A he will try to increase the number of employees in his firm B there is an incredible amount of work in the education department C which led to a disaster D the police may soon be unable to afford the expense of allowing officers to walk the streets E that took us a long time to calculate the amount of profit we ' ve gained so far
13 . _____ unless you present some means of identification .
A They will readily let you take money from your safe B You ' re not allowed to withdraw money from your account C The reason why you have been detained here is that D It ' s not worth crossing this line E That kind of music doesn ' t appeal to me very much
14 .____ , mass tourism raised the living standards of the local people as well as making a profit for the tour operators .
A Since it destroyed the forests B Whereas mass tourism is a well - known profit occupation worldwide C Despite the fact that they ’ ve caused traffic congestion in the downtown D Whenever we want to travel in a touristic city E In spite of the pollution it caused
15 . _____ , the US authorities could well have prevented any incident of torture in Iraq .
A Even if they ’ ve taken a number of measures B The war which had been ongoing for awhile C By taking the most basic precautions D Although she knew it would end in a disaster E Because none of us can believe the reconciliation of the sides
16 . Should your data-bank not cover meanings of a phrase or idiom ,____ _.
A a number of data had been compiled in a new computer programme B there is a connection available to the net where a further research can be made C what any pupil could do was to go to an internet cafe for updating the dictionary D whichever library I ' d rather you had gone is your choice E the user might have used another service as well
17 . I ' m afraid we ' re out of bread and there is no fruit left , ____ .
A although there ' s hardly anything left in the cupboard B so we ' ll just have to have soup and make the best of it C while she ' s preparing the dinner D and then we had to go out for a little shopping E therefore I think I ' ll be better off soon