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Read carefully and mark the correct item in each of the

following questions.
01. The sentence You can't get a job unless you've got
experience is equivalent in meaning to:
a) You can only get a job provided you have experience.
b) You can get a job only because you have experience.
c) Since you have experience, you can have a job.
d) If you have only experience, you cant get a job.
e) Unless you have got many experience, you cant get a
good job.
02. The sentence Unless you call me to say you're not
coming, I'll see you at the theatre is equivalent in
meaning to:
a) I wont see you at the theatre if you call me to say you
are going.
b) I will see you there if you call me to say you are not
going to the theatre.
c) Unless you call me to say you are not going, I will go to
the theatre with you.
d) I will see you there unless you do not call me to say you
are not coming.
e) I will see you there if you do not call to say you are not
coming.

06. He has __________ money but no style.

a) plenty of
b) plenty
c) many
d) very
e) a lot
07. I've told you __________ time not to ride your bike on
the pavement.
a) many
b) many a
c) much
d) a few
e) lots of
08. That's __________ difficult book here's an easier
one for you.
a) a little
b) many a
c) very a
d) a rather
e) rather a
09. Read the following dialog:
- "Do you want to come out for dinner with us this
evening?"
- "Rather!"

03. A gravel road leads __________ the jungle and

__________ __________ the Andes.
a) to down onto
b) until as far as up
c) through up into
d) beyond so far over
e) beside under across

The word in bold can be replaced by:

a) actually.
b) certainly.
c) dubiously.
d) extremely.
e) preposterously.

04. There is a trend __________ healthier eating

__________ all sectors of the population.
a) to between
b) against between
c) into amid
d) towards among
e) about throughout

10. He was a salesman, so he was used __________ up

and down the country.
a) travel
b) to travel
c) travelling
d) to travelling
e) not to travel

05. Why am I under arrest? There __________ some

mistake.
a) shouldnt be
b) would be
c) will be
d) must be
e) be

11. Argentina __________ the football World Cup since

1986.
a) have not won
b) does not win
c) has not won
d) did not win
e) had not won

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12. Hardly __________ turned up for the party.

a) no one
b) nobody
c) anyone
d) anything
e) none
13. In the sentence Notwithstanding some members'
objections, I think we must go ahead with the plan, the
underlined word can be replaced by:
a) unless.
b) nevertheless.
c) inasmuch as.
d) although.
e) despite.
14. In the sentence You should not use that source,
inasmuch as it is badly out-of-date, the underlined
expression is equivalent in meaning to:
a) because.
b) besides.
c) in spite of.
d) whatsoever.
e) anyway.

18. In the sentence Doctors are short of time to listen and

therefore tend to prescribe drugs whenever they can,
the underlined word is equivalent in meaning to:
a) moreover.
b) although.
c) ergo.
d) lest.
e) because.
19. __________ that I could scarcely hear her.
a) So quietly can she speak
b) So quietly will she speak
c) So quietly did she spoke
d) So quietly does she speak
e) So quietly did she speak
20. I dont know who did it, but my pet rabbit __________.
a) has been letting out
b) has been let out
c) had been letting out
d) is being let out
e) has been being let out

15. Which of the following verbs can receive the suffix -ar
the same as To Lie?
a) To Advise.
b) To Beg.
c) To Bite.
d) To Dwell.
e) To Sew.
16. Which of the following options fill in meaningfully the
gap in the sentence: You can't __________ the grass if it's
wet.
a) grasp
b) seize
c) split
d) mow
e) mend
17. They think I'm an old fuddy-duddy because I don't
approve __________ tattoos.
a) in
b) on
c) of
d) just
e) with

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