a. go                            b. to go                        c. goes                         d. went

14.  Did you go to the concert last night? ~ Yes, but I’d rather ____ to the concert.

a. not go                      b. haven’t gone           c. not have gone          d. not had gone

15.  It was so quiet that it seemed as if the earth ____.

a. had stopped             b. would stop              c. stopped                    d. had been stopped

41. Before he got married, Danny always went out on Saturday nights. He never _______ stay in.

      A. would                    B. use to                     C. is used to               D. used to

42. There’s someone at the door. _______ it.

      A. I’ll answer            B. I answer                C. I answered            D. I’m answering

43. What’s wrong with you today? Did you get out of bed on the wrong _______?

      A. end                        B. side                        C. foot                        D. edge

44. Did you see that fascinating wildlife programme _______ television last night?

      A. on                          B. at                            C. in                            D. by

45. The beach was so crowded the other day that we _______ difficulty find­ing an empty spot.

      A. have                      B. have had               C. had                         D. have been having

46. If I’m tired in the evenings, _______ to bed early.

      A. I go                        B. I’d have gone       C. I went                    D. I’d go

47. I’ve put Mr Matthew’s papers in your green file, _______ is on your desk.

      A. 0                             B. which                    C. that                        D. whose

48. Don’t worry. You _______ told if there’s a change of plan.

      A. be                           B. will                        C. will be                   D. will been

49. The village seemed strangely familiar _______ I’d never been there before.

      A. however                B. in spite of              C. despite                  D. although

50. In Britain it is _______ for children to attend school between the ages of five and sixteen.

      A. compulsory          B. obliged                  C. enforced                D. made

21. The cows got out of the field through a _______ in the fence.

      A. fault                       B. crack                     C. gap                         D. cut

22. In this job you must _______ up to the problems and not run away from them.

      A. face                       B. gaze                       C. raise                       D. play

23. Over the past two years the _______ of living has risen considerably.

      A. rate                        B. charge                   C. price                      D. cost

24. In hot weather fresh milk quickly turns _______.

      A. bitter                     B. sour                       C. foul                        D. rotten

25. Women workers wear hats in _______ their hair gets caught in the ma­chinery.

      A. course                   B. occasion                C. event                     D. case

26. A learner driver must be _______ by a qualified driver.

      A. connected             B. accompanied        C. involved               D. associated

27. God never _______ a mistake.

      A. makes                    B. puts                        C. plays                      D. gives

28. Mary is so _______ that people tell her all their troubles.

      A. dependent             B. confidential          C. permission            D. sympathetic

29. It’s so long since I saw him that I almost failed to _______ him.

      A. receive                  B. recognise              C. accept                    D. approve

30. The house was burgled while the family was _______ in a card game.

      A. entertained           B. buried                    C. busy                       D. absorbed

31. The police must now _______ the escaped convict in the surrounding countries.

      A. look for                 B. look after              C. search                    D. be in search of

32. Some of the older villagers prefer to _______ tobacco rather than to smoke it.

      A. munch                   B. bite                        C. chew                      D. gnaw

33. Now that he has retired, he lives partly on his pension and partly on the _______ on his post office savings account.

      A. income                  B. wages                    C. salary                    D. interest

34. Newspapers should try to _______ printing statements that they cannot check.

      A. refuse                    B. neglect                  C. avoid                     D. deny

35. Switzerland is well-known for its impressive mountainous _______.

      A. views                     B. scenes                   C. sights                     D. scenery

36. Her hair was wet from the _______ tossed up by the huge waves.

      A. spray                     B. lather                     C. surf                        D. foam

37. Most people were no longer listening to his long _______ story.

      A. irritable                 B. tiring                      C. boring                    D. annoying

38. His speech was careful and _______ but his words seemed to make no sense.

      A. distinguished       B. distinctive             C. distinct                  D. distinguishable

39. One of the problems local authorities have to deal with is the _______ of plastic containers.

      A. dispersal               B. disposition            C. disposal                D. dissolution

40. I was told that this material would not _______ in the wash but it has.

      A. dwindle                 B. shrink                    C. decrease                D. contract

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1.   After Mervyn’s accident and his subsequent appearance in court, he was _______ from driving for a year.

      A. dispossessed        B. forfeited                C. invalidated           D. disqualified

2.   When we put up the shelves in the kitchen, it was very simple. We just had to _______ a few holes in the wall.

      A. stab                        B. drill                        C. pierce                    D. saw

3.   When Mrs Frobisher was taken to hospital, two ambulance men carried her out of the house on a _______.

      A. mattress                B. hammock              C. stretcher                D. hearse

4.   As a result of the company’s _______ policy, there are now 15 Fairdeal supermarkets compared with 10 in 1980.

      A. magnification       B. expansion             C. increase                 D. intensification

5.   My cousin’s main _______ for going abroad was his poor health.

      A. need                      B. cause                     C. reason                   D. desire

6.   He parked in the wrong place and the police _______ his car away.

      A. towed                    B. hitched                  C. hoisted                  D. lifted

7.   The work keeps _______, and I seem to get very little done.

      A. piling on               B. growing up           C. heaping on            D. piling up

8.   I’m not _______ to your plan but it needs modifying.

      A. objected                B. opposed                C. disputed                D. conflicted

9.   Luggage may be placed here _______ the owner’s risk.

      A. by                          B. under                     C. with                       D. at

10. He doesn’t _______ to take a holiday this summer.

      A. suppose                B. determine              C. plan                       D. suggest

11. A coach carrying football _______ crashed into a lorry on the motorway.

      A. fans                       B. watchers                C. people                   D. lovers

12. He ran down the beach and _______ into the sea.

      A. headed                  B. sank                       C. dived                     D. bathed

13. She was born in Japan but has now _______ in the United States.

      A. settled                   B. planted                  C. fixed                      D. stuck

14. His business is growing so fast that he must take _______ more workers.

      A. up                          B. over                       C. on                           D. out

15. Since he was a boy, one of his _______ has been stamp-collecting.

      A. cares                      B. hobbies                 C. sports                    D. professions

16. She has a lot of spare time and wants to know how best to _______ it.

      A. waste                     B. save                       C. make                      D. spend

17. The examiner will test your _______ to drive under normal conditions.

      A. ability                   B. advantage             C. wisdom                 D. virtue

18. It is dangerous to _______ out of the windows of the train.

      A. hold                       B. slope                      C. bend                      D. lean

19. He hated his job; as a _______ of fact he has now given it up.

      A. nature                    B. matter                    C. condition              D. type

20. Fat people should _______ the temptation to eat a lot of sweet things.

      A. resist                     B. disobey                 C. deny                      D. refuse