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1. Social media ---- increasingly competitive, and 6. By the time the police ---- the murderer who
having a page visited by thousands of followers once was a TV speaker in one of the local
---- the way for remarkable incomes. channels, according to his colleagues, he ---- to
another country by train.
A) is becoming / paves
B) becomes / will have paved A) will find / goes
C) has become / had paved B) find / will have gone
D) had become / paved C) were finding / had gone
E) became / has paved D) had found / went
E) found / has gone

2. Despite some present dangers, we ---- online 7. The new $1 coin introduced in 2000 by the
shopping for almost every purpose, even to go Central Bank ---- enough public attention yet
to the supermarket. However, until recently than the previous ones ---- such as quarters or
we ---- how to use it, let alone shopping! pennies.

A) were using / haven’t known A) hasn’t attracted / have done

B) are using / didn’t know B) didn’t attract / did
C) had used / hadn’t known C) doesn’t attract / do
D) will be using / don’t know D) hasn’t attracted / did
E) use / wouldn’t know E) hadn’tt attracted / had done

3. The famous DJ ---- his new song for the first 8. There were an unlucky group who ---- to
time after he ---- it. be shooting an action film in the same bank
when the real thieves ---- the bank.
A) is playing / released
B) has played / is releasing A) happened / are robbing
C) was playing / would play B) happen / have been robbing
D) played / had released C) have happened / robbed
E) played / was releasing D) happened / were robbing
E) would happen / have robbed

4. Once you ---- worrying about the deficient 9. From smartphones and super-fast computers
parts of the project, it ---- to take shape. to hybrid cars and space shuttles, over the past
years engineering ---- so fast that the gadgets
A) stopped / will start
from only a decade ago ---- like they are
B) have stopped / would start
obsolete.
C) will stop / starts
D) stop / will start A) advanced / had seemed
E) are stopping / has started B) advances / seemed
C) was advancing / have seemed
D) has advanced / seemed
5. Every child ---- a fight or at least any trouble in E) has advanced / seem
their childhood, and these things they
10. This ---- the first time any Arab government
experienced ---- them some crucial things about
---- outside military help during the current wave
life and its danger.
of protests sweeping the region.
A) experienced / had taught
A) is / will call for
B) has experienced / were teaching
B) was / has called for
C) had experienced / have taught
C) was / called for
D) will experience / taught
D) has been / used to call for
E) experiences / teach
E) is / has called for
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11. Geologists ---- that the stone called Oltu is 16. No sooner had the documentary called The
likely to be as old as dinosours whose extinction Big Bang coincidentally appeared on TV than
---- back to 65 millions years ago, when an everybody in the room ---- conversing with each
asteroid hit Earth. other and ---- on it.

A) are arguing / had dated A) stopped / had focused

B) argue / dates B) was stopping / used to focus
C) have argued / dated C) stopped / focused
D) would argue / dates D) has stopped / will focus
E) argued / dated E) stops / focuses

12. People who ---- in medieval Europe ---- lots of
genocides for many centuries.
A) lived / witnessed
B) live / have witnessed
C) lived / have witnessed
D) are living / have been witnessing
E) had lived / had witnessed
17. My cousin ---- in one of Shakespeare’s great
plays, Macbeth as protagonist on Sunday. I hope
I ---- him from the front seat.
A) is acting / will watch
B) is going to act / will have been watching
C) acted / will watch
D) will be acting / watched
E) will act / am watching

13. Henry doesn’t like being bothered when he -- 18. I know you ---- for a car but please don’t buy
-- a book. the ones whose production date ---- prior to
2010.
A) will read
B) is going to read A) are looking / is
C) is reading B) look / was
D) was reading C) looked / has been
E) read D) were looking / is
E) have been looking / used to be

14. It wasn’t until a K-9 dog ---- at a passenger 19. By WWII, the nations ---- for almost two
with illegal drugs that the airport police officer decades on a global scale, and they ---- the
---- him. peace across the world since then.

A) had barked / would block A) hadn’t fought / will have kept

B) barked / blocked B) hadn’t been fighting / have been keeping
C) was barking / has blocked C) didn’t fight / kept
D) will bark / blocks D) haven’t been fighting / has kept
E) has barked / blocked E) weren’t fighting / keep

15. The Great Depression was the worst

economic recession that the world ---- in 20th
century. Lasting from 1929 to 1939, it began
after the stock market crash, which ---- Wall
Street into a panic and wiped out millions of
investors.
20. Happily I ---- myself this deodorant that I saw
on TV yesterday. Owing to up to 48 hours of
protection, it helps ward off sweat and odour.
Otherwise, I ---- and disturb people around me.

A) had ever seen / sent A) have bought / smelt

B) ever saw / had sent B) would bought / smell
C) has ever seen / sent C) bought / will smell
D) ever sees / would send D) have bought / would smell
E) had ever seen / sends E) bought / used to smell
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