Test 88

1. I spend much less money on groceries than she does.

A. I don’t spend nearly as much on groceries than she does.
B. I spend less on groceries as she does.
C. I don’t spend as nearly as much on groceries as she does.
D. She spends nearly as much on groceries as I do.

2. Hardly ____ between these two brands of ketchup.

A. there is a difference B. is there a difference
C. had it been a difference D. has it been a difference

3. ____ I can’t understand is her desperate ____ for chocolate.

A. What; craving B. That; appetite
C. What; want D. That; desire

4. It was virtually impossible for him to understand what you were saying.
A. He can’t have understood what you were saying.
B. He may not have understood what you were saying.
C. He might not have understood what you were saying.
D. He couldn’t understand what you were saying.

5. Can you keep an eye ____ my children while I ___ away?

A. on; will be B. at; will be
C. at; am D. on; am

6. Her ____ to take part ____ the event seemed rather strange to me.
A. relunctance; in B. unwillingness; at
C. hesitance; on D. disapproval; in

7. The burglar appears ____ through a window.

A. that he broke in B. that he had broken in
C. to break in D. to have broken in

8. Didn’t you realise that he might be lying?

A. Didn’t it occur to you that he might be lying?
B Didn’t you think she should have been lying?
C. Didn’t you consider he was lying?
D. Didn’t you know he was lying?

9. I’ve never ____ eyes ___ him before.

A. set; on B. put; at
C. took; of D. made; with

10. I’ll never enter this house again.

A. Never again will I set foot in this house.
B. Never again I will put my feet in this house.
C.Never again would I set foot in this house.
D. Never again I would put my feet in this house.

11. It goes without ____ that the success of a new product depends, to a certain ____, on the
advertising campaign.
A. guessing; fact B. understanding; point
C. knowing; limit D. saying; extent

12. He didn’t get round ____ yesterday.

A. to phone B. to have phoned
C. to having phoned D. to phoning

13. How on earth ___ told all those lies to the police?
A. could you have B. may you have
C. must you have D. you can have

14. You ____ him if you ___ him your cheque book!
A. couldn’t have trusted; had given B. might have trusted; gave
C. shouldn’t have trusted; had given D. must have trusted; gave

15. It was remiss of you not to tell me to cancel the meeting!

A. You might have told me not to cancel the meeting!
B. You might have told me to cancel the meeting!
C. You shouldn’t have told me to cancel the meeting!
D. You could have told me not to cancel the meeting!

16. I found it hard to believe that anyone could be as ____ as him.

A. disagreeable B. unagreeable
C. non-agreeable D. inagreeable

17. The lawyers were ____ with the verdict of the trial.
A. unsatisfied B. dissatisfied
C. insatisfied D. missatisfied

18. The effects of the poison are ____, I’m afraid.

A. irreversible B. unreversible
C. disreversible D. misreversible

19. The doctor told us that the disease was ____ .

A. uncurable B. miscurable
C. incurable D. discurable

20. My brother was made ____ all the application forms again.
A. complete B. to complete
C. to have completed D completing
21. The housing problem needs ___ immediatly.
A. being dealt with B. dealing with
C. to deal with D. to be dealing with

22. The sea is gradually eroding the cliff.

A. The cliff is gradually eroded by the sea.
B. The cliff is being gradually eroded.
C. The cliff was gradually eroded bu the sea.
D. The cliff was gradually being eroded by the sea.

23. The decision of whether or not to proceed with the plan ____ today.
A. will take B. has taken
C. was taken D. will be taken

24. My daughter ____ at the kindergarten these days.

A. is being looked after B. is looking after
C. has looked after D. was being looked after

25. Since we last met, another sentence ___ to the contract to avoid possible confusions.
A. was added B. has been added
C. added D has added

26. Six months’ free insurance ____ in the purchase price.

A. adds B. will add
C. is added D. was added

27. How can I make ____ for forgetting about your birthday?
A. sure B. sorry
C. amends D. even

28. I can’t make sense ___ these instructions.

A. about B. with
C. on D. of

29. Where is the man to ____ you were talking?

A. who B. that
C. which D. whom

30. You will be permitted to fish in the river ____ you obey the regulations.
A. unless B. even if
C. as long as D. in case