Advanced Level Grammar Exercise - MCQ Test 18

5. Apparently the drop in farm incomes had nothing to

1. In 1994, seven countries signed an accord, agreeing -------- the introduction of modern farming methods.
to guidelines designed to minimize the ------ of
salmon farming on wild fish in the North Atlantic. A) close down
B) make out
A) relevance
C) sort out
B) establishment
D) force out
C) impact
E) do with
D) perception
E) improvement

6. Most of our exposure to organic mercury ------- eating

oily fish such as tuna.
2. Had this 70 m.-long asteroid entered the Earth’s
atmosphere, it could have -------- a large city. A) plays up
B) turns into
A) reconciled
C) comes from
B) inflated
D) finds out
C) captured
E) puts up with
D) destroyed
E) erupted

7. Since the equator is the closest place ------ earth to

the sun, the atmosphere ------ it absorbs the most
3. India has dozens of half-completed water projects, solar energy.
not to mention a ------, centuries-old infrastructure of
forgotten local water supply systems. A) in / at
B) of / through
A) perishable
C) with / across
B) stable
D) at / over
C) vast
E) on / around
D) predominant
E) sensitive

8. Because the plateau was so far ------ sea level, when

we finally reached it, we had difficulty ------ breathing.
4. Researchers attending the World Water Forum in
Kyoto last year argued that collecting and using A) below / with
water more ------- would lessen the need for more B) under / about
dams.
C) from / for
A) efficiently D) above / in
B) plentifully E) over / at
C) wastefully
D) remarkably
E) speedily
9. My parents are taking me to the theatre this evening
to ------ my being ill when they had a party last week.

A) go down with
B) keep in touch with
C) make up for
D) take no notice of
E) take part in

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14. The cut on your leg looks very nasty. I genuinely

recommend that you get ------ medical attention.

10. It is important for people who lead an inactive life to A) constant

------ a sport like swimming or swimming.
B) relentless
A) break down C) immediate
B) take up D) adjacent
C) call off E) punctual
D) put out
E) make off

15. Calculus, an elegant and economical symbolic

system, can ------ complex problems to simple terms.

11. Although it cannot be proven scientifically, A) reduce

presumably, the expansion of the universe will ------
B) make
as it approaches a critical radius.
C) raise
A) slow down D) aggravate
B) cool down E) alleviate
C) build up
D) filter out
E) go off
16. I think Jack ---- moving to a quieter area when he ----
next summer.

A) has considered / will retire

12. Schizophrenia, a behavioural ------, may well be B) considered / will have retired
triggered by genetic predisposition, stress, drugs, or
infections. C) will be considering / retire
D) is considering / retires
A) inclination E) had considered / is retiring
B) disorder
C) diagnosis
D) inhibition
E) transplantation
17. Whereas in 1975 only one in every ten new
enterprises ------ by woman, in 1989 this figure ------
to one in three.

A) established / was increased

13. The phone call must have been about something B) was established / had increased
urgent, considering how ------ the bewildered teacher
left after it. C) was establishing / would increase
D) had been established / increased
A) abruptly E) would establish / was increasing
B) joyfully
C) exclusively
D) hesitantly
E) reluctantly
18. Although the scientific community had hoped that
the field of transplantation ------, the shortage of
organ donors has curtailed research.

A) has progressed
B) would progress
C) must have progressed
D) is progressing
E) had progressed

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19. ------ a small specimen of the embryonic fluid is 20. Jane wasn’t actually feeling fit enough to work
removed from a fetus, it will be possible to determine overtime; --------, she did it as she was in dire need of
whether the baby will be born with the birth defects. money.

A) Unless A) therefore
B) Contrary to B) besides
C) In pursuit of C) nonetheless
D) Irrespective of D) despite
E) If E) on the other hand

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Answer Key:

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

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