There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
51. If you explained the situation to your solicitor, he ________ able to advise you much better than I can.
A. would be B. will have been C. was D. were
52. _________, Mr. Wells is scarcely in sympathy with the working class.
A. Although he is a socialist B. Even if he is a socialist
C. Being a socialist D. Since he is a socialist
53. His remarks were ________ annoy everybody at the meeting.
A. so as to B. such as to C. such to D. as much as to
54. James has just arrived, but I didn’t know he _________ until yesterday.
A. will come B. was coming C. had been coming D. came
55. _________ conscious of my moral obligations as a citizen.
A. I was and always will be B. I have to be and always will be
C. I had been and always will be D. I have been and always will be
56. Because fuel supplies are finite and many people are wasteful, we will have to install _________ solar heating device in our home.
A. some type of B. some types of a
C. some type of a D. some types of
57. I went there in 1984, and that was the only occasion when I ________ the journey in exactly two days.
A. must take B. must have made
C. was able to make D. could make
58. I know he failed his last test, but really he’s _________ stupid.
A. something but B. anything but
C. nothing but D. not but
59. Do you know Tim’s brother? He is _________ than Tim.
A. much more sportsman B. more of a sportsman
C. more of sportsman D. more a sportsman
60. That was not the first time he ________ us. I think it’s high time we ________ strong actions against him.
A. betrayed…take B. had betrayed…took
C. has betrayed…took D. has betrayed…take
61. What’s the chance of ________ a general election this year?
A. there being B. there to be
C. there be D. there going to be
51. If you explained the situation to your solicitor, he ________ able to advise you much better than I can.
A. would be B. will have been C. was D. were
52. _________, Mr. Wells is scarcely in sympathy with the working class.
A. Although he is a socialist B. Even if he is a socialist
C. Being a socialist D. Since he is a socialist
53. His remarks were ________ annoy everybody at the meeting.
A. so as to B. such as to C. such to D. as much as to
54. James has just arrived, but I didn’t know he _________ until yesterday.
A. will come B. was coming C. had been coming D. came
55. _________ conscious of my moral obligations as a citizen.
A. I was and always will be B. I have to be and always will be
C. I had been and always will be D. I have been and always will be
56. Because fuel supplies are finite and many people are wasteful, we will have to install _________ solar heating device in our home.
A. some type of B. some types of a
C. some type of a D. some types of
57. I went there in 1984, and that was the only occasion when I ________ the journey in exactly two days.
A. must take B. must have made
C. was able to make D. could make
58. I know he failed his last test, but really he’s _________ stupid.
A. something but B. anything but
C. nothing but D. not but
59. Do you know Tim’s brother? He is _________ than Tim.
A. much more sportsman B. more of a sportsman
C. more of sportsman D. more a sportsman
60. That was not the first time he ________ us. I think it’s high time we ________ strong actions against him.
A. betrayed…take B. had betrayed…took
C. has betrayed…took D. has betrayed…take
61. What’s the chance of ________ a general election this year?
A. there being B. there to be
C. there be D. there going to be