A) were attempting/were succeeding

REVISION TEST 2
B) have attempted/would be succeeding
C) attempted/would have succeeded
1. When you ....... here for a few more weeks, you .......
D) had attempted/have succeeded
how to behave in every situation.
E) had been attempting/succeeded
A) are living/know
B) lived/will have known 9. I ....... by the time you get up tomorrow morning, so
C) will have lived/know I ........"good-bye" now.
D) live/have known
E) have lived/will know A) am leaving/should say
B) will have left/will say
C) was leaving/have said
2. Later this evening, the awards ....... for best actor and
D) have left/am saying
actress.
E) am going to leave/said
A) will have given B) have been given
C) are going to give D) will be given 10. The Bikini Atoll ....... for nuclear testing in the 1950s,
E) are giving and since then, no people ....... there.
A) had been used/live
3. As I ....... to work, I remembered that I....... my B) has been used/are living
mobile phone at home. C) was being used/lived
A) drive/have left D) was used/have lived
B) was driving/had left E) would be used/had lived
C) am driving/left
D) will be driving/would leave 11. Both my wife and I ....... hard to pay back our
E) had driven/was leaving mortgage ever since we ....... our house.
A) worked/would have bought
4. If you ....... reading historical fiction, you ....... the B) are working/were buying
"Flashman" series. C) have been working/bought
A) will be enjoying/love D) should have worked/have bought
B) enjoy/will love E) have to work/had bought
C) were enjoying/loved
D) enjoyed/may love 12. Jeffery ....... to India next month for a two-year stay
E) are enjoying/have loved because he ....... to search for spiritual enlightenment
ever since he was a teenager.
5. Since I....... abroad before, I....... what to expect. A) travels/had wanted
A) didn't live/won't know B) will travel/will have wanted
B) can't live/didn't know C) has been travelling/wants
C) haven't lived/don't know D) has travelled/wanted
D) don't live/haven't known E) is travelling/has wanted
E) wasn't living/wouldn't know
13. During the American involvement in Vietnam, more
6. Computers ....... so fast that now they ....... to make than 55,000 American servicemen ........., but since
mankind irrelevant. then more than that number of veterans ....... suicide.
A) are developing/threatened A) were being killed/committed
B) are developed/have been threatening B) were killing/were committing
C) develop/were threatening C) have been killed/commit
D) had been developed/will threaten D) had killed/are committing
E) have developed/are threatening E) were killed/have committed

7. The meal at the restaurant was more expensive than 14. A British friend of mine who ..... in France for years
I'd expected, so I ......... my credit card as I ........ now ....... French like a native.
enough cash. A) lived/was speaking
A) had to use/didn't have B) had lived/has spoken
B) could have used/wasn't having C) is living/is speaking
C) must have used/haven't had D) has been living/speaks
D) was using/wouldn’t be having E) lives/will be speaking
E) have used/hadn't had
15. I ....... to explain the problems to head of the
8. Climbers ....... to climb Mount Everest for years department, but she ....... to anyone.
before Hillary and Tenzing finally ....... in 1953.
 A) have been trying/won't listen C) due to D) for
B) was trying/hasn't listened E) because
C) try/wasn't listening
D) am trying/hadn't been listening
E) had tried/wasn't listened 24. We had better get this work done by Friday; ........ we
will have to work over the weekend.
16. ....... I have revised the subject carefully, I just don't A) otherwise B) instead
seem to be able to use the future perfect continuous C) on the contrary D) nevertheless
tense correctly. E) afterwards
A) No matter B) Although
C) Despite D) Whether 25. ....... I set eyes on the new manager, I knew I was not
E) However going to like him.
A) Until B) By the time
17. Most plastics are not biodegradable; .......... they do C) During D) In case
not break down over time into simpler substances as E) The moment
do foodstuffs or natural fibers.
A) nonetheless B) that is 26. She has changed her hair completely since I last saw
C) since D) instead her, and now she is a statuesque brunette ........... a
E) rather chubby blonde.
A) otherwise B) on the contrary
18. We saw no inhabited places for three days as we C) besides D) rather than
crossed the desert, ....... could we find any drinking E) no matter
water.
A) yet B) or 27. ....... far away you move, I am sure we can always
C) so D) nor keep in touch.
E) still
A) So that B) No matter
C) Even if D) However
19. ....... were we lonely, ....... we were exhausted and were
E) As much
beginning to get very thirsty.
A) More/than B) Whether/or
28. ....... the government fails to agree on the new budget,
C) Not only/but also D) The more/the less
it appears that parliament will be dissolved and
E) When/both elections will be held.
A) Not only B) unless
20. ....... working an eight-hour day. he is studying at C) If D) For
night for his Masters in Fine Arts.
E) Due to
At Besides B) Moreover
C) During D) In order to
29. He was determined to go sailing ....... the high winds
E) However and poor visibility.
A) no matter B) however
21. It is a difficult arrangement, but he has ....... the C) as soon as D) whereas
time ....... the money to study full time.
E) despite
A) neither/nor B) not only/but also
C) both/and D) no sooner/than
30. ....... you do, you should never go scuba diving alone.
E) whether/or
A) Even though B) Whatever
C) As soon as D) No matter
22. ....... had they got married ....... they began to
E) When
experience financial difficulties.
A) Both/and B) Hardly/when
C) Whether/or D) Neither/nor 31. Some people do not like to eat lobsters or crabs
because they ............ or there is a danger of
E) The sooner/the less poisoning.
A) had better cook B) will have cooked
23. We invited the director of the film to come and speak, C) can be cooked D) must be cooked
but he was unable to attend ....... a death in the
E) used to cook
family.
A) in spite of B) in order to
32. Oh no, my wallet is gone! I ....... robbed!
 A) must have been B) may be 40. A person with a head or a back injury ....... until
C) should have been D) used to be qualified medical personnel arrive at the scene of the
E) will have been accident.
A) wasn't moved
33. The manager refused to accept my excuse for being B) doesn't have to move
absent yesterday. He said my letter ....... by a doctor. C) couldn't be moved
D) hasn't been moved
A) had to sign E) shouldn't be moved
B) must have been signed
C) should have been signed
D) would rather sign 41. Fred wishes that he ....... for the job because it is
E) is going to sign turning out to be far more difficult than he imagined.
A) doesn't volunteer B) wouldn't volunteer
34. You ....... your assignment, or you would know what I C) hadn't volunteered D) hasn't volunteered
am talking about. E) didn't volunteer
A) shouldn't have read B) wouldn't read
C) can't have read D) needn't read 42. When we were in Egypt, we really wished that
we ....... Arabic.
E) couldn't read
A) have been speaking B) could speak
C) can speak D) are speaking
35. Tom and Sally ......... vegetarians, but since moving to
Turkey, they have found it impossible not to eat E) would be speaking
meat.
43. I wish I ....... a paper at the conference next week
A) had to be B) must be because I am intimidated by all the experts who will
C) must have been D) used to be be there.
E) can be A) don't have to present B) didn't have to present
C) won't be presenting D) haven't been
presenting
36. You look awfully tired! ....... I do the washing up for
E) am not presenting
you?
A) Don't B) Do
44. The Turkish Republic probably ........ today had it not
C) Would D) Mustn't
been for Atatürk.
E) Shall
A) doesn't exist B) won't exist
C) hasn't existed D) wouldn't exist
37. Having moved to a house closer to our office, now E) hadn't existed
we ........ a long way to work every day.
A) can't have travelled 45. Saddam Hussein ....... Kuwait if he ....... how the rest
B) don't have to travel of the world, was going to respond.
C) ought not to travel
D) haven't travelled A) shouldn't have invaded/knows
E) didn't use to travel B) won't invade/has known
C) didn't invade/would have known
D) wasn't going to invade/knew
38. Since the time we moved to this house, which is closer E) might not have invaded/had known
to our office, we ........ a long way to the office.
A) haven't had to travel 46. When Mollie said yes to his marriage proposal, Jeff
B) aren't travelling felt as if he ..........in a dream.
C) don't have to travel
D) shouldn't have travelled A) would be B) were
E) won't have to travel C) has been D) will be
E) can be
39. I ....... out so late last night; now I will be too sleepy to
do well on my exam. 47. If he ....... some of the money he earned when he was
A) shouldn't have stayed younger, he ....... so many money worries now.
B) couldn't have stayed A) saved/didn't have
C) must not have stayed B) was saving/doesn't have
D) didn't use to stay C) had saved/wouldn't have
E) haven't been staying D) saves/won't have
E) would save/isn't having
48. The saying, "Marry in haste, repent at leisure," A) how B) whose
means that if you ....... married too quickly and C) which D) When
without giving it enough thought, you ....... a long E) where
time being unhappy.
A) will get/should spend 56. We have a lot of freedom in our work and are
B) had got/are spending allowed to solve problems ....... we think best.
C) got/have spent
D) would get/spent A) whichever B) Whoever
E) get/might spend C) whatever D) however
E) whomever
49. Every year there is a film festival in Istanbul, and it is
so popular that unless you ....... your tickets for the 57. Unfortunately, we visited Mardin during the
more popular films in advance, you ....... a chance of Ramadan, ........ all the restaurants were closed, and
seeing them. we couldn't find anything to eat.
A) will buy/haven't stood A) whose B) where
B) buy/don't stand C) which D) when
C) have bought/aren't standing E) that
D) are buying/won't stand
E) bought/hadn't stood
58. The latest Mars Missions were a complete failure, ......
means that a lot of money has been wasted.
50. If we ....... at dawn as I suggested, we ....... by now.
A) that B) which
A) had left/would have arrived C) when D)why
B) leave/will have arrived E) how
C) left/are arriving
D) will leave/have arrived
E) would have left/were arriving 59. Most people today are able to use computers even if
they don't understand ......... the machine works.
51. The Turkish Lira, ....... loses value against hard A) how B) which
currencies every day, is officially among the weakest C) that D) when
currencies in the world. E) where
A) which B) that
C) when D) where 60. Young people ....... parents come from two different
E) whose nationalities often go through an identity crisis.
A) whom B) where
52. Hawaii is said to be a place with an ideal climate all C) whose D) when
the year round, so you can expect good weather there E) which
....... you go.
A) whoever B) however 61. He makes his employees ....... so hard that many
C) whatever D) whichever decide ........ after no more than a couple of weeks.
E) whenever A) to work/to be quitting
B) having worked/quitting
53. The British Navy, ....... ships ruled the seas C) working/to have quit
throughout the late 18th and 19th centuries, is now D) work/to quit
merely a shadow of its former self. E) to be working/quit
A) which B) whom
C) that D) whose
62. The film 'Seeing Red' is based on Carol Atkins'
E) who
autobiography, ....... by Chris Monger.

54. I think that the play by Shakespeare in ....... a king A) writing B) having written
offers to trade his kingdom for a horse is "Richard C) written D) to write
III". E) to be written
A) why B) that
C) where D) whom 63. The basis of alchemy, ....... until relatively recent
times, was an attempt ....... base metals like lead into
E) which
gold.

55. The restaurant ....... we ate at last night was good, A) having practised/trim
though I thought it was too expensive. B) to practise/turning
C) practising/to be turned
 D) to be practising/turning to reach an agreement.
E) practised/to turn
A) to persuade/to sit
B) to have persuaded/having sat
64. I'm really grateful to you ....... my pronunciation to C) to be persuading/sitting
the point where I can now be understood, D) persuading/to be sitting
A) to correct B) for having corrected E) persuade/to have sat
C) to be corrected D) to be correcting
E) with correcting 72. Anyone ....... our society must promise ....... by the
rules.
65. You should not actually begin ......... your term paper A) join/abiding B) to be joined/abided
until after you have finished ...... information for your C) joining/to abide D) having joined/abide
topic. E) to join/having abided
A) to write/compiling
B) writing/to compile 73. In a recent interview, the young star declared that he
C) write/having compiled hates .......... famous because his fans will not let
D) written/to have compiled him ....... a normal life.
E) having written/compile
A) having been/leading B) being/lead
C) to be/to lead D) to have been/led
66. As a vegetarian, I'm very pleased ....... that you have E) having to be/having led
finally given up ....... meat.
A) to hear/eating 74. Anyone caught ............ a disturbance during the
B) hear/having eaten exam will be asked ............ .
C) having heard/to eat
D) to have heard/to be eating A) to create/having left
E) hearing/eaten B) creating/to leave
C) having created/to have left
D) create/leaving
67. ....... to eat before we left home, we stopped ....... a E) being created/leave
snack on the way.
A) To be forgotten/getting 75. Helen is good at getting things ........ for her .........
B) Forgetting/having got incompetent.
C) To forget/to have got
D) Having forgotten/to get A) to do/having acted B) to have done/to act
E) Forgotten/to begetting C) do/for acting D) done/by acting
E) being done/to be acting
68. Though, on the whole, I don't miss ....... in England, I
did use to enjoy ....... to the fantastic Indian 76. William is ....... dominating person that it took him
restaurants there. years to find a woman submissive ....... to be his wife.
A) to live/to go B) to be living/go A) so/as B) more/than
C) living/going D) having lived/to go C) the most/that D) too/like
E) live/having gone E) such a/enough

69. While George's wife would prefer him ....... closer to 77. The boss greeted me ....... on Monday morning ....... I
home, he decided ....... the job in New York because knew I was in for a bad week.
the salary was better. A) as unpleasant/as
A) working/having taken B) to work/to take B) too unpleasantly/for
C) to be working/taken D) having worked/taking C) such an unpleasant/so
E) have worked/to be taken D) more unpleasantly/than
E) so unpleasantly/that
70. Her husband ....... in World War II, Sheila was
understandably reluctant ....... her son go into the 78. His new book is one of......... biographies published in
army during the Vietnam War. recent years.

A) to kill/having seen B) being killed/see A) so well B) better

C) killing/to have seen D) to be killed/seeing C) the best D) as good
E) having been killed/to see E) well enough

71. The special envoy managed ......... both sides ......... 79. While it is not ....... resorts like Bodrum and
down and talk, but no one knows if they will be able Marmaris, Ayvalık is a very pleasant place to spend a
 few days in the summer. 87. I've looked everywhere, but I can't find ....... who
speaks Amharic. In fact, ....... seems to have even
A) more popular B) the most popular
heard of the language.
C) so popular that D) as popular as
E) very popular A) anyone/no one B) everyone/somebody
C) nobody/everybody D) somebody/anyone
80. Just a generation ago, it was possible for someone E) someone/someone
with little formal education to have a successful
career, but nowadays firms are looking for people
who are ......... better-educated than ever before. 88. Thank you, but I'm so full that I can't eat ......... bite.
A) so B) much A) every other B) other
C) more D) most C) the other D) another
E) such E) some other

81. Last month, there was ..... huge slump in the 89. We were afraid that we had prepared ......... food, but
government's popularity ......... the Prime Minister in the end, there was ........ left over.
has become seriously concerned.
A) some/too many B) enough/plenty
A) a more/than B) too/for C) so little/any D) too much/none
C) so/that D) as/as
E) more/neither
E) such a/that
90. There was not ....... work in the town where he grew
82. Burning sun and scorching winds make the Sahara up, and he had to leave home in order to find .......
Desert ...........region in the world in summer. job.
A) a less hot B) so hot A) many/some B) more/the
C) hotter than D) the hottest C) much/a D) plenty of/much
E) such a hot E) too much/any

83. With his impressive list of degrees and years of 91. I'm trying to find ........ new bank because ......... I am
experience, most people felt he was ......... well- using is so inefficient.
qualified to be simply a high school teacher, but he
claimed that teaching was the job that gave A) any/another B) a/the one
him .......... satisfaction. C) some/the ones D) the/any one
E) —/no one
A) too/the most B) very/such a lot
C) the most/too many D) enough/more
E) so/so much 92. The security guard at the airport asked me if there
was ....... suspicious in my bag, and I told her that
there was ....... as far as I was aware of.
84. We should donate money to charities, which try to
help people who are not ....... fortunate ....... ourselves. A) everything/someone B) something/everything
C) someone/no one D) nothing/somewhere
A) more/than B) too/for
E) anything/nothing
C) as/as D) less/than
E) so/that
93. The boss told the production manager to make sure
that ........ item was checked carefully before delivery.
85. Of all the dialects of English, ....... difficult to
understand is that spoken in the mining towns A) some B) each
around Glasgow, which sounds like a foreign C) all D) a few
language to most English speakers. E) none
A) so B) too much
C) the most D) very 94. Tony says he doesn't like the colour of ........ BMW his
E) such a father gave him for his birthday, so he wants to
exchange it for ....... one.

86. There are only ......... countries left in the world which A) any/some B) a/some other
still follow a Marxist ideology, and ......... of the C) —/the other D) the/another
former socialist countries now have mixed economies E) some/other
incorporating elements of capitalism.
A) a little/all B) a few/most
C) none/some D) some/each
E) any /every
95. Naturally, I didn't want to go to Harriet and Roger's
wedding. I hadn't seen ....... since we were students
together, when Harriet was my sweetheart and Roger
was one of......... best friends.
A) they/myself B) their/our
C) theirs/ourselves D) themselves/mine
E) them/my

96. I know there is a good film on at the Odeon, but you

have to stay in and study, .......?
A) don't I B) isn't there
C) don't you E) is there
D) haven't you

97. Sydney: According to this famous economist,

Turkey is one of the fastest developing
countries in the world.
Arnold: ........ I had always thought it was a
backward Third World country.
A) Is it really? B) They aren't are they?
C) Does he really? D) So do I.
E) I don't either.

98. Reggie: I haven't had a day off in months!

Walter: ........, and if things don't slow down soon, I'll
go crazy.
A) So do I B) Nor have I
C) I have too D) Neither do I
E) I won't either

99. I don't think there is anything interesting to do in

your home town, ..........?
A) isn't there B) does it
C) don't you D) don't I
E) is there

100.It would be nice to go to Bodrum this weekend if we

didn't have to stay here to finish this project, .....?
A) did we B) have we
C) would it D) wouldn't it
E) didn't it