grammar_revision_test2
grammar_revision_test2
1- In order to see how the patient ......... to an increased amount of medicine, his doctors
........ to give him twice as much as before.
2- The decorating of the house ........ last week, but the electricity.........yet.
4- My father feels higher education is a waste of time and has ........... intention of
supporting me through university, so I will have to look for.............. means of support.
A) no/another B) none/some
C) some/neither D) any/others
E) neither/any
6- Even a famous author like George Orwell..............for years before he .............. anyone to
publish his books.
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7- Unless Turkey ....... some fundamental changes to its economy, it ........ into the EU.
9- We can start discussing the items on the agenda ....... everyone has arrived.
A) while B) instead of
C) on account of C) as soon as
E) in case
10- Iraq has some of the largest petroleum reserves in the Middle East; ........ , it is the home
of some the world's oldest archeological sites, so logically, one would expect it to be a
wealthy country from a combination of the petroleum industry and tourism.
A) as well as B) despite
C) as long as D) therefore
E) furthermore
11- My father had ....... stressful job...... he decided to quit before he had a heart attack.
A) might/should B) would/can
C) may/ought to D) had better/might
E) could/had better
13- Once an owner ......... to train his puppy, he must be willing to stick with the job until the
puppy ........ the task.
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14- If you want to go to Heathrow Airport from central London, it is possible to take ........
the Airport Bus ......... the Heathrow Express train.
A) both/either B) no sooner/than
C) either/or D) neither/but
E) whether/or
15- Unfortunately, ....... means are very expensive, so it is better to take ........... option — the
Underground — even though it takes a long time.
16- I heard ......... in the distance calling for help, but I was too frightened to do ............... .
17- I'm a bit concerned because Grechen has had previous experience working with
handicapped children, .............. .
A) do I B) did you
C) don't I D) didn’t you
E) don't you
19- I live quite a long way from my ex-wife, but I will have to move even ............. away
because she has found me and started asking for money.
20- People ....... Elvis Presley's grave ever since he ......... n 1977.
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21- While most artists want to have their work ......... the Dadaists of the early 20th century
actually encouraged audiences ........ them with rotten vegetables.
A) to be praised/pelting
B) praise/having pelted
C) to praise/to be pelting
D) having been praised/pelt
E) praised/to pelt
22- Though few people have actually read his books, James Joyce is probably the novelist
....... works have had the greatest influence on the 20th-century English novel.
A) who B) which
C) that D) whose
E) whom
23- It seems that ....... British tourists will go anywhere as long as there is ........... sunshine and
alcohol to drink.
24- There wasn't anything special you wanted me to do for tomorrow, ....... ?
25- At ............. international airports, passengers have to pass through security to insure that
they have ........ dangerous items on them or in their luggage.
A) every/neither B) the/either
C) any/none D) —/any
E) all/no
26- Ruth's job involves ....... with refugees in order to help them ......... into their new homes.
A) to work/being integrated
B) working/integrate
C) to be working/to integrate
D) having worked/integrating
E) work/having integrated
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27- By the end of June, exams ........, and all the students ........ forward to summer vacation.
A) will have finished/will be looking
B) have been finished/looked
C) were finishing/had looked
D) are finished/will have been looking
E) are finishing/are looking
28- Had the laws been enforced, the huge ugly building dominating the skyline above
Dolmabahçe Palace ....... .
A) won't be built B) couldn't have built
C) hadn't been built D) wouldn't have been built
E) wasn't going to be built
29- The defense lawyer presented his case ........ the jury had no choice but to find his client
innocent.
A) so convincingly that B) as convincing as
C) too convincing for D) the most convincing
E) more convincingly than
30- You ....... for your tickets for at least ten days before the flight; otherwise, they ........... .
A) should pay/might cancel
B) must pay/will be cancelled
C) have paid/would have cancelled
D) can pay/have been cancelled
E) had paid/have to be cancelled
31 .......... the presence of UN peacekeeping forces in the area, the situation is still tense.
A) As if B) Because
C) Despite D) Although
E) Moreover
32- Sanskrit is a language .......... words and concepts are said to reflect an awareness of the
Self and the universe.
A) that B) which
C) when D) where
E) whose
33- We ....... happily through the mountains of Yemen when the bandits ........ out at us.
A) had trekked/were jumping
B) have trekked/jump
C) trekked /have jumped
D) would be trekking/would jump
E) were trekking/jumped
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34- metimes I ....... so fed up with the monotony of life in our century that I wish I ............ in
the days of high adventure.
35- In our school, ....... teacher is observed once ........ semestre by the supervisor.
A) all/the B) each/a
C) every/any D) the whole/—
E) any/the
36- A huge meteorite is believed ........ the Earth about 67 million years ago.
37- Jake ........ voluntary work as a counsellor among the homeless of the inner city while he
....... for his Master's Degree in Social Psychology.
A) does/will be studying
B) has done/was studying
C) was doing/has been studying
D) is doing/is studying
E) will be doing/studied
38- Until we ....... a preliminary survey, we won't be able to tell you how much the work ........
39- Of the Earth's nearest neighbours, Venus is too hot to support life, while ............. , Mars,
seems to have too thin an atmosphere and no water.
40- The chief of police was sacked because it was decided that he had not carried out his
duties........ he was required to.
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41- Dried beans, ........overnight before ........in salted water, will soften more quickly.
A) soaking/to be boiling
B) having been soaked/being boiled
C) to soak/to be boiled
D) be soaked/having been boiled
E) having soaked/boiled
42- The big match had to be postponed ........the trouble between rival fans.
A) so as to B) on account of
C) as much as D) the fact that
E) for fear that
43- Since the collapse of the Soviet union, the Bolshoi Ballet, ........ so many great dancers of
the past received their training, has been underfunded, and so it is now a shadow of its
former self.
A) which B) that
C) what D) where
E) whom
44- In the 1950s, it........ that space travel would be common by the year 2000, but so far, of
all the heavenly bodies, only the moon ........ by mankind.
45- The car had been neglected for years, but after a wash and wax, it looked almost .......
new.
A) such B) so
C) as D) like
E) much
46- As I have travelled so much, there is hardly any country ........ I don't feel at home.
A) which B) that
C) where D) when
E) whose
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47 ............ French, Spanish and Italian as a teenager, young Richard Burton decided
........... Arabic next, since he thought it would be more of a challenge.
48- He knew it ........ a difficult language, but since Britain at the time ruled quite a large part
of the Muslim world, he thought he ........ it.
49- He soon realised that the Arabs were a very different people from the British and that in
order to understand ........, he should try to see things from ....... point of view.
50- Eventually he learnt Arabic well enough ....... to sneak into Mecca disguised in 1854, .......
to become the best known translator of the Arabian Nights.
A) either/or B) whether/or
C) neither/nor D) not only/but also
E) more/less
51- It was not until after Alice ....... for some time that she noticed someone............. her.
52- The adaptation of Shakespeare's plays by the Reduced Shakespeare Company was not
entirely successful .......... the poor quality of the acting.
A) so that B) in case
C) due to D) when
E) since
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53- The daguerreotype was an early photographic process ........a positive image directly on a
copper plate ........with silver.
A) to produce/to coat
B) producing/coated
C) being produced/coat
D) to be produced/being coated
E) having produced/coating
54- The process was perfected by the Frenchman Luis Jacques Mande Daguerre in 1837,
who was......... famous for his invention of the Diorama, a kind of illusional picture
theatre.
A) even B) still
C) yet D) already
E) as much
55- My brother has tried countless jobs during his life; he has ........ worked in a mine in
Australia and on a fishing boat in Alaska.
A) rather B) ever
C) still D) quite
E) even
56- I was in good physical condition from jogging and working out in the gym; ...... , I found
it difficult to keep up with the Nepali peasants while trekking in the Himalayas.
A) nevertheless B) regardless of
C) whatever D) besides
E) similarly
57- The eviction of the tenant by the landlord had been anticipated, but not......... it was
carried out.
58- If the captain ........ a more flexible man, the mutiny on the ship........... .
A) were/could be avoiding
B) has been/ought to be avoided
C) is/is supposed to avoid
D) had been/might have been avoided
E) would be/used to be avoided
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59- If we ....... in Hawaii, we........ swimming all year round.
60- The world's ........ waves strike the north shore of the island of Oahu, generated by winter
storms far to the north.
61 you are not in a hurry, you can take the Underground from Heathrow for a fraction
of the cost of the Heathrow Express.
62 being cheaper, the Underground takes you through far more interesting parts of
London.
A) In case B) Otherwise
C) As long as D) Therefore
E) Besides
63- In 1911, a native American, the language of ......... could not be understood by anyone,
was discovered outside a mining town in northern California.
A) which B) that
C) whom D) who
E) whose
64- Eventually, after a lot of effort, an anthropologist from the University of California .......
to him using a dictionary of words from a tribe thought to be extinct.
65- He turned out to be the last Stone Age man in America, a member of a tribe....... customs
had not changed........ thousands of years.
A) whose/for B) which/from
C) whom/since D) what/until
E) where/while
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66- I find it hard to believe this information, which says Turkey has the world's 17th .......
economy.
A) Every/whether B) Each/how
C) Most/such a D) Any/rather
E) All/what
68- I'll never forget ........ Muhammad Ali in person just before one of his big fights.
A) to be seeing B) to be seen
C) to see D) being seen
E) having seen
69- Westerners are often shocked to see that the whip is ......... form of punishment in
Singapore.
70- Your passport ........: you had better renew it if you ........ to go abroad on holiday.
71 ........... he had lost his temper does not excuse him for shouting at me in front of so many
people.
72- I....... changing my job if I........ sure of getting a better salary elsewhere.
A) would consider/must be
B) have considered/were
C) used to consider/have been
D) might consider/could be
E) am considering/had been
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73- We ....... until everyone ........ the cinema before we got up to leave.
A) waited/had left
B) are waiting/has left
C) wait/will have left
D) had waited/was leaving
E) were waiting/would leave
74- "Prohibition" refers to a period in the United States during ........ the manufacture and
sale of alcoholic drinks was against the law.
A) when B) which
C) that D) where
E) whose
75- I..........a lot of beautiful paintings in my life, but this one......... unsurpassed.
76- Some people are so fanatical about golf that they play every weekend bad the
weather is.
A) whatever B) wherever
C) whichever D) whenever
E) however
77- Since there is ....... water in Israel but in Turkey, the governments of the two
countries are working on a deal to export fresh water from Turkey to Israel.
A) some/many B) little/plenty
C) any/much D) much/some
E) several/a lot
78- The history of the late 20th century has shown us that people in some parts of the world
would rather ....... their neighbours than ....... living peacefully with them.
A) to kill/to contemplate
B) killed/to be contemplating
C) kill/contemplate
D) to have killed/contemplated
E) killing/contemplating
79- Although "Gone with the Wind" may not be ........ American film of all time, it is
certainly ........popular.
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80- If you ....... up your insurance payments, you ........ everything when your house burnt
down.
81- The workmen have offered us two methods of tiling the roof, and we'll choose .......... is
less costly.
A) whatever B) whomever
C) however D) which ever
E) wherever
82- Chuck Berry made use of jazz,......... other musical traditions, to develop his own special
kind of music: rock 'n' roll.
83 ......... being despised by her classmates in both high school and university. Janis Joplin
went on to become one of the most popular rock vocalists of all time.
A) Instead of B) Even if
C) In case D) However
E) Despite
84- Although today cruise lines operate in all parts of the world, ......... areas are the
Caribbean and the Mediterranean seas.
85- I ....... smoking only last week, but I ........ to feel better already.
86- It is difficult to imagine ....... people kept in touch before the invention of the telephone.
A) which B) whose
C) when D) where
E) how
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87- Since 1976, when the United States ........ the death penalty after a nine-year ban, over 650
people ....... .
88- Although the system under which people are tried, convicted and executed in the United
States has been proved to be unfair, ........Americans are opposed to the death penalty.
A) each B) few
C) either D) every
E) any
89- The price ........ for the flat was $100,000, but in the end, we got it for $80,000.
A) asking B) asked
C) having asked D) to be asking
E) to ask
90 ......... there is a demand for more outdoor cafes in Beyoğlu, the local council refuses to
grant permission.
A) In spite of B) As if
C) However D) Even though
E) Moreover
91- Now that I see how few people there are here, I realize that we........ to all that trouble
trying to reserve a table.
92- Mary had ........ to do on Monday, but because her child was ill, she didn't manage to
accomplish ......... .
93- No one was sure ........ was in power after the bizarre coup ........ took place in Fiji.
A) who/that B) what/when
C) whom/which D) how/where
E) which/how
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94- There were a lot of animals in the zoo, including an elephant, but ........... of them looked
very comfortable in ........ tiny enclosures.
A) neither/itself B) no/theirs
C) all/them D) most/its
E) none/their
95- I thought I ........... his wife previously, but it was certainly not the lady he ........... with
over there.
A) met/has stood
B) have met/had been standing
C) was meeting/was standing
D) would meet/had stood
96- According to eyewitnesses, the car ......... at about 130 kph when it ........... into the wall.
A) had travelled/was crashing
B) was travelling/crashed
C) travelled/has crashed
D) is travelling/will crash
E) would travel/had crashed
97- It did not matter that I was late for the meeting because ........
A) no one else did B) the boss wasn't either
C) so was everyone else D) so did Jake
E) so did someone else
98- Even after they had children, they continued their unconventional life style .......... nothing
unusual had happened.
A) as long as B) in spite of
C) unless D) as if
E) provided
99- Nothing can compare to the new Stephen King book; it's ........ book I have ever read.
A) too exciting B) the most exciting
C) more exciting D) so exciting
E) exciting enough
100- The finely chopped onions .......... in the oil for five minutes before the meat.......... .
A) must be simmered/is added
B) have been simmering/was added
C) used to simmer/would have added
D) will be simmering/has added
E) would be simmered/had added
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GRAMMAR REVISION TEST 2 / CEVAP ANAHTARI
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. D 6. E 7. B 8. B 9. D 10.E
11.A 12.D 13.B 14.C 15.A 16.B 17.C 18.B 19.E 20.C
21.E 22.D 23.C 24.C 25.E 26.B 27.A 28.D 29.A 30.B
31.C 32.E 33.E 34.D 35.B 36.D 37.D 38.E 39.C 40.A
41.B 42.B 43.D 44.E 45.D 46.C 47.E 48.E 49.B 50.D
51.A 52.C 53.B 54.D 55.E 56.A 57.A 58.D 59.C 60.E
61.B 62.E 63.C 64.C 65.A 66.D 67.B 68.E 69.E 70.A
71.E 72.D 73.A 74.B 75.B 76.E 77.B 78.C 79.A 80.C
81.D 82.D 83.E 84.D 85.C 86.E 87.A 88.B 89.B 90.D
91.E 92.C 93.A 94.E 95.D 96.B 97.C 98.D 99.B 100.A
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