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GRAMMAR
TEST-9
1- An ethnic Korean said he ............. until a
Japanese detective he had seen insulting a Korean
............. publicly.
A) won't surrender / will apologise
B) isn't surrendering/apologised
C) hadn't surrendered / was apologised
D) was surrendering / was apologising
E) wouldn't surrender/apologized
2-1 have witnessed at close range the problems
scientists ............. when they ............. to
examine phenomena as
elusive as language and idea formation.
A) were encountering / were trying
B) are encountering / have tried
C) have encountered / were tried
D) encounter / try
E) will encounter / are going to try
3- She........... very hard for the exams these days. I
think she really deserves to be called "swot ".
A) studies
B) will be studying
C) is studying
D) studied
E) was studying
4- So far we........... half of the plan but we
........... all of it by next month.
A) fulfilled / completed
B) have fulfilled / will have completed
C) are fulfilling / will be completing
D) were fulfilling/were completed
E) have fulfilled / have completed
5- The moment his colleagues .............. criticising
him, he .............. from his seat and ..............
upon them .
A) began / rose / rushed
B) had begun / was rising / has rushed
C) begins / is rising / is rushing
D) have begun / had risen / rushed
E) were beginning / has risen / has rushed
6- The number of major ecological disasters, possibly
volcanic eruptions, that.............. the course of
earth's
history over the past 300 million years is said to be 7.
A) were changing
B) had changed
C) were changed
D) would change
E) have changed
7- They are continuously making fun of me as I couldn't
pass YDS, but believe me by this time next year I
.............. it
with a high point.
A) have passed
B) will pass
C) am passing
D) had passed
E) will have passed
8- Let nobody enter his room. He ........... to
concentrate on his work at the moment. His this
situation ............ three
hours uninterruptedly every afternoon.
A) tries / will last
B) has tried / is lasting
C) is trying / lasts
D) was trying / lasted
E) tried / was lasting
9- More than three hundred people .......... in that
skyscraper before the earthquake ............ it.
A) are living / destroys
B) live /has destroyed
C) have lived / destroyed
D) were living / destroy
E) had been living / destroyed
10- Casey Martin, who is a professional golfer,
.......... from a circulatory disorder lately and I
think it's because he .......... an accident a year ago.
A) suffered / had had
B) suffers / is having
C) has been suffering /had
D) has suffered / was having
E) was suffering / has had
11- We .......... at a country inn that .......... a
small movie theatre last summer. Before every evening's
presentation, my husband and I .......... our three-
year-old-son to sit quietly. Except for an occasionally
whispered question, he .......... in attention.
A) stayed /had / were instructed /sat were
B) staying / had / instructed / sat had stayed
C) have had / were instructing /sat
D) stay /has /have instructed /has sat
E) would stay / had / instructed /had sat
12- As a tradition, we ............ cherry-festival
every year in spring, which ............. a great number
of people from
neighbouring cities to come together and make new
friends.
A) are celebrating / is caused
B) will celebrate / causes
C) have celebrated / has caused
D) celebrate / causes
E) are going to celebrate / will cause
13- The second time he .......... the committee to
consider under which circumstances the employees were
working, nearly all of the members .......... their
backs to him.
A) was asked / had turned
B) asked / turned
C) would ask / would turn
D) was to ask / have turned
E) asks / will turn
14- Their son's illness, once regarded not so
serious,.......... day by day so they .......... him to
the nearest hospital
immediately.
A) worsened / have taken
B) was worsening / took
C) worsens / take
D) has worsened / took
E) is worsening / have taken
15- I.......... promising to meet him at the station
tomorrow at 7 p.m., but I .......... a large number of
customers at the hour he arrives at the station.
A) have remembered / served
B) remembered / served
C) had remembered / had served
D) remember / will be serving
E) have remembered / serve
16- It seems this shop ........... a considerable
discount in prices. There is a large crowd of people
inside.
A) made
B) has made
C) is made
D) was making
E) will make
17- It seemed that shop........... a considerable
discount in prices. There was a large crowd of people
inside.
A) has made
B) made
C) had made
D) was made
E) would make
18- Because we ........... an enormous demand for our
products in the past six months , we ......... opening
new
factories in order to meet the demands.
A) received / consider
B) were receiving / were considering
C) receive / have considered
D) had received / were considering
E) have received / are considering
19- In the past, the capacity people............. for
learning ............. often ............. in education,
which ............. mainly a
culturally separate, formal activity not directly
challenging poverty or dependence.
A) have had / has /lost/ has been
B) had / had / lost /was
C) would have /was /lost /was
D) had had / was / losing / was
E) had / was /lost / was
20- They ........... unceasingly about the low
performance of the employees but they never..........
for the reasons why they
are so.
A) were complaining / were seeking
B) have complained / sought
C) complain / seek
D) were complaining /have sought
E) had been complaining / had been sought
21- Although I........... usually a nervous passenger, I
once ........... very frightened on a small commuter
plane.
A) am not / became
B) have not been / had become
C) do not be / become
D) am not / was becoming
E) was not / have become
22- After living in Turkey for a few months, my daughter
Mary ........... to the United States with her dog, Max.
To practice training, she........... him to a park every
afternoon and ........... over some commands.
A) has returned / has brought /gone
B) returns /was bringing /going
C) returned / brought / went
D) will return / brought / went
E) had returned / has brought / gone
23- It's an undeniable fact that since he ...........
the university, his life ........... much more
interesting than ever before.
A) enters / become
B) entered / has become
C) will enter / will become
D) has entered / became
E) is entered / becomes
24- Originally built to carry men to the surface of the
moon, Apollo 18 was poised to go until the early 1970s,
when the U.S................. out of both the money and
the will to make that kind of journey, and the giant
missile ................ to stand down.
A) had run / ordered
B) ran / had ordered
C) has run / is ordered
D) runs / has been ordered
E) ran / was ordered
25- I wonder how my son still remembers the very first
day I........... him to the zoo in his childhood.
A) have taken
B) will take
C) had been taken
D) was to take
E) took
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