Question

TEST 16

The world is opening up to … Chinese: they are travelling more, they are buying international magazines.
a) a
b) the
c) -
d) an

2. … home is where your heart is.
a) a
b) the
c) an
d) -

3. A few cups of tea … day may keep illness away.
b) the d) -
a) a
c) an

4. For many families leading busy lives, there is too little time ….
cooking.
b) at
a) to
d) for
c) by

5. There is an opinion that thirty-five years ago Britain was a paradise compared … now.
a) to
c) by
b) at
d) with

6. Fashion is a matter … personal taste.
a) to
c) of
b) at
d) for

7. To function at … level of our society we need to deal with people on a daily basis.
a) some
c) no
b) any
d) anything

8. Prince Harry's determination to serve his country in the same way
as … soldiers, is admirable.
a) other
c) another
b) the other
d) others

9. Some people haven't been to the Tate Gallery but they haven't been to the National Gallery …
a) neither
c) both
b) either
d) also

10. Even if domestic passengers have a passport with them they will … have to go through biometric checks.
a) yet
c) still
b) else
d) just

11. … knows for certain, how many books have ever been published.
a) somebody
c) anybody
b) nobody
d) everybody

12. Scottish Dance Theatre can rank … among the UK’s senior modern dance groups.
a) oneself
c) himself
b) itself
d) themselves

13. Prince William is the … son of Charles, Prince of Wales and the late Diana.
a) older
c) elder
b) oldest
d) eldest

14. It is still considered that … way to a man's heart is through his
stomach.
a) quicker
c) the quickest
b) quickest
d) most quick

15. We learn … is right and wrong from our parents, teachers and
experience throughout life.
a) that
b) who
c) which
d) what

16. Unlike humans most primates are limited in the number of signals they …. produce.
a) must
b) may
c) can
d) should

17. A well groomed, well presented woman …. be perfectly acceptable
in a professional environment.
a) must
b) mау
c) can
d) ought to

The good news … that it is possible to slow down the global sea level by building more dams.
b) does
d) do
a) is
c) are

19. What … the advantages of a long life versus an earlier demise?
b) does
a) is
d) do
c) are

20. … to leave the beaten track and try something new.
b) don't afraid
a) not be afraid
d) don't be afraid
c) not afraid

21. The bank of England will keep on cutting interest rates until the financial sector …. to recover.
a) start
c) will start
b) starts
d) would start

22. When D. Moores …. his chairmanship in 1991, Liverpool was the finest club in the land.
a) has begun
c) began
b) had begun
d) begun

23. Independent school fees …. by 41 per cent over the past five years.
a) increased
c) have increased
b) were increased
d) had increased

24. British citizens will be able to choose between …. an ID card or a new biometric passport.
a) to have
c) having had
b) to have had
d) having

25. Biometric passports are necessary …. criminals, terrorists and illegal immigrants trying to bypass border controls.
a) preventing
b) prevent
c) to prevent
d) to have prevented

26. Of the 232 million pairs of shoes …. in Britain last year only a small proportion could be described as proper shoes.
a) sold
c) selling
b) having sold
d) having been sold

27. What’s wrong with …. middle class and why shouldn't middle
class have their own radio station?
a) to be
c) having been
b) being
d) to have been

28. With more than 3 million people working at home there never …. a more pressing need for people who know how to fix computers.
a) was
b) being
c) has been
d) having been

29. By 2020 every secondary school pupil …. to cook eight classic British meals.
a) will teach
c) will be taught
b) would teach
d) will have been taught

30. John Lennon met Cynthia, who became his first wife, after his mother …. in the car crash.
a) was killed
c) had been killed
b) has been killed
d) had killed

Answer 1

Ответ:

1b) the

b) the

a) a

d) for

a) to

c) of

b) any

a) other

b) either

c) still

b) nobody

b) itself

c) elder

c) the quickest

a) that

c) can

c) can

a) is

a) is

c) not afraid

b) starts

c) began

c) have increased

d) having

c) to prevent

d) having been sold

b) being

c) has been

c) will be taught

30c) had been killed

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