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1. On 23 January 2001, the eve of Chinese New Year, five people on Tiananmen Square poured gasoline over their clothes and ____ themselves on fire. A) set B) picked C) prevented D) imitated E) whispered 2. Public water fluoridation was first practiced in the USA, and then introduced to several other countries,___ in Europe, using fluoridated salts as an alternative source of fluoride. A) unanimously B) particularly C) irresponsibly D) ardently E) strangely 3. In 2000, the IMF identified four basic____ of globalization: trade and transactions, capital and investment movements, migration and movement of people and the dissemination of knowledge. A) harms B) damages C) fellows D) aspects E) errors 4. Acid rain only became a _______ environmental issue in the 1980s following groundbreaking studies in the 1970s. A) destructive B) reckless C) deceitful D) previous E) prominent 5. The foreman has a way of making most people do what he wants, but somehow I don`t think he`ll manage to _______the new director! A) keep up with B) make up for C) rule out D) get around E) turn over 6. The man who created the first computer virus has been sentenced to 20 months in an American federal prison, it is generally agreed that he has been ............... very lightly. A) given up B) taken down C) brought in D) shown upon E) let off 7. ___________the Civil War, those years turned out to be golden era for the railroad industry. A) Despite B) Nevertheless C) Although D) Obviously E) Pertaining to 8. Among the scholars, the fifth century BC Greek historian Herodotus is considered to be the ―father___ history‖, and, along with his contemporary Thucydides, forms the foundations ____ the modern study of history. A) on / from B) by / with C) from / at D) in / away E) of / for 9. It is really difficult to trace the exact history of cabbage,_____ it was most likely domesticated somewhere in Europe before 1000 BC. A) unless B) because of C) since D) in order that E) but 10. Europe —– to high speed rail when the LGV Sud-Est from Paris to Lyon opened in 1981 and TGV started passenger service and since then, France —– to build an extensive network, with lines extending in every direction from Paris. A) was introduced / has continued B) has introduced / was continuing C) would introduce / will continue D) had been introduced / will be continued E) was introducing / had continued 11. PISA 2012 results show that in the US and the UK students whose parents work as professionals do not perform as well in mathematics as children of professionals in other countries, —– do they perform as well as the children in Shanghai-China and Singapore whose parents work in manual occupations. A) such B) so C) nor D) either E) also 12. When the first Europeans ___ in North America, they _____ that the only domesticated animal among the Native Americans was the dog. A) arrived/found were B) arriving/had found C) have arrived/would find D) arrive/were finding E) had arrived/find 13. Fortunately, no one ____when a bomb ______ in Karaköy the other night. A) killed/was exploding B) was killed/exploded C) had been killed/has exploded D) is killed/is exploding E) has killed/had exploded 14. Auntie Victoria insisted that she ____ on that voyage unless the captain _____ to her that he had the proper qualifications. A) wasn't going/has proved B) won't go/proved C) hadn't gone/might prove D) wouldn't go/could prove E) couldn't go/proves 15. The stock market crash came unexpectedly, .......... us with no option but............. our losses. A) leaving/to cut B) having left/cut C) to leave/having cut D) to be left/cutting E) leave/to be cut 16. We always buy pickles and olives at ....... same shop because if we go to ....... one, we cannot be sure of the quality. A) the other/any B) the/another C) some/the others D) a/other E) another/the

Cloze Test 1 For most of its history, the United States has measured its progress (1) —– the growth of its cities. In the last 200 years, cities (2) —– very fast and many have become centers of commercial and industrial activity, and of political, artistic and social life. There has also been an increasing number of foreign immigrants, people from different countries, moving to America to (3) —– and internal migrants, people within the country, moving from farms and rural areas to cities. In recent years, (4) —–, something unexpected has happened and this pattern has changed. For the first time in two centuries, the countryside is growing faster than the cities. The change from a pattern of migration into the urban areas to one of migration to rural areas happened quite suddenly. For example, from March 1970 to March 1974, almost six million people moved (5) —– the cities, while only a bit more than four million moved in. 1.

A) whoever

B) according to

2.

A) will be expanding D) had been expanded

3.

A) look into

B) break down

C) put off

4.

A) however

B) thus

C) because D) as well as

E) as soon as

5.

A) above

B) into

C) out of

E) at

B) E)

C) so that

D) apart from

were expanded have expanded

C)

E) unless

will have expanded

D) settle down

D) onto

E) get by

Waterpower is a natural resource, available (1)—– a sufficient volume of steady water flow exists. The development of waterpower today (2)—– extensive construction, including storage lakes, dams, bypass canals, and the installation of large turbines and electric generating equipment. (3)—– the development of hydroelectric power requires a large capital investment, it is often uneconomical for a region where coal or oil is cheap, even though the cost of fuel for a steam-powered generating plant is (4)—– the cost of running a hydroelectric plant. However, increasing environmental concerns are (5)—– attention on renewable energy sources. 1.

A) unless

B) or else

C) wherever

D) whoever

E) despite

2.

A) required

B) requires

C) would require

D) require

E) had required

3.

A) As if

B) Once

C) Hence

D) Because

E) In view of

4.

A) higher than

B) highest

5.

A) exploiting

B) denying

C) such high C) ceasing

D) too high D) hiding

E) so high E) focusing