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1I'm wondering which country 

_____ this year. 7She wouldn't be helping you if she _____ your
a.they have travelled sister
a.wouldn't be
b.have they travelled to
b.wouldn't have been
c.they have travelled to
c.isn't
d.have they travelled
d.weren't
2Lisa likes opera, which is lucky for me, because
_____ too. 8I wish I _____ come to the zoo with you next
a.I do weekend, but I’m going to be busy.
a.could
b.I like
b.would
c.do I
c.had
d.I am
d.will
3_____ Peter? I _____ for him all morning.
a.Have you been seeing / have looked 9My parents were very _____ I expected they
would buy me a better present.
b.Have you seen / 've been looking
a.disappointing
c.Have you been seen / have been looking
b.disappointed
d.Have you seing / 've looked
c.disappoint
4Some actions that are habits for _____, may
d.disappointingly
look weird to people from other nationalities.
a.the Japanese 10She regretted _____
a.get married
b.the Japanese people
b.to get married
c.the Japaneses
c.having got married
d.Japaneses
d.to have got married
5I don't understand why you always have to say
_____ stupid things. Page 3 of 3
a.so
11The weather was very hot the whole time. We
b.such
_____ a month later when it's cooler.
c.such a a.shouldn't have gone
d.so much b.should have gone
Page 2 of 3 c.must have gone
d.can’t have gone
6If I continue reading 50 pages every day. By the
end of the month I _____ 8,000 pages. 12I’d rather _____ for me at the station.
a.will read a.you waited
b.am going to read b.you wait
c.will be reading c.you to wait
d.will have read d.you waiting
13The robbers _____ have escaped.
a.are thought that they a.The manager
b.it’s thought that they b.Neither the manager
c.are thought to c.Either the manager
d.are thought that d.None the manager
14I must go to the doctor and _____ before I go 5She couldn't remember how long they ______
on holiday. when the accident happened.
a.test my blood pressure a.had driven
b.have my blood pressure tested b.were driving
c.have tested my blood pressure c.had been driven
d.get to test my blood pressure d.had been driving
15_____ everything she said, I won’t forgive 6Murdoch's daughter _____ at the finish line
her. when he completes his first marathon.
a.Despite of a.will have waited
b.Although b.will wait
c.In spite of c.will be waiting
d.However d.is waiting
7I'd rather he _____ with us, but he's already
made a decision and is leaving at the end of the
Your colleague talks a lot and you find it season.
annoying. What could you say? a.stay
a.If only he’d been quiet
b.stayed
b.If only he’d be quiet
c.would stay
c.If only he were quiet
d.had stayed
d.I wish he is quiet
8David denied _____ part in the robbery.
2I hate _____ that I can't do something because a.having taken
I'm a girl. Boys say that a lot.
a.telling b.to take

b.to tell c.take

c.having to tell d.to have taken

d.being told 9I wish I _____ a normal life, but my life now is


a real nightmare.
3He looked ______ a ghost. a.could have
a.as though he had seen
b.had had
b.as he had seen
c.have had
c.like seeing
d.have
d.as if a
10_____ I am with you, I can't stop smiling.
4_____ nor any of the workers offered to help a.Whatever
us.
b.However
c.Wherever 2A: 'I won't finish on time.' B: '_____.'
a.So won't I
d.Whenever
b.Neither do I
11Do you have any idea of _____?
a.what is he talking about c.Neither won't I
b.about what he's talking d.Neither will I
c.what is he talking 3The longer you practice every day, _____.
a.the best you will get
d.what he's talking about
b.better you'll get
12A: "Why didn't you go to the training
session?" c.the better you'll get
B: "I ______ to the training. John saw me there.
d.you'll get better
Ask him."
a.didn't go 4She is _____ woman.
a.an American young intelligent
b.did go
b.a young intelligent American
c.did went
c.an intelligent young American
d.sure go
d.an intelligent American young
13It was awesome to get _____ good response
from the audience. 5I'm lucky to be surrounded by _____
a.so much fascinating people.
a.such a
b.such
b.so
c.such a
c.so much
d.so
d.such
14_____ a hammer to kill his neighbour.
a.He is believed to use 6Alex _____.
a.was waiting at the station very anxiously last
b.He is believed to have used
night.
c.It is believed to have used
b.was waiting very anxiously at the station last
d.He is believed that he used night.
15I _____. I've hired a very good decorator. c.was very anxiously waiting at the station last
a.'m redecorating my kitchen night.
b.will be redecorating my kitchen d.was waiting very anxiously last night at the
station.
c.will have my kitchen redecorate
7If they beat Manchester next weekend, they
d.'m having my kitchen redecorated
_____ ten successive games.
1How many ______ the exam? a.are winning
a.students passed b.have won
c.will have won
b.students did pass d.will win
c.did pass 8You can play outside when you ____ your
lunch.
d.did students pass a.will have eaten
b.have eaten laid down five years ago.
c.are eating A) unbelievable
d.eat B) untrustworthy
9_____ the answer if she hadn't helped you? C) probable
a.Could you find D) unreasonable
b.Had you found E) impossible
c.Would you have found 2. My ............... objection to neurotics is that
d.Would you find they are
10I wish he _____ treating us like idiots. Who difficult to live with.
does he think he is? A) primarily
a.would stop B) principle /PRİN-sipıl/
b.stopped C) priority
c.had stopped D) privileged
d.stops E) principal /PRİN-sipıl/
11I love cheese now, but I _____ like it as a 3. Every substance has a melting point and a
child. boiling
a.didn’t used to point. The former is the temperature at which it
b.didn’t use to changes from solid to liquid. The ______ is the
c.wasn’t used to temperature at which it changes. from liquid to
d.usedn’t to gas.
12It _____ easy to win the tournament. All the A) later
teams were really good. B) latest
a.mustn't have been C) late
b.shouldn't have been D) last
c.might not be E) latter
d.can't have been 4. You could ............ being a little bit more
13The attacker is thought _____ jumping from friendly,
the second floor of the building. couldn't you?
a.to escaped A) effort
b.that he escaped B) comfort
c.to have escaped C) support
d.he has escaped D) please
14_____ said that is totally crazy. E) afford
a.Whoever 5. People become quite ............ when it comes to
b.Whatever discussing the differences between the sexes.
c.However A) illogical
d.Whenever B) illiterate
15The new model comes in red or white but I C) illegible
don't like _____ of those colours. D) illegal
a.either E) illegitimate
b.neither 6. I think it was a gross ............. to condemn her.
c.none A) impartiality
d.both B) injustice
C) fairness
D) penalty
Vocabulary E) invasiveness
7. I resent your last remarks and certainly
It seems to me that they never gave a thought to demand an
............... future problems when the plans were apology. Sir, we're running a ............... business
being here!
A) remarkable A) miserable
B) reciprocal B) prosperously
C) reluctant C) happily
D) respectable D) orderly
E) representative E) improper
8. Both countries have declined to ______ the 14. The bridge is so immensely long that the
treaty on shape of
the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, partly the earth had to be ............... by its designer as an
out of essential part of the project.
concern for the other's supposed intentions. A) taken into account
A) praise B) given an account of
B) assess C) given approval to
C) avoid D) caught up with
D) endorse E) kept in touch with
E) advocate 19. I've listened to your argument. It's neither
9. Precautions of this sort are necessary, for it is here nor
next to there. In other words, it's quite ______.
impossible to .............. the exact nature of the A) irrelevant
difficulties which will confront us. B) resentful
A) forewarn C) rebellious
B) forbid D) scornful
C) forsake E) enormous
D) fortify 20. "Have you anything to ______?" said the
E) foretell young
10. She is very ______. You just couldn't make customs officer, looking straight at me in the
her walk eye.
past under a ladder. A) declare
A) credulous B) identify
B) religious C) remember
C) supernatural D) confirm
D) deformed E) hide
E) superstitious Prepositions
11. In the medical profession, men ............. 1. A: When is his birthday? B: It's _____ January
women by 19tlh.
two to one. A) in
A) outlive B) on
B) outdo
C) at
C) outshine
D) up
D) outnumber
E) outclass 2. Look at the helicopter _____ the air! It is
12. Severe difficulties must be .............. before pink!
cloning A) in
can be done with mammals and humans. B) up
A) concluded C) on
B) overcome D) at
C) aggravated 3. Sally met John _____ the new cinema in
D) endangered Brooklyn, not
E) guaranteed _____ Ivy Street.
13. He was quite contented; he led a(n) ............... A) on / in
life. B) in / at
C) at / on C) at / in
D) near / through D) next to / on
4. Marcy usually worked _____ the weekend 11. A: Where is the vacuum cleaner? I can't find
_____ the it. B: It is
past. _____ the door, but you need to take it _____ its
A) at / in box.
B) on / from A) behind / out of
C) in / between B) on / through
D) from / to C) next to / along
5. I was _____ Paris for a business trip _____ D) besides / across
Christmas. 12. The cock jumped _____ the fence _____ the
A) on / to farm and
B) at / in began crowing.
C) in / at A) across / up
D) from / on B) along / down
6. Ryan often goes to bed _____ midnight _____ C) among / over
Sundays. D) onto / around
A) between / near 13. Eric visited his aunt at the hospital _____ the
B) on / in morning
C) in / at and called one of his neighbours _____ noon.
D) at / on A) in / at
7. Nelson always sits _____ Margaret in the B) on / in
classroom C) at / on
and their desk is _____ Clara and Mandy's. D) in / on
A) next to / behind 14. A: Some Indians have a red mark _____ their
B) among / near two
C) across / between eyebrows. B: Yes, it is called a ''bindi''.
D) behind / along A) through
8. The man is sitting at his desk _____ the B) onto
middle of the C) from
room and a light bulb is hanging _____ his head. D) between
A) onto / under 15. In the Arabic love story, Layla and Majnun,
B) in / over Majnun
C) on / through walks _____ the desert to find Layla.
D) by / across A) through
9. Stacy travelled _____ one continent to another B) onto
_____ C) across
bicycle last year. D) over
A) into / along 16. Her grand grandfather wrote a special
B) out of / onto dictionary
C) from / by _____ the 20th century and you can find it in
D) up / down some
10. I am travelling to India _____ two weeks and libraries _____ present.
I am A) at / on
going to stay there _____ the winter, too. B) on / in
A) on / at C) in / at
B) in / in D) from / near
17. A: The black van _____ the bank transports A) customs
money. B: B) hobbies
And there is a man _____ it. He is wearing a C) institutions
uniform. D) traditions
It must be the driver. E) usages
A) under / along 4. How much do I ............... you?
B) through / near A) owe
C) next to / among B) own to
D) in front of / beside 5. How much do you ............... it? How much is
18. He first walked _____ the street when the that in
traffic light Turkish liras?
turned green and then started to walk _____ the A) accept
pavement. B) sell
A) across / along C) purchase
B) onto / through D) expect
C) over / down E) charge for
D) around / out of 6. Don't you ............... any interest in national
19. A: When did your cousins visit you? B: politics?
_____ A) acquire
Christmas Day _____ dawn. B) give
A) In / on C) take
B) On / at D) remember
C) At / in E) bring
D) From / to 7. People with no previous ............... need not
20. A: Can you see the turtle _____ the flowers? apply.
B: Yes, it A) experiment
is coming _____ its shell. It is not afraid of us! B) experience
A) at / through C) inexperience
B) near / across D) experiments
C) in / onto E) experimentation
D) among / out of 8. For a politician to demand the resignation of
1. Come to Turkland, and ............... all these someone who's just on the mend from such a
places serious
where history lives on. ............... is the lowest of the low.
A) inform A) illness
B) invent B) disease
C) memorize C) epidemic
D) mention D) recovery
E) discover E) prescription
2. I'm ............... a speedy answer, i.e. within a 9. I ............... to receiving your letters day by day
few days. with
A) expecting ever-growing impatience.
B) excepting A) wait anxiously
C) accepting B) look forward
3. Stamp collecting is one of the world's most C) get disappointed
popular D) expect cheerfully
............... . E) eagerly hope
10. A lot of people lose their jobs in times of ............... .
economic A) apologize
depression and ............... quickly increases to B) advice
record C) devise
levels. D) practise
A) employment E) advise
B) unemployment 16. His friends urged him to ............... away
C) production from the
D) consumption İMKB, but he never ............... any attention to
E) investments them.
11. "A more detailed examination will be needed A) stay / paid
to B) step / prepared
............... the exact nature of the tumour," said C) go / received
the D) drive / thought
doctor. E) jump / called
A) regulate 17. The company ............... gourmet olive oil.
B) restore A) consumes
C) determine B) tastes
D) develop C) discovers
E) reduce D) produces
12. The İzmir-Çeşme motorway was blocked E) invents
because of 18. “The critic has to ............... the public; the
an accident ............... two lorries. artist has
A) containing to ............... the critic.” -- Oscar Wilde
B) dealing with A) borrow from
C) involving B) demonstrate
D) including C) educate
E) combining D) recover
13. His doctor told him that he must stay away E) consult
from hard 19. One of the passengers fainted because of the
work and take it ............... for a couple of weeks intense
after heat, but a little rubbing of her hands soon
such a serious illness. brought
A) comfortably her ............... .
B) easy A) toward
C) medically B) within
D) easily C) under
E) comfortable D) round
14. A surprise prize will now E) through
be ............... ............... the 20. This legend has been ............... down from
winner by the Minister himself. generation to generation.
A) possessed / by A) handed
B) received / from B) banded
C) thrown / at C) branded
D) forwarded / toward D) hanged
E) hunged
E) presented / to
21. The poet had written several ............... before
15. You'd be wise to accept my
completing the final version. D) concern
A) originals E) conclude
B) drafts 28. The house was completely ............... by tall
C) poems trees.
D) novels A) supported
E) rehearsals B) sacrificed
22. E-mails are normally ............... seconds after C) surrendered
they D) suspended
E) surrounded
have been sent. 29. A hand grenade ............... just a few meters
A) delivered from
B) copied where he was lying.
C) erased A) zoomed
D) transformed B) exposed
E) inspected C) knocked
23. He fell on his knees, ............... for mercy. D) achieved
A) demanding E) exploded
B) resisting
C) protesting 30. A piece of shrapnel sliced his right cheek as a
D) respecting hand
E) begging grenade ............... him down.
24. Every working person must pay income A) zoomed
............... . B) exposed
A) payment C) knocked
B) price D) concluded
C) wage E) exploded
D) tax
E) salary
25. It is quite ............... that they had already 40. Don't forget to let me know if anything
made up unusual
their minds about it. ............... on the way.
A) chance A) seems
B) opportunity B) presents
C) possibility C) happens
D) probable D) acts
E) probability E) prevents
26. The patient was ............... examined by three 11. It's a ............... to see him so completely
fullyqualified ignored by
doctors. his former friends and associates.
A) thoroughly A) shameful
B) fondly B) ashamed
C) suggestively C) shame
D) softly D) shameless
E) shyly E) shyness
27. Buses and trolleybuses ............... the suburbs 41. I'm ............... to hearing from you soon.
to A) waiting anxiously
[veya, with] the city center. B) looking forward
A) connect C) getting disappointed
B) conduct D) expecting eagerly
C) refer E) hoping cheerful
42. Would you accept my ______? 48. When two ............... sit talking, their
A) apologize conversation
B) advice soon becomes focused on women.
C) devise A) spinsters
D) practise B) fathers-in-law
E) advise C) bachelors
43. You don't think you can ............... these facts D) brothers-in-law
from E) brides
the public forever, do you? 49. When you are in Rome, you'll have
A) cover to ................
B) secret yourself to the ways and customs of the Romans.
C) hide A) adapt
D) hinder B) act
E) prevent C) imitate
44. -- "How many times must I repeat this? I'm D) alter
late E) adopt
because I had a(n) ______ on my way here." --
"Oh,
yes? Are you quite sure it wasn't a mental
______?"
A) falldown
B) breakdown
C) countdown
D) downfall
E) upside down
45. So far, some fifty people have ............... for
the two
vacancies we have.
A) applied
B) been appointed
C) approved
D) advertised
E) addressed
46 Have you any idea as to who's going
to ...............
over the meeting?
A) protect
B) present
C) provide
D) preserve
E) preside
47. She ............... on the beach while her son
splashed at
the water's edge.
A) laid
B) lay
C) lain
D) lied
E) was laying

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