Programme on Training Managers and Executives |
Выберите слово / словосочетание, которое лучше других соответствует смыслу предложения, и обведите нужную букву (А, В, С, D) на листе для ответов. Правильные ответы здесь.
Examples:
I. I was crossing the street when a car ....... .
A. crashed C. was crashing B. has crashed D. has been crashing II. If you (1) ....... tomorrow, I (2) ....... you to a good dinner.
A. (1) come (2) will have treated C. (1) come (2) would treat B. (1)came (2) will treat D. (1) come (2) will treat
1. His family lived in Lancaster ....... he was a child.
| A. when | C. as |
| B. until | D. during |
2. Nowadays, people want a better ....... between work and home life.
| A. balance | C. mixture |
| B. combining | D. mix |
3. The flat badly needs ........ .
| A. to clean | C. being cleaned |
| B. be cleaned | D. cleaning |
4. We were not ....... at the news.
| A. surprise | C. surprised |
| B. surprises | D. surprising |
5. Meg was the first to finish ....... her essay.
| A. to write | C. writing |
| B. write | D. the writing |
6. Christine came in while I ....... on the phone.
| A. was talking | C. talked |
| B. had talked | D. had been talking |
7. Last Saturday there ....... some Victorian furniture on sale.
| A. had been | C. was |
| B. has been | D. were |
8. Basil has a memory ....... an elephant.
| A. as | C. as like |
| B. like | D. alike |
9. A: You haven't met John, have you? - B: Yes, I have. In fact, I ....... him for years.
| A. has known | C. know |
| B. knew | D. have known |
10. Computers ....... play chess for many years now.
| A. have been able to | C. have had the ability |
| B. could | D. can |
11. He usually got up ....... 9.30, had breakfast and went to work.
| A. at | C. jn |
| B. in | D. for |
12. It is very interesting to see tea tasters at ....... .
| A. practice | C. work |
| B. action | D. operation |
13. The Trade Centre is situated on the other ....... of the river.
| A. shore | C. coast |
| B. border | D. bank |
14 ....... the houses, shops and restaurants, there is a luxury hotel there.
| A. More than | C. In addition to |
| B. As well | D. Apart |
15. The ....... in Southern Greece is very beautiful indeed.
| A. territory | C. setting |
| B. scenery | D. land |
16. July is not as ....... as June.
| A. rainy | C. rainier |
| B. rain | D. more rainy |
17. When her brother ....... into the room she ....... on the phone.
| A. (1) came (2) talk | C. (1) was coming (2) had talked |
| B. (1) had come (2) had been talking | D. (1) came (2) was talking |
18. Alice is ....... girl in the team.
| A. cleverest | C. the most clever |
| B. the cleverer | D. the cleverest |
19. They tried to avoid ....... politics.
| A. talk | C. talking |
| B. to be talking | D. to talk |
20. John crossed the road and then stopped ....... at the poster.
| A. looking | C. look |
| B. to be looking | D. to look |
21. Now everyone ....... what they are supposed to do.
| A. have known | C. knew |
| B. knows | D. has known |
22. When examinations are in progress, ....... must keep quiet.
| A. someone | C. some |
| B. everyone | D. no-one |
23. She will send you a fax as soon as she ....... your letter.
| A. gets | C. will get |
| B. got | D. would get |
24. The police silently approached ....... the house and opened the door.
| A. by | C. in |
| B. —— | D. into |
25. Ann is very proud ....... her brother.
| A. of | C. for |
| B. in | D. about |
26. Try to find ....... answer to the problem.
| A. —— | C. an |
| B. a | D. right |
27. She has been working on the report for ....... hours.
| A. little | C. a lot |
| B. a few | D. too much |
28. I hear you are ....... money to buy your own car.
| A. saving | C. gathering |
| B. collecting | D. finding |
29. I ....... to attend classes again when the doctor says that I am healthy.
| A. should | C. will be able |
| B. may | D. must |
30. The first traffic signal was ....... by a railway engineer.
| A. invented | C. originated |
| B. created | D. started |
31. At the moment, university ....... and graduates make up less then a third of the total population of Australia.
| A. pupils | C. students |
| B. trainees | D. learners |
32. In Australia most children ....... primary school from the age of five.
| A. attend | C. go |
| B. assist | D. walk |
33. He has never dealt ....... such problems before.
| A. for | C. with |
| B. in | D. to |
34. I am not going to jump on every mistake you ....... .
| A. perform | C. make |
| B. do | D. have |
35. Apart from teaching what other careers have you ....... ?
| A. received | C. had |
| B. got | D. reached |
36. The boss asked her ....... that secret information to anyone else.
| A. not to give | C. not give |
| B. don't give | D. give no |
37. There have not been many questions to the speaker, ....... .
| A. has there | C. do there |
| B. haven't it | D. have there |
38. She explained what ....... .
| A. the problem is | C. the problem was |
| B. was the problem | D. had been the problem |
39. Because she didn't like the pair of black shoes, she asked for
| A. another shoes | C. others shoes |
| B. the others ones | D. another pair |
40. The girl ....... the wall professionally.
| A. climbed | C. crawled |
| B. balanced | D. walked |
Правильные ответы здесь.