Sentence Completion Advanced Level Test - Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 3
Question 1 |
1. Last week I went to Amsterdam,______.
A | that cost me too much money |
B | where there is a superb collection of
pictures by Van Gogh |
C | why she couldn't meet me at the
airport |
D | otherwise I'd prefer another airway
company |
E | which they will have picked me from
the station |
Question 2 |
2. Faced by demands for them to cut . down on staff, _____.
A | he will try to increase the number of
employees in his firm |
B | there is an incredible amount of work
in the education department |
C | which led to a disaster |
D | the police may soon be unable to
afford the expense of allowing
officers to walk the streets |
E | that took us a long time to calculate
the amount of profit we've gained so
far |
Question 3 |
3. _____ unless you present some means of identification.
A | They will readily let you take money
from your safe |
B | You're not allowed to withdraw
money from your account |
C | The reason why you have been
detained here is that |
D | It's not worth crossing this line |
E | That kind of music doesn't appeal to
me very much |
Question 4 |
4.____ , mass tourism raised the living standards of the local people as well as making a profit for the tour operators.
A | Since it destroyed the forests |
B | Whereas mass tourism is a well -
known profit occupation worldwide |
C | Despite the fact that they’ve caused
traffic congestion in the downtown |
D | Whenever we want to travel in a
touristic city |
E | In spite of the pollution it caused |
Question 5 |
5. _____ , the US authorities could well have prevented any incident of torture in Iraq.
A | Even if they’ve taken a number of
measures |
B | The war which had been ongoing for
awhile |
C | By taking the most basic precautions |
D | Although she knew it would end in a
disaster |
E | Because none of us can believe the
reconciliation of the sides |
Question 6 |
6.Should your data-bank not cover meanings of a phrase or idiom,____ _.
A | a number of data had been compiled
in a new computer programme |
B | there is a connection available to the
net where a further research can be
made |
C | what any pupil could do was to go to
an internet cafe for updating the
dictionary |
D | whichever library I'd rather you had
gone is your choice |
E | the user might have used another
service as well |
Question 7 |
7. I'm afraid we're out of bread and there is no fruit left, ____ .
A | although there's hardly anything left
in the cupboard |
B | so we'll just have to have soup and
make the best of it |
C | while she's preparing the dinner |
D | and then we had to go out for a little
shopping |
E | therefore I think I'll be better off soon |
Question 8 |
8. I only understood how much I had enjoyed my stay____.
A | when we had to leave the resort |
B | despite their poverty |
C | only by going there again |
D | if you had come, too |
E | yet I couldn't tell it to the owners |
Question 9 |
9. After having made his name playing gangsters,_____
A | he was finally offered the part of the
hero |
B | Ingrid Bergman was one of the few
Hollywood stars not to have
changed her name to something
else |
C | there was hardly anything left to do
for the actor |
D | she was the only woman to have
swum the English channel |
E | the missing dog is believed to have
spent the night in a hut |
Question 10 |
10. What is making a tonsillitis operation strangely charming for my son is______.
A | he's really courageous and this is
appreciated by everybody |
B | because nobody cares about him |
C | which we've never imagined such a
surgery before |
D | its being an absolutely complicated
and exhausting operation |
E | that he will be able to eat as much
ice-cream as he wants |
Question 11 |
11. The commentators are so afraid of upsetting the footballers ______.
A | I can't tell the difference between
them |
B | that it's out of the question to blame
them for missing goals |
C | to be able to shoot the ball straight |
D | although they don't want to make
them sad |
E | therefore, they always criticize them |
Question 12 |
12. _____ they were able to prove his involvement in the crime.
A | Because the firm is under threat of
closure |
B | As soon as Sue confessed her guilt
to the officers |
C | When the police examined the
evidence in more detail |
D | If we approached them again on the
subject |
E | Having stolen the jewellery |
Question 13 |
13. Since John was employed as Dick's assistant for many years,_____.
A | we regarded it as a foregone
conclusion that he would succeed
him when he retired |
B | Dick's daughter took over the
position |
C | some members of staff objected to
smoking in the office |
D | he is quite thin but fit |
E | they will find the sharpest brain in
the country some day |
Question 14 |
14 ._____ , many Westerners are cancelling their holidays to Nepal so as not to risk their lives
A | Although there is still an on going
war |
B | Since there had been an epidemic |
C | Due to increasing political instability
and violent civil war |
D | Whoever goes to tour operators for
their holiday arrangements |
E | According to the news, in spite of the
heavy tropical rains |
Question 15 |
15 ._____ , it was too late to help thousands of people
A | Unless they have the information |
B | Until they told the news to the
government |
C | By the time they informed the
international aid agencies |
D | Instead of warning the Red Cross |
E | As soon as the police discovered
whom the murderer had been |
Question 16 |
16. Martin did not look well after his holiday in Egypt,_____
A | and so did his wife |
B | but his wife had as well |
C | but his wife had |
D | and neither did his wife |
E | nor was his wife |
Question 17 |
17. Some people say that if the Israelis and the Palestinians had wanted to live together in peace,_____
A | they would have found a way by now |
B | journalists had better think about it |
C | the United Nations can find the
solution |
D | the Palestinians will have to pay the
price |
E | they should seek the ways of living
together |
Question 18 |
18. It was not until he had sent his book to more than 20 publishers_____
A | though he was an efficient writer |
B | where they demanded too much
money |
C | who refused his offer |
D | when the agreement was signed |
E | that one agreed to publish it |
Question 19 |
19 ._____ when fresh fighting broke out.
A | No sooner had Jason left the town |
B | Hardly had the peace agreement
been signed |
C | She neither abandoned the war field |
D | Not only did they evacuate the city |
E | The more fiercely the war goes on |
Question 20 |
20. Not knowing anyone in her new neighbourhood,____.
A | he was too desperate to find a friend |
B | it barked all day |
C | she could find nothing to do except
going for a walk on her own |
D | no one visited her in her new
apartment |
E | John moved to his mother's home
back-again |
Question 21 |
21. Unless the two countries begin to negotiate seriouslvi,______.
A | there won't be any wars from now on |
B | the both sides can find a solution
easily |
C | a violence in the region will be
unavoidable |
D | regional similarities were in front |
E | one of them would have given an
end to the going on retaliation |
Question 22 |
22. ______Turkey tries to persuade the authorities to have it in our country
A | If the powerful nations try to use â
conflict to their advantage |
B | Although athletic competitions didn’t
stimulate good-will between nations |
C | When the United Nations was not
able to solve the problem |
D | Because Unesco organizes aid
programmes for poorer nations |
E | Whenever there is an international
incident |
Question 23 |
23. The citizens will hold a big protest______.
A | just as the farmers were cutting
down many trees |
B | provided that the council went on
pulling the historical buildings down |
C | if the government builds a road
through the region which involves
residential areas and parks |
D | if only the amount of taxes has been
brought down a little by the
government |
E | while the committee was organizing
a ceremony for the opening of the
new high way |
Question 24 |
24. ______the town managed to resist against the marauders until the aid arrived.
A | Although it was defended by a few
volunteer armed men |
B | Since most of them had no actual
war experience |
C | If it took long for the invaders to
capture the fortress |
D | Whether they knew how many there
really were |
E | Thanks to the lack of ammunition
and food |
Question 25 |
25. It is quite clear from the evidence______.
A | because nobody but him could ever
get that information about the
victim's habits |
B | that she is the only person who
could have committed the crime |
C | about the circumstances in which
the family lived |
D | whether she really did it is a still
difficult question we must .answer |
E | so obvious that they had kidnapped
the child |
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