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5. Last year, Richard ____ his bicycle to work every day,

1. Last Saturday, my father ____ that his dinner suit was but he ____ the bus since the accident.
too small, so now he ____ a strict diet.
A) rides / takes
A) has discovered / followed B) has ridden / is taking
B) discovers / was following C) rode / has been taking
C) discovered / is following D) was riding / took
D) was discovering / has followed E) is riding / has taken
E) has been discovering / will follow

6. I ____ glasses when I was younger, but now I ____

2. Helen ____ her driving test five times so far without contact lenses.
success, but she ____ yet.
A) was wearing / have had
A) takes / isn't giving up B) have worn / am having
B) has taken / hasn't given up C) have been wearing / had
C) was taking / didn't give up D) wear / was having
D) is taking / doesn't give up E) wore / have
E) took / wasn't giving up

7. About a month ago, I ____ a brochure about your

3. Most of the time, John and his friends ____ football hotel, but I ____ it yet.
matches at their local coffee, but this Saturday, they
____ to the stadium, and so they're all very excited. A) request / didn't receiv
B) have requested / am not receiving
A) watch / are going
C) was requesting / wasn't receiving
B) have been watching / go
D) requested / haven't received
C) are watching / have gone
E) have been requested / don't receive
D) were watching / went
E) have watched / were going

8. The conditions in our office ____ more and more

unbearable, so quite often recently I ____ quitting it
4. Kate ____ a vegetarian for eleven years now, and she and looking for a new job.
____ meat at all during this time.
A) have got / was considering
A) is / isn't eating B) was getting / am considering
B) has been / wasn't eating C) are getting / have considered
C) is / doesn't eat D) have been getting / consider
D) has been / hasn't eaten E) get / considere
E) was / didn't eat

9. Because I ____ a long way from my work, I ____ lots of

time going to and from work.

A) live / waste
B) lived / have wasted
C) have been living / wasted
D) am living / have been wasting
E) was living / am wasting

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14. She ____ strictly since Christmas and so far she ____
eight kilos.

10. In the USA, the twenty largest newspaper chains ____ A) was dieting / was losing
for almost half of the circulation, reflecting a trend
B) dieted / loses
that ____ in the 1970s.
C) diets / is losing
A) account / started D) is dieting / lost
B) were accounting / start E) has been dieting / has lost
C) has accounted / was starting
D) accounted / is starting
E) accounts / has started
15. Cindy's family ____ chains in this area for over three
centuries and now her father ____ this traditional craft
at the county museum twice a day as well.

11. Clean snow ____ as much as 87 per cent of the A) are making / is demonstrating
sunlight that ____ on it.
B) have made / has demonstrated
A) is reflecting / shone C) made / was demonstrating
B) has reflected / was shining D) were making / demonstrated
C) reflected / is shining E) have been making / demonstrates
D) was reflected / has shone
E) reflects / shines

16. He ______ to unlock the door to his flat because the

telephone ________.

12. More than two hundred people ____ the tower when A) was hurrying / rang
the bomb ____ in one of the dustbins.
B) hurries / has been ringing
A) have visited / was exploding C) hurried / was ringing
B) were visiting / exploded D) is hurrying / rings
C) visited / has exploded E) has hurried / has rung
D) are visiting / is exploding
E) visit / has exploded

17. There ____ economies since the dawn of civilisation,

but as a field of study, economics ____ only recently.

13. Because you ____ half of the ingredients as I ____ A) were / was developing
dinner, you probably aren't hungry at all now.
B) have been / has developed
A) were eating / have prepared C) are / has been developing
B) have eaten / prepared D) were / is developing
C) have been eating / prepare E) have been / develops
D) ate / was preparing
E) eat / have been preparing

18. John Deere ____ his farm machinery business, which

____ tractors today, in the 19th century.

A) founds / still produced

B) has founded / is still producing
C) was founding / was still producing
D) founded / still produces
E) is founding / is still produced

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23. The fact that more people ____ ozone-friendly

products nowadays ____ that the media can positively
increase public awareness.
19. I ____ my French lately; consequently, I ____ more and
more of it. A) have used / was showing
B) used / has shown
A) am not practising / forget
C) use / has been showing
B) haven't been practising / am forgetting
D) were using / showed
C) don't practice / have forgotten
E) are using / shows
D) wasn't practising / forgot
E) didn't practice / was forgetting

24. My sister ____ from severe backaches lately and I

think it's because, last month, she ____ to work in a
20. The old lady's health ____ day by day until she ____ shop where she has to pick up heavy things.
smoking.
A) is suffering / has started
A) was deteriorating / gave up B) suffers / was starting
B) is deteriorating / gives up C) has been suffering / started
C) deteriorated / has given up D) suffered / is starting
D) deteriorates / is giving up E) was suffering / start
E) has deteriorated / was giving up

25. Though she ____ dancing, Sonia ____ to the disco with
21. The managing director ____ Sid to sales manager and her friends the previous night just in order to be with
ever since then, he ____ everybody around. them in a different atmosphere.

A) promoted / has been bossing A) hasn't like / has gone

B) promotes / bosses B) doesn't like / went
C) has promoted / is bossing C) didn't like / is going
D) is promoting / was bossing D) doesn't like / goes
E) was promoting / has bossed E) didn't like / is going

22. Problems with the hotel, coupled with this awful 26. Somebody ____ three times this morning asking for
weather, ____ our holiday miserable, so we ____ Pete, but nobody called Pete ____ here.
before the scheduled time.
A) has phoned / has ever lived
A) have made / have left B) is phoning / was ever living
B) were making / leave C) phones / ever lived
C) make / left D) phoned / is ever living
D) are making / are leaving E) has been phoning / ever lived
E) made / were leaving

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27. Joey ____ just ____stubborn when he refused to go to 31. Bob ____ with us tonight as he ____ an appointment
the cinema today and he only did so because we ____ with the dentist.
to go bowling yesterday.
A) won't have trained / is making
A) is / being / haven't wanted B) hasn't trained / was making
B) has / been / didn't want C) hadn't trained / made
C) is / being / don't want D) doesn't train / makes
D) was / being / haven't been wanting E) isn't going to train / has made
E) was / being / didn't want

32. We ____ football for two hours and ____ to a

28. My mother ____ her optician tomorrow because her restaurant for a meal, afterwards.
eyesight ____ worse since she got this computing job.
A) are playing / go
A) has visited / is becoming B) play / are going
B) visited / was becoming C) played / went
C) visits / becomes D) have played / were going
D) is visiting / has become E) have been playing / had gone
E) was visiting / became

33. Environmental pollution ____ ever since people ____ to

29. As the President ____the hall, all the guests ____ to congregate in towns and cities.
their feet to welcome him.
A) will have existed / are beginning
A) was entering / have risen B) exist / have begun
B) entered / rose C) had existed / were beginning
C) is entering / rise D) has existed / began
D) enters / have been rising E) will exist / begin
E) has entered / were rising

34. I heard that you ____ about the boys all day, so I just
30. She ____ interested in health ever since she was a rang to tell you that Matthew ____ from a payphone a
young girl and now that the medical college ____ her couple of hours ago and they are both fine. The
as a student, it seems that she will be able to work in weather is fine and they will be home on Sunday
the medical field. evening.

A) was / accepted A) had been worrying / will phone

B) has been / has accepted B) have been worrying / phoned
C) is / is accepting C) will be worrying / had phoned
D) is being / accepts D) are worrying / is going to phone
E) was / was accepting E) were worrying / phones

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35. Although he ____ the first round in record time, he

____ in the second, and so finished tenth overall.

A) finishes / is slipping 40. My team ____ a match for a month, so currently the
manager ____ resigning if they lose one more match.
B) had been finishing / was slipping
C) will have finished / slips A) doesn't win / considered
D) had finished / slipped B) isn't winning / was considering
E) was finishing / has slipped C) hasn't won / is considering
D) hadn't won / will have considered
E) wasn't winning / will consider

36. The petrol warning light ____ for half an hour before
we ____ a petrol station.

A) had been flashing / reached 41. My brother ____ past the post office every morning
and I ____ him all week to post a letter for me, but he
B) is going to flash / will reach
keeps forgetting, so I'm going to post it myself
C) flashed / have reached tomorrow.
D) flashes / will be reaching
E) was flashing / were reaching A) will be going / ask
B) will go / am asking
C) goes / have been asking
D) is going / will ask
E) has been going / had ask
37. Up until the tap water ____ back on yesterday
evening, we ____ water back and forth for three days.

A) came / had been carrying

B) has come / have been carrying
42. The football team that ____ last year's championship
C) had come / were carrying ____ little chance of winning it again this year.
D) was coming / will have carried
E) is coming / will have carried A) was winning / stood
B) was going to win / stand
C) has won / has stood
D) had won / was standing
E) won / stands
38. The neighbours ____ so loudly last night that they
____ us all awake until after midnight.

A) are shouting / are keeping

B) have been shouting / were keeping
43. Freedom of the press ____ an issue between people
C) shouted / have been keeping and their governments since the time individuals ____
D) have shouted / had kept newspapers independent of government control for
E) were shouting / kept the first time.

A) is / are publishing
B) will have been / publish
C) had been / were publishing
39. Man's use of pictures to tell stories and to record D) has been / published
experiences ____ prehistoric times, when he ____ the
E) was / have published
walls of caves.

A) was beginning / has drawn

B) began / drew
C) begins / will have drawn
D) has begun / was drawing
E) had begun / draw

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44. The hikers ____ so tired by the time they ____ the top 47. She says that she ____ the eight o'clock train
of the hill that I'm sure they'll first want to sit down tomorrow, but I'm sure she ____ it, as usual.
for a rest.
A) is catching / is missing
A) will have got / reach B) has caught / misses
B) are getting / will have reached C) will have caught / has missed
C) had got / reached D) is going to catch / will miss
D) have got / are reaching E) was catching / missed
E) were getting / had reached

48. The fisherman ____ more fish in one night than ever
45. When the young scouts ____ the top of the hill, they before, so when they anchored in the harbour, they
____ for more than an hour. ____ with joy at the thought of their reward.

A) reached / have been walking A) had been catching / will sing

B) reach / will have been walking B) will have caught / sang
C) will have reached / are walking C) had caught / were singing
D) had reached / were walking D) caught / have been singing
E) have reached / will be walking E) have caught / will be singing

46. Modern exploration of the undersea world had its 49. On my friend's farm, they ____ an alarm clock
beginning in June 1943, when Jacques Cousteau ____ because the cockerel ____ at five o'clock every
his first dive with a revolutionary breathing device morning without fail.
which he ____ with Emile Gagnan, a French engineer.
A) don't need / crows
A) was making / has developed B) haven't needed / was crowing
B) had made / will have developed C) won't have needed / has crowed
C) has made / was developing D) wont need / is crowing
D) will have made / develops E) didn't need / will crow
E) made / had developed

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50. The Continental Congress ____ the US Postal Service

in 1775 and the first federal government ____ the
service in the Constitution.

A) was founding / has included

B) had founded / includes
C) has founded / is including
D) was going to found / will include
E) founded / included

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Answer Key:

1: C 26: A
2: B 27: E
3: A 28: D
4: D 29: B
5: C 30: B
6: E 31: E
7: D 32: C
8: C 33: D
9: A 34: B
10: A 35: D
11: E 36: A
12: B 37: A
13: D 38: E
14: E 39: B
15: E 40: C
16: C 41: C
17: B 42: E
18: D 43: D
19: B 44: A
20: A 45: B
21: A 46: E
22: D 47: D
23: E 48: C
24: C 49: A
25: B 50: E

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