3. have dealing with
4. am dealing with
5. deal with
40.
y o u ___us in discussion of the
problem tomorrow?
1. Has/joined
2. Will/join
3. Is/joining
4. Did/join
5. Does/join
41. This probationer___investigations in
the field of psychology.
1. carrying on
2. have carried on
3. am carrying on
4. were carrying on
5. carries on
42. "Don't make mountains out of
molehills," he said.
He asked m e___.
1. that I didn't make mountains out o f
molehills
2. not to make mountains out o f molehills
3. whether I didn’t make mountains out of
molehills
4. to make mountains out o f molehills
5. don't make mountains out o f molehills.
43. An important problem___by us when
professor entered the room.
1. discusses
2. are being discussed
3. discuss
4. discussed
5. was being discussed
44. While my friend___his driving test, I
was waiting for him outside.
1. were taking
2. has taken
3. takes
4. take
5. was taking
45. The scientists___the results of the
experiment last week.
1. are analyzing
2. analyzed
3. analyzes
4. analyzing
5. has analyzed
46. The dean___ju st___ the curriculum
for the new academic year.
1. does/approve
2. have/approved
3. is/approving
4. did/approve
5. has/approved
47. That w a s___boring film I have ever
seen.
1. the more
2. much
3. the most
4. more
5. much more
4 8 . __y o u ___ any difficulties in finding
literature on your specialty?
1. Is/encounter
2. Do/encounter
3. Does/encounter
4. has/encountered
5. Are/encounter
49. The scientists___about a new field of
research when I entered.
1. talked
2. are talking
3. talk
4. had talked
5. were talking
5 0 . _this simple task is not so easy.
1. To explain
2. Explains
3. Am explaining
4. Explain
5. Is explaining
51. The researchers___application of a
new method in their investigation at the
moment.
1. consider
2. are considering
3.
considered
4. is considering
5. has considered
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52. What i s __highest mountain in _
world?
1. the / the
2. the / -
3. a / -
4. a / the
5. - / the
5 3 .1 __through the periodicals by the
time the meeting began.
1. look
2. am looking
3. had looked
4. looks
5. have looked
54. If you leave your roller skates on the
path someone___over them.
1. fall
2. wall fall
3. falling
4. falls
5. is falling
55. Graduates of the History faculty___on
archeological digs every summer.
1. am going
2. is going
3. has gone
4. go
5. goes
5 6 .1 __any books from the library this
month.
1. don't borrow
2. hasn't borrowed
3. isn't borrowing
4. haven't borrowed
5. am not borrowing
57. Last night several friends___us.
1. get along
2. called on
3. look out
4. looked up
5. take out
58. We haven't g o t___time today to
discuss this question.
1. some
2. none
3. every
4. any
5. no
59. It's too late to give him any advice - he
___already___ up his mind.
1. have/made
2. do/make
3. has/made
4. is/making
5. does/make
60. George's salary is very low. It isn't
enough to liv e___.
1. for
2. on
3. with
4. at
5. o f
READING
Read the text and study the key words and
phrases below. For each key word or phrase,
you will see fo u r associations o f it. Write
down the number (1, 2, 3, 4 or 5) o f the
relevant association.
Monday, January
14th,
1986. Victor
Wilcox lies awake, in the dark bedroom,
waiting for the quartz alarm clock to bleep. It
is set to do this at 6.45. How long he has to
wait he doesn’t know. He could easily find
out by groping for the clock, lifting it to his
line o f vision, and pressing the button that
illuminates the digital display. But he would
rather not know'. Supposing it is only six
o ’clock? Or even five? It could be five.
Whatever it is, he won’t be
able to get to sleep
again. This has become a regular occurrence
lately: lying awuke in the dark, waiting for the
alarm clock to bleep, worrying.
Worries streak towards him like enemy
spaceships in one o f Gary’s video games. He
flinches, dodges, zaps them with instant
solutions, but the assault is endless: the Avco
account, the Lawlinson account, the value o f
the dollar, the incompetence o f his Marketing
Director, the pressure from his divisional
boss, last m onth’s accounts, the quarterly
forecasts, the annual review ...
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