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GRAMMAR
TEST-6
1- ................ she failed to win the Italian
presidency last spring, her high profile and wide-spread
popularity influenced the final selection.
A) However
B) When
C) The moment
D) Just as
E) Though
2- ................. the Indonesian government has
declared martial law, it is refusing to admit
international peacekeeping troops.
A) While
B) If only
C) By the time
D) Only if
E) Despite
3- ................ leaving the office, I realised that
1 had forgotten my wallet.
A) When
B) Until
C) Upon
D) The moment
E) Despite
4- The point seems to be that a person does not have to
abandon the past ................ be part of the future.
A) due to
B) owing to
C) in order to
D) much as
E) till
5- ............... he was charged with murder, he was
protected by friends and did not return for hearing,
............... he would be prosecuted for political
reasons.
A) Despite / only of
B) When/until
C) Although / for fear that
D) Seeing that / because
E) After / owing to
6- I once had a patient who was .......... she loaded
her dirty dishes into the clothes dryer instead of the
dish washer.
A) such sleep-deprived that
B) both sleep-deprived and
C) more sleep-deprived than
D) so sleep-deprived that
E) too sleep-deprived to
7- This new study sheds light on how memory works and
raises questions about ............... we should use
genetics
to make people brainier.
A) unless
B) what
C) where
D) whether
E) much as
8- ............... a player advances into the chess
game, .............. becomes the involvement of his ego.
A) When / so deeper
B) The most / such deepest
C) Most / more deep
D) The more / the deeper
E) More / deeper
9- ............... thousands have fled the province,
hundreds of others reportedly have been killed.
A) By the time
B) However
C) Only if
D) Provided that
E) While
10- ............... search and rescue teams, the U.S.
dispatched three ships carrying 900 Navy sailors and
2,100 Marines to assist in relief efforts.
A) Besides
B) While
C) Owing to
D) However
E) On account of
11- There's no longer room for debate about
................. a HIV positive mom should breast-feed
................. bottle-feed an infant.
A) why/and
B) such / that
C) how / which
D) neither / nor
E) whether / or
12- Warm and loving families contribute positively to
the mental and emotional health of members
................. when
they are children ................. throughout their
lives as well.
A) yet/and
B) not only/but
C) neither / nor
D) like/as
E) either/or
13- .................. they had entered the narrow gap,
they climbed down the steep sides of the cave.
A) In case
B) Unless
C) On account of
D) Despite
E) After
14- She climbed steadily for nearly half an our.
............... realising she was alone.
A) while
B) before
C) even if
D) as soon as
E) nevertheless
15- Patients should contact their physician
.............. they are on the drug, but should not stop
it ............. they have talked to the doctor.
A) when / if
B) although / after
C) while/once
D) so that / much as
E) if/until
16- I can feel comfortable taking these tablets because
they're safe to take ............. prescribed once or
twice a day.
A) such
B) like
C) the same
D) as
E) when
17- A company holds interviews ............... it can
find the best person for the job.
A) the moment
B) once
C) as soon as
D) in order that
E) when
18- My mother was ............... engrossed in the
television program ............... she failed to hear
the doorbell.
A) not only / but also
B) so/that
C) more / than
D) such/that
E) both/and
19- When the hurricane suddenly headed south, the radio
station began broadcasting the news;.................
everyone was prepared for the storm, and no one was
injured.
A) due to
B) nonetheless
C) consequently
D) furthermore
E) besides
20- In the cold mountain air, Rich ....................
wore long underwear, but he put on two pairs of
insulated gloves
A) except/though
B) both/and
C) neither / nor
D) either / or
E) not only / as well
21- ................. classroom populations are
changing, the face of early childhood curriculum must
also expand and grow to meet the needs of the
twenty-first century.
A) Hardly
B) After
C) Where
D) No matter
E) Just as
22- Few crimes have................. strict inventions
.................an air-plane hijack. There must be an
aircraft, a plan to divert it and hijackers willing to
risk their lives and those of innocents.
A) so many/that
B) such / as
C) less/than
D) far more / than
E) not only / but also
23- Late in December the heavy rains came, and the river
climbed to the tops of its banks. When the water began
to rise in a serious way, my parents made plans
.............. the river should invade
our house.
A) as though
B) as if
C) although
D) in case
E) whenever
24- Researchers are investigating prayers of others can
heal.
A) whether
B) in case
C) however
D) which
E) whatever
25- ................. hard they had tried to persuade
the hooligans not to make any attempt to take their
revenge on the supporters of the other team for beating
four of their friends severely after the match, they
were unsuccessful.
A) As
B) So that
C) For fear that
D) After
E) However
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