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1. Tourists -------- when large numbers of middle-class people -------- to join the more wealthy aristocratic travellers.
have originated / had begun had originated / began could have originated /have begun originated / began were originating / are beginning
2. The wounded hunter -------- on the ground for almost an hour when, coincidentally, he -------- by another hunter, who must have keen eyes.
has been lying / is spotting has lain / will be spotted will have lain / had been spotted had been lying / was spotted was lying / spotted
3. As the tree was too high to climb, the mischievous boys ---------- their ball down only by throwing sticks at it.
would have knocked were able to knock will have to knock may have knocked could have knocked
4. Certain serious diseases can be successfully treated -------- detected in an initial stage.
unless if even when before after
5. ---------- you have made minimal progress, it is by no means the kind of progress that you need to make.
What Despite In addition to On behalf of While
6. Soils are the result of -------- interacting processes -------- bring different materials together.
a few / by which such / as some / that most of / which a good deal of / in which
7. I’m ready to do ---------- I can do to help you -------- your hardship.
anything / overcome whatever / overcoming what / to be overcoming that / to have overcome nothing / having overcom
8. Despite my insistence, Adam didn’t tell me -------- he didn’t like me and my family.
why even if whose the reason about whom
9. She keeps saying that she has got -------- patience with kids, but forgets that she didn’t have -------- before she gave birth to her own kids.
enough / as much too many / any such / none so / some more / neither
10. If I -------- the choice of making either an oral or a written report, I -------- the second alternative.
gave / could pick had been given / might pick would have given / had picked have been giving / will pick were given / would pick
11. A combination of imagination and determination -------- Peter -------- entirely new lines of research concerned with the way animals survive extreme environmental conditions.
allow / developing have allowed / being developed were allowed / to have developed allowed / to develop will allow / to be developing
12. The scientist who -------- Dolly the sheep, the world’s first cloned mammal, -------- a licence on Tuesday to clone human embryos for medical research.
has created / has been granted had created / granted created / was granted will be creating / has granted used to create / had been granted
13. My mother is making a steady recovery from the flu and ------- the hospital by next week.
could have left is leaving has left will have left must have left
14. -------- a celebrity arrives in Istanbul, the first question reporters ask them is ------- they like Istanbul.
During / whether Every time / how Whenever / what Until / if When / whereve
15. The results of last weekend’s poll have ------- to be announced and officials say it could be -------- week before they are.
so far / every still / each already / every other even / most yet / another
16. She failed to get anyone to repair the taps for her at the weekend, -------- could she do it on her own.
as nor only if so though
