1. Sam is a gifted musician that he ………….

to play three instruments through internet resources in

a fairly short time.
a. will learn
b. is learning
c. has learned
d. was learning
e. learns

2. Improved health standards and preventive medicine …………. a decline in the world's death rate
for decades
a. have forced
b. force
c. were forcing
d. forced
e. had been forcing

3. …………. questions is a lot more difficult than answering them.

a. composed
b. to compose
c. to composing
d. compose
e. composing

4. The motorists ………… under a tree when it began to rain.

a. had been sitting
b. was sitting
c. stood
d. has sitting
e. stand

5. These programs ………… global health workforce development.

a. support
b. are supported
c. are support
d. have been support
e. have support

6. In practice, today's linguists ………… it all easy to write grammars.

a. have not found
b. do not find
c. are not found
d. did not find
e. had not found
7. Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) was a young man holding no academic degree when he
………… out to reform the conceptual and methodological basis of linguistics
a. was setting
b. set
c. had set
d. has set
e. sets

8. The children ………… play with the car key. They may lose it.
a. mustn’t
b. did not need to
c. shouldn't
d. don't have to
e. needn't

9. You ………… many human voices when you call businesses on the phone these days.
a. has not heard
b. had not heard
c. did not hear
d. are not hearing
e. do not hear

10. Phonetics ………… the production or articulation of speech sounds irrespective of the language.
a. are analyzing
b. analysis
c. analyses
d. analyze
e. is analyzing

11. Activity splitting ………… more complete usage of available resources

a. cannot facilitated
b. can facilitate
c. can be facilitated
d. can be facilitate
e. can facilitates

12. Impulsive people act suddenly without thinking carefully about the effects their actions …… have
a. be able to
b. might
c. should
d. are supposed to
e. have to
13. Businesses are looking for software that they ………… immediately to their own accounting
procedures.
a. can to adapt and apply
b. can adapted and be applied
c. can adapt and apply
d. can adapted and apply
e. can adapt and to apply

14. The new tenant has officially ………… the newbuilding

a. taken up
b. taken about
c. taken over
d. taken in
e. taken out

15. As was the case throughout the United States, ………… was subject to higher gas prices during the
winter of 2002-2003.
a. New York which
b. for New York as well
c. New York
d. for New York
e. as New York

16. August Friedrich Kellner (1885-1970) was guided by two simple philosophies in life: ………… others
fairly, in the way he would wish to be treated, and to always choose good over evil.
a. treated
b. to treat
c. treats
d. being treated
e. treating

17. The picture was ………… by a famous artist.

a. paint
b. painted
c. being paint
d. painting
e. paints

18. Complex carbohydrate ………… in bee pollen

a. can be found
b. can find
c. can be founded
d. can found
e. can be find
19. The Chinese was the first who had the famous astronomical clock ………… by Su Sung, the Chinese
Leonardo.
a. was built
b. has been built
c. built
d. had been built
e. were built

20. ………… a civil war, Otto Il, on September 22, 973, invested Henry as bishop
a. not desiring
b. desiring not to
c. to desire no
d. to not desire
e. not to desire

21. There are several bike races that ………… per annum worldwide.
a. are being organized
b. are to be organized
c. are organizing
d. organized
e. are organized

22. The latest hypothesis about linguistic landscapes ………… by the mainstream linguists
a. have been rejected
b. has been rejected
c. has rejected
d. have rejected
e. will have been rejected

23. The advent of low-cost, high-speed data processing facilities ………… school administrators with
resources not available a few years ago.
a. is providing
b. has provided
c. was providing
d. have been providing
e. provide

24. The activist is charged with conspiracy to murder the president in the national palace attack, but
neither the left nor the right-wing parties ………… to claim.
a. are wanting
b. is wanting
c. wants
d. want
e. to want
25. The boy is thought to be one of ………… in the class
a. the most gifted children
b. the most gifted of a child
c. the most gifted child
d. the most gifted of those children
e. the most gifted of the children

26. Most student loan programs ………… simple interest and less complicated documentation.
a. offer
b. offered
c. are offered
d. offering
e. offers

27. Tom Cruise is a very talented actor. He is good in dancing and …………
a. act
b. to act
c. acts
d. acted
e. acting

28. The students were annoying about the long wait since the substitute teacher was not there
Which one is incorrect?
a. were annoying about
b. substitute teacher
c. The students
d. not there
e. the long wait

29. Rice and beans, my favorite dish, ………… me of my native Puerto Rico
a. has reminded
b. reminds
c. have been reminding
d. are reminding
e. remind

30. The new policies are expected to increase national stability and ………. of the country
a. financial strength
b. financially strong
c. financially strength
d. finance strength
e. financial strong
31. Most international media sources quote about 200,000 young women were kidnapped ……… in
military brothels
a. serve
b. serves
c. serving
d. being served
e. to serve

32. The award recognizes excellence in ……… technological advancements in all fields
a. preserving and recording
b. to preserve and to record
c. preserve and record
d. preserving and to record
e. preserve and recording

33. This competition has been triggered by technological advancement, ………

a. privatization, and liberalization
b. privatization, and liberalizing
c. privatizing, and liberalizing
d. privacy, and liberality
e. privatizing, and liberalization

34. While most New Yorkers believe in ghosts, ……… do not

a. there are few whom
b. there are a few which
c. there are a few who
d. there is a little who
e. there is quite a lot

35. Everyone ……… about the lives of actors.

a. is interested in knowing
b. interests in knowing
c. interesting to know
d. is interesting knowing
e. interests to know

36. A species of tomato that is adapted to ……… has been developed

a. climatic harsh condition
b. harshly climatic condition
c. harsh climatic conditionally
d. harsh climatic condition
e. climatic condition of harsh
37. Stoics denied the importance of such things as wealth, good looks, and ………
a. a good reputation
b. as good reputation
c. having a good reputation
d. have a good reputation
e. to have a good reputation

38. Apple Computer has unveiled its new desktop computer design, ……… all disk drives and
processors into a flat display less than two inches thick.
a. integrated
b. has integrated
c. that integrating
d. which integrates
e. integrates

39. Through the internet, someone can find the name of a first love ……… in years.
a. whom he/she hasn't seen
b. whom is he/she seen
c. who is seen
d. who he/she hasn't seen
e. whom hasn't been seen

40. ……… fires can make radioactivity mobile again

a. Is it known that
b. That it is known
c. Is it that known
d. It is known that
e. It is that known