1. It wouldn’t have surprised me if he ____ after that 7. If we ____ the terms of the contract, all the paint-work
incident. in the building ____ finished by the 15th of next month.

A) resigned B) had resigned A) are to meet / will have to be

C) were to resign D) has resigned B) were meeting / will be
E) would’ve resigned C) met / would have had to be
D) had met / is being
2. If we are to get out of this political mess, someone E) will meet / was being
____ the lead, and the sooner they start the better.
8. You should get some professional advice if you're
A) has taken B) should have taken thinking about changing the system radically.
C) had to take D) must have taken
E) will have to take A) My professional advice to you is to avoid any major
changes in the system.
3. ____ the judge would almost certainly have been more B) Don't make any radical changes in the scheme; that's
lenient towards him. my advice to you.
C) It would be very unprofessional behaviour if you were
A) Despite the fact that he forged the title indeed to make any major changes in the system.
B) If only we could bribe one of the witnesses D) If you're considering major alterations in procedures,
C) Had he admitted his part in the affair from the start I suggest you consult an expert.
D) While our lawyer was negotiating the terms of E) Without consulting an expert you were ill advised to
settlement with their lawyer introduce any major changes to the system.
E) Because the legal procedures make this unavoidable
9. If you really ____ to promote him, you ____ so right
4. Of course, it can never be proved, but just the same, away.
some people think that it ____ better for these
children if they had been forcibly taken away from A) are meaning / did B) meant / will have to do
their families. C) have meant / had to do D) mean / must do
E) were meaning / had done
A) may have been B) had been
C) will have been D) would have been 10. I would require a number of people in this company to
E) must be take early retirement, ____ .

5. If they _____ out some market research for the new A) until the affair is forgotten
product they _____ such heavy losses in sales. B) since I have the authority to do so
C) that such a scandal had really happened
A) have carried / had been spared D) were I in full charge
B) carried / will be spared E) even if I had been fully informed of matters well in
C) carry / have been spared advance
D) had carried / could have been spared
E) would have carried / were spared 11. If you knew him as well as I do ____

6. Had they apologised for deliberately overcharging me, I A) he is admired by his colleagues
_____ a complaint with the Consumers’ rights Office. B) you would not trust him at all
C) we were very disappointed by his performance
A) will not have filed D) he could have been assigned this special task
B) may not have filed E) I would have accused him of negligence
C) would not have filed
D) was not filing
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12. ____, if any one party decides to ignore the
obligations it has undertaken in the treaty.
A) Obviously, very serious problems will arise
B) They may have rejected the offer
C) They were obviously determined to be present at the
opening of the talks
D) The last speaker was quite adamant on the need to
resume fighting
E) The observes may have been very upset
13. If the others had taken sensible precautions like we
did, this tragedy need never have happened.
A) Their tiresome behaviour meant that we were all
inevitably involved in the tragedy.
B) If they had not behaved so foolishly, they would not
have involved us, too, in this tragedy
C) The tragedy is that this could have been avoided if only
they had all controlled their emotions.
D) This tragic outcome could have been avoided, but,
unlike us, the others behaved rashly.
E) If only they would follow our example and behave in a
reasonable manner all this suffering could be avoided.
14. If your boss asked you to take an extra work without
more money _____ ?
A) have you discussed the matter with him
B) would you agree to do so
C) why do you think he may have suggested this
D) what was the reaction of your colleagues
E) will you resign at once
15. If it hadn’t been for the wind, the fire would never have
spread so fast.
A) Unless the wind develops, the fire is hardly likely to
spread fast.
B) Even without the wind, the fire would have spread just
as fast.
C) It was the wind that caused the fire to spread at such a
speed.
D) Had there been a wind, the fire would have spread
even faster.
E) The force of the wind affected the way the fire spread.
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16. If they ____what sort of a person he was, they ____
him their support.
A) would know / didn’t give
B) knew / won’t give
C) had known / wouldn’t have given
D) would have known / hadn’t given
E) have known / haven’t given
17. I would naturally have felt extremely disappointed
____ .
A) since he must have been by far the best applicant
B) unless the competition has had very few entrants
C) even though the two teams were extraordinarily well
matched
D) if they hadn’t sent us an invitation to the concert
E) as the first prize went to a racist author
18. ____ I would never have felt the need to read them.
A) Whichever of these modern plays he may decide to
direct
B) Unless some books on the care of house plants are
given to me as a present
C) However many cookery books my husband may care
to give me
D) Until I saw him intently reading those sermons
E) If she had not written so enthusiastically about the
diaries of Scott of the Antarctica
19. If the company is to invest in long-term growth, ----.
A) the main aim is nevertheless to improve customer
relations
B) there was still a need for short-term profits
C) it will clearly have to sacrifice short-term profits
D) a new sales force is already being trained
E) the investment would ultimately yield a return
20. If you ---- a car, you ---- its performance, not its
appearance.
A) were buying / had been considering
B) were buying / would have considered
C) bought / had considered
D) have bought / would have been considered
E) are buying / should be considering

21. If there had been no one to encourage her and
feed her ego at this time, ----.
A) she might well have given up writing altogether
B) the critics were indeed merciless
C) even her best novels attracted little attention
D) like many of her friendships, this one was short-lived
E) she has not been able to repeat the success
22. If labour could be measured adequately in simple
homogeneous units of time, such as labourhours,
----.
A) it covers many other kinds of areas as well, such as
social security and worker satisfaction
B) a change in the organization of the community’s labour
would be likely to increase the annual production of
wealth
C) earlier economists failed to find a simple relation
between the value of a product and the quantity of
labour that it embodied
D) different uses of the available supply of labour need to
be considered
E) the problems of economics would be considerably
simplified
23. If there is too much mineral accumulation in the
compost, ----.
A) roots get burnt and plants die
B) some plants need less fertilizer than others
C) the flowering season was greatly reduced
D) most plants grow far more quickly in wet areas
E) the growing conditions also need to be considered
24. Environmentalists are criticizing the patent office for
delaying its decision on some new measuring
instruments ----.
A) while the guidelines have been consistently ignored
B) if applications for patents on plants are on the increase
C) before objections were filed against patents on a
herbicide resistant plant
D) since they believe that these are urgently needed to
detect certain problems
E) as if the controversy had actually died down
25. If a financial gain is thereby achieved, then the time
spent in the educational process ---- seen as an
investment.
A) might have been B) would be C) was
D) had been E) can be
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26. If the people of a country is made up of several races,
racial harmony isn't always easy to achieve.
A) It has always been difficult to keep harmonious
relations between its individuals.
B) There being different races in a country usually leads to
conflict between its individuals.
C) In a country whose people is composed of a number of
races, it can sometimes be difficult to establish
harmony.
D) To achieve harmony between the races of a country
isn't at all possible.
E) Racial harmony between the races that compose the
people of a country is sometimes possible.
27. To tell you the truth, I was rather disappointed in this
new production of Carmen
A) To be fair, there wasn't much that was new in this
production of Carmen.
B) If you really want to know, the new production of
Carmen wasn't as good as I’d hoped it would be.
C) Obviously I was disappointed to learn that they were
doing Carmen again.
D) Someone should have told you that the new
production of Carmen is not as good as we hoped.
E) They’ll have to admit that this new production of
Carmen may prove unsatisfactory.
28. If only he’d been less officious the other side would
certainly have been more amenable.
A) His behaviour was so disagreeable that it caused an
impasse between the two sides.
B) The other side naturally left offended by the officious
manner in which he had approached them.
C) He should be reproached for being so disagreeable
and offending the other side.
D) I wish he could have made himself more agreeable to
the other side and ensured a better response from
them.
E) Surely he behaved in a more considerate manner so as
to gain the cooperation of the other side.

29. ____ , there will be a notable decrease in the profits of
most businesses.
A) If people start to spend less and save more
B) However efficiently the inflation was curbed
C) Had these reasonable measures been introduced
earlier
D) Before the financial situation could be fully understood
E) Though the leading economists had started to grow
more hopeful
30. He has retired and he is now consultant for several
businesses and this brings him in more money than
he ever used to earn in his full – time job.
A) If he had wanted to retire, he could have acted as a
consultant for several agencies and this would have
given him a better income.
B) Once he had retired he became a consultant for
several organizations because he needed an
additional income.
C) So that his income would not drop when he retired
from full – time employment he started to work in an
advisory capacity for several organizations.
D) Though he has been retired for some time, he now
earns twice as much as when he was in a full – time
job because he is working as a consultant for quite a
lot of firms.
E) He earned less when he was in full – time
employment than he does now that he is retired and
acting as a consultant for two or three firms.
31. Had it not been for the variety and flexibility of its
trades, Huddersfield, like so many of the other textile
towns, ____ into a decline in the 20th century.
A) was going B) had gone
C) would have gone D) would go
E) had been gone
32. If aluminium is used in place of steel in bridge
construction, ____.
A) this would be especially suitable in long-span bridges
B) resistance to atmospheric corrosion had been better
C) there would have been a reduction in maintenance
costs
D) erection and foundation costs will be lower
E) there has been a considerable increase in the safe
volume of traffic
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33. If I had heard about this conference on Satellite
Services even a little earlier, I would most certainly
have prepared a paper for it.
A) Unfortunately, I haven't had sufficient time to write a
paper for that conference on Satellite Services,
though I would very much have liked to have done so.
B) I knew nothing about this conference on Satellite
Services until it was too late to write a paper for it, but
I certainly would have if time had allowed.
C) There's still time to write a paper for that conference
they are talking about on Satellite Services, and I
would certainly like to do so.
D) If only they had informed me about the conference on
Satellite Services. I would definitely have got this
paper ready a lot earlier.
E) If they had given out some information about the
conference on Satellite Services at an earlier date, it
might have bean possible to have given a paper
there.
34. In relation to the size of the population, the commerce
of the mainland colonies of America at this time was
unusually large.
A) At this period, the commercial activities of the mainland
colonies of America were considerable even though the
population was increasing only slowly.
B) Since the population of the mainland colonies of
America at this time was small their trading activities
were comparatively large.
C) Considering how small the population of the mainland
colonies of America was at this time, the variety of their
trading activities was quite surprising.
D) If the size of the population is taken into consideration,
the trading activities of the mainland colonies of
America in this period were remarkably extensive.
E) The commerce of the mainland colonies of America at
this time increased as quickly as the population
increased.
35. If Britain ----- the euro, say in 2004, the stability pact ---
-- highly important.
A) will be joining / is becoming
B) has joined / will have become
C) will have joined / will become
D) would join / has become
E) were to join / would become
  

 
36. The manual workers in the automobile factory are 41. Teachers cannot be criticized for failing to promote
threatening to go on strike -----. engineering ……………

A) if they do not receive an adequate pay rise A) so the manner in which design is presented is of first
B) after their pay claim is granted importance
C) that working conditions are not improving fast enough B) that it is not a required field of study in most technical
D) even if the union hadn't offered any support universities
E) which is due to start next week C) whether students should follow enough maths and
science courses to quallty for engineering school
37. The evacuation of the World Trade Center towers D) if they have not been exposed to it themselves
might have been easier -----. E) as all the young children had a flair for designing and
building
A) unless some of the steel columns had been heated
beyond their melting point 42. If only she had come up with some positive
B) since in some places stairways are required to be in suggestions, ----.
different corners of tall buildings
C) if the multiple stairways had not all been in the central A) the scheme certainly had very many drawbacks
core of the building B) nobody else is likely to complain
D) so long as effective fire-proofing had been installed C) so far this is the best thesis to be submitted
E) after so many of the offices had already been vacated D) the others will already have been rejected
E) I wouldn’t have minded her criticism of the project
38. If she ----- to the interview in a more positive state of
mind, she ----- a better impression. 43. ____ , the U. S. population, now 266 million, will
increase to 400 million by 2050.
A) will go / would make
B) goes / has made A) Although the governments have encouraged large
C) had gone / might have made families through tax reduction and welfare subsidies
D) would go / had made B) Even though the growth rate has been among the
E) has gone / makes highest of the developed world
C) If current trends continue, and they seem likely to do so
39. The post is mine ----- I agree to stay with the firm for at D) Since the birth rate has now outgrown the country’s
least three years. agricultural capacity
E) Because stringent measures need to be introduced to
A) in case B) conditionally C) if reverse population growth
D) whether E) accordingly
44. The elderly gentleman sitting over there is an artist
40. If only the tax return over the year had been as high ____ .
as had been predicted, ________________.
A) whose many articles about their commitment to the
A) this can easily be accounted for cause of human welfare and happiness in Africa would
B) they have underestimated their economic be controversial
commitments B) that he shares the vision of young people for a peaceful
C) some people regard accounting as an art, not a science and prosperous world in the next century
D) companies are no longer the unified, self-contained C) whose work has been exhibited widely in many
organizations that they used to be countries in Europe
E) such increased government outlays on public services D) since his awards include gold and silver medals
would have been feasible presented by various organizations
E) whereby he had unanimously been elected an honorary
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1) B 2) E 3) C 4) D 5) D 6) C 7) A 8) D 9) D 10) D 11) B

12) A 13) E 14) B 15) C 16) C 17) D 18) E 19) C 20) E 21) A 22) D

23) A 24) B 25) E 26) C 27) B 28) D 29) A 30) A 31) C 32) D 33) B

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