Test 22

Test 21

1. Nick said that he ... up smoking the week before.

a) gave c) was giving

b) had given d) would give

2. Thanks for your letter. Your news ... very interesting.

a) was c) will be

b) were d) have been

3. I wanted to buy a new ring but I ... my credit card at home.

a) left c) had left

b) leave d) have left

4. My father ... more than my mother for the same work.

a) pays c) is paid

b) paid d) is being paid

5. The company ... some land, but it's going to sell it.

a) has bought c) will buy

b) had bought d) buys

6. I rang my friend in London yesterday and he said it ... heavily there.

a) is raining c) has been raining

b) was raining d) had been raining

7. No one told me that the goods ... the week before.

a) would arrive c) had arrived

b) arrived d) was arriving

8. A number of attempts ... to find the Loch Ness monster lately.

a) have been made c) made

b) were made d) will make

9. He ... this trip for months. He is leaving on Sunday.

a) plans c) has planned

b) is planning d) has been planned

10. If you ... the music too loud, you'll wake up the neighbours.

a) will play c) have played

b) play d) played

11. You ... spend all your money as soon as you've earned it.

a) can't c) couldn't

b) mustn't d) shouldn't

12. This cheque ... be signed only by the manager of your company.

a) can c) have to

b) may d) must

13. Your new car looks very ... , I must say.

a) nicely c) beautifully

b) nice d) strangely

14. The book was ... than the film I saw last week.

a) exciting c) the most exciting

b) most exciting d) more exciting

15. How ... does this dress cost? — I don't know. It's a present.

a) many c) money

b) much d) a lof

16. You can apply for a ... job when you've had more experience.

a) best c) worse

b) better d) worst

17. People don't know what ... future will be.

a) the с) а

b) - d) these

18.1 went to ... British Museum several times when I was in London.

a) the с) а

b) - d) that

19. There is a problem ... our TV-set, it breaks very quickly.

a) at c) over

b) on d) with

20. Don't worry ... your job prospects. Everything will be all

right.

a) with c) about

b) for d) over

1. My sister ... interested in medicine ever since she was a

child.

a) is c) has been

b) was d) will be

2. When I started working for this company, I ... an architect for six years already.

a) has been c) was

b) had been d) have been

3. I'll take the decision after I ... to the manager.

a)speak c) has spoken

b) will speak d) spoke

4. Look! That window just ... again!

a) has broken c) has been broken

b) broke d) break

5. This cafe used to be much ... before they opened the new one next door.

a) popular c) most popular

b) more popular d) the most popular

6. My company has treated me well, and given me ... chance to succeed.

a) every c)each

b) all d) either

7. There may be no need to go to school in the future, since everyone will have a computer ... home.

a) - c)in

b) at d) for

8. The pilot ... land the plane on only one engine.

a) could c) must

b) was able to d) need

9. ... marriages end in divorce these days.

a) many c) few

b) much d) a few

10. You have to learn to accept ... ups and downs of life.

a) the с) а

b) - d) this

11. Belarus has always been rich in ... talented and gifted people.

a) an c) the

b) a d) -

12. Where ... my scissors? I can't find them.

a) is c) was

b) are d) has been

13. I don't believe in ghosts, so I'm not afraid ... them of course.

a) of c) in

b) at d) -

14. The two Prime Ministers ... discuss the current economic crisis tomorrow.

a) can c) has to

b) may d) are to

15.1 think he was lonely because he had ... friends and none of his neighbours ever spoke to him.

a) few c) many

b) a few d) much

16. The journey to Paris had taken much ... before they built the Channel Tunnel.

a) longer c) long

b) the longest d) longest

17. A small sum of money ... from the cash some days ago and nobody knows who did it.

a) steal c) is stolen

b) stole d) was stolen

18. Man ... first in East Africa.

a) is discovered c) discover

b) discovered d) was discovered

19. Why are you so dirty? - I ... in the garden.

a) dig c) was digging

b) dug d) have been digging

20. Next summer we ... here for 20 years.

a) will live c) will be living

b) will have been living d) are living