fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs 

1. Hardly had the minister finished his speech when gunshots _____ (storm) the
stadium.

2. Everybody will be at the office at about 08:30 tomorrow as the meeting ______
(start) at nine o'clock.
3. That candidate who we had been interviewed before we ______ (speak) to all the
others is still my favorite.
4. While climbing onto the mountain top, I ______(encounter) a strange animal which
I'd never seen before
5. The chairman was sure that his plan would work out fine as no other member
______ (oppose) it up to that time
6. I wasn't surprised to hear that Monica _______ (have) an accident as she is a very
reckless driver
7. Since the very first day when the Umbrella Company embarked upon such a
dangerous and risky lab-research, very strange incidents ______ (take place) within
the research complex
8. Urbanization ______ (always / be) a problem which causes several environmental
challenges ever since the rate of migration ______ (increase) after the industrial
revolution.
9. When I _____ (come) home this evening, my parents had gone out for a walk
10. By the time the troops _______ (arrive), the war will have ended
11. By the year 2020, linguists ______ (study) the Indy-European language family for
more than 200 years
12. Gasoline _____ (become) a major problem for people for the last ten years,
therefore, during this time many people have preferred to sell their cars and buy
smaller ones
13. By the time he was 14, Wolfgang Mozart _____(compose) an enviable number of
musical pieces
14. Nothing in my life ______ (be) so strong to stop me achieve my goals so far and i
don't think anything will be
15. Archaeologists ______(explain) recently that an ancient underground city around
Cappadocia has long wide corridors where there are many special areas for making
cheese and wine
16. I was amazed when he accepted a drink, since I ______(always / assume) that he
was a teetotaler.
17. I _____(play) tennis tomorrow but I won't be able to do that because I have
injured my right ankle
18. We ______(visit) the seashore many times before but last summer we enjoyed
ourselves more than ever
19. According to a survey, thousands of vending machines _____ (have to be
converted) before the new coins have come into circulation.
Read the dialogues and choose the most appropriate options to complete the
dialogues. 

1.
Doctor
         Take this medicine for a week and you'll start to feel better.
Patient
        ________________________________________
Doctor
         Are you sure? It's the best on the market.
Patient
         Yes I am. Can you please prescribe another one?

A) What shall i do if unexpected side effects arise?

B) What is the ideal dosage for my weight?

C) No, it's too early to prescribe another medicine.

D) But I've used it before and it did not help at all.

E) It looks as if the illness has already been cured.

2. 
Jake
         How did you like the movie you saw last night? 
Karen
         I can't say it was the best I've ever seen. 
Jake
        __________________________________
Karen
        Certainly not. Do not waste your time.

A) Did you go alone or with a friend from work?

B) Hadn't you read the reviews before you went to see it?

C) What do you mean by saying it depends?

D) I knew I could always count on you.

E) Then you wouldn't recommend it, would you?

3. 
Father
         What? You crashed the car again? 
Son
         _______________________________
Father
         I'm sure it wasn't. This is the third accident you have had this year.
Son
         You're very angry now, dad. We had better talk about this later on. 

A) I do apologize. I promise it won't happen again.

B) Was the car in good condition?

C) But it wasn't my fault. You've got to believe me.

D) Was it worth the money and time you had wasted?

E) Why do you ask? Don't you know it's too late now?
4. 
Chuck
         ________________________
Sue
        Why do you think so? 
Chuck
         Whenever we meet, she pretends not to see me.
Sue
         I don't thin k it's because she hasn't got over her anger. She's having
         a bad time at work nowadays. 

A) It seems that Martha is still angry with me.

B) Martha will never make a good manager.

C) I have never seen a smarter woman than Martha.

D) One thing that I especially like about Martha is her sincerity.

E) Martha has finally managed to get over her resentment.

5. 
Tom
         ______________________________________
Mary
         Are you kidding? We are in June. 
Tom
         So what? What's wrong with June?
Mary
         The right time to trim your roses is the beginning of winter, when they
         lose their flowers.

A) Are you going to plant those roses in your garden in June or July?

B) Can you help me prune the roses in the garden at the weekend?

C) I didn't know your brother knew so much about gardening.

D) Have you got any idea what the right time is to shorten rose plants?

E) Are we supposed to do anything special to keep the roses fresh?

The Great Hanshin Earthquake
The Great Hanshin earthquake, or the Kobe earthquake as it is more commonly known
overseas, was an earthquake in Japan that measured 7.2 on the Japanese Scale. It
occurred on January 17, 1995 at 5:46 am 52 seconds in the southern part of Hyogo
Prefecture and lasted for approximately 20 seconds. The epicenter of the earthquake
was on the northern end of Awaji Island, near the cosmopolitan city of Kobe with a
population of 1.5 million. A total of 6,433 people, mainly in the city of Kobe, lost their
lives. Additionally, it caused approximately ten trillion yen in damage. It is listed in the
Guinness Book of Records as the costliest natural disaster. It was the worst
.earthquake in Japan since the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, which claimed
140,000 lives.

1. It is stated in the passage that the number of deaths in the city of Kobe .

A) was greater than that of Hurricane Katrina

B) was not as high as in the Great Kanto earthquake

C) exceeded that of any known earthquake

D) was extremely high for an earthquake of this magnitude

E) was small due to the type of construction

2. According to the passage, the Kobe earthquake is listed in the Guinness

Book of Records because

A) it has been the highest magnitude earthquake recorded so far

B) it lasted less than 20 seconds

C) it caused more financial damage than any other natural disaster in the 
        world

D) the city of Kobe suffered the highest number of deaths among affected 
        regions

E) its epicenter was on the northern end of Awaji island

3. We understand from the passage that the Kobe earthquake

A) is internationally known as the Great Hanshin earthquake

B) didn't cause any damage in the neighborhood of Kobe

C) was the first to cause widespread and serious damage to modern 

        buildings

D) is not the deadliest earthquake in the history of Japan

E) had a higher magnitude than the Great Kanto earthquake