REVISION TEST 1

1- People spend more time communicating than 6- The chances for those still buried under the
they spend in any other complex activity in rubble .......... with every passing minute, and
life. ............. communication is a word that due to the inefficient equipment, the rescue
most people have difficulty defining and operation .......... out very slowly.
talking about.
A) had been diminished/was carrying
A) Therefore B) Likewise C) Even so B) are diminishing/is being carried
D) Whereas E) Otherwise C) will have diminished/will carry
D) have diminished/were being carried
2- Computer-related jobs are among ............. E) were diminishing/have carried
growing employment segments in
developed countries. 7- Today's desktop personal computers, or PCs,
are many times ......... powerful .......... the
A) so rapidly that B) the most rapidly huge, million-dollar business computers of
C) more rapid than D) as rapidly as the 1960s and 1970s.
E) rapid enough
W A) more/than B) so/that C) much/as
3- Obviously, the cake the hostess offered us W D) too/than E) the most/as
........... several days before as it .......... quite W
ancient. 8- The speed and power of supercomputers,
........... class of computer, are almost beyond
A) has been made/tastes human comprehension, and their capabilities
B) was being made/was tasting n are continually being improved.
C) had been made/tasted a
D) would have made/has tasted c A) fast enough B) faster than
E) may have made/is tasting i C) the fastest D) so fast that
o E) as fast as
4- After entering service in 1976, Concorde n
........... a wave of opposition, primarily l 9- The driver's attention ........... by the fire in a
because of the possible effect on the ozone i building just as he .......... a busy crossroads.
layer, so now it ........... at the supersonic n
speed Mach 2 only over oceans. e A) was distracting/approached
B) is being distracted/would approach
A) has caused/would travel C) distracted/had approached
B) was causing/travelled C D) was distracted/was approaching
C) had caused/has travelled O E) has been distracted/has approached
D) was caused/is travelling M
E) caused/travels 10- At first it looked as if the two busses ..........
but in the end a collision .......... though only
5- I wasn't surprised at all when Susan lost her narrowly.
job, ........... .
A) will have collided/has avoided
A) and so was Judy B) are colliding/has been avoided
B) but her husband did C) had collided/would be avoiding
C) and some of her colleagues were too D) were going to collide/was avoided
D) and neither were her parents E) have collided/could have avoided
E) but she didn't either
11- Virtually .......... was left to eat by the time
Jenny and Dave arrived at the party, so I
was embarrassed that I couldn't offer them
.......... substantial.

A) anywhere/nothing
B) nothing/anything
C) someone/something
D) nowhere/everything
E) everything/something
12- The Lapps, the indigenous people of 18- Shaking his fist at the crowd, the candidate
Norway, make a living ............. reindeer. .......... that his party .......... the problem of
unemployment.
A) by herding B) to be herding
C) having herded D) about herding A) would promise/solved
E) being herded B) will promise/has solved
C) has promised/is solving
13- George ........... late, so we .......... some food D) promised/would solve
for him; otherwise, he will have to go E) had promised/was solving
hungry.
19- We can't go there because I .......... no
A) has arrived/should have saved money on me at the moment and they ..........
B) had arrived/had to save credit cards.
C) is arriving/might have saved
D) arrived/used to save A) was having/didn't accept
E) will be arriving/had better save B) have/don't accept
C) am having/won't accept
Y
14- ......... high heat toughens protein in meat, D) had/aren't accepting
O
low temperatures are generally used in E) will have/haven't accepted
cooking meat. U
T 20- The amount of dangerous drugs entering the
A) Thus B) Because C) However U US from Columbia ......... since a new task
D) Whereas E) For B force .........
E
15- Make sure the jelly ......... solid before you A) will have reduced/are recruited
........... on the cream; otherwise, it will sink to B) will be reduced/have recruited
the bottom of the dish. C) has been reduced/was recruited
N D) has reduced/had recruited
A) is setting/will pour A E) was reduced/have been recruited
B) sets/poured C
C) set/were pouring İ 21- .......... the many accidents at this crossroads,
D) was setting/would pour no one has actually been killed.
E) has set/pour H
O A) Due to B) In case C) Despite
16- I'm hoping we ......... together once more C D) So that E) However
before you ........ next week to do your A
military service . 22- .......... using letters to represent sounds, a
written language contains punctuation
A) should get/are leaving Y marks.
B) were getting/have left D
C) can get/leave S A) Whenever B) Instead of
D) are getting/will leave C) Moreover D) In addition to
E) may get/will have left E) However

17- Our boat .......... while we ........... down the 23- ....... get more customers, a lot of tour
Severn River on Saturday. companies are reducing the cost of their
holidays.
A) capsized/were rowing
B) was capsizing/have rowed A) In order to B) The soon C) Thanks to
C) capsizes/will row D) Once E) Because
D) will capsize/rowed
E) has capsized/would be rowing
24- My father used to travel to a lot of different
countries when we were small, bringing us a
doll in national costume back from ............ he
went.

A) whenever B) wherever C) whoever

D) however E) whatever

25- The Birmingham National Exhibition centre is

larger than any centre in London; ............ it is
much easier to reach by rail, road or air.

A) therefore B) however C) in fact

D) moreover E) otherwise

REVISION TEST 1

l.C 2.B 3.C 4.E 5.D 6.B 7.A 8.C 9.D 10.D
ll.B 12.A 13.E 14.B 15.E 16.C 17.A 18.D 19.B
20.C 21.C 22.D 23.A 24.B 25.D