Advanced Level Vocabulary Exercise - MCQ Test 20

1. They set up a liaison office in East Africa for 7. If they ------- what sort of a person he was, they -------
marketing their goods but now they wish they --------- him their support.
so.
A) would know / didn’t give
A) had not done B) knew / won’t give
B) have not done C) had known / wouldn’t have given
C) would not do D) would have known / hadn’t given
D) would not have done E) have known / haven’t given
E) never do
8. Of the many attempts that ------- to regulate language
2. As the decade ------- to wind down, Mark Morris ------- one way or another, very few ------.
as our century’s youngest great choreographer.
A) were made / had succeeded
A) has begun / had stood B) have been made / have succeeded
B) will begin / is standing C) are made / succeeded
C) was beginning / has stood D) could have been made / will succeed
D) begins / stands E) are being made / may have succeeded
E) is beginning / has been standing
9. I don’t imagine he wrote the speech ------- but -------
3. As ------- of our employees can afford cars of ------- did so, certainly made a good job of it.
own, they all have to rely on public transport.
A) for them / whomsoever
A) few / them
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B) of his / somebody
B) some / his C) by him / they
C) none / their D) himself / whoever
D) most / our E) themselves / whichever
E) many / its
10. His proposal ------- the new social security policy
4. Private investments play ------ important a part in the seems more viable than any of the others.
country’s long-running economic expansion ------ no
government dares to increase taxation on personal A) by way of
savings.
B) due to
A) too / that C) owing to
B) such / as D) in case of
C) much / so E) as regards
D) so / that 11. There are situations ------- the best way to heal the
patient is to help him die peacefully.
E) as / as
5. It seems likely that, by the end of the week, the costs A) from where
involved in the construction of the bridge --------- by
B) in that
the Ministry.
C) whence
A) would have been announced D) for whom
B) would be announced E) in which
C) are being announced 12. Had they apologised for deliberately overcharging
D) will have been announced me, I ----- a complaint with the Consumers’ Rights
Office.
E) have been announced
6. In the past few months, our company director ------- A) will not have filed
more mettle than most industrialists ------- in an
B) may not have filed
entire career.
C) would not have filed
A) had shown / have done D) was not filing
B) showed / would do E) may not file
C) shows / did
D) was showing / may have done
E) has shown / do

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13. An acorn, left to itself becomes an oak, and a 17. ------- he was campaigning for re-election last year, he
geneticist ------- its DNA to make it grow into an elm promised that ------- re-elected, he would undertake
may justly be said ------- with its natural course. to restructure the party.

A) altering / to have interfered A) Wherever / lest

B) having altered / to interfere B) Because / while
C) to alter / having interfered C) As / since
D) being altered / interfered D) While / unless
E) to have altered / to be interfering E) When / if
14. He’s certainly going to recommend that the changes 18. ------ the terms of the forthcoming trade agreement,
in the structure of the company be introduced step Japan wins parity ------- the United States.
by step; and -------.
A) Through / above
A) so I am B) By / of
B) so am I C) From / from
C) so do I D) Under / with
D) I do, too E) After / over
E) I also do
19. We have yet to take ------- consideration the problem
15. Do you really believe that the party programme ------- of how large future national armies should eventually
it now stands, is democratic ------- to influence the be, regardless ------- their current size.
vote in our favour.
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A) onto / at
A) as / enough B) in / in
B) since / also C) for / with
C) where / as well D) under / from
D) such as / too E) into / of
E) that / even
20. Of all the policies put into effect by the Thatcher
16. ------- the recent rise in unemployment largely affects government, ------- controversial was the economic
eastern Germany, there is considerable unrest in one.
western Germany, too.
A) most
A) Since B) the more
B) In case C) the most
C) Although D) more
D) Unless E) mostly
E) Until

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Answer Key:

1: A 11: E
2: D 12: C
3: C 13: A
4: D 14: B
5: D 15: A
6: E 16: C
7: C 17: E
8: B 18: D
9: D 19: E
10: E 20: C

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