GRAMMAR REVISION TEST 3

1- It is hard to believe that ....... potatoes ........ tomatoes were eaten in Europe and Asia until
the discovery of the Americas.

A) more/less B) either/or
C) some/any D) whether/or
E) neither/nor

2- The People's Republic of China .........in 1949, and since that time, economic and social
policies ........ wildly between left and right.

A) founded/were fluctuating
B) had been founded/fluctuate
C) has been founded/fluctuated
D) had founded/were fluctuated
E) was founded/have fluctuated

3- If only you ....... e-mail, we ........ in touch more regularly.

A) would have/keep B) were having/should keep

C) have/were keeping D) had/could keep
E) are having/have kept

4- Since ....... Turkey ........ Greece are members of NATO, the United States hopes that they
will have friendly relations.

A) whether/or B) such/as
C) both/and D) either/or
E) each/either

5- In spite of being such a technologically advanced nation, Japan has........ internet users
. ....... most other developed countries because the language is not well-suited to computer
use.

A) much less/as B) many/as

C) the least/like D) so few/that
E) fewer/than

6- The United States has an official retirement age of 65, and ............... .

A) Britain is too B) so does Britain

C) Britain isn't either D) Britain has
E) nor has Britain

7- .......... he heard burglars breaking in through the window, he hid under the bed.

A) Whereas B) As long as
C) The moment D) The fact that
E) By the time

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8- I find Elmer ....... inconsiderate........... a husband because he forgot his wife's birthday.

A) rather/as B) more/than
C) such/that D) so/that
E) as/for

9- It's not the cinema ........ but......... location which deters me from going there.

A) itself/its B) its own/itself

C) it/its own D) its/its
E) itself/it

10- When it was discovered that Lucy had prepared ........ thesis by copying from ........... she
not only got a "0", but she was also expelled from the university.

A) her own/anyone B) her/someone else's

C) herself/who else D) its own/whoever
E) itself/elsewhere

11- We seem to have got ourselves into a situation from......... there is no escape.

A) where B) that
C) when D) which
E) what

12- ....... wants chocolate sauce on the ice cream can help......... out of that bottle over there.

A) Whatever/itself B) Whomever/hers
C) Whoever/themselves D) Wherever/them
E) However/me

13- It seems that ....... you are in the world, you can always buy Coca Cola.

A) whoever B) whatever
C) whenever D) whichever
E) wherever

14 ......... World War II there was strict rationing of all essential items in Britain.

A) During B) Rather
C) When D) While
E) Since

15- I'm very pleased ....... you, ........ so much about you.
A) to be met/hearing B) being met/to hear
C) meeting/to have heard D) to meet/having heard
E) to have met/to be heard

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16- At the moment, Tolkein's "Lord of the Rings" ....... in New Zealand and......... in three
years.
A) has been filmed/is releasing
B) was filmed/has been released
C) is being filmed/will be released
D) will be filming/is being released
E) is filming/will have released

17- There is some speculation that the captain of the "Titanic" ......... to break the record time
for an Atlantic crossing, and so ........ warnings about icebergs.
A) has attempted/could have ignored
B) was attempting/ignored
C) attempted/has ignored
D) had attempted/was ignoring
E) had been attempting/must ignore

18- The Mackintosh computer has always been .........advanced than the PC, but the PC has
been ........ cheaper.
A) the most/so B) more/much
C) such an/far D) too/rather
E) as/much

19- It wasn't ....... idea to install the new network system; it was.......... .
A) her/she B) theirs/it
C) his/my D) your/mine
E) mine/its

20- Jeff ....... last year, and since then, he ........ difficulty keeping himself busy.
A) was retiring/would have
B) has retired/has
C) would retire/is having
D) had retired/will have
E) retired/has had

21- We waited ....... long ........ we could, but then, we gave up and went into the cinema.
A) so/that B) too/for
C) as/as D) so/as
E) much/than

22- Plymouth is ....... small city in ........ southwest of England, well-known for its harbour and
naval base.

A) a/the B) —/—
C) the/a D) a/a
E) the/the

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23- I can't help ....... irritated with my boss sometimes when she attempts to make me ........
things that are not in my job description.

A) get/to have done B) getting/do

C) to be getting/done D) to get/doing
E) having got/to do

24- The film ....... for half an hour when we arrived; I.........the time wrong.

A) was going on/should have got

B) would go on/have got
C) has been going on/might get
D) had been going on/must have got
E) went on/have been getting

25- Astrologers analyse the heavenly bodies ........ try to predict what will happen in the
future.

A) so as to B) in contrast to
C) with the aim of D) in addition to
E) owing to

26- He'll do ......... I say, as long as there is no risk of him getting into trouble with the police
for it.

A) anything B) something
C) anyone D) whenever
E) where else

27- If Mabel ....... married by now, I don't suppose she ever........... .

A) isn't getting/does B) didn't get/is

C) hasn't got/will D) wasn't getting/had
E) hasn't been getting/has

28- Everyone must read the entire play tonight ......... there will be no confusion about the
story during rehearsal tomorrow.

A) as long as B) therefore
C) in case of D) as regards to
E) so that

29- George ........ to take a long vacation this summer, but his financial situation is so bad at
the moment that he ........ overtime instead.
A) had planned/had worked
B) plans/was able to work
C) has been planning/worked
D) was planning/will have to work
E) will be planning/had to work

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30- Perhaps humankind's ........ enemy among the insects is the mosquito because ........ lives
have been lost as a result of malaria, yellow fever and other mosquito-borne diseases
than from all the other insect-borne diseases combined.
A) worse/many B) so bad/too many
C) such bad/the most D) worst/more
E) too bad/so many

31- Now that the new by-pass ........., there ......... fewer traffic problems in the centre of town.
A) was built/will have been
B) has been built/should be
C) will be built/have been
D) was being built/could be
E) had been built/may have been

32- Some lizards can change colour within minutes, from light green to dark brown, ........... in
response to their environment.
A) for instance B) in contrast
C) in addition D) on average
E) as well as

33- I'm not sure ........ the Zaire River is longer than the Amazon or not.
A) which B) how much
C) whether D) unless
E) however

34- We ........ around for a long time before we found a house that we liked.
A) must have looked B) should be looking
C) have been looking D) ought to look
E) had to look

35- Some houses we looked at were too big and some were too small, but finally we found
one that was just ........we wanted.
A) bigger than B) as big as
C) such a big D) the biggest
E) big enough

36- Criminology is basically a subfield of sociology, but it has grown .......... it is usually
treated as a separate course in higher education.
A) such a large B) as large as
C) larger than D) so large that
E) too large

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37- It seems that the rebels won't have completed their withdrawal by the prescribed date,
....... .
A) and so have the government troops
B) but the government troops haven't
C) and nor do the government troops
D) but the government troops won't
E) and the government troops won't either

38- The work ....... to the boss's satisfaction, so we ........ it again tomorrow.
A) wasn't being done/have done
B) hadn't been doing/would have to do
C) won't have done/are going to do
D) isn't done/will have done
E) hasn't been done/will have to do

39- This stove is........ for me to carry up the stairs; I'll need some help.
A) as heavy B) so heavy as
C) too heavy D) heavy enough
E) heavier than

40- You ....... take out travel insurance before you leave for a trip because you............ get sick
or have an accident and not have enough money for treatment.
A) must/should B) ought to/could
C) used to/may D) may/will
E) could/must

41 ......... the British novelist Charles Dickens met the American writer Edgar Alien Poe in
1842, Dickens was already famous and Poe was hoping to get his work published in
England.
A) When B) As long as
C) Though D) Since
E) Despite

42- Dickens was in the United States, ........ his books were being pirated, to speak in favour of
international copyright laws. -
A) which B) whom
C) whose D) where
E) that

43- The natural end of ..........human life is death, but some people, for reasons that have
never been fully understood, choose to end .......... lives.
A) all/themselves B) many/their
C) every/their own D) the whole/theirs
E) each/them

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44- To prevent a suicide is only possible.........the individual demonstrates warning signs.
A) how B) if
C) as D) unless
E) until

45- I'm thirty-five years old Mum! Please stop treating me......... I were a child!
A) such as B) as though
C) in case D) provided that
E) even if

46 ........... protecting many species of whales from becoming extinct, international laws
against hunting them have been put into effect.
A) As well as B) For fear of
C) In order to D) Instead of
E) With the aim of

47- Though not......... of all the cities I've so far seen, Nagoya is really very unattractive.
A) too ugly B) uglier than
C) ugly enough D) the ugliest
E) so ugly as

48- My little son wishes we ....... in Paris so that he......... the Euro-Disneyland every day.
A) can live/visits B) lived/has been visiting
C) have lived/will be visiting D) were living/could visit
E) had lived/may have visited

49- Up to now, rosewood trees ......... in natural areas to the point that few are left standing in
the world.
A) are being exploited B) have been exploited
C) will be exploited D) were being exploited
E) had been exploited

50- Despite the commercial value, ....... ; attempts have been made to cultivate rosewood trees
or ........ to conduct the research necessary to make a start at it.
A) few/even B) much/still
C) several/nor D) every/just
E) more/than

51- With the developments in the field of medicine, bacterial meningitis......... using vaccines
today.

A) have been preventing

B) used to be prevented
C) can be prevented
D) will have prevented
E) is supposed to prevent

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52- However, vaccines ......... against all the bacteria that ......... infection, and they are
protective for only a limited time.

A) aren't protected/caused
B) haven't protected/are caused
C) can't be protected/have caused
D) aren't protecting/were caused
E) don't protect/can cause

53- Given prompt treatment, fewer than one in ten patients will die of bacterial meningitis.
If treatment ......... however, survivors ......... brain damage.

A) has delayed/suffer
B) is delayed/may suffer
C) was delaying/could suffer
D) was delayed/have suffered
E) might be delayed/suffered

54- No one would mind if I came a little late tomorrow, ......... ?

A) didn't I B) wouldn't they

C) did I D) would they
E) did they

55- The people in our hotel did not know ....... English to be able to understand ........... we said.

A) some/anyone B) too much/nothing

C) enough/anything D) a little/everything
E) any/something

56- The judge didn't agree when the prosecutor objected to the way the defense attorney was
questioning the witness, ........ ?

A) did he B) was he
C) were they D) wasn't he
E) didn't he

57- ....... from the Greek word autos ........ "alone", autism prevents children from developing
normal social relationships, even with their parents.
A) Taken/meaning B) Taking/to have meant
C) To take/having meant D) To be taken/meant
E) Being taken/to mean

58- Autism should not be confused with childhood schizophrenia or mental retardation,
though the behaviour of children with these conditions is sometimes ........ that of autistic
children.
A) the same B) similar to
C) such as D) rather than
E) much more

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59- ....... autistic children remain totally silent, while .........merely repeat words they hear or
communicate by gestures.
A) All/most B) A few/another
C) Many/the whole D) Any/the rest
E) Some/others

60- If you are buying a house through an estate agent, you ......... everything he tells you since
he ........ you false information.
A) had to check/would have given
B) must have checked/would give
C) had better check/has given
D) should check/could be giving
E) will check/had been giving

61- Since we have lost two matches already, ......... we win tonight, we cannot go through to
the next round.
A) provided that B) however
C) in case D) as though
E) even if

62- I've never been to Israel, and I haven't been to Egypt ............ .
A) too B) neither
C) either D) still
E) though

63- In 1942 the Japanese felt that the United States would be unprepared for a surprise
attack on their Pacific Fleet, ........ , indeed.
A) and so would they B) nor did they
C) and they weren't either D) and so they were
E) and neither would they

64- All grapes contain sugar in the form of glucose and fructose, the amount depends on the
particular variety.
A) of which B) for whom
C) with that D) about whose
E) for what

65- Sadie wrote ....... a letter all about ........ new fiance.
A) myself/her own B) my own/her
C) mine/hers D) my/her own
E) me/her

66- Apparently, ....... fiance and ........ three brothers all live on the family farm.
A) his/hers B) her/his
C) her own/himself D) his own/herself
E) herself/him

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67 .......... of the people in Ethiopia are Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, but there are also
quite......... Muslims and a small minority of animists.
A) Plenty/any B) Most/a few
C) Much/most of D) Some/a lot
E) All/several

68- During the meeting, ........ the Chairman proposed anything, the members disagreed.
A) whatever B) however
C) whenever D) whichever
E) wherever

69- It seems that ........ you go in the world these days, there are signs advertising American
products.
A) whenever B) anywhere
C) how else D) whichever
E) everything

70- Although it lost its empire long ago, Great Britain still likes to behave ........ it were one of
the most important countries in the world.
A) because B) besides
C) whereas D) until
E) as if

71- The planet Jupiter,.........moons some scientists believe may contain water, is mostly made
up of metallic hydrogen and liquid nitrogen.
A) what B) which
C) that D) whose
E) where

72- Even though the Cold War ........, almost every spot on the face of the Earth........
constantly by spy satellites.
A) ended/is observing
B) was ending/has been observed
C) has ended/is being observed
D) is being ended/was observing
E) had ended/has observed

73- ....... all his partner's money, Jake fled abroad even without ......... his wife.
A) Having stolen/informing
B) To have stolen/to inform
C) Being stolen/having informed
D) Stealing/to be informed
E) Stolen /having been informed

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74- We ....... at home today because our boat trip........... .
A) must stay/could have cancelled
B) are staying/has been cancelled
C) should stay /will have cancelled
D) had stayed/is being cancelled
E) have stayed/will be cancelled

75- A number of promising rock musicians have had their careers cut short...............
alcoholism and drug addiction.
A) in spite of B) in effect
C) since D) due to
E) provided

76- ........ you drive, ......... risk there is you will die in a traffic accident.
A) As fast as/much B) So fast/the most
C) The faster/the more D) Fast enough/so much
E) The fastest/too much

77- Alcoholics ......... unless they are willing to help themselves.

A) are not helping B) do not help
C) have not helped D) were not helped
E) cannot he helped

78 ......... there was a long queue outside the restaurant, we decided to go somewhere else.

A) However B) Since
C) Until D) By the time
E) While

79 ......... the staff have mastered the new computer system, nothing will get accomplished.

A) Until B) As a result
C) By the time D) While
E) During

80- ....... had we moved into our new house ........ the basement flooded and we had to borrow
thousands of dollars to have it fixed.

A) Whether/or B) Neither/nor
C) No sooner/than D) The more/the sooner
E) The moment/both

81- President Richard Nixon was known for his strongly anti-communist views; ......... , he
opened relationships between the US and communist China by becoming the first
president to visit Beijing.

A) therefore B) nonetheless
C) as a consequence D) on the contrary
E) furthermore

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82- According to what it says on the big board, the plane ........ by now.

A) must land B) is landing

C) had been landing D) should have landed
E) is going to land

83- If manned space travel had not proved so costly, people ......... on colonies on the moon by
now.

A) had been living B) have been living

C) are living D) would be living
E) will be living

84- Please be patient! As soon as I ....... repairing my car, I......... you to the doctor.

A) will have finished/take B) finished/should lake

C) will finish/am taking D) am finishing/have taken
E) have finished/will lake

85- By the time the bride's father ....... his speech at the wedding ceremony, all of us .......
asleep.

A) was finishing/fell
B) will finish/are going to fall
C) will have finished/are falling
D) finished/had fallen
E) had finished/have fallen

86- If both sides during the Cold War hadn't been afraid to use nuclear weapons, the entire
world ........ during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
A) could have destroyed
B) was being destroyed
C) might have been destroyed
D) has been destroyed
E) would have destroyed

87- Yemen, ........ has beautiful mountains, deserts and some of the world's most beautiful
traditional architecture, does not attract many tourists because of the many civil wars
that have been fought there.
A) which B) what
C) that D) whose
E) where

88- The new King of Morocco behaves.........he really means to bring about major democratic
reforms in his country.
A) no matter B) however
C) as long as D) even though
E) as though

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89- Our neighbour ........... his lawn for weeks, and now it looks like a jungle.
A) is neglecting B) had neglected
C) was neglecting D) will have neglected
E) has been neglecting

90- In Britain the taxes are ........ people leave the country to escape them.
A) too high B) as high as
C) so high that D) the highest
E) higher than

91 ......... having no navigational instruments, the ancient Polynesians were able to navigate
over vast distances of the Pacific Ocean guided only by the stars and the waves.
A) Owing to B) Whereas
C) In case D) In spite of
E) As though

92- The Battle of Trafalgar, which ......... Britain as the world's foremost maritime power,
. ....... off the coast of Spain in 1805.
A) established/was fought
B) has established/had fought
C) would establish/should be fought
D) is establishing/was being fought
E) establishes/would have fought

93- Although the combined French and Spanish fleets were ........ larger than the British fleet,
the British ships were handled ...... .
A) too/skilfully enough B) far/more skilfully
C) so/most skilfully D) more/as skilfully
E) much/too skilfully

94- A company's choice of ....... to maximise profits......... to attempt to protect the

environment is often dictated by public opinion.
A) neither/and B) the more/as much
C) as much/than D) whether/or
E) barely/when

95- We can........ go to a film or stay in; it doesn't matter to me.

A) not only B) whether
C) either D) both
E) neither

96- The 20th century, during ........ unprecedented means to save and prolong life were
developed, also saw the development of unprecedented means to destroy life.
A) that B) when
C) whose D) what
E) which

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97- There has never been ........ film as bloody as "Saving Private Ryan"
A) another B) such as
C) so much D) any more
E) whichever

98- Moral codes that ....... to regulate human behaviour......... with us since prehistoric times.
A) are seeking/will have been
B) have sought/were
C) are sought/will be
D) seek/have been
E) have been seeking/are

99- The wedding was absolutely beautiful! You really.......... .

A) were coming B) should have come
C) ought to come D) may have come
E) had been coming

100- Sometimes it seems to me that most men in Turkey are ....... interested in football .......
in whether Turkey joins the EU or not.
A) so/that B) more/than
C) so/as D) such/that
E) too/like

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1. E 2. E 3. D 4. C 5. E 6. B 7. C 8. A
11.D 12.C 13.E 14.A 15.D 16.C 17.B 18.B 9. A 10.B
21.C 22.A 23.B 24.D 25.A 26.A 27.C 28.E 19.D 20.E
31.B 32.A 33.C 34.E 35.B 36.D 37.E 38.E 29.D 30.D
41.A 42.D 43.C 44.B 45.B 46.E 47.D 48.D 39.C 40.B
51.C 52.E 53.B 54.D 55.C 56.A 57.A 58.B 49.B 50.A
61.E 62.C 63.D 64.A 65.E 66.B 67.B 68.C 59.E 60.D
71.D 72.C 73.A 74.B 75.D 76.C 77.E 78.B 69.B 70.E
81.B 82.D 83.D 84.E 85.D 86.C 87.A 88.E 79.A 80.C
91.D 92.A 93.B 94.D 95.C 96.E 97.A 98.D 89.E 90.C
99.B 100.B

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