1- I ......... TV when I .......... the terrible news about the 9- Since the negotiators .........

an agreement at any moment,

bombing. we all hoped, wrongly, that the new peace agreement
......... by Christmas.
A) watched/have heard B) was watching/heard
C) had watched/would hear D) used to watch/had heard A) are promising/is operating
E) will have watched/will hear B) have promised/operates
C) will promise/is going to operate
2- I'd better not ......... anywhere today because I seem ....... D) were promising/has operated
a cold. E) promised/would be operating

A) go/to have caught B) to go/to catch 10- The government ......... anything for a long time, but with
C) having gone/catching elections now approaching, they .......... worried.
D) going/to be caught E) gone/to be catching
A) won't accomplish/became
3- My brother ......... a computer programmer for IBM ten B) hasn't accomplished/are becoming
years ago, but he gave it up because it was so boring. C) hasn't been accomplishing/were becoming
D) isn't accomplishing/would become
A) could have been B) had been C) used to be E) don't accomplish/have become
D) should be E) was going to be
11- According to the law, young people under the age of
4- You look really hungry; .......... you .......... anything yet eighteen ......... into bars, but in holiday resorts, this ban
today? ........ very strictly.
A) don't have to go/isn't applying
A) don't/eat B) aren't/eating C) won't/have eaten B) might not go/hasn't applied
D) hadn't/eaten E) haven't/eaten C) can't go/isn't applied
D) needn't go/shouldn't be applied
5- He ......... about his boss for so long that all of us ......... E) must not go/didn't apply
bored with listening to him.
12- She told her son .......... the dog loose again, but.........
A) is complaining/get sure it was on its lead and couldn't escape.
B) has been complaining/are getting
C) had complained/have got A) not letting/making B) don't let/make
D) was complaining/will get C) didn't let/made
E) complains/are to get D) not to let/to make E) not having let/be made

6- Jim says that once he ............ his degree, he .......... a 13- Some people think there is no point in ............. for a
couple of years travelling. party that won't get elected, while others disagree.

A) got/will spend B) was getting/would spend A) being voted B) voting C) vote

C) is getting/has spent D) has got/will spend D) to vote E) to be voted
E) had got/would be spending
14- While I appreciate .......... to be the social secretary of the
7- This antibiotic ......... once every four hours for seven club, I don't think I have enough time .......... .
days to be effective.
A) being asked/to accept
A) has been taking B) will have taken B) to ask/accepting
C) should be taken C) having asked/accepting
D) has to take E) takes D) asking/to accept
E) to have asked/to be accepted
8- The adventurers .......... through the jungle for days
completely lost when, luckily, they .......... across a 15- Forests ............ more than half of Laos, but many former
village. forest areas ........... by slash-and-burn farming methods.

A) wander/will come A) covered/will have been destroyed

B) were wandering/have come B) will cover/destroyed
C) will wander/were coming C) cover/have been destroyed
D) had been wandering/came D) are covering/are destroying
E) have wandered/are coming E) have covered/are destroyed
 D) dies/was publishing
16- Some feel that a life based on material wealth is a waste E) was dying/had been published
of time, and hope ....... some sort of spiritual fulfillment.
24- ........ you go in India, there is always something
A) having achieved B) achieve C) to be achieved interesting to see or do.
D) will achieve E) to achieve
A) Whatever B) Whoever C) However
17- Though fantasy films and comics often show primitive D) Wherever E) Whenever
men and dinosaurs together, dinosaurs .......... extinct
millions of years before mankind first.......... . 25- He always stays out until the early hours of the morning
.......... of what his parents tell him.
A) have become/was appearing
B) were becoming/had appeared A) regardless B) no matter C) unlike
C) should have become/appears D) as much as E) in case
D) had become/appeared
E) might become/has appeared 26- Wasps are horrible creatures. If you annoy them, they
will........... you, and that really hurts!
18- When the site for the next Olympics ............ many
people suspected that some sort of corruption ............ . A) beat B) sung C) lead
D) swing E) float
A) has been chosen/was involved
B) would be chosen/had involved 27- Their mother warned Peter and David not to go near the
C) was chosen/had been involved .......... mine as some of the old mine shafts had not been
D) is being chosen/would involve properly sealed.
E) had chosen/used to be involved
A) abundant B) sensible C) irrelevant
19- Most of the world's non-renewable energy sources ......... D) disused E) disabled
by a few countries in the northern hemisphere.
28- Pauline's exam results were nothing short of .......... . It
A) are consumed B) consume C) have consumed was as if an angel had been guiding her hand.
D) will have consumed E) were consuming
A) miraculous B) precious C) meticulous
20- When young, Muhammad Ali ......... a great boxer and D) vigorous E) ridiculous
for many years, nobody ........... him.
A) has been/was able to beat B) would be/would beat 29- The crowd at the demonstration last week showed a great
C) could be/has beaten D) was/could beat deal of ............. . They attacked police with bricks and
E) will be/is beating bottles.

21- ....... the world economic crisis, many companies have A) hostility B) tenderness C) assumption
had to cut their educational and recreational budgets. D) maintenance E) silence

A) On the other hand 30- Guy Fawkes was executed as a/an .......... in 1606 for
B) As long as C) As a result trying to blow up the King and parliament.
D) In addition E) On account of
A) detective B) defender C) traitor
22- The United States still has not learnt to appreciate D) conqueror E) acquaintance
football, ......... hosting the World Cup.
31- The temperature in the foundry has to remain ......... . If
A) otherwise B) on the contrary C) therefore the heat goes up or down even slightly, then the whole
D) no matter E) despite process has to be aborted.

23- A collection of the work of the well-known photo- A) indifferent B) instant C) content
journalist Larry Burrows, who .......... in a helicopter D) probable E) constant
crash over Laos, ............. in 1972.
32- Sometimes I can't understand what Lionet says as he
A) had died/will be published often .......... and doesn't speak clearly.
B) died/was published
C) has died/had published A) screams B) mumbles C) reckons
 D) stumbles E) anticipates B) there is deep sociological analysis as to why people take
holidays
33- The most important, and also the strongest, bone in the C) if systems weren't decaying, people would go on holiday
human leg is the ........ cap. more often
D) there are different opinions about why people take
A) knee B) wrist C) elbow holidays
D) ankle E) skull E) going on holiday is easier than many people think

34- idi Amin, who declared himself President of Uganda for

life, was a .......... ruler, who treated his people brutally A careful study of Mars through a telescope reveals a
and some 30O.OOO citizens are believed to have been number of irregularly shaped dark blue-green markings.
killed during his rule. They are more or less permanent — maps of Mars have
been made, and the features named — but they are not
A) explanatory B) undeniable C) treacherous exactly constant in shape or appearance. In particular, they
D) ruthless E) miserable show a variation of colour with the changing seasons on
Mars, in time with the melting of the polar caps. There have
35- Ever since the sales clerk left, they have been desperately been many hypotheses put forward to explain these
looking for someone to fill the .......... but so far, they markings, an example of which is that they are composed of
haven't been able to find anyone suitable. minerals that change colour as the moisture from the polar
caps reaches them. But in my view the most reasonable
A) residence B) store C) vacancy explanation is that they are vegetation that flourishes during
D) accommodation E) tolerance the brief Martian summer.

39. From the writer's statement, we can infer that …… .

There are many misleading reasons given as to why people
take holidays. But the reason has nothing to do with a deep
sociological analysis of tile developing, and at the same
time, decaying systems that control and direct people's work
and leisure. Nor is it in any way related to the planners'
fondness for cataloguing different styles of "leisure-seeking"
or their desperate attempts to measure and satisfy potential
demand. The reason is much easier than this and is hidden in
the Individual's psyche. The human brain is programmed to
reject monotony.
36. According to the writer, people take holidays
because ………….
A) they are tempted by holiday planners
B) they wish to learn about other places
C) they need a change
D) their work and leisure are controlled
E) company's controlling systems are decaying
37. The writer implies that planners ……………
A) are attempting, in vain, to increase the number of their
customers
B) are not successful in responding to the demand for
holidays
C) couldn't satisfy demand even if they could measure it
D) are unable to produce an adequate number of catalogues
E) don't compile enough information for their catalogues
38. The writer states that ……….
A) people go on holidays without thinking much of the
reasons
A) the polar caps on Mars are blue-green
B) summers on Mars last for a short time
C) the maps of Mars are constantly changed
D) Mars has a very moist atmosphere
E) Mars is rich in minerals
40. Mars, according to the passage, is ……… .
A) subject to seasonal changes
B) only visible through a telescope
C) flooded when the polar caps melt
D) not always constant in shape
E) composed of minerals of changeable colours
41. The writer states that the blue-green markings visible
on Mars ……… .
A) are most likely to be minerals
B) are part of the polar caps
C) almost always exist
D) are not on maps because they change
E) disappear in certain seasons
During the summer I had the unforgettable experience of
working temporarily as a shop assistant in the dress
department of a large store. The first ladies to arrive in the
mornings were those who spent the whole day shopping.
However much they liked a dress, they never liked the idea
of buying one at the first shop they had come into and would
ask me if it could be put aside for them, and they would be
extremely irritated, when, after going round endless other
shops, they" reappeared at ours, -should I have sold the
dress to another customer in the meantime.
42. It is clear that the writer ……. .
A) was not happy when working as a shop assistant
B) deliberately tried to irritate certain types of customer
C) despised women who couldn't make a decision about
what to buy
D) will never get another job in a dress shop
E) didn't always save dresses for those customers who
requested this
43. The writer worked at that shop ….... .
A) during the university vacation
B) only for a short time
C) in order to get experience
D) because of the fashion industry connection
E) in other sections as well as the dress department
44. We can infer that those ladies mentioned in the
passage ………. .
A) had nothing better to do with their lives than go shopping who reach the international arena are high.
all day
B) wanted to look in other shops in case there were better
dresses there
C) had a lot of money to spend on buying new clothes
D) usually bought several dresses throughout the day
E) didn't like the idea of another woman wearing similar
dresses to them
The old saying, whenever the result is a mess, that a poor
workman always blames his tools is not necessarily a true
one. A good workman can also make a mess of things if he
uses poor tools, and this is particularly so where the home
handyman is concerned. However, a craftsman can usually
rely on his skill to overcome difficulties resulting from
inadequate equipment. The struggling amateur, taking home
maintenance seriously, needs all the help he can get. He
should, therefore, have the best tools he can afford.
45. It is stated in the passage that the home handyman
……………
A) is more likely to face problems when using poor tools
B) in particular will make a mess of things
C) is usually a struggling amateur
D) is quite often also a good workman
E) unlike the craftsman, doesn't have any skill to rely on
46. According to the writer, inadequate equipment
………. .
A) is of little significance for an amateur
B) generally won't impede a craftsman
C) always results in a mess
D) poses a greater problem for professionals
E) will help to improve your skill
47. The writer states that amateurs ………. .
A) struggle to take home maintenance seriously
B) should only buy expensive tools
C) never have any skill at all
D) need someone to assist them with home maintenance
E) require all available assistance when facing problems
Among the common people, cricket was one of the rural
recreations popular from the Middle Ages onwards. But, by
the 17th century, cricket matches were being played under
the sponsorship of aristocrats, who, in an effort to strengthen
their sides, created professional players and employed
people from the commoners. However, as industrialization
changed the face of Britain, geographically, socially and
politically, no provision was made for recreational facilities
for working people. Cricket, therefore, developed as a sport
for the common people to watch, rather than play. Since the
late 19th century the county teams have employed
professional players from all social and class backgrounds.
Nowadays, cricket is still known as a gentleman's sport, but
is open to all — even women — and the rewards for those
48. According to the passage, industrialization in Britain
….. .
A) reduced the popularity of cricket as a sport
B) meant that professional cricketers had to become workers
C) altered the whole country both in appearance and in other
areas
D) caused working people to lose interest in recreational
activities
E) made it possible to provide working people with more
suitable leisure facilities
49. After the radical changes in Britain, cricket ……. .
A) became more popular among spectators
B) was no longer available for the working people to play
C) developed into a sport played between different counties
D) was played mainly by the common people
E) lost its popularity as a form of recreation
50. Today, county cricket teams in Britain ………. .
A) usually employ professional players from the upper
classes
B) pay professional players very high salaries
C) prefer women players to men
D) recruit players without regard to their social position
E) date back to the nineteenth century