Test Book by TwinSite Project Students | Page 191

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We ........ a new car , but we couldn ' t because we ........ how expensive they were .

A ) were buying / won ' t realise B ) have bought / don ' t realise C ) had bought / haven ' t realised D ) were going to buy / hadn ' t realised E ) bought / won ' t have realised

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When Cyprus ........ an independent republic in 1960 , it ........ a British colony since 1892 .

A ) became / had been B ) was becoming / has been C ) has become / was D ) had become / was being E ) becomes / will have been

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I ' m sure you ........ badly in your exams because you ........ hard enough .

A ) are doing / hadn ' t studied B ) have done / won ' t study C ) will do / haven ' t been studying D ) do / won ' t have been studying E ) did / don ' t study

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When the judge ........ to all of the arguments , he ........ to postpone the hearing until another time .

A ) was listening / decides B ) listens / has decided C ) has listened / was deciding D ) had listened / decided E ) will listen / is deciding

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We ........ at the traffic lights when the bus ......... into us from behind . A ) were walling / crashed B ) had waited / has crashed C ) waited / was crashing D ) have waited / had been crashing E ) are waiting / will crash

E ) doesn ' t know / had been using

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The United States ........ the world ' s only super-power since the Soviet Union ......... in the late 1980s .

A ) is / has collapsed B ) was / was collapsing C ) has been / collapsed D ) will have been / would collapse E ) had been / collapses

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Archaeologists ......... under the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem , but political protests ......... the excavations .

A ) have excavated / will block B ) were excavating / had been blocking C ) excavate / are blocking D ) had excavated / will have blocked E ) were going to excavate / blocked

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The defendant ....... that he ........ the pub before the crime was committed ,

A ) was swearing / leaves B ) swore / had left C ) swears / will have left D ) was going to swear / is leaving E ) will be swearing / has left

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is final exam time , and the students ........ so hard that they . forward to the vacation .

A ) have been working / are looking B ) will work / looked C ) are working / had been looking D ) work / have looked E ) have worked / were looking

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Thomas Edison , the inventor of the gramophone , what people ....... it for .

A ) didn ' t know / were going to use B ) hadn ' t known / are using C ) wouldn ' t know / use D ) hadn ' t known / used

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