1. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence

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1.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.

Esperanto is a specially invented language based on about 2000 common words, but it … to a wide area since it … by Dr. Zamenhof, who hoped it would improve communications between nations.

a)

isn’t spreading/has been invented

b)

hadn’t been spread/is invented

c)doesn’t spread/was being invented

d)

hasn’t spread/was invented

2.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
… my father has lived in southern Spain since he retired, he has never bothered to learn the language.

a)Although

b)Besides

c)As far as

d)However

3.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
… unhappy he may be with his job, the money is so good that he feels he has to stay there.

a)Whenever

b)Wherever

c)Whatever

d)However

4.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
Although some large companies and arms dealers make … money whenever there is a war, most people believe that there is … war and suffering in the world.

a)a great deal/enough

b)plenty of/too much

c)many/a lot of

d)much/some

5.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
I was so worried the night before the exam that I could not sleep, but in fact, it was so easy that … did I pass, … I also got a very good mark.

a)neither/nor

b)both/and

c)not only/but

d)hardly/when

6.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
The pyramids in Egypt are …. structures … no one is sure how they could have been built so long ago.

a)very large/because

b)large enough/for

c)such large/that

d)the largest/that

7.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
… dinosaurs were ferocious meat eaters, while … were inoffensive vegetarians. Yet some are believed to have eaten both meat and vegetation.

a)Some/others

b)Other/the rest

c)A few/the others

d)Many/another

8.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
… to their largely pacifist behaviour after they adopted Buddhism, the Tibetans were once fierce warriors.

a)Except

b)In addition

c)In contrast

d)Instead

9.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
There are archeological sights in southern Turkey … to be nearly ten thousand years old.

a)to believe

b)believed

c)having believed

d)believing

10.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
After I had packed my backpack, I tried to pick it up and found that it was … for me to carry.

a)heavier than

b)such heavy

c)the heaviest

d)too heavy

11.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
Archeologists believe that nomadic peoples … down for the first time in history in the region of Hasankeyf in southeastern Turkey.

a)might have settled

b)ought to be settled

c)have settled

d)used to settle

12.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
Though my father wants me to be a doctor like him, I … English Literature.

a)used to study

b)would rather study

c)must have studied

d)had studied

13.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
There were a number of ways to cross the swollen river, but we decided on what seemed … dangerous one because we didn’t want to risk our lives

a)so much

b)the least

c)too little

d)less

14.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
I’ve wanted to see … since I came back from holiday because I have to return … camera.

a)them/their

b)their/myself

c)myself/mine

d)they/them

15.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
Now that we … the money they owed to us, we … able to buy a new mobile phone.

a)are paying/should be

b)have been paid/will be

c)were paid/had been

d)are paid/may have been

16.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
Because his plane was late, the singer had … arrived in the country … he had to go on stage.

a)barely/when

b)nearly/for

c)hardly/as

d)just/that

17.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
You … hungry on the way there if you … some breakfast before you leave.

a)should get/didn’t eat

b)might get/don’t eat

c)will have got/hadn’t eaten

d)have got/are not eating

18.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
As soon as he learnt that his wife … he … looking for ways to raise the money for her ransom.

a)is kidnapped/Is starting

b)had been kidnapped/started

c)has been kidnapped/will start

d)has kidnapped/starts

19.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
I was surprised to learn that … English didn’t drink … tea until the 16th century.

a)an/any

b)some/the

c)the/-

d)-/-

20.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
I … old and fat now, but twenty years ago, I … 100 meters in 10 seconds.

a)have looked/ought to run

b)look/had been running

c)looked/used to run

d)may look/could run

21.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence
But the flat in town was a mess. It needed a new kitchen, …... all the walls needed painting.

a)however

b)otherwise

c)furthermore

d)on the contrary

22.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence
… his excellent academic performance, he was unable to continue his studies because of economic problems.

a)While

b)Due to

c)Despite

d)Even

23.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence
Though Van Gogh is one of the most famous painters in the world today, during his lifetime his work brought him … fame … fortune, and he died in poverty.

a)both/and

b)whether/or

c)not only/but also

d)neither/nor

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