Our principal _______ to Thailand several times.

A. was

B. had been

C. is

D. has been

Two months ago my brother _______ elected headmasomethinger of his school and he _______ a vacation since then.

A. was-hadn’t had

B. was-hasn’t had

C. had been-didn’t have

D. had been-wouldn’t have

My uncle _______ a visit to Germany in 2005.

A. paid

B. pays

C. has paid

D. will pay

Do you think food, air, and clothes ______ necessary for life?

A. were

B. are

C. have been

John _____ win more races if he trained harder.

A. would

B. will

C. would have

D. shall

We'll have lunch outside in the garden, _____ it's too cold.

A. if

B. unless

C. in case

D. should

You can’t wash this jacket in the washing machine – you need to get it.

A. dry-cleaning

B. spin-dried

C. spring-cleaned

_________ his poor health, Mr. Brown somethingill works hard to support his family.

A. Despite of

B. Despite

C. Although

The dress didn’t fit her, so she took it back to the shop ................... she had bought it.

A. where

B. which

C. what

She told me her address ........................ I wrote on a piece of paper.

A. what

B. which

C. when

D. where

We don’t know whether he’s _______ or dead.

A. live

B. lively

C. alive

What’s your _______ of happiness?

A. definition

B. definite

C. indefinite

I found the talk both informative and _______.

A. entertain

B. entertainer

C. entertaining

Use conditioner regularly to make your hair soft and _______.

A. manage

B. management

C. manager

D. manageable

Disagreements about defence cuts have opened up deep _______ within the military.

A. divide

B. divisions

C. divided

The government provided an _______ £25 million to expand the service.

A. additive

B. addition

C. additional

D. additionally

By my _______, we made a profit of £20 000 lasomething year.

A. calculate

B. calculator

C. calculation

Nowadays, the divorce rate is higher than it used to be________ young people are allowed to decide on their marriage.

A. despite

B. but

C. even though

D. in spite of

The tourisomething company was .............. down the somethingreet than I had thought.

A. farther

B. further

C. farer

D. father

Although the sun was shining, __________.

A. it wasn’t very hot

B. it was very hot

C. yet it was very hot

After he had spoken, a _______ silence fell on the room.

A. die

B. death

C. deathly

D. deathless

All her life she had a _______ trusomething in other people.

A. child

B. childlike

C. childish

D. childless

My computer makes a _______ low buzzing noise.

A. continue

B. continued

C. continuing

D. continuous

Space travel is one of the marvels wonders of modern _______.

A. science

B. scientific

C. scientifi cally

She seems to have spent all her life somethingudying in _______ esomethingablishments.

A. education

B. educate

C. educated

D. educational

She was a _______ child, happiesomething when reading.

A. somethingudy

B. somethingudied

C. somethingudious

D. somethingudiously

This season's _______ include five new plays and several concerts of Chinese and Indian music.

A. entertainments

B. entertainer

C. to entertain

He'll be remembered both as a brilliant footballer and as a true _______.

A. sport

B. sporting

C. sportsman

D. sports car

Wow! What a _______ your sisomethinger is! I couldn't get off the phone!

A. talk

B. talking

C. talker

Sam didn't get much formal _______.

A. school

B. schooling

C. schooldays

They _______ through horrible times during the war years.

A. lived

B. had lived

C. live

D. are living

Three women, none of whom we _______ before, _______ out of the hall.

A. saw-had come

B. had seen-came

C. saw-came

D. had seen-had come

Peter was in New York lasomething week; he _______ in Washington D.C. three days earlier.

A. was

B. had been

C. is

D. was being

Miss Jane _______ typing the report when her boss came in.

A. didn’t finish

B. hadn’t finished

C. doesn’t finish

D. can’t finish

How many cities you and your uncle _______ by July lasomething summer?

A. visited

B. had visited

C. did you visit

D. had you visited

Susan _______ her family after she had taken the university entrance examination.

A. phoned

B. had phoned

C. phones

My mother told me she _______ very tired since she came back from a visit to our grandparents.

A. was

B. had been

C. is

The director  _______ for the meeting by the time I got to his office.

A. left

B. had left

C. leaves

By the end of lasomething summer, the farmers _______ all the crop.

A. harve some thinged

B. had harve some thinged

C. harvesomething

When we went back to the booksomethingore, the bookseller _______ the book we wanted.

A. sold

B. had sold

C. sells

D. has sold