TEST 82

1. Are you thinking of driving to work today ? I ____ if I ___ you. It’s very foggy. Why don’t you take
the train?
A. won’t; am B. wouldn’t; were
C. wouldn’t have; was D. wouldn’t; could be

2. He never seems _____ when you talk to him.

A. to have listened B. to be listening
C. listening D. that he would listen

3. My bank statement says that I’m overdrawn. But I’m sure they ____ a mistake.
A. must have made B. may have made
C. might have made D. should have made

4. When my grandmother was _____ school, she had to learn everything ___ heart, and even years later
she could recite countless poems ____ memory.
A. in; by; by B. at; by; by
C. in; by; from D. at; by; from

5. He confided _____ me that he had been ____ from school for ____ truant just once.
A. in; exempt; being B. to; expelled; playing
C. with; sent away; giving D. in; rejected; making

6. Pupils ____ public schools still account ____ many of the students at Oxford and Cambridge.
A. in; with B. at; from
C. at; for D. in; to

7. He finally succumbed _____ parental pressure, but only ____ protest, and carried out research ____
the life of Baudelaire.
A. to; under; into B. in; in; into
C. with; with; in D. for; with; in

8. As he ____ the handle of the door, his eye ____ upon the portrait she ___ of him.
A. turned; fell; was painting B. was turning; was falling; would paint
C. was turning; fell; had painted D. turned; fell; had been painting

9. I ____ you ___ for supper. I ___ anything to eat at all.

A. forgot; were coming; haven’t bought B. have forgotten; will come; didn’t buy
C. forgot; would come; didn’t buy D. have forgotten; have come; haven’t bought

10. The start of the film was dreadful. I ___ it ___ better, but in fact it got worse as it ___ on.
A. hoped; was getting; was going B. was hoping; would get; was going
C. hoped; would get; went D. was hoping; was getting; was going

11. Half-way ___ the show, the opera singer collapsed ____ the stage.
A. during; on B. although; at
C. through; on D. while; at

12. You ___ to me. I’ll ___ this time, but don’t do it again.
A. shouldn’t have lied; let you off B. didn’t need to; let you get away with it
C. needn’t have lied; let you out D. might not have lied; let you in
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13. Sir Malcolm Travis offered to buy the company, but he ___ when he heart it was heavily ___.
A. backed down; with debts B. backed up; under debts
C. backed out; in debt D. away; beneath debts

14. I thought that the food in that restaurant was really tasty.
A. The food was thought to be really tasty.
B. The food was thought to have been really tasty.
C. The food is expected to have been tasty.
D. It was thought that the food would be tasty.

15. John spends ___ he used to.

A. twice more on food B. twice as much on food as
C. twice as much on food than D. twice more on food as

16. The lecture began very badly, but the professor went on ___ some interesting points.
A. making B. to make
C. to have made D. having made

17. I heard my neighbours ___ off their TV and then ___ to bed.
A. turning; going B. turn; going
C. turning; go D. turn; go

18. I woke up at two in the morning and heard them ____ an argument.
A. have B. having
C. to have D. to have had

19. I’ve never seen anyone ____ as much as you do.

A. to eat B. eating
C. eat D. to have been eating

20. It was obvious that she hadn’t seen me ___ in.

A. come B. coming
C. having come D. to have come

21. John and Anita ____ married in two weeks’ time. The church ceremony ____ at 3 so the guests ___
to be in their seats by 2.50.
A. will be getting; is starting; have B. will get; starts; are having
C. will have got; is starting; will have D. are getting; starts; have

22. When ___ changed? The taxi ___ any minute and you aren’t even ready yet!
A. are you getting; will arrive B. will you get; arrives
C. will you have got; is arriving D. are you going to get; will arrive

23. She was in a hurry so she forgot her season ticket.

A. such in a hurry she was that she forgot her season ticket
B. she was in such a hurry so she forgot her season ticket
C. so hurried was she that she forgot her season ticket
D. she was so hurried so as to forget her season ticket

24. Ford Motors have a new saloon _____, and it will be revealed for the first time at next year’s motor
show.
A. in the market B. on the market
C. on tne pipeline D. in the pipeline

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25. At no point in my life ____ keen ____ the idea of joining any kind of club or group.
A. I have been; in B. were I; on
C. have I been; on D. had I been; for

26.They pleaded ______ me to go to the party but I couldn’t bear _____.

A. with; with B. to; to
C. on; to D. at; with

27. My mother despaired _____ me, but still tried to ______ me into going to college.
A. at; get B. against; convince
C. with; persuade D. of; talk

28. The company has _____ forward many reasons why it can’t offer a pay rise. The reason, _____ , is
that it is almost bankrupt.
A. brought; however B. made; consequently
C. written; moreover D. put; in a nutshell

29. I tried ringing you earlier, but I got no reply. You _____ out.
A. may have been B. should have been
C. could have been D. must have been

30. I wonder why Alan didn’t buy her anything for her birthday. I suppose he _____ about it.
A. may have forgotten B. must have forgotten
C. could have forgotten D. should have forgotten