SENTENCE
COMPLETION TEST - 13
1) As the workers have called off the strike ......
A) the daily coal production had increased
considerably
B) the Coal Board is prepared to reconsider the
proposals of the union leaders
C) the chairman of the Coal Board expressed his
satisfaction
D) there would have been a sense of relief
nationwide
E) the extent of the dispute was being ignored
2) All pills should be kept in a safe place ......
A) in case there were any side effects
B) if they can be found in an emergency
C) so that they were kept cool
D) where small children cannot reach them
E) which mustn't exceed the recommended dose
3) Do not attempt to cut down or shorten large trees
......
A) just as branches that appeared healthy had in
fact been rotten inside
B) unless you are absolutely confident that you can
do it properly
C) by making sure that your neighbours were not
opposed to it at all
D) if the weather conditions had not been taken into
account
E) in case the manager rejected the findings
4) Earlier this century, San Francisco acquired a
reputation for colourful politicians, newspapermen
and gangsters ......
A) simply because commerce has been the key to the
city's development
B) just as today Chicago remains a city of close
knit ethnic neighbourhoods
C) even though the city has become a centre for meat
products
D) but its cultural life was less well known then
E) as it is located at the conjunction of the Great
Lakes and the Mississippi River system and
surrounded by the productive farmlands of the
Midwest
5) The suggestion put forward by the colonel......
A) who wanted it to be realized
B) whose inferiors never disobeyed his orders
C) which every authority agreed on
D) was someone who was loved by his soldiers
E) will be carried out verbatim
6) They live so far out of the city ......
A) even though they enjoyed all the advantages of
city life.
B) who have lost contact with so many good friends.
C) as one can get there only by taking a taxi.
D) because the land they had bought was extremely
cheap.
E) that they can rarely get to a concert or a
theatre.
7) Isn't that the man .....?
A) which is responsible for the design of the
botanical gardens
B) that he lost his temper
C) who have just returned from a business conference
D) if he knew how to negotiate such delicate matters
E) whose daughter has won a scholarship to pursue
her graduate studies in the United Kingdom
8) ..... why their wages had not been improved as
expected.
A) One of the important changes made in the pay
scheme concerns
B) Even the secretaries have been disappointed
C) The clerk was ordered by the judge himself
D) The major problem facing the new director right
away involves
E) The employees were anxious to find out
9) This idea would be easy to illustrate and defend
......
A) however much time they can allow us
B) so long as they had provided us with adequate
assistance
C) for there was a great deal of disagreement among
the participants
D) if it were not for the fact that we haven't got
accurate data
E) until the whole controversy has been ended
10) A question that often comes to mind when
furniture is to be bought is ......
A) whether or not one is getting value for money
B) that new designs will soon he coming in
C) how the color of the carpet would have been
matched
D) to consult an interior designer who had had great
experience
E) to what extent a reduction in the price could
have been made
11) The board reached a consensus ......
A) regardless of the fact that there were some
political issues involved
B) if they had been guided by the director general
C) in view of the intelligence which has just
reached
D) in case of new developments occurring in Africa
E) until it is time for the press conference
12) Though the term "human rights" is of recent
origin,......
A) There are certain actions that are never
permissible and certain freedoms that should never
be invaded
B) after 1933 the Western would realize that it was
living in an age of totalitarian dictatorship far
worse than old monarchic absolutism
C) natural rights can be seen in their origins as
claims that everyone naturally makes
D) some politicians claim that any doctrine of human
rights must be in some sense a doctrine of natural
rights
E) the idea itself can be traced back through John
Locke in the seventeenth century to the great
philosophers of classical antiquity
13) From what has been said so far we can simply
conclude .......
A) what is the subject about
B) that is awaiting the nation
C) whose fault was the foreign deficit
D) that new measures are on the pipeline
E) in spite of the complicated topic of the
conference
14) ......... by the time they got her to the
hospital.
A) The cause of the accident will be fully
understood
B) He has been critically ill
C) The condition of the patient had deteriorated
considerably
D) They still don't realize how serious his
situation is
E) The doctor on duty should give him a blood
transfusion
15) Naturally he was shocked to learn ......
A) whichever businesses managed to increase their
profits towards the end of the year
B) how anyone can survive even two days in the North
Sea
C) that she had set her heart on going back to
Johannesburg
D) where I have hidden the key to the garage
E) until the whole debt has been paid back to the
very last penny
16) If only they had realized that our food and
water were running out ........
A) the crisis might still be avoided
B) those in charge could put the matter right
C) nobody could appreciate the gravity of the
situation
D) there were reinforcements ready to be sent out
E) they would most certainly have done something
about it
17) As unemployment is currently a major social
problem, .......
A) the strikes have really crippled the industry and
consequently, the export of manufactured goods has
come to a standstill
B) the measures introduced had little effect on the
improvement of the country's economic performance
C) its worst economic effects have been partly
softened by the government's introduction of
unemployment compensation
D) the economic prospect was far from encouraging
E) people are not working as hard as their belief in
the work ethic indicates that they should be
18) Despite what the politicians promised before the
elections,......
A) which the Government made wasn't kept
B) none of them had been kept
C) the voters are yet to see at least one of these
words come true
D) after the elections each was carried out
E) we avoided to get contaminated
19) Japan is the best example in the world of ......
A) where the income is higher than many European
countries
B) how the task was accomplished
C) whom the other peoples admire
D) what technology can achieve
E) that the unity of a nation can have incredible
results
20) Unemployment in the U.S. continued to rise
during the first half of the century,......
A) even if the workers could have received
additional fringe benefits
B) as the rate of inflation will go up accordingly
C) while most companies would have been badly hit by
the recession
D) but thereafter stabilized at about six per cent
E) despite the fact that the volume of exports
cannot be increased
21) I would call for a number of people in this
company to take early retirement......
A) until the affair is forgotten
B) since I have the authority to do so
C) that such a scandal had really happened
D) were I in full charge
E) even if I had been fully informed of matters well
in advance.
22) Henry insisted on taking us all out for dinner
......
A) whenever he comes to L.A. for a weekend
B) since he's really very hard up at the moment
C) even though he really couldn't afford to
D) that there was so little to eat in the house
E) before the contract would have been signed
23) Before Freud shed light on dreams and the
extraordinary role of the subconscious
A) the relationship between stress and dreams would
surely have been recognized
B) there are many who have grasped their
significance
C) many conventional ways of interpreting dreams are
being analyzed
D) educated people often regarded dreams as
meaningless and pointless
E) many great writers still draw on the principle of
human psychology
24) Our first impression of the new manager was
distinctly favorable_____.
A) though we were sorry to see old one go
B) unless his manner was more formal than we were
used to
C) however reluctant we are to go along with what
we're used to
D) until the efficiency of his new methods can be
established
E) that he was determined to restore the firm to its
former glory
25) _____, it was not long before they could resume
broadcasting.
A) If only their permit had been renewed
B) Once the fault in the system had been found
C) As long as the electrical supply remains stable
D) As the maintenance team were on leave
E) However unwelcome the delay might be
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