SENTENCE COMPLETION TEST – 30
1. _____, which will further worsen the unemployment
problem.
A) Several companies are considering reductions in
the work force
B) No solutions were forthcoming
C) Everyone was genuinely concerned about the
situation
D) The minister had been under attack for some time
E) The police should have combed the area for the
person responsible
2. _____before the town planners took their job
seriously.
A) City planning has continued to be their prime
concern
B) A great many ugly apartment blocks were built
C) A good architect views his work within the
context of the area at large
D) In this respect new cities are at a great
advantage
E) New cities never have the same ambiance as the
old
3. _____how close he had been to winning the
election.
A) To be perfectly honest I was noticeably relieved
B) It shouldn't have been misinterpreted
C) Even his own supporters were surprised when they
learned
D) The votes had finally been counted
E) He should have withdrawn from the election
campaign
4. As soon as the French troops crossed the Polish
frontier,_____.
A) the allied forces had launched their first
massive attack
B) the people have been massacred and towns
devastated
C) the Poles withdraw to a more strategic position
D) Britain declared war against France
E) disease had not been prevented
5. Although the imagery James Joyce used in his
works is intensely personal,________
A) themes related to Irish life had always been
popular among Irish novelists
B) he had played a major role in the development of
the novel
C) some critics have argued that it has archetypal
patterns
D) perhaps the best-known Irish writer is Bernard
Shaw
E) most Irish writers have been keenly interested in
drama
6. ______only after the Iraqi government has fully
complied with the decisions of the
Security Council.
A) Life in Kuwait would have returned to normal
B) The Gulf Crisis had to be solved
C) The economic embargo imposed on Iraq can be
lifted
D) The oil wells in Kuwait were set on fire
E) The pollution of the seas in the region is a
matter of great concern
7. _____that the sale of the factory was illegal.
A) The magistrate was of the opinion
B) Those responsible were prosecuted
C) The process of laundering the black money has
been discovered
D) The reports submitted by the company were all
forged
E) The police have arrested the owners
8. Dams can only be constructed in places _____.
A) in which there were sufficient supplies of water
B) where the ecological structure is suitable
C) from which towns and villages may have to be
constructed
D) wherever the river bed has dried up
E) that there are mountains as well as
9. ____not even his wife will be allowed to visit
him.
A) Before the results of the tests had come through
B) Though the surgeon was unwilling to operate for a
week
C) So long as the patient started to recover
D) Despite the fact that he proved allergic to
certain medicines
E) While he remains in the intensive care unit
10. _____the trend to withdraw savings from banks
goes on.
A) Since the value of many shares on the stock would
have dropped by as much as a half every hour
B) When export restrictions on certain goods were
finally lifted
C) If the Central Bank had taken firmer instructions
at the start
D) If the interest rates are raised at once
E) Inasmuch as the financial situation is steadily
deteriorating
11. ______the end result was extremely
unsatisfactory.
A) Although much energy and time had gone into the
production of the play
B) Even if the government has approved the new
scheme
C) Working only a few hours a day
D) Owing to the conscientious employees
E) What made the staff feel disappointed
12. The officer in charge of the evacuation tried to
find out___
A) in case the roads had been flooded
B) how many people have escaped
C) whether the tents would reach them by the evening
D) yet hungry everyone might have been
E) that more supplies will be required
13. Are you really persuaded______?
A) that these measures will help to increase exports
B) why the land in this area has been eroded in this
way
C) how far the American involvement in Somalia is to
the benefit of the people
D) who first put the idea into his head
E) where rare species of birds are still to be found
14. I suggest you finish all the work by noon_____.
A) whenever there happened to be a great match on
the television
B) why you want to go to the take for a swim
C) whether you demanded an increase in your wages
D) yet impossible it was
E) so that you can take the afternoon off
15. I fear a lot of workers will be made
redundant,_____.
A) just as the global computer market would have
declined soon
B) when so many other factories had been closed down
C) since so many of us are looking forward to our
retirement
D) unless the firm finds new markets for its goods
E) whatever improvements could be made in the
working conditions
16. ______they still haven't chosen the team of
engineers.
A) Although work on the project should have started
last week
B) When they start work on the dam next month
C) Whoever made the designs for this block of flats
D) In order to find out why the plane crashed
E) As soon as the new model becomes obtainable
17. _____, the United Nations is still far from
reaching any agreement on what action to take.
A) Whatever the price that has to be paid to restore
peace
B) If the famine in Africa is to get relief
C) While many innocent lives are being lost in
internal conflicts
D) Whoever is responsible for all this slaughter
E) In spite of the fact that the world population
had increased at an unprecedented rate
18. If you knew him as well as I do,_______.
A) he is admired by his classmates
B) you would not trust him at all
C) we were very disillusioned by his performance
D) he could have been assigned this special task
E) I would have accused him of negligence
19. Since there was no positive evidence against
him,_____________.
A) the police have always suspected he is the
murderer
B) the witnesses have been completely unsatisfactory
C) the verdict had already been given
D) the trial would have been postponed indefinitely
E) the judge had no other choice but to set him free
20. Even before he reached the age of 10_____.
A) his knowledge of music far exceeds that of his
contemporaries
B) he has played the violin most skillfully
C) it was noticeable that he was an extremely gifted
musician
D) the father still didn't realize how gifted his
child was
E) few people would be aware of his extraordinary
intelligence
21. _____that he still doesn't seem quite normal.
A) He had given such a colorful account of his
adventures
B) He was so horrified by what he saw during the
civil war
C) However amusing everyone else found the story
D) The envoy has been recalled
E) The audience had been captivated by his speech
22. _____why the minister rejected to comment on the
issue.
A) Nobody else but the manager himself was allowed
to speak
B) The journalist was of the opinion
C) The members of the subcommittee were warned
D) That must be the reason
E) Several suggestions had been made
23. _____until the rate of population growth is
brought down to a sensible level.
A) People all round the country must be encouraged
to use birth control
B) New measures were to be introduced regarding
child mortality
C) There have been so many fatal accidents on the
roads in recent years
D) Advances in medical research in recent years have
contributed to the improvement
of the nation's health
E) The government is planning to build new state
hospitals
24. Many people take it for granted_____.
A) whether they realized just how serious the drug
problem had become
B) that the new interest policy contributed to the
greater degree of stability in prices
at this period
C) why no survivors whatsoever were found
D) how all receipts and papers concerning the
transaction inexplicably disappeared
E) why the other travelers had absolutely no comment
to make at all about the accident
25. _____, Durbanfield was one of the few textile
towns that sustained to grow in the
twentieth century.
A) If the government lifted the sanctions
B) Since its trade was both flexible and varied
C) However unpopular the scheme had seemed to many
D) As soon as the industrial revolution got under
way
E) Just as many industrial areas were competing with
each other
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