Advanced Level Grammar Exercise - MCQ Test 18
Question 1 |
In 1994, seven countries signed an accord, agreeing to guidelines designed to minimize the ------ of salmon farming on wild fish in the North Atlantic.
A | relevance |
B | establishment |
C | impact |
D | perception |
E | improvement |
Question 2 |
Had this 70 m.-long asteroid entered the Earth’s atmosphere, it could have -------- a large city.
A | reconciled |
B | inflated |
C | captured |
D | destroyed |
E | erupted |
Question 3 |
India has dozens of half-completed water projects, not to mention a ------, centuries-old infrastructure of forgotten local water supply systems.
A | perishable |
B | stable |
C | vast |
D | predominant |
E | sensitive |
Question 4 |
Researchers attending the World Water Forum in Kyoto last year argued that collecting and using water more ------- would lessen the need for more dams.
A | efficiently |
B | plentifully |
C | wastefully |
D | remarkably |
E | speedily |
Question 5 |
Apparently the drop in farm incomes had nothing to -------- the introduction of modern farming methods.
A | close down |
B | make out |
C | sort out |
D | force out |
E | do with |
Question 6 |
Most of our exposure to organic mercury ------- eating oily fish such as tuna.
A | plays up |
B | turns into |
C | comes from |
D | finds out |
E | puts up with |
Question 7 |
Since the equator is the closest place ------ earth to the sun, the atmosphere ------ it absorbs the most solar energy.
A | in / at |
B | of / through |
C | with / across |
D | at / over |
E | on / around |
Question 8 |
Because the plateau was so far ------ sea level, when we finally reached it, we had difficulty ------ breathing.
A | below / with |
B | under / about |
C | from / for |
D | above / in |
E | over / at |
Question 9 |
My parents are taking me to the theatre this evening to ------ my being ill when they had a party last week.
A | go down with |
B | keep in touch with |
C | make up for |
D | take no notice of |
E | take part in |
Question 10 |
It is important for people who lead an inactive life to ------ a sport like swimming or cycling.
A | break down |
B | take up |
C | call off |
D | put out |
E | make off |
Question 11 |
Although it cannot be proven scientifically, presumably, the expansion of the universe will ------ as it approaches a critical radius.
A | slow down |
B | cool down |
C | build up |
D | filter out |
E | go off |
Question 12 |
Schizophrenia, a behavioural ------, may well be triggered by genetic predisposition, stress, drugs, or infections.
A | inclination |
B | disorder |
C | diagnosis |
D | inhibition |
E | transplantation |
Question 13 |
The phone call must have been about something urgent, considering how ------ the bewildered teacher left after it.
A | abruptly |
B | joyfully |
C | exclusively |
D | hesitantly |
E | reluctantly |
Question 14 |
The cut on your leg looks very nasty. I genuinely recommend that you get ------ medical attention.
A | constant |
B | relentless |
C | immediate |
D | adjacent |
E | punctual |
Question 15 |
Calculus, an elegant and economical symbolic system, can ------ complex problems to simple terms.
A | reduce |
B | make |
C | raise |
D | aggravate |
E | alleviate |
Question 16 |
I think Jack ---- moving to a quieter area when he ---- next summer.
A | has considered / will retire |
B | considered / will have retired |
C | will be considering / retire |
D | is considering / retires |
E | had considered / is retiring |
Question 17 |
Whereas in 1975 only one in every ten new enterprises ------ by a woman, in 1989 this figure ------ to one in three.
A | established / was increased |
B | was established / had increased |
C | was establishing / would increase |
D | had established / had been increased |
E | would establish / was increasing |
Question 18 |
Although the scientific community had hoped that the field of transplantation ------, the shortage of organ donors has curtailed research.
A | has progressed |
B | would progress |
C | must have progressed |
D | is progressing |
E | had progressed |
Question 19 |
------ a small specimen of the embryonic fluid is removed from a fetus, it will be possible to determine whether the baby will be born with the birth defects.
A | Unless |
B | Contrary to |
C | In pursuit of |
D | Irrespective of |
E | If |
Question 20 |
Jane wasn’t actually feeling fit enough to work overtime; --------, she did it as she was in dire need of money.
A | therefore |
B | besides |
C | nonetheless |
D | despite |
E | on the other hand |
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