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PART A: Items in this part are incomplete sentences. Following each of these sentences, there
are four words or phrases. You should select the one word or phrase that best completes the
sentence.
1. In our body, everything _____ smoothly, and
soon after eating an ice cream cone, the
undigested parts of the ice cream become
human by-products and _____ from your
body.
(A) functions / is excreted
(B) function / is excreted
(C) will function/are being excreted
(D) functioned / was excreted
2. The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao _____
Spain’s largest collection of Modern Art.
(A) is housing
(B) is housed
(C) houses
(D) has been housed
3. Over the last two centuries, the
interrelatedness of organism and relation of
living things to their surroundings _____ more
and more a central concern of general
biology.
(A) had been becoming
(B) became
(C) have become
(D) would become
4. This system _____ be situated away from heat
sources such as radiators, stoves or other
similar products because heat is one of the
outstanding dangers to such electronic
devices.
(A) should
(B) needs
(C) can’t
(D) ought
5. All kinds of drug containers _____ tightly, and
kept out of reach of children at all times.
(A) could be closed
(B) must close
(C) are supposed to close
(D) must be closed
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6. Once there _____ an estimated 5 billion
passenger pigeons in the United States,
living in enormous flocks that _____ a mile
wide and 300 miles long.
(A) would be /should have extended
(B) used to be / could extend
(C) might have been/need to extend
(D) used to be / may extend
7. Since something with this luggage course
_____ intolerable for us, we _____ of leaving it
soon.
(A) gets / are thinking
(B) was getting / had thought
(C) is getting / are thinking
(D) have been getting / has thought
8. Originally, the term “Viking” _____ “Warrior
of the Seas”.
(A) will mean
(B) meant
(C) had meant
(D) was meaning
9. By the end of the next year, the construction
of 20 large dams throughout the country
_____ and put into service for such demands
as irrigation, energy, flood control and
domestic water supply.
(A) will have completed
(B) would have completed
(C) had been completed
(D) will have been completed
10. The rifle _____ in the late 1500s, but many
improvements _____ ever since.
(A) was invented / have been made.
(B) had been invented / have made
(C) would be invented / was made
(D) invents/ has been made
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11. Effective measures _____ in order to (C) had deteriorated

increase agricultural production in the (D) deteriorated
country.
(A) should be taken 14. The police _____ both tear gas and fire guns
(B) used to take to protect the President from the rioters as
(C) had better take they insisted on marching towards the
(D) has to be taken presidential palace.
(A) had to use
12. I always wanted to be somebody, but now I (B) needn’t have used
realize I _____ proud of who I am. (C) didn’t need to use
(A) must have been (D) should have used
(B) could be
(C) should have been 15. This time tomorrow, my parents and I _____
(D) didn’t have to be sightseeing in Paris, which will start our
Christmas holiday.
13. The economic situation of the country _____ (A) will be doing
day by day and it was almost high time (B) are supposed to
somebody did something. (C) will have done
(A) was deteriorating (D) were going to do
(B) has been deteriorating

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PART B: The items in this part have four underlined words or phrases, (A), (B), (C) and (D).
Identify the one underlined expression that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
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16. Broken bones in adults don’t heal as fast as they are in children.
A B C D
17. A man who gets such a small salary can’t live in such a flat, doesn’t he?
A B C D
18. Frankly speaking, this was the first time I have swum in open seas.
A B C D
19. For millions of years, mankind have lived just like animals. Then, something happened, which
A B C D
unleashed the power of our imagination.
20. Your son is being very obedient at moment, isn’t he?
A B C D
21. Nancy was taking the next flight to Paris, so she had to cut shortly the interview.
A B C D
22. The electricity must always switched off before repairs are attempted.
A B C D
23. This country has been welcoming several hundred refugees from Kosovo in the last few weeks.
A B C D
24. I have been looking for the possibility of early retirement during the reorganization.
A B C D
25. The fitness club has increased its annual subscription, but so many members protested that
A B C D
it backed down.

26. A great number of important reforms has been made in Italy in the past year.
A B C D
27. Turkey has had close economic relations with the European Union since the year 1957, when
A B C
it has been known as the European Community.
D
28. It was clear that he wasn’t over impressed by the way the business was run, and I must admit
A B C
I was either.
D
29. As far as I remember, it was in China that they first met and invested in the dam project, don’t I?
A B C D
30. As the temperature fell with the approach of winter, the soil freezes and contracts.
A B C D
31. You had better to ring up first and ask them to keep a table for you before you go to that
restaurant;
A B
otherwise, you may be rejected because it’s always full.
C D
32. No loss of lives and structural damages haven’t been reported yet due to the small scale slope
A B C
failures.
D
33. Pamela had been thinking of donating a kidney for a year before to read a news article about
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A B C D
Tom’s touching advertisement for a kidney.

34. I was typing all these documents all morning, and I am dog-tired at the moment.
A B C D
35. This job is more difficult than I thought it will be, and we need to make some changes.
A B C D
36. Within the last few years, nuclear energy, which is a genuinely new source of energy, came into
use.
A B C D
37. Mobile phones must remain fully switched off and may be used at any stage of the flight.
A B C D
38. You had better thought it over because I don’t want you to be in trouble later on.
A B C D
39. Children should wear a child restraint appropriate for her age whenever they are sitting in a car.
A B C D
40. Even though the sky looks rather cloudy at present, I’m sure it is going to clear up very soon.
A B C D
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ANSWER KEY

1. A
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. D
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. D
10. A
11. A
12. C
13. A
14. A
15. A
16. C (do)
17. D (can)
18. B (is)
19. B (lived)
20. C (at the moment)
21. D (short)
22. B (be switched)
23. A (has welcomed)
24. D (since)
25. A (was going to increase)
26. C (have been made)
27. D (was known)
28. D (wasn’t)
29. D (wasn’t it)
30. A (falls)
31. A (ring)
32. B (have been reported)
33. C (reading)
34. A (have been typing)
35. B (would be)
36. D (has come)
37. C (mustn’t)
38. A (think)
39. C (their)
40. D (will)