Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence

Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.

Since there was some confusion as to whether the seminar … place at all, very few people … up for it.

1. 
   Has taken/had showed
   
2. 
   Had been taking/were showing
   
3. 
   Will take/are showing
   
4. 
   Would take/ showed
   

Read the text. Then choose the correct answer for the gaps 26-28.

There are over two hundred different (26) … of turtles in the world. Some turtles are quite tall; they can fit in your hand. However, (27) … kinds of turtles may grow to weigh more than five hundred kilos! One kind of sea turtle is the heaviest of all (28) … .

26. 
    A) special B) specific C) species D) similar
    
27. 
    A) the others B) other C) another D) the other
    
28. 
    A) mammals B) animals C) birds D) reptiles
    
29. 
    . Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
    

At least 4.000 people were reported … when an earthquake struck the remote north-eastern Takhar province of Afghanistan on February 4^th, 1998.

1. 
   Having been killing
   
2. 
   To kill
   
3. 
   Having killed
   
4. 
   To have been killed
   

30. 
    Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
    

Reacting to … by the Opposition … his responsibilities, Mr Portfellow defended himself strongly.

1. 
   Having accused/to neglect
   
2. 
   Being accused/of neglecting
   
3. 
   Accusing/to be neglecting
   
4. 
   Have accused / to have neglected