TEST LEVEL 01

Choose the appropriate options to complete the sentences.

1. I have seen businesses moving out of the country ---- avoid paying taxes.

A) in case
B) in view of
C) so as to
D) although
E) however

2. We shall take an umbrella with us ---- we don't get wet.

A) in case
B) in order to
C) so that
D) despite
E) because of

3. I couldn't drive there ---- so I told my dad to come along.

A) me
B) each other
C) myself
D) one another's
E) us

4. Before asking ---- people to share their secrets with you, share some of ----
with them.

A) other / yours
B) the other / you
C) some others / yours
D) others / yours
E) the others / you

5. By the time you ---- to the party, we ---- for several hours.

A) have come / had been drinking

B) come / will be drinking
C) come / have been drinking
D) came / had been drinking
E) came / were drinking

6. Alan ---- all his money when we got to the casino, he didn't even say hi to us.

A) ought to lose
B) should lose
C) needn't have lost
D) can't have lost
E) must have lost

7. The store ---- by hundreds of people everyday, I don't understand why my

favorite book ---- yet.

A) visited / hasn't been bought

B) is visited / hasn't been bought
C) was visited / hadn't bought
D) is visited / hadn't been bought
E) had visited / hasn't been bought

8. The new movie performed very poorly ---- the low ratings it has received by
the viewers.

A) due to
B) since
C) despite
D) however
E) because

9. I can see the rainbow clearly now that the rain ----.

A) stopped
B) had stopped
C) stop
D) has stopped
E) will stop

10. Several guests complained about ---- cold food last night.

A) to be served
B) being served
C) served
D) having served
E) to have been served

11. I cannot think of anything ---- I would love more than a car right now.

A) where
B) who
C) when
D) whom
E) that

12. I am excited to see all the historical structures ---- by the Roman Empire.

A) building
B) to build
C) built
D) to have built
E) having built

Choose the most appropriate options to complete the short reading

articles.

Many over the counter medicine (1) ---- to help with common cold, to reduce the
effects of its symptoms. Although some symptoms (2) ---- might require continued
use of the medicine to go away, over the counter drugs should be sufficient (3) -
--- most cases. (4) ---- the frequency of its occurrence, it is convenient and
important to be able to use over the counter drugs. Those ---- suffer from a severe
cold conditions might also want to see their doctor for stronger medicine.

1.
A) used
B) can be used
C) has used
D) was to use
E) is to use

2.
A) treated
B) treating
C) to be treating
D) having treated
E) to have treated

3.
A) to be treating
B) to be treated
C) for treating
D) to treat
E) treating

4.
A) In addition
B) Also
C) Although
D) Since
E) Because of

5.
A) where
B) what
 C) who
D) which
E) of which

History, (6) ---- its broadest sense, is the story of humanity's past. It also refers
(7) ---- the recording of that past. The (8) ---- sources of history include books,
newspapers, printed documents, personal papers (9) ---- oral accounts.
Historians use this material to form coherent narratives and uncover linked
sequences and patterns in past events. (10) ---- histories are concerned with
causality, that is, why certain outcomes happened as they did, and how they are
linked to earlier events.

6.
A) in
B) at
C) of
D) as
E) on
7.
A) on
B) at
C) for
D) with
E) to
8.
A) subsequent
B) punctual
C) exciting
D) diverse
E) previous
9.
A) on account of
B) despite
C) due to
D) as well as
E) but for
10.
A) Much
B) Most
C) Every
D) Whole
E) Each