1) I was so much __________ by the discovery that I had to ____________ my decision.
a) baffled/correct b) embarrassed/remake c) confused/refuse d) perplexed/reconsider
2) ____________ , the development group withheld the investigations.
a) Distant results were ill-defined b) There were no clearly defined results c) With distant results being ill-defined d) Vagueness of distant results annoyed
3) The senator demanded that the culprit of the unrest _____________ without the nearest week.
a) be found b) is found c) would be d) will be found
4) _____________ that dogs have a massive IQ would be ridiculous.
a) Someone claimed b) Anyone claiming c) For somebody to claim d) For anyone to claim
5) Who ___________ that moving there would be so problematic.
a) would think b) would have thought c) will think d) was thinking
6) __________ a tourist agency, choose the tour operator most carefully!
a) If you opened b) You should open c) Were you to open d) Should you to open
7) __________ into a business, take care lest your partners ___________ a) Invest/know b) If you will/would know c) Were you invest/knows d) Should you invest/should conceal the profit
8) If a huge oak __________ over the house it could be called nice.
a) shouldn’t hover b) didn’t hang c) wouldn’t be d) didn’t hover
9) If Steve loses his job there will be _____________ his family.
a) nobody to provide b) no one to provide for c) anybody to provide d) somebody providing
10) I am sure he already knows everything. He can’t ______________
a) receive your telegram. b) have received your telegram. c) have failed to receive your telegram d) but receive you telegram.
11) The weather was so tempting that I couldn’t __________ for a swim.
a) have gone b) fail to go c) go d) help going
12) The man ______________ fled abroad
a) dogged by police b) dogging the police c) being dogged d) having dogged
13) Leaves, ________________ , soared in the air.
a) snatching the wind b) grabbed by the gust of wind c) grasped by a wind d) snatched by wind
14) The man __________________ in the lobby has come again. a) who waited b) expecting c) waiting d) awaiting
15) The senator ________________royalty money of the tribal fund.
a) stole b) ripped off a hundred thousand dollars from the c) robbed a portion of d) snatched
