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1. It certainly wasn‘t very kind of that man __________________.
A. whom he never did anything very nice for
B. staring at everybody in such a nasty way
C. not going to argue about the ticket price
D. to refuse to give his seat to that old woman
2. Some parents are so overprotective __________________.
A. just like someone else whom I know
B. as those who they seek to defend from enemies
C. that they end up hindering their children‘s creativity
D. than the ones who consider themselves liberal
3. If humans had the ability to travel through time, ________________________.
A. I won‘t have gone anywhere by the time I‘m sixty
B. many new adventures will be waiting for us when we get there
C. science is still unable to explain it to us
D. we could go back and give ourselves advice for the future
4. ____________________________________________, yet, surprisingly, it hadn‘t melted.
A. My mother had promised to get some butter
B. The snowman‘s been sitting in the sun all day
C. Global warming is seriously affecting the climate
D. The ice cream had been sitting out on the counter
5. As long as you‘re going to Paris, _______________________________________________.
A. you seem to have left your umbrella at the Louvre
B. designer stores have been crowding the Champs-Elysees for years
C. you ought to set a day aside to visit the Palace of Versailles
D. it must be the largest city in the whole of France
6. Sandra had been searching for the perfect music _____________________________________.
A. since it‘s so easy to find stuff on the Internet
B. to play for the concert in November
C. for she‘d been in the band for three years
D. however hard the piece may be to perform
7. Riding along in the carriage _______________________________.
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A. my sister began to feel sick to her stomach
B. their eyes were really irritated by dust
C. there were many different things in our picnic basket
D. the horses pulling it got exhausted
8. ______________________________________ that she hid it under her mattress in her bedroom.
A. Agatha couldn‘t believe she found
B. Rachel felt her diary was so private
C. Dave wrote her such beautiful letters
D. The more secretive Katherine was feeling
9. You wouldn‘t have got into so much trouble _________________________________.
A. if you hadn‘t spilled grape juice on the new rug
B. however you did everything correctly in the first place
C. as if that were the only reason you were crying
D. whether you make mistakes on your homework or not
10. _____________________________________, Mitch said he‘ll lend us his car for this Saturday.
A. No sooner had he got it repaired
B. Whenever he goes sailing
C. So long as he doesn‘t have to work
D. Not until he fills the tank up with petrol
11. I‘ve heard that the award will be given to _________________________________________.
A. those are the ones that really deserve it
B. whoever pays the most to the selection committee
C. what else might they get for all their hard work
D. some of them even place bets on the outcome
12. The police won‘t allow the onlookers __________________________________.
A. taking photographs of the victims of the crime
B. as though one of them had broken into the apartment
C. to come any closer to the scene of the accident
D. for giving them important details related to the fire
13. ______________________________________, but everyone else on the bus was, too.
A. Either the man who had been driving for six hours straight
B. Not only was the guide excited about the tour
C. Neither the company that had put the trip together
D. Whether the bus was able to get there in time
14. Upon the rooftop of our house ____________________________________________.
A. where the Frisbee had finally landed
B. had the weather been cooler over the last few days
C. but below the high-rise apartment building next door
D. sat the satellite dish that had been delivered the day before
15. ____________________________, everyone placed their ceramic sculptures on the top shelf.
A. As soon as the final bell has rung
B. Apart from the shortest student
C. No matter what they may look like
D. Because Terry never learned how to make them
16. ____________________________, please make sure to open the windows and air the place out.
A. Should you arrive at the house first?
B. Whatever else you may have been doing at the time
C. After you had gone out to the store
D. Don‘t you find it stuffy in here
17. Mary would rather buy her clothes from one of the charity shops __________________________.
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A. when she was younger and didn‘t earn enough money to support herself
B. since they don‘t usually have the latest styles that she wants to wear
C. while going from one clothing store to another in a hurry
D. than pay unreasonably high prices at luxury stores
18. Not realizing he had left his wallet at home _____________________________________.
A. anyone would have thought he wanted a free ticket
B. Susan‘s date picked up the check to pay the bill
C. with all of his credit cards sitting safely inside it
D. somewhere on top of the dresser in his bedroom
19. ____________________________________ if she hadn‘t wasted all of her money in a casino.
A. Rhonda will remember her last holiday and smile
B. Misty would have been a lot richer right now
C. Christy always had a bizarre fear of the roulette table
D. Samantha is worrying about paying her rent
20. _________________________________________ because he was so frightened.
A. Albert hated going to the cemetery with his friends at night
B. The first time Arnold had to stand up in front of a large audience
C. The roller coaster at the amusement park was so exciting
D. A number of complications might have arisen from his recent surgery
21. The flight attendant asked the passenger _________________________________.
A. what made you choose to travel on our airline
B. how often did he find himself on trips to Bali
C. whether he would prefer a window seat or not
D. could she get him a pillow and a blanket for the trip
22. _________________________________________for the space they‘d cleared for it in the office.
A. The desk they had bought at the auction was too large
B. It was the most interesting computer screen they‘d ever seen
C. The files which had been left by the previous tenants
D. They were hoping that the curtains wouldn‘t be such a big problem
23. There was an extensive amount of damage to the house; _________________________________.
A. thanks to the low costs it was being advertised for
B. even so, the place was completely destroyed
C. however, it would be impossible to repair it
D. nevertheless, Ken bought it as a rebuilding project
24. The horse and the rider moved quickly past the creek ____________________________________.
A. whose home sat three kilometres further along the path
H. who rode this same trail every Sunday early in the morning
C. which runs alongside Highway 66 at the edge of the forest
D. on which he‘d spent hundreds of hours riding in the countryside
25. __________________________________we‘ll call to reschedule for another time.
A. If only you had given us clear directions to your place
B. Either we can make the flight for Las Vegas at 3:00pm
C. Only when we‘d made a final decision about the car
D. If we arrive at the restaurant too late to meet you
KEYS:
1. D
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. A
10. C
11. B
12. C
13. B
14. D
15. B
16. A
17. D
18. B
19. B
20. A
21. C
22. A
23. D
24. C
25. D
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