Grammar Revision Advanced Level Test - Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 2
Question 1 |
1. Walter refused to put medical records and other evidence in electronic form, which _____ among the lawyers, because it_____ personal information.
A | was e-mailed / had contained |
B | might have e-mailed / contained |
C | could be e-mailed / contained |
D | had been e-mailed / was containing |
E | was to e-mailed / contained |
Question 2 |
2. ______researchers find the vaccine effective in preliminary trials, it will be tough to vaccinate enough gorillas to make a difference for the treatment.
A | In order that |
B | Even if |
C | Nonetheless |
D | Since |
E | For fear that |
Question 3 |
3. Following an election last month, _____ the conservative parties trounced the left, the result snarled up a coalition building effort, under way since.
A | that |
B | whose |
C | in which |
D | what |
E | for which |
Question 4 |
4. The pair,_____ won fame as film stars -I with sweet faces, have found a winning formula in social conservatism to assert the interests.
A | which |
B | that |
C | who |
D | where |
E | what |
Question 5 |
5. Chirac was among the first European leaders ____ Lech, and immediately invited him to Paris.
A | congratulating |
B | to have congratulated |
C | to be congratulated |
D | congratulate |
E | to congratulate |
Question 6 |
6.The country's east and south-east— _____ used to be part of Russia—are poor and conservative.
A | most of whose |
B | many of which |
C | much of which |
D | some of what |
E | one of which |
Question 7 |
7. Some citizens had hoped they might finally get a government dominated _____ by cynical ex-communists, _____ by moralising anti-communists fixated on the past.
A | not only / but also |
B | either / or |
C | neither / nor |
D | as / as |
E | such / as |
Question 8 |
8.______out by an obscure regulation the driver told a Moscow traffic policeman that he wanted to settle things quickly, but without_____ the law.
A | Being caught / having broken |
B | Having caught / breaking |
C | Having been caught / being broken |
D | Catching / having broken |
E | Caught / breaking |
Question 9 |
9. ______corruption was a key motive behind the revolutions that have ousted three post-Soviet regimes in the last two years, the Kremlin should worry.
A | For |
B | Much as |
C | Once |
D | Since |
E | Pertaining to |
Question 10 |
10. Barclays has taken a further £1bn writedown on assets and confirmed profits for the first quarter of 2010 will be _____ last year.
A | so low as |
B | such low as |
C | the lowest |
D | much lower |
E | lower than |
Question 11 |
11. Now fearing for his life, he's trying to flee back, after a wave of xenophobic violence ___ _ immigrants in townships.
A | being targeted |
B | targeting |
C | having targeted |
D | targeted |
E | to target |
Question 12 |
12. There are two peoples living on the beloved land _____ celebrates independence and_____ feels pain of the memory of its Nakba.
A | either / other |
B | neither / others |
C | none / all |
D | one / the other |
E | both / none |
Question 13 |
13. Heat-shield technology would need _____ for the capsule, to help it survive the immense temperatures experienced when_____ to Earth.
A | developing / fallen |
B | to be developed / falling |
C | to develop / falling |
D | to have developed / fallen |
E | developed / to fall |
Question 14 |
14. The rescue operations continue and survivors were treated_____ injuries _____ bone fractures, crushed internal organs and kidney failure.
A | on / like |
B | of / as |
C | for / such as |
D | through / more |
E | beneath / rather |
Question 15 |
15. We _food shortages overnight, but in due course we _____ up in the situation where the harvest could be very severely compromised.
A | haven’t had / could end |
B | don’t have / might have ended |
C | aren't to have / may be ended |
D | aren ’t having / may end |
E | aren’t going to have / might well end |
Question 16 |
16. The commission proposals could remove up to 15% of the substances assessed, some of _____ are particularly important in the UK for protection of minor crops _____ carrots and parsnips.
A | whom / like |
B | which / such as |
C | whose / as |
D | what / due to |
E | many / like |
Question 17 |
17. He escaped in January, ___ _ the border for the sanctuary of the country.
A | having crossed |
B | being crossed |
C | crossing |
D | to be crossing |
E | to have been crossed |
Question 18 |
18. People in the zone are being told to wear face masks and disinfectant teams are out in force,_____ the WHO says there is __risk of disease from unburied bodies.
A | much as / much |
B | except that / more |
C | for/ less |
D | even though/ little |
E | inspite of the fact that / few |
Question 19 |
19. Several people were dug out of the rubble, _____ a woman and a miner, both about 124 hours after_____
A | included/ being buried |
B | being included / having buried |
C | including / being buried |
D | having included / buried |
E | to be including / buried |
Question 20 |
20. There have been hundreds of aftershocks since Monday's quake, some _____ landslides which _____ conditions even more difficult.
A | causing / have made |
B | being caused / made |
C | caused/made |
D | causing / were making |
E | having caused / have made |
Question 21 |
21. Experts say the chances of finding people alive_____ , and increasingly it is dead bodies which_____ .
A | have diminished / are retrieving |
B | were diminishing / were being
retrieved |
C | diminish / are being retrieved |
D | are diminishing / are retrieved |
E | are diminishing / are being retrieved |
Question 22 |
22. In Ramallah, there were two minutes of silence for the Palestinians; who ______or_____ .
A | had fled/ expelled |
B | would flee / were expelled |
C | were fleeing / had expelled |
D | fled / were expelled |
E | was fled / were expelling |
Question 23 |
23. They are chasing every foreigner, them of______criminals.
A | accusing / having been |
B | accusing / being |
C | having accused / being |
D | being accused / to be |
E | to accuse / having been |
Question 24 |
24. Retailers hand out an estimated 13 billion free plastic bags every year, which take about 1,000 years_____ ,
A | decaying |
B | to decay |
C | being decayed |
D | to be decayed |
E | to have decayed |
Question 25 |
25. About 10,000 medical personnel are already on the ground,_____ almost 50,000 soldiers and police
A | more than |
B | such as |
C | as |
D | as well as |
E | rather than |
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