1.

Last Saturday, my father ____ that his dinner suit D) was riding / took
was too small, so now he ____ a strict diet.
6. I ____ glasses when I was younger, but now I
A) has discovered / followed ____contact lenses.

B) discovers / was following A) was wearing / have had

C) discovered / is following B) have worn / am having

D) was discovering / has followed C) have been wearing / had

2. Helen ____ her driving test five times so far D) wore / have
without success, but she ____, yet.
7. About a month ago, I ____ a brochure about
A) takes / isn't giving up your hotel, but I ____ it yet.

B) has taken / hasn't given up A) request / didn't receiv

C) was taking / didn't give up B) have requested / am not receiving

D) is taking / doesn't give up C) was requesting / wasn't receiving

3. Most of the time, John and his friends ____ D) requested / haven't received
football matches at their local coffee, but this
Saturday, they____ to the stadium, and so they're 8. The conditions in our office ____ more and more
all very excited. unbearable, so quite often recently I ____ quitting
A) watch / are going it and looking for a new job.

B) have been watching / go A) have got / was considering

C) are watching / have gone B) was getting / am considering

D) were watching / went C) are getting / have considered

E) have watched / were going D) have been getting / consider

4. Kate ____ a vegetarian for eleven years now, and 9. Because I ____ a long way from my work, I ____
she____ meat at all during this time. lots of time going to and from work.

A) is / isn't eating A) live / waste

B) has been / wasn't eating B) lived / have wasted

C) is / doesn't eat C) have been living / wasted

D) has been / hasn't eaten D) am living / have been wasting

5. Last year, Richard ____ his bicycle to work E) was living / am wasting
everyday, but he ____ the bus since the accident. 10. In the USA, the twenty largest newspaper
A) rides / takes chains ____for almost half of the circulation,
reflecting a trend that ____ in the 1970s.
B) has ridden / is taking
A) account / started
C) rode / has been taking
B) were accounting / start
C) has accounted / was starting 15. Cindy's family ____ chains in this area for over
three centuries and now her father ____ this
D) accounted / is starting traditional craft at the county museum twice a day
E) accounts / has started as well.

11. Clean snow ____ as much as 87 percent of the A) are making / is demonstrating

sunlight that ____ on it. B) have made / has demonstrated

A) is reflecting / shone C) made / was demonstrating

B) has reflected / was shining D) were making / demonstrated

C) reflected / is shining E) have been making / demonstrates

D) was reflected / has shone 16. He ______ to unlock the door to his flat
because the telephone ________ .
E) reflects / shines
A) was hurrying / rang
12. More than two hundred people ____ the tower
when the bomb ____ in one of the dustbins. B) hurries / has been ringing

A) have visited / was exploding C) hurried / was ringing

B) were visiting / exploded D) is hurrying / rings

C) visited / has exploded E) has hurried / has rung

D) are visiting / is exploding 17. There ____ economies since the dawn of
civilisation, but as a field of study, economics ____
E) visit / has exploded only recently.

13. Because you ____ half of the ingredients as I A) were / was developing
____dinner, you probably aren't hungry at all now.
B) have been / has developed
A) were eating / have prepared
C) are / has been developing
B) have eaten / prepared
D) were / is developing
C) have been eating / prepare
E) have been / develops
D) ate / was preparing
18. John Deere ____ his farm machinery business,
E) eat / have been preparing which____ tractors today, in the 19th century.

14. She ____ strictly since Christmas and so far she A) founds / still produced
____eight kilos.
B) has founded / is still producing
A) was dieting / was losing
C) was founding / was still producing
B) dieted / loses
D) founded / still produces
C) diets / is losing
E) is founding / is still produced
D) is dieting / lost

E) has been dieting / has lost

19. I ____ my French lately; consequently, I ____ products nowadays ____ that the media can
more and more of it. positively

A) am not practising / forget increase public awareness.

B) haven't been practising / am forgetting A) have used / was showing

C) don't practice / have forgotten B) used / has shown

D) wasn't practising / forgot C) use / has been showing

E) didn't practice / was forgetting D) were using / showed

20. The old lady's health ____ day by day until she E) are using / shows
____ smoking.
24. My sister ____ from severe back aches lately
A) was deteriorating / gave up and I think it's because, last month, she ____ to
work in a shop where she has to pick up heavy
B) is deteriorating / gives up things.
C) deteriorated / has given up A) is suffering / has started
D) deteriorates / is giving up B) suffers / was starting
E) has deteriorated / was giving up C) has been suffering / started
21. The managing director ____ Sid to sales D) suffered / is starting
manager and ever since, he ____ everybody
around. 25. Though she ____ dancing, Sonia ____ to the
disco with her friends the previous night just in
A) promoted / has been bossing order to be with them in a different atmosphere.
B) promotes / bosses A) hasn't like / has gone
C) has promoted / is bossing B) doesn't like / went
D) is promoting / was bossing C) didn't like / is going
E) was promoting / has bossed D) doesn't like / goes
22. Problems with the hotel, coupled with this 26. Somebody ____ three times this morning asking
awful weather, ____ our holiday miserable, so we for Pete, but nobody called Pete ____ here.
____ before the scheduled time.
A) has phoned / has ever lived
A) have made / have left
B) is phoning / was ever living
B) were making / leave
C) phones / ever lived
C) make / left
D) phoned / is ever living
D) are making / are leaving
27. Joey ____ just ____stubborn when he refused
E) made / were leaving to go to the cinema today and he only did so
23. The fact that more people ____ ozone-friendly because we ____ to go bowling yesterday.

A) is / being / haven't wanted

B) has / been / didn't want 32. We ____ football for two hours and ____ to a

C) is / being / don't want restaurant for a meal, afterwards.

D) was / being / haven't been wanting A) are playing / go

28. My mother ____ her optician tomorrow B) play / are going

because her eyesight ____ worse since she got this
computing job. C) played / went

A) has visited / is becoming D) have played / were going

B) visited / was becoming E) have been playing / had gone

C) visits / becomes 33. Environmental pollution ____ ever since people

____ to
D) is visiting / has become
congregate in towns and cities.
29. As the President ____the hall, all the guests
____ to their feet to welcome him. A) will have existed / are beginning

A) was entering / have risen B) exist / have begun

B) entered / rose C) had existed / were beginning

C) is entering / rise D) has existed / began

D) enters / have been rising 34. I heard that you ____ about the boys all day, so
I just rang to tell you that Matthew ____ from a pay
30. She ____ interested in health ever since she phone a couple of hours ago and they are both
was a young girl and now that the medical college fine. The weather is fine and they will be home on
____ her as a student, it seems that she will be able Sunday
to work in
evening.
the medical field.
A) had been worrying / will phone
A) was / accepted
B) have been worrying / phoned
B) has been / has accepted
C) will be worrying / had phoned
C) is / is accepting
D) are worrying / is going to phone
D) is being / accepts
35. Although he ____ the first round in record
31. Bob ____ with us tonight as he ____ an time , he ____ in the second, and so finished tenth
appointment with the dentist. overall.

A) won't have trained / is making A) finishes / is slipping

B) hasn't trained / was making B) had been finishing / was slipping

C) hadn't trained / made C) will have finished / slips

D) doesn't train / makes D) had finished / slipped

E) isn't going to train / has made

36. The petrol warning light ____ for half an hour manager ____ resigning if they lose one more
before we ____ a petrol station. match.

A) had been flashing / reached A) doesn't win / considered

B) is going to flash / will reach B) isn't winning / was considering

C) flashed / have reached C) hasn't won / is considering

D) flashes / will be reaching D) hadn't won / will have considered

37. Up until the tap water ____ back on yesterday E) wasn't winning / will consider

evening, we ____ water back and forth for three 41. My brother ____ past the post office every
days. morning and I ____ him all week to post a letter for
me, but he keeps forgetting, so I'm going to post it
A) came / had been carrying myself tomorrow.
B) has come / have been carrying A) will be going / ask
C) had come / were carrying B) will go / am asking
D) was coming / will have carried C) goes / have been asking
38. The neighbours ____ so loudly last night that D) is going / will ask
they____ us all awake until after midnight.
E) has been going / had ask
A) are shouting / are keeping
42. The football team that ____ last year's
B) have been shouting / were keeping championship ____ little chance of winning it again
C) shouted / have been keeping this year.

D) have shouted / had kept A) was winning / stood

E) were shouting / kept B) was going to win / stand

39. Man's use of pictures to tell stories and to C) has won / has stood
record experiences ____ prehistoric times, when he D) had won / was standing
____ the
E) won / stands
walls of caves.
43. Freedom of the press ____ an issue between
A) was beginning / has drawn people and their governments since the time
B) began / drew individuals ____ newspapers independent of
government control for
C) begins / will have drawn
the first time.
D) has begun / was drawing
A) is / are publishing
E) had begun / draw
B) will have been / publish
40. My team ____ a match for a month, so
currently the C) had been / were publishing

D) has been / published

E) was / have published C) will have caught / has missed

44. The hikers ____ so tired by the time they ____ D) is going to catch / will miss
the top of the hill that I'm sure they'll first want to
sit down for a rest. E) was catching / missed

A) will have got / reach 48. The fisherman ____ more fish in one night than
ever before, so when they anchored in the harbour,
B) are getting / will have reached they ____ with joy at the thought of their reward.

C) had got / reached A) had been catching / will sing

D) have got / are reaching B) will have caught / sang

E) were getting / had reached C) had caught / were singing

45. When the young scouts ____ the top of the hill, D) caught / have been singing
they ____ for more than an hour.
E) have caught / will be singing
A) reached / have been walking
49. On my friend's farm they ____ an alarm clock
B) reach / will have been walking because the cockerel ____ at five o'clock every
morning without fail.
C) will have reached / are walking
A) don't need / crows
D) had reached / were walking
B) haven't needed / was crowing
E) have reached / will be walking
C) won't have needed / has crowed
46. Modern exploration of the undersea world had
its D) wont need / is crowing

beginning in June 1943, when Jacgues Cousteau E) didn't need / will crow
____
50. The Continental Congress ____ the US Postal
his first dive with a revolutionary breathing device Service

which he ____ with Emile Gagnan, a French in 1775 and the first federal government ____ the
engineer.
service in the Constitution.
A) was making / has developed
B) had founded / includes
B) had made / will have developed
C) has founded / is including
C) has made / was developing
D) was going to found / will include
D) will have made / develops
E) founded / included
E) made / had developed

47. She says that she ____ the eight o'clock train
tomorrow, but I'm sure she ____ it, as usual.

A) is catching / is missing

B) has caught / misses