Advanced Level Grammar Exercise – MCQ Test 10

The American constitution with its various constraints _____ to protect citizens can actually shield criminals.

The foreman has a way of making most people do what he wants, but somehow I don't think he'll manage to _____ the new director!

The man who created the first computer virus has been sentenced to 20 months in an American federal prison; it is generally agreed that he has been _____ very lightly.

The members of the special commissions on crime, some of _____ were appointed by the mayor, still meet on a regular basis.

_____ the Civil War, those years turned out to be a golden era for the manganese industry.

Unfortunately, _____ stamping out the drugs trade, these programs are simply forcing drug growers to move into more inaccessible regions.

Indeed, the situation is such that the chairman has finally promised to implement _____ the committee recommends.

Unfortunately, _____ current productivity growth looks impressive, the rise in profits over the coming years is likely to prove disappointing.

The biggest accounting issue raised _____ the energy company is _____ accounting standards.

Crying, which starts _____ birth, is an alarm system that attracts the parent, and it can be switched off _____ parental attention.

Since 1998, the US federal government has more than doubled its spending _____ defence _____ biological weapons and chemical weapons.

The items _____ display in this museum were obtained _____ mosques, Turkish baths, fountains and caravanserais dating back to the Ottoman period.

Following four Mars mission losses, an independent report paints a very clear picture of _____ what ails the US space program, _____ what must be done to fix it.

Basically, a country has two objectives in imposing tariffs; one is to raise revenue for the government, _____ is to protect home industries by raising the price of competing goods from abroad.

This part of Africa is growing greener again _____ that families who fled to wetter coastal regions are starting to go home.

While the parades for the opening of parliament _____, the president _____ a sobering message for his countrymen.

Though we still _____ a long way to go, a lot _____ in developing new medical procedures to deal with these diseases.

Soon customs officers _____ to use X-ray technology _____ cavities in vehicles for drugs.

As acquisition opportunities within the EU _____ less, western European energy companies _____ to turn eastwards in the hunt for expansion opportunities.

If Britain _____ the euro, say in 2006, the stability pact _____ highly important.