REVIEW TEST 05

1. Land art is an art ---- which emerged in the United 8. The gravitational pulling force of the earth ---- an
States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. attractive force on all objects, without which it ----
impossible to maintain life.
A) estimation B) pretention
C) movement D) exhibition A) had exerted / might have been
E) substitute B) exerts / would be
C) exerted / could have been
2. Members of the UK armed forces are twice as likely to D) will exert / should be
---- depression or anxiety as members of the general E) has exerted / could be
working population, a study suggests.
9. Before World War II, most politicians ---- that a quick
A) develop B) nullify victory with sheer military force ---- in a final victory.
C) foster D) prevail
E) eradicate A) projected / had ended up
B) have projected / ended up
3. The term 'human trafficking' is used for people, ---- C) had projected / has ended up
women, who are kidnapped for the purpose of labour D) project / will end up
and sexual exploitation. E) projected / would end up

A) reluctantly B) eventually 10. The 20th century, which ---- from 1901 to 2000, ----
C) unconsciously D) primarily a phenomenal transformation in the lifestyle of people.
E) allegedly
A) lasts / has witnessed
4. The new label “Native Americans” ---- to some degree, B) lasted / witnessed
especially in the media, but the term “Indians” is still C) had lasted / had witnessed
widely used. D) would last / is witnessing
E) was lasting / would witness
A) caught on B) added up
C) came over D) pulled through 11. Modern history is generally thought ---- in Classical
E) run out Antiquity in around 800 BC, when large numbers of
scholars ---- to write things down.
5. Crimes which ---- death penalty are known as capital
crimes and are therefore punished accordingly. A) to start / have begun
B) starting / begins
A) conform to B) depend on C) to have started / began
C) result in D) release into D) having started / had began
E) emerge from E) having been started / would begin

6. The French Revolution was a period of political and 12. Chinese architecture is ---- doubt by far the most
social upheaval during which the French remarkable aspect ---- Chinese culture.
governmental structure underwent ---- changes.
A) without / of B) by / among
A) misleading B) instructive C) in / across D) as / underneath
C) loose D) radical E) for / from
E) strict
13. Make sure you save some money every month to
7. Bird flu history ---- to the early 1900s and recently the avoid encountering difficulties in case of emergencies,
US Centers for Disease Control ---- virus samples from ---- how high or low your monthly income might be.
the dead bodies of victims of the 1918 Spanish flu.
A) on behalf of B) for the sake of
A) went back / obtained C) regardless of D) in terms of
B) goes back / has obtained E) in spite of
C) had gone back / had obtained
D) would go back / is obtaining 14. By selling products and services online, an e-business
E) is going back / will obtain can reach ---- customers ---- any traditional store could
ever hope for.

A) whether / or B) more / than

C) so / that D) both / and
E) as / as

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15. Some political theorists argue that some societies are 23. A World Heritage Site is an area ---- legal protection by
far ---- being democratic regardless of the political an international convention administered ---- the
system followed ---- their governments. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO).
A) over / along B) from / by
C) with / into D) off / around A) for / between B) over / up
E) beneath / of C) along / among D) with / by
E) into / to
16. ---- people regard telecommunications as modern, it
encompasses primitive and even ancient forms of 24. Most African countries found relief from their earlier
telecommunication. sufferings, ---- there are many other things these
countries have to tackle.
A) In case B) When
C) Whether D) Now that A) since B) as though
E) Though C) but D) as long as
E) in case
17. OPEC has a considerable political and economic force
---- two-thirds of the oil reserves in the world belong to 25. ---- the current rate, we're not coming close to our
this body. target, so we're really ---- desperate need of
innovations.
A) as B) although
C) whereas D) before A) To / of B) Through / about
E) unless C) With / on D) At / in
E) By / without
18. The genetic material is invisible to the naked eye, but
can be extracted and sequenced ---- some high-tech 26. Britain is running out of land ---- food and faces a
gadgets. potential shortfall of two million hectares ---- 2030
according to new research.
A) in addition to B) as to
C) in terms of D) thanks to A) for / by B) through / across
E) despite C) across / of D) at / over
E) into / without
19. By 2050, the world will need to grow 70% more food, --
-- the global population will rise to more than nine 27. ---- a population expected to exceed 9 billion by 2040,
billion people. the extra demand for living space and food will have a
major impact ---- the way land is used.
A) since B) as though
C) so that D) but A) For / under B) Through / about
E) in case C) Across / of D) From / over
E) With / on
20. As far as scientists are concerned, the effects of
global warming may last for at least a thousand years 28. Coral reefs are home ---- over 25% of all marine life,
---- carbon emissions are totally stopped today. and are ---- the world's most fragile and endangered
ecosystems.
A) as if B) even if
C) before D) just as A) for / along B) through / about
E) because C) across / of D) to / among
E) by / without
21. ---- the current strain of avian influenza spreads from
human to human, millions of people may become 29. We are investing some £70 million ---- agricultural
infected by the disease. technologies which will help us to increase the
A) Even if B) If efficiency ---- food production.
C) Unless D) Whereas
E) As soon as A) off / to B) during / with
C) in / of D) throughout / on
22. ---- the last few years, the problem of human E) by / over
trafficking has increased by 20%, ---- as many as
14,000 people being trafficked every year. 30. People criticize the government's lack ---- a coherent
A) In / on B) Upon / from vision ---- how to make the most of available farm land.
C) Through / at D) For / under A) up / to B) by / off
E) Over / with C) of / on D) towards / in
E) by / out
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