Advanced Level Grammar Exercise - MCQ Test 1

1. If the others hadn’t voted in favour of the younger

candidate, I probably wouldn’t have done so -------. 6. Several experts were working on the project, and
each came up with some interesting proposals, and
A) even naturally ------- claimed that ------- was the best.
B) either
A) many / each
C) too
B) some / its
D) also
C) we / it
E) as well
D) each / his
E) all / he

2. Scientists rely on computers to model phenomena

------- would ------- be difficult to observe.
7. Today the expansion of knowledge in astronomy,
A) whereby / in case physics, chemistry, and biology is ------- vast and
B) such as / nonetheless complex and multiplying ------- quickly to be mastered
fully.
C) which / nevertheless
D) that / otherwise A) so / that
E) so that / in fact B) too / too
C) just as / as
D) as well / as
E) so / so
3. The lawyer decided to call ------- of the witnesses only
and paid no attention to -------.

A) both / others
B) the two / any other 8. The Hollywood studio system in film making, which
began ------- 1920 and flourished from the early
C) two / the others 1930s ------- the 1950s is unique in Western culture.
D) some / another
E) any / some others A) throughout / into
B) around / through
C) by / until
D) within / over
------- the embargo imposed on us is lifted in the near E) along / till
4.
future, we can’t hope for any economic recovery.

A) Whereas
B) While
9. ------- proving useful in many scientific fields,
C) Because computers-generated knowledge, ------- Professor
D) In case Hayes acknowledges, is not without pitfalls.
E) Unless
A) Although / because
B) Since / while
C) While / as
D) As long as / even if
5. We are prevented ------- completing the project -------
time due to unforeseen circumstances. E) Once / whether or not

A) from / on
B) in / by
C) by / in
D) at / over
E) for / about

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10. ------- suggestion he may make as regards the tax 14. When the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli
rate, let’s not give any response ------- we have ------- a map of Mars in 1877, he ------- a large number
discussed the matter thoroughly together. of straight linear features, which he called “canali”
that is “channels”.
A) However / when
B) Whyever / after A) publishes / has noted
C) Whatsoever / while B) had published / was noting
D) Whatever / until C) has published / notes
E) Whenever / before D) published / noted
E) would have published / had noted

11. Most newspapers are of the opinion that if a majority

of Scots really ------- independence, the British 15. If we ------- the terms of the contract, all the paint-
Parliament has no option but ------- to their wishes. work in the building ------- finished by the 5th of next
month.
A) did want / had acceded
B) wanted / have acceded A) are to meet / will have to be
C) had wanted / would have acceded B) were meeting / will be
D) do want / to accede C) met / would have had to be
E) would have wanted / acceded D) had met / is being
E) will meet / was being

12. For a hundred years or so, some critics ------- that

poetry is dying and all that time poets ------- poems 16. We are confident that the management and the
that later generations recognise as great. workforce will get on well together as long as -------
respects -------.
A) have maintained / have been writing
B) maintained / wrote A) the other / another
C) had maintained / were writing B) both / itself
D) maintain / are writing C) the one / another
E) would maintain / had been writing D) everyone / themselves
E) each / the other

13. What I ------- is that we ------- to think seriously about

a thorough reform in the legal system. 17. The term "aborigines" signifies the original
inhabitants of any country, ------- the native tribes of
A) have proposed / should have begun Australia.
B) had proposed / were beginning
A) with regard to
C) am proposing / begin
B) due to
D) was proposing / have begun
C) in spite of
E) proposed / had begun
D) in particular
E) according to

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18. Today the United States, still by far ------- prosperous 19. The telephone is at the centre of innovative
country in the world, is increasing its working hours technologies ------- may alter forever ------- we receive
------- creating a more positive balance between work and use information.
and leisure time.
A) which / but
A) the more / as well as B) so that / since
B) most / in spite of C) that / how
C) more / than D) as / although
D) the most / instead of E) whereas / in case
E) the / just as

20. The editor thought that the new series of articles

would prove very popular, but actually hardly -------
seems to have been impressed by it.

A) nobody
B) anyone
C) the other
D) any other
E) somebody

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Answer Key:

1: B 11: D
2: D 12: A
3: C 13: C
4: E 14: D
5: A 15: A
6: D 16: E
7: B 17: D
8: B 18: D
9: C 19: C
10: D 20: B

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