Advanced Level Grammar Exercise - MCQ Test 12
Question 1 |
Professional tennis, which got its start in 1926 when the French player Suzanne Lenglen --------- 50,000 US dollars for a tour, only --------- full recognition in 1960.
A | had been paid / has received |
B | was paid / received |
C | has been paid / would receive |
D | is paid / receives |
E | would be paid / had received |
Question 2 |
Once the director --------- just how much was at stake, he --------- immediate steps to deal with the dispute.
A | realizes / will take |
B | has realized / had taken |
C | had realized / took |
D | realized / takes |
E | would realize / has taken |
Question 3 |
The once-radical notion that birds --------- from dinosaurs --------- stronger and stronger since palaeontologists first started taking it seriously a couple of decades ago.
A | have descended / grew |
B | had descended / had grown |
C | descend / is growing |
D | descended / has grown |
E | are descending / was growing |
Question 4 |
Throughout his term in office, President Clinton --------- by allegations relating to the White-water real estate deal in which he and his wife, Hillary Clinton, --------- prior to the 1999 election.
A | is dogged / are involved |
B | had been dogged / were involved |
C | was dogged / had been involved |
D | has been dogged / have been involved |
E | was being dogged / may have been
involved |
Question 5 |
The essays taken together tell the story of how the US became an economic power --------- a scale unprecedented --------- history.
A | for / with |
B | at / by |
C | with / from |
D | thought / at |
E | on / in |
Question 6 |
--------- the surprise of the archaeologists, the structures turned out to be the remains --------- two domed tombs, each over a thousand years old.
A | At / from |
B | For / by |
C | With / over |
D | To / of |
E | By / through |
Question 7 |
More than 29 million Africans are now infected with HIV, and the disease is killing --------- Africans --------- all the continent's wars combined.
A | so many / as |
B | either / or |
C | more / than |
D | not only / but also |
E | both / and |
Question 8 |
He did --------- better in the interview --------- any of the other applicants.
A | much / as |
B | rather / than |
C | as / for |
D | still / with |
E | far / from |
Question 9 |
Geographical Information System tools provide specialised functions for spatial data input, processing, analysis and output, --------- Database Management System tools provide more advanced functions for storing and managing large spatial databases.
A | that |
B | due to |
C | while |
D | whether |
E | in that |
Question 10 |
Photosynthesis is the process --------- green plants manufacture carbohydrates, using the energy of sunlight.
A | as when |
B | on which |
C | where |
D | by which |
E | since |
Question 11 |
-------- economic development projects in developing countries are carefully thought out and implemented, they can actually contribute to environmental deterioration.
A | Provided that |
B | Unless |
C | Since |
D | So long as |
E | Whenever |
Question 12 |
Until the time of World War II, it --------- that human beings --------- to the requirements of technological systems with great ease.
A | is assumed / adapted |
B | has been assumed / were adapting |
C | was assumed / are adapting |
D | had been assumed / could adapt |
E | assumed / have adapted |
Question 13 |
In his acknowledgement, the writer thanked his wife for the support she --------- him while he --------- the book.
A | had given / was writing |
B | gave / is writing |
C | gives / has been writing |
D | has given / will be writing |
E | was giving / had written |
Question 14 |
Since Swedish industrial relationships -------- so many fundamental changes, it is hardly surprising that the existence of a "Swedish model" ---------.
A | were undergoing / will be questioned |
B | underwent / has been questioned |
C | had undergone / had been questioned |
D | are undergoing / was being questioned |
E | have undergone / is being questioned |
Question 15 |
If it --------- for the severe air pollution of 1952, which was responsible for 4,000 deaths, the UK Clean Air Act of 1956 ---------.
A | weren't / hadn't been passed |
B | was not / won't be passed |
C | hadn't been / wouldn't have been passed |
D | wouldn't be / hadn't been passed |
E | isn't / was not passed |
Question 16 |
---------- corporations grow in size and diversity, the difficulty of managing employee relations increases.
A | Lest |
B | In case |
C | Whether |
D | So that |
E | As |
Question 17 |
--------- had so many people complained so loudly about so little cause.
A | Only once |
B | For the first time |
C | At the beginning |
D | Up to this time |
E | From the start |
Question 18 |
Multinational companies account for --------- 60 per cent of trade in manufactured goods in the developed world.
A | so much |
B | no less than |
C | rather than |
D | as far as |
E | by no means |
Question 19 |
The period --------- which Margaret Mae painted the Amazon flora coincided --------- the time when the Amazon rain forest was being destroyed.
A | on / from |
B | in / at |
C | at / on |
D | during / with |
E | for / by |
Question 20 |
Some delicate fruits and vegetables need to ripen gradually as they make their way ------- producer nations to consumer markets ------- the globe.
A | from / around |
B | with / on |
C | for / in |
D | of / over |
E | through / through |
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