LESSON 19

Question 1: Suppose flights_______on that day - which other day could we go?
A. are fully booked B. will be fully booked
C. would be fully booked D. have been fully booked
Question 2: I really regret making my mistake. It was the one I_______.
A. needn't have made B. ought not to have made
C. should have not make D. mustn’t make
Question 3: It had been a trying afternoon, _______at about six o'clock in the television
breaking down.
A. leading B. culminating C. arriving D. finalizing
Question 4: On the second level of the parking lot_______.
A. is empty B. are empty
C. some empty stalls are D. are some empty stalls
Question 5: Children are now coming under the influence of emotions_______ than their
parents did.
A. far earlier B. farther early C. more far early D. further early
Question 6: Next summer, we’d like to_______in Perugia.
A. do an Italian course B. enter a Italian course
C. make an Italian course D. perform an Italian course
Question 7: My responsibilities there included_______serving customers as
well as shelf-filling and answering the phone.
A. 0 B. such C. like D. as
Question 8: The bank is on_______side of the street.
A. another B. other C. the other D. the next
Question 9: It's time the authorities_______people_______safety helmets.
A. have/wear B. had/wear C. had/to wear D. have/worn
Question 10: Many technological innovations, such as the telephone, _______the result of
sudden bursts of inspiration, in fact were preceded by many inconclusive efforts.
A. whose appearance B. that appear to be
C. and appear to be D. are appearing
Question 11: The Angkor complex_______the entire range of Khmer art from the 9th to the
14th centuries.
A. represented B.represents C.represent D. was represented
Question 12: How do you_______aboutthe pollution problem in this country?
A. feel B. think C. believe D. view
Question 13: The decimal numeral system is one of the_______ways of expressing
numbers.
A. useful most world's B. world’s most useful
C. useful world's most D. most world's useful
Question 14: The store_______.
A. that had the recently big sale went bankrupt.
B. that recently had the big sale went bankrupt.
C. that had the big recently sale went bankrupt.
D. that had the big sale went recently bankrupt.
Question 15: A body weighs_______from the surface of the Earth.
A. less than it, the farther it gets B. the farther it gets, the less
C. less than it gets farther D. less the farther it gets
Question 16: Winning a lottery is a rare occurrence. _______very small.
A. A number of winners is B. The number of winners is
C. A number of winners are D. The number of winners are
Question 17: The high rate of_______is costing the company a lot of money.
A. absenteeism B. absentee C. absent D. absence
Question 18: Without the increasing congestion on our roads recently, scientists_______
new forms of transport.
A. would develop B. wouldn't develop
C. wouldn't have been developed D. will have developed
Question 19: Many girls want to go to the pub while only a minority_______to watch TV
at home now.
A. want B. wants C. is wanting D. to want
Question 20: _______the price is high, we can’t afford to buy a new car.
A. Now that B. Although C. Whereas D. As long as
Question 21: I have been saving money because I_______buy a computer.
A. shall B. will C. am going to D. would
Question 22: We_______on the beach now if we hadn’t missed the plane.
A. might have lain B. would lie C. could be lying D. would have lain
Question 23: Out_______for a walk after she finished doing her homework.
A. did Mary go B. Mary went C. Mary did go D. went Mary
Question 24: By 8 o’clock yesterday, the spaceship_______20 hours around the earth.
A. will travel B. has been traveling
C. had been traveling D. will have been traveling
Question 25: Over 20 years_______but I never forgot the time we first met each other.
A. has gone out B. have gone up C. has gone by D. went
Question 26: The child kept the present that she_______.
A. has been given B. had been given C. had given D. has given
Question 27: The house is too dark. You’d better need_______a bright color.
A. to be painted B. painting it C. to have it painted D. to have it paint
Question 28: That pipe_______for ages-we must get it mended.
A. has been leaking B. has been leaked C. had been leaked D. had been leaking
Question 29: I used my calculator; otherwise it_______longer.
A. will take B. would take C. took D. would have taken
Question 30: How many musical notes of the 11,000 tones that the human ear can
distinguish_______in the musical scale?
A. is it B. it is C. are there D. there are