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55. I asked you to get some white cheese! You ____ bought this!
A) shouldn’t have
B) hadn’t to have
C) mustn’t have
D) wouldn’t have
56. I always enjoyed ____ in that lake in summer.
A) to have swum
B) been swimming
C) to swimming
D) swimming
57. The boy told his teacher a lie to avoid ____.
A) be punished
B) to be punished
C) being punished
D) punishing
58. The two children ____ to look forward ____ to their grandparents
house at Christmas
A) use / to going
B) used / to going
C) used to / to go
D) use to / to go
59. Having worked hard for three months, he succeeded ____ his exam.
A) to pass
B) in to pass
C) in passing
D) passing
60. They accused him ___ a thief.
A) for being
B) as being
C) of being
D) to be
61. We are very busy at the office. I must ____ my holiday for a while.
A) put up
B) put through C) put off
D) put in
62. We have an extra room in our house. We will gladly ____ you ____
for a week or two.
A) put / up
B) put / off
C) put / through D) put / in
63. How do you find your new neighbors? I’ve heard they are difficult
to ____ .
A) get up
B) get on with C) get down
D) get over
64. I tried to telephone my family several times last night, but I just
couldn’t ____.
A) get up
B) get on with C) get down
D) get through
65. Who do you think will ____ when he resigns?
A) take over
B) take in
C) take up
D) take off
66. With her blue eyes she seems to ____ her aunt.
A) take after
B) take off
C) take away
D) take for
67. There was so much noise I could hardly ____ what he was saying.
A) make out
B) make for
C) make up
D) make off
68. Despite the snowstorm, we decided to ____ Chicago instead of
sleeping in the car.
A) make out
B) make for
C) make up
D) make off
69. After the operation one of the nurses stayed at his bedside, waiting
for him to ____ .
A) come up
B) come around
C) come off
D) come away
70. He’s full of wonderful plans, but they very seldom ____ .
A) come in
B) come about C) come off
D) come down
71. He got a low mark, but he ____ to have answered most of the questions
correctly.
A) contracts
B) claims
C) blames
D) conceives
72. She was fifteen minutes late because she was __ by a traffic jam.
A) bent on
B) fled
C) troubled
D) delayed
73. Teachers like ________ students.
A) conscious
B) conscientious
C) consenting
D) conscience
74. Her parents will never ________ such outrageous behavior.
A) put up
B) endeavor
C) concentrate
D) tolerate
75. After trying for some time, he gave ________ working on it.
A) way
B) up
C) in
D) on
76. Are you any good ________ making soup?
A) by
B) for
C) at
D) from
77. ________ for his great courage, all lives would have been lost.
A) It had not been
B) It wouldn’t have seen
C) Had it not been
D) Wouldn’t it have been
78. Yes, I know you’re tired this morning, but ________ to the party,
you wouldn’t have come home late.
A) if you would have gone
B) if you hadn’t gone
C) if you have gone
D) if you wouldn’t have gone
79. Unless he’s offered more money elsewhere, ________ this job.
A) he won’t accept
B) he would accept
C) he’ll accept
D) he wouldn’t accept
80. If I’d realized this before, I ________ in such a mess now.
A) won’t have been
B) wouldn’t be
C) wouldn’t have been
D) won’t be
81. If only ________ it, none of this would’ve happened.
A) I wouldn’t have mentioned
B) I hadn’t mentioned
C) I haven’t mentioned
D) I would’ve mentioned
82. A: I’ve got a terrible headache.
B: Yes, you look as if ________ an aspirin.
A) you need
B) you would need
C) you would’ve needed
D) you’ve needed
83. ________ to the market, when it started to the rain.
A) I was just about to go
B) I would just go
C) I’m just about to go
D) I’ve just about gone
84. ________ but I didn’t have enough money.
A) I would buy it
B) I will have bought it
C) I was going to buy it
D) I’ll buy it
85. A: Why haven’t you told me about your problems before?
B: Well, ________ all this week.
A) I was trying to tell you all about them
B) I’ve been trying to tell you all about them
C) I’m trying to tell you all about them
D) I tried to tell you all about them
86. A: Did you see your boss at the airport yesterday!
B: Yes, ________ his family.
A) he’s been seeing off
B) he was seeing off
C) he was seen off
D) he would see off
87. A: What is the most serious disadvantage of living in a city?
B: The most serious one is ________ the city is too noisy.
A) hich is
B) about which
C) because of the fact that
D) that
88. How nice to be back home! ________ it so much!
A) We’ve missed
B) We had missed
C) We were missing
D) We are missing
89. A: I’ve been working a lot on my computer these days.
B: Oh, really? ________ you had a computer.
A) I haven’t known
B) I hadn’t known
C) I didn’t know
D) I don’t know
90. A: Have you written to them?
B: Yes, ________ twice last month.
A) I’d written to them
B) I wrote to them
C) I’ve written to them
D) I would have written to them
91. A: How long has he been away?
B: Oh, ________ three weeks on Friday.
A) he’ll be gone
B) he’ll gone
C) he will have been
D) he will have been gone
92. A: I do hope we can watch TV tonight.
B: Oh, yes. I’m sure ________ the serial by now.
A) they’ll put up
B) they’ll have put up
C) they’d put up
D) they’ll be put up
93. A: What excellent French you speak!
B: So ________ ! I lived in Paris for twenty years.
A) I must
B) I should
C) I am to
D) I have to
94. A: What was that noise?
B: Oh, don’t worry; it ________ the cat.
A) should’ve been
B) can be
C) must have been
D) ought to be
95. What a lovely carpet you’ve bought! It ________ expensive!
A) should’ve been
B) has been
C) must have been
D) ought to be
96. He is getting fatter and fatter. He ________ eating too much.
A) must be
B) can be
C) may
D) might
Find the synonyms of the underlined words.
97. It’s
incredible
to see him in such good health after the accident.
A) creditable
B) increasing
C) unthinkable
D) unbelievable
98. She was angry because he
disregarded
her feelings in this matter.
A) did not ignore
B) discharged
C) paid no attention to
D) considered
99. During the ten years he worked in Germany he
accumulated
a fortune.
A) made
B) expanded
C) concentrated D) increased
100. He did his work
reluctantly
because he did not like the director.
A) slowly
B) unwillingly
C) inefficiently
D) unhesitatingly
Book 1 Part D
Test 6
