TEST 17

1. Neither of the men gave _____ approval. 25. Mr. Nester can’t swim, and _____ .
A) their B) his C) its D) they A) I can too B) I can’t either
C) I swim neither D) neither do I
2. Most of the women sent____applications to the director of the
program. 26. It would be _____ to write George and thank him.
A) their B) her C) her own D) them A) a letter from you B) kind of letter
C) kind of you D) of you
3. Gold_____to be the most alliable metal of all.
A) know B) has known C) is known D) knows 27. Every year, a _____ automobile race is held in Indianapolis.
A) five hundred miles B) five hundred-mile
4. _____enjoyed their meal.
C) five hundred mile D) of hundred miles
A) Every guest B) Neither guest
C) Each of the guests D) Some guests 28. Rose ran in a _____ race.
A) twenty-kilometer B) twenty kilometer’s
5. The cause of the series of disasters____not yet known, but an enquiry
C) of twenty kilometers D) for twenty kilometers
has been set up to find out what happened.
A) are B) is C) has D) were 29. A: Have you finished your book _____ ?
B: No, I am _____ in the middle of it.
6. Each team has received_____new uniforms.
A) yet/still B) already/still C) still/already D) yet/yet
A) their B) them C) his D) its
30. _____ lucky I am to see you this morning!
7. It was____Dave to quit his job.
A) What B) What a C) How D) That
A) fired because B) stupid of
C) foolish by D) because of school 31. The delay was due _____ negligence, not to lack of funds.
A) for B) to C) from D) because
8. Robert didn’t study for the test; _____ he did very well.
A) consequently B) nevertheless 32. We insist _____ prompt attention.
C) therefore D) moreover A) for B) on C) at D) in
9. The sheep_____to be brought down from the hills in bad weather, 33. We shall agree _____ any reasonable proposal.
or some might die. A) for B) with C) to D) for
A) has B) would C) must D) have
34. I’m afraid we can’t agree _____ each other _____ anything.
10. I’ll go to the station and_____for you A) with/on B) with/with C) on/on D) on/with
A) wait B) to wait C) waiting D) have waited
35. The fluctuation in the money market is _____ worries the economists.
11. Their ship was designed to make several trips and____equipment. A) what B) which C) that D) whose
A) carrying B) to carry C) for carrying D) carries
36. Is there a shop round here where they sell _____ clothes?
12. _____ of measurement has ever equaled the metric system in A) children’s B) child’s C) children D) childish
simplicity.
37. The building should be finished in about three _____ .
A) Another system B) A new system
A) of months B) month’s C) month D) months
C) No other system D) Other systems
38. _____ motivate learning is well documented.
13. _____ to hear that Charles is doing well at his job.
A) That is computers B) Computers that
A) That is good B) It is good C) I am good D) What is good
C) That computers D) It is those computers
14. I don’t care if we go to the beach or not. _____ .
39. Raymond studies for several hours every evening; _____ , he does
A) It’s up to you B) Mind your own business
very well on tests.
C) We haven’t got all day D) It isn’t worth it
A) however B) not only C) nevertheless D) consequently
15. She lost her job yesterday. _____ .
40. Dr. Osaka gives interesting lectures; _____, he is very popular with
A) We are proud of her B) I can’t stand her
his students.
C) I believe in her D) I feel sorry for her
A) however B) consequently
16. Susie said, “I’ll wash the dishes.” C) but also D) not only
She said she _____ the dishes.
41. I wasn’t in the office yesterday; _____ , I didn’t get the message you
A) would wash B) will wash C) shall wash D) could wash
left for me.
17. People respect Dr. Play. They _____ him because of his great A) however B) not only C) therefore D) nevertheless
knowledge.
42. Who was the first person _____ today?
A) look up to B) look at C) look up D) look for
A) spoke to you B) you spoke to
18. It’s high time _____ measures to protect our environment. C) you spoke D) whom you spoke
A) we take B) we took
43. _____ city life has its advantages, it also has its disadvantages.
C) we have taken D) we are taking
A) Like B) While C) But D) For example
19. The Food and Drug Administration makes grocers and restaurant
44. The argument soon developed _____ a quarrel.
owners _____ all milk before selling it.
A) out B) from C) of D) into
A) pasteurized B) had pasteurized
C) pasteurize D) should have pasteurized 45. I am ashamed _____ my mistakes on that composition.
A) of B) from C) for D) with
20. She has always wanted other people _____ slowly.
A) that they speak B) to speak 46. _____ my opinion, English is a difficult language.
C) have spoken D) had spoken A) For B) To C) In D) With
21. We would like _____ our radio. 47. The service in the restaurant is very poor; there aren’t enough waiters
A) she’s fixing B) she’d fix C) she had fixed D) her to fix to wait _____ people.
A) to B) on C) for D) at
22. The discovery was made after a _____ search.
A) two years B) twice a year 48. Don’t blame other people _____ your own mistakes.
C) two year D) two year’s A) on B) at C) for D) _____
23. It’s very important _____ before entering the contest. 49. This simple machine consists _____ three small wheels and a handle.
A) having practiced B) to have practiced A) of B) for C) from D) at
C) having to practice D) practicing
50. Let’s not have fish again tonight; I am tired _____ fish.
24. ____ highway accidents may paralyze traffic for hours is known to all. A) from B) with C) of D) _____
A) These B) That C) As D) Because

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51. _____ I known you were coming, we would have stayed at home. 77. _____ is to visit Asia and Africa.
A) Should B) Had C) Might D) Would A) It would be exciting B) How interesting
C) What I’d like to do D) That’s what I’d do
52. _____ I not heard the warning, I would have had a serious accident.
A) Had B) If C) Should D) Would 78. _____ I am talking about does not really concern you.
A) What B) That’s what C) Why D) It’s why
53. _____ I listened to your advice, I wouldn’t have had any trouble.
A) When B) Had C) Although D) Then 79. _____ requires a lot of patience to learn a second language.
A) Teachers B) Students C) That D) It
54. The car _____ with gas if the service station had been open.
A) should have filled B) would have been 80. _____ to know is the address of Tim’s house.
C) would have been filled D) could be filled A) What I will need B) Had I needed
C) That I will need D) What directions are needed
55. _____ Bruce not driven so fast, he wouldn’t have had an accident.
A) Should B) Had C) Might D) Would 81. Crocodiles are different from alligators _____ they have pointed snouts.
A) in which B) with which C) in that D) that
56. Would Bruce _____ his car if he had driven slowly?
A) damage B) have damage 82. How long _____ here by the time she’s sixty-five?
C) have damaged D) damaged A) will she work B) she will work
C) does she work D) will she have worked
57. He wishes he _____ the exam.
A) will pass B) had passed C) has passed D) can pass 83. We _____ several possibilities before we made the decisions.
A) had been B) hadn’t been
58. Intolerance between ethnic groups _____ on lack of information.
C) been considering D) had been considering
A) usually based B) which has been based
C) which is usually based D) is usually based 84. The lower the stock market falls, _____ .
A) then the price of gold rises higher
59. _____ bough gasoline if they had had more money?
B) the higher the price of gold rises
A) Would they have B) Have they
C) because the price of gold rises high
C) They had D) Had they
D) the price of gold to rise higher
60. If I had checked the gas, I wouldn’t _____ to walk to the gas station.
85. Rafts _____ the trunks of trees may have been the earliest vehicles.
A) has had B) have had C) had had D) had have
A) are made from B) made from
61. My mother, _____ you never met, works in a hospital. C) which they are made from D) which made
A) _____ B) that C) who D) whom
86. For the past ten minutes I _____ for my friend to come. He hasn’t
62. Helen’s sister, for _____ we work, is really a good manager. arrived yet.
A) _____ B) who C) that D) whom A) wait B) am waiting
C) have been waiting D) waiting
63. Houses for _____ people pay high prices aren’t always well built.
A) _____ B) that C) which D) whom 87. He _____ better as soon as he had eaten dinner.
A) would feel B) will feel C) felt D) could feel
64. Goods _____ we have paid for have not been delivered.
A) that B) of which C) who D) whose 88. They took a rest after they _____ the yard.
A) had cleaned up B) were cleaning up
65. The room in _____ Peter works is very small. C) would clean up D) have cleaned up
A) that B) which C) _____ D) who
89. For three days we _____ the living room, and still haven’t finished.
66. The girl to _____ I spoke comes from Italy. A) paint B) are painting
A) _____ B) who C) whose D) whom C) have to paint D) have been painting
67. The letter _____ I wrote to him was foolish. 90. When she left the building, she had the feeling she _____ .
A) who B) to which C) _____ D) whose A) is watched B) may be watched
68. Although he has money, with _____ he can do most things, he is C) was being watched D) has been watched
rather unhappy. 91. I expect him _____ the job by four o’clock.
A) that B) _____ C) which D) who A) finishing B) to be complete
69. Manuel asked _____ to the project. C) have been finished D) to have completed
A) to work B) to be assigned 92. I would like _____ to the concert last night.
C) for a job D) to be fired A) to go B) going
C) to have gone D) will have gone
70. The mechanic expects the car _____ by nylon.
A) have fixed B) have finished 93. A chameleon is a tree lizard _____ can change colors in order to
C) to have been repaired D) repairing conceal itself in the vegetation.
A) with which it B) that C) whose life it D) that it
71. What happened when the recipes _____ presented?
A) were being B) are past 94. He imagined the man _____ him.
C) have been D) will be A) to be following B) were following
C) want to follow D) follow
72. I expect all the arrangements _____ by tomorrow.
A) to have been made B) will be making 95. They were looking for a good _____ car.
C) have been made D) were made A) use B) used C) to use D) using

73. Irma wants _____ an opportunity to explain. 96. They had their car _____ at Nick’s Garage.
A) being given B) to be given C) for D) to giving A) repairing B) to repair C) repaired D) repair

74. This book is said _____ in the fourteenth century. 97. She was late to work. She _____ a taxi instead of waiting for the bus.
A) many times B) to have been written A) would have taken B) might have taken
C) when it was written D) by being written C) must have taken D) should have taken
98. A new employee had _____ after Mr. Ferguson fired Oscar.
75. One of the primary causes of traffic accidents _____ .
A) to have been working B) to be working
A) is reckless driving B) people drive recklessly
C) to be hired D) to be for the job
C) people who drive recklessly D) driving recklessly
99. Hundreds of workers had _____ to build the pipeline.
76. Land _____ in large cities that architects conserve space by designing
A) hired B) to be hired C) been hiring D) hiring
skyscrapers.
A) is more expensive B) which is most expensive 100. No one realized that the document was important. It ____ thrown out.
C) is so expensive D) the most expensive thing A) would have been B) wouldn’t have been
C) should have been D) might have been

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