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25. Scientific articles ___ often ___ in this paper.

A) to be / published

B) are / being published

C) are / published

D) have / published

E) are / publish

26. The fugitive ___ from prison to prison in Germany until he ___ in

prison in 1944.

A) transferred / killed
B) was transferred / was killed
C) is transferred / was killed
D) has been transferred / has been killed
E) will be transferred / was killed

27. I ___ a card to the club and in the afternoon I went there to play

bridge.

A) had been given

B) were given

C) was given

D) have given

E) was giving

28. I hope this book ___ .

A) will find

B) will be found

C) found

D) were found

E) had been found

29. ___ about this film tomorrow.

A) It is an article

B) He said

C) I shall be asked

D) Bob liked to tell

E) He couldn’t

30. New schools ___ in our city every year.

A) is built

B) are to be built

C) will build

D) are built

E) have built

31. A liar ___ when he speaks the truth.

A) don’t believe

B) isn’t believed

C) believed

D) believe

E) didn’t believe

32. The doctor ___ just ___ for.

A) is / sent

B) was / sent

C) has / sent

D) has / been sent

E) will / be sent

33. This year a very beautiful theatre ___ in our city.

A) built

B) was built

C) has been built

D) had been built

E) has built

34. The Great Expectations ___ by Charles Dickens.

A) were written

B) is written

C) wrote

D) are written

E) was written

35. In 1969 two manned spaceships ___ into space from the first

space station.

A) launch

B) launched

C) launches

D) were launching

E) were launched

36. We can’t get there in time. By the time we get there the papers

___ .

A) will be destroyed

B) would be destroyed

C) will have been destroyed

D)  are destroyed

E) have been destroyed

37. This school ___ next year.

A) will close

B) is closed

C) will be closed

D) was closed

E) would be closed

38. A woman’s work ___ never done.

A) are

B) is

C) will

D) would

E) were

39. Last Monday I received a telegram ___ by my sister on the 1st of

May.

A) sending

B) to send

C) had sent

D) sent

E) was sent

40. “I ___ the test yet today,” said Ann.

A) wasn’t given

B) hadn’t been given

C) am not given

D) haven’t been given

E) have been given

41. I ___ about my father’s death before my mother.

A) is told

B) shall be told

C) had been told

D) were told

E) have been told

42. Someone wrote this report last week. This report ___ last week.

A) is written

B) was written

C) has been written

D) had been written

E) would be written

43. Finally he decided to come back and live in the house of his

parents which ___ by his aunt.

A) kept

B) was kept

C) are kept

D) were kept

E) keeps

44. The people next door disappeared 6 months ago. They ___ since

then.

A)aren’t seen

B) haven’t been seen

C) weren’t seen

D) weren’t being seen

E) aren’t being seen

45. It is winter. Everything ___ with snow.

A) is covered

B) covered

C) were covered

D) will cover

E) are covered

46. The men ___ after the explosion.

A) are said to be arrested
B) said to be arrested
C) are said to being arrested
D) are said to have been arrested
E) are said to arrest

47. -”Did someone throw those letters away?”

-”Yes, but it was a mistake. They ___ away.”

A) mustn’t be thrown
B) shouldn’t be thrown
C) shouldn’t have been thrown
D) can’t be thrown
E) need to be thrown

48. A.: Was there any trouble at the yesterday’s demonstration?

B.: Yes, about twenty people ___ .

A) had been arrested

B) arrested

C) were being arrested

D) were arrested

E) are arrested

49. Mike didn’t have his car yesterday. It ___ at the station.

A) was serviced

B) were serviced

C) had serviced

D) had been serviced

E) is serviced

Book 1 Part C

Passive voice