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1. Since there……nothing in the way of pay
rises or bonuses for two to three years, the
new taxes….. a great deal of distress.
5. Exciting new research is transforming
industrial robotics, offering the promise of a
whole new generation of….intelligent
machines.

A) had been/caused
B) has been/had caused A) more
C) will be/would have caused B) much
D) would have been/are going to cause C) any
E) will have been/are causing D) mostly
E) too

2. Over the past three years, the US

economy…..badly hurt by unforeseen 6. He is hoping that, by the time he….. for the
events, but housing…..to move up to set grant, his book an Egyptian silverwork.
sales records in both 2001 and 2002.
A) has to apply/will have been published
A) would be/would have continued B) had applied/had been published
B) had been/has continued C) was to apply/has been published
C) has been/continued D) will be applying/would have been
D) was/continues published
E) is being/would continue E) would have applied/will be published

3. Presumably, the main concern of the 7. It seems that, even if big western
Japanese central bank at present….. to companies….to help develop lifesaving GM
avoid…… for any large scale financial (genetically modified) seeds for the
collapse. underdeveloped countries, only South
Africa…..to accept them.
A) will be/ having blamed
B) has been/having been blamed
C) was/to be blamed A) will be willing/is ready
D) is / being blamed B) has been willing/will be ready
E) would be/to have been blamed C) had been willing/would be ready
D) would be willing/was ready
E) were willing/would be ready

4. For the time being, people are

concentrating……making use…. The
irrigation systems that have already been 8. The big test…..over the next few weeks
installed. when the government….to introduce a plan
to include drug coverage in Medicare.
A) by/with
B) for/in A) is coming/will be expected
C) at/into B) comes/was expected
D) over/from C) has come/is expecting
E) on/of D) will come/is expected
E) would come/would be expected

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9. Seafarers’ records…..back to 1590….it 13. Socrates….that we….with the improvement

possible to visualize the behavior of one of of our souls.
the planet’s most mysterious phenomena: its
magnetic field.
A) Must have said/would be concerned
B) Had said/had to be concerned
A) dating/have made C) Was saying/should have been concerned
B) to date/would make D) Has said/had been concerned
C) being dated/had made E) Said/should be concerned
D) to be dated/are making
E) to have been dated/will make

14. He…..in a line of work that was dependent

solely on his ability to win the trust of
10. China’s economic boom…..a growing need others, and one in which very close
for energy that only foreign supplies….. relationships…..necessary.

A) will produce/used to satisfy

B) produced/had satisfied A) was engaged/were
C) is producing/could satisfy B) would have been engaged/will be
D) has produced/can satisfy C) will be engaged/could be
E) would produce/would have satisfied D) had been engaged/are
E) is engaged/would be

11. They hope that by surrounding city centers

and likely terrorist targets with “soft walls”, 15. China, which…..much of Mongolia from the
they….it impossible for hijacked end of the seventeenth century until the
planes….anywhere near them. early twentieth century, still….the oil, coal,
uranium, and empty grasslands of its former
A) will make/to get possessions.
B) would make/having got
C) make/to have got A) was ruling/has coveted
D) have made/to be got B) had ruled/may have coveted
E) are making/getting C) has ruled/coveted
D) ruled/covets
E) rules/is coveting
12. New DNA evidence hints that “African
Eve”, the 150.000-year-old female ancestor
of every person on Earth,….in Tanzania or
Ethiopia. 16. The choices we make and the lives we
lead…..by the values we…..
A) has lived
B) is used to living A) would be influenced/are holding
C) may have lived B) are influenced/hold
D) would live C) had been influenced/were holding
E) would be living D) must have influenced/had held
E) have been influenced/were holding

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21. He certainly…..party members last weekend

when he announced that he….to regain his
17. Following World War II, job prospects for party chairmanship.
young people…..greatly which allowed
them….more prosperous than their parents. A) has shocked / had not
B) would have shocked / will not seek
A) had improved / to have felt C) had shocked / would not have sought
B) have improved / feeling D) was to shock / is not seeking
C) improved / to feel E) shocked / would not seek
D) were improving / having felt
E) would have improved / having to feel

22. The 1980’s….a surge of new interest….the

definition of intelligence.
18. If you …… a car…..its performance, not its
appearance A) have brought / to be expanding
B) had brought / having expanded
A) were buying / had been considering C) were bringing / to have expanded
B) were buying / would have considered D) brought / in expanding
C) bought/had considered E) would have brought / to expand
D) have bought/would have been considering
E) are buying / should be considering

23. Many parts of rural America…..to reflect

the values and traditions of the European
19. Having read so many contemporary immigrants who….in the country during the
American writers, I….. to feel impatient nineteenth century.
with the kind of fiction that….in England.
A) continued / have arrived
A) was beginning/will have been written B) have continued / would have arrived
B) had begun/has been written C) continue / arrived
C) have begun/would have been written D) would have continued / were arriving
D) would begin/is being written E) will continue / would arrive
E) began/was being written

24. With few exceptions, most totalitarian

20. Cross-border shopping is a fundamental governments…… more liberal since 1989
right under EU law and….as a form of tax when the Berlin Wall……
evasion.
A) became / falls
A) must not have been regarded B) are becoming / would fall
B) had not been regarded C) were becoming / has fallen
C) should not be regarded D) had become / was falling
D) would not have been regarded E) have become / fell
E) was not being regarded

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25. Of all the arts it….. to classical music that 29. Investigations by modern doctors…..that
Germany…...the greatest contribution. Catherine the Great of Russia…..from
syphilis.
A) had been / made
B) is / has made
C) has been / had made A) have suggested / has suffered
D) was / will have made B) suggest / suffered
E) might be / would have made C) had suggested / was suffering
D) may have suggested / would have suffered
E) suggested / suffers

26. The British government ….details of the

next stage of its genetically modified crop
field trials, thus……off a now familiar cycle 30. This morning it….. in the news that the
of debate and demonstration. great Italian tenor Pavarotti…..of
pancreatic cancer soon after midnight.
A) Has released / setting
B) Will release / to set A) had been reported / died
C) Would have released / having set B) is reported / would die
D) Is releasing / to have set C) is being reported / dies
E) Released / to be set D) was reported / had died
E) has been reported / could have died

27. Training schemes in the United

Kingdom…..by the government as 31. The United States……expensive high-tech
unemployment….. solutions to the problem of land-mine
clearance, but simpler methods…..more
A) were encouraged / will have worsened preferable.
B) would be encouraged / had been worsened
C) have been encouraged / has worsened A) should pursue / were
D) had been encouraged / may worsen B) pursues / had been
E) are encouraged / would have worsened C) pursued / will have been
D) would pursue / would have been
E) has pursued / may be

28. After the Germanic invasions, Celtic

cultures, which in pre Roman times….. most
of Western Europe,…..almost entirely to the
British Isles.
A) had covered / were confined
B) have been covering / have been confined
C) had been covering / would be confined
D) have covered / could have been confined
E) were covering / had been confined
32. The ruins of ancient Troy…...as breath-
taking as those of Ephesus or Aphrodisias,
but, for anyone who has ever read Homer’s
lliad or Odyssey, they have a romance few
places on Earth.
A) have not been / hoped to have matched
B) had not been / would hope to match
C) may not be / can hope to match
D) are not / hoped to match
E) could not have been / hope to match

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33. Nineteenth-century military helmets….. 37. An ideal anticancer drug …… cancer cells
than they now appear, but even at their best without harming normal cells, but no such
they……the way to the future of head drug……
protection.
A) would destroy / exists
A) have been better designed / do not point B) destroyed / existed
B) could be better designed / would not point C) may have destroyed / has existed
C) are better designed / will not point D) has destroyed / had existed
D) may have been better designed / did not E) had destroyed / would exist
point
E) can be better designed / had not pointed

38. There are ……. various indications that the

current financial crisis …. a damaging effect
34. Cabbage…..as early as 2000 B.C., and the on technology companies.
commercial varieties now…… Brussels
sprouts, common cabbage, sprouting A) are / is having
broccoli, and kohirabi. B) were / will have
C) had been / has had
A) might have been cultivated / have included D) have been / would have had
B) had been cultivated / included E) would have been / had had
C) would be cultivated / used to include
D) would have been cultivated / can include
E) was cultivated / include
39. Russia ….. earlier this week that it ……all
its troops out of Georgia

35. The price of crude oil …… by 40% this year A) had announced / pulled
due to the continuing risk of disruption in B) announces / would have pulled
the Middle East, which….. for one-third of C) announced / had pulled
global production. D) is announcing / has pulled
E) has announced / was pulling
A) surges / accounted
B) had surged / has accounted
C) has surged / accounts
40. With its superior firepower, NATO ……
D) surged / had accounted
any battle, but it …… the war in
E) will surge / could have accounted
Afghanistan.

A) had won / loses

36. At the end of 1998, Estonia …… the strict B) can win / is losing
citizenship requirements that ….. the C) has won / lost
country’s Russian minority from gaining D) would have won / had lost
citizenship. E) is winning / was losing

A) relaxes / kept
B) had relaxed / have kept
C) has relaxed / were keeping
D) relaxed / had kept
E) will relax / are keeping

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E) may have agreed / had been fabricating

41. Recent excavations in Algeria…..that Homo

erectus……there between 500.000 and
750.000 years ago. 45. North Korea still …… a vast police state
that ….. a network of concentration camps
A) have indicated / resided spanning the country.
B) had indicated / has resided
C) indicated / would reside A) was maintaining / has included
D) could have indicated / had been residing B) had maintained / would include
E) indicate / had resided C) is maintaining / had included
D) maintains / includes
E) maintained / will include

42. German Chancellor Merkel is under

pressure from power companies, which….to
invest in new power generation projects 46. Most anthropologists think man …… South
unless they…..exempt from though emission America around 12.000 years ago, although
requirements. some…… it much earlier.

A) refused / have been A) has settled / may have put

B) refuse / are B) settles / are putting
C) have refused / had been C) had settled / were putting
D) had refused / will be D) was settling / had put
E) were refusing / are to be E) settled / have put

43. Although she…... properly yet, the recipient

of the world’s first face transplant…..well,
according to the first scientific report of the
operation.

A) hadn’t smiled / would have done

B) didn’t smile / will do
C) doesn’t smile / may have done
D) couldn’t have smiled / does
E) can’t smile / is doing

44. More than 50 years ago, six European

nations ……to submit their coal and steel
industries to common management, so that
no single country……the weapons of war to
be used against another.

A) have agreed / had fabricated

B) agreed / could fabricate
C) had agreed / have fabricated
D) agree / will fabricate

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