Advanced Level Vocabulary Exercise - MCQ Test 20
Question 1 |
They set up a liaison office in East Africa for marketing their goods but now they wish they --------- so.
A | had not done |
B | have not done |
C | would not do |
D | would not have done |
E | never do |
Question 2 |
As the decade ------- to wind down, Mark Morris ------- as our century’s youngest great choreographer.
A | has begun / had stood |
B | will begin / is standing |
C | was beginning / has stood |
D | begins / stands |
E | is beginning / has been standing |
Question 3 |
As ------- of our employees can afford cars of ------- own, they all have to rely on public transport.
A | few / them |
B | some / his |
C | none / their |
D | most / our |
E | many / its |
Question 4 |
Private investments play ------ important a part in the country’s long-running economic expansion ------ no government dares to increase taxation on personal savings.
A | too / that |
B | such / as |
C | much / so |
D | so / that |
E | as / as |
Question 5 |
It seems likely that, by the end of the week, the costs involved in the construction of the bridge --------- by the Ministry.
A | would have been announced |
B | would be announced |
C | are being announced |
D | will have been announced |
E | have been announced |
Question 6 |
In the past few months, our company director ------- more mettle than most industrialists ------- in an entire career.
A | had shown / have done |
B | showed / would do |
C | shows / did |
D | was showing / may have done |
E | has shown / do |
Question 7 |
If they ------- what sort of a person he was, they ------- him their support.
A | would know / didn’t give |
B | knew / won’t give |
C | had known / wouldn’t have given |
D | would have known / hadn’t given |
E | have known / haven’t given |
Question 8 |
Of the many attempts that ------- to regulate language one way or another, very few ------.
A | were made / had succeeded |
B | have been made / have succeeded |
C | are made / succeeded |
D | could have been made / will succeed |
E | are being made / may have succeeded |
Question 9 |
I don’t imagine he wrote the speech ------- but ------- did so, certainly made a good job of it.
A | for them / whomsoever |
B | of his / somebody |
C | by him / they |
D | himself / whoever |
E | themselves / whichever |
Question 10 |
His proposal ------- the new social security policy seems more viable than any of the others.
A | by way of |
B | due to |
C | owing to |
D | in case of |
E | as regards |
Question 11 |
There are situations ------- the best way to heal the patient is to help him die peacefully.
A | from where |
B | in that |
C | whence |
D | for whom |
E | in which |
Question 12 |
Had they apologised for deliberately overcharging me, I ----- a complaint with the Consumers’ Rights Office.
A | will not have filed |
B | may not have filed |
C | would not have filed |
D | was not filing |
E | may not file |
Question 13 |
An acorn, left to itself becomes an oak, and a geneticist ------- its DNA to make it grow into an elm may justly be said ------- with its natural course.
A | altering / to have interfered |
B | having altered / to interfere |
C | to alter / having interfered |
D | being altered / interfered |
E | to have altered / to be interfering |
Question 14 |
He’s certainly going to recommend that the changes in the structure of the company be introduced step by step; and -------.
A | so I am |
B | so am I |
C | so do I |
D | I do, too |
E | I also do |
Question 15 |
Do you really believe that the party programme ------- it now stands, is democratic ------- to influence the vote in our favour.
A | as / enough |
B | since / also |
C | where / as well |
D | such as / too |
E | that / even |
Question 16 |
------- the recent rise in unemployment largely affects eastern Germany, there is considerable unrest in western Germany, too.
A | Since |
B | In case |
C | Although |
D | Unless |
E | Until |
Question 17 |
------- he was campaigning for re-election last year, he promised that ------- re-elected, he would undertake to restructure the party.
A | Wherever / lest |
B | Because / while |
C | As / since |
D | While / unless |
E | When / if |
Question 18 |
------ the terms of the forthcoming trade agreement, Japan wins parity ------- the United States.
A | Through / above |
B | By / of |
C | From / from |
D | Under / with |
E | After / over |
Question 19 |
We have yet to take ------- consideration the problem of how large future national armies should eventually be, regardless ------- their current size.
A | onto / at |
B | in / in |
C | for / with |
D | under / from |
E | into / of |
Question 20 |
Of all the policies put into effect by the Thatcher government, ------- controversial was the economic one.
A | most |
B | the more |
C | the most |
D | more |
E | mostly |
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