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Titolo: Grammar test sslmit

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Purtroppo ci sono le domande ma non le risposte. Le mie risposte sono nel
followup a questo post. Alcune domande mi hanno lasciato in dubbio.
II /III YEAR GRAMMAR TEST  giugno II aa 2002-03, Tempo 30’ 
Cognome___________________________    Nome______________________
N.B. IIyear: 20questions /III: 25 questions
1.	……………………….. is now being stored on computer files than ever before.
a) Always more information		b) An increasing number of  informations
c) More and more information	d) Much more informations
2.	The airline's industrial dispute, ……….. disrupted flights for three
days, has now been settled.
a) that		b) what	c) which	d) of which
3.	The Prime Minister, who had …………… refused to speak to reporters, later
issued a statement to the press.
a) earlier	b) firstly	c) before	d) precedently 
4.	Covent Garden's latest production of  "Don Giovanni" looks ………………….a
huge success.
a) to be	b) as if		c) like being	d) just like
5.	Foreign visitors often associate English weather with fog and rain, but
they often find it's …………….. they had supposed.
a) much better that	b) even  better		c) not quite that bad		d) not so bad
as
6.	According to historians, ……………….. who united all England in the year
829.
a) it was Egbert, the Saxon king, 	b) the Saxon king, Egbert, was that one
c) he was the Saxon king, Egbert,	d) Egbert, the Saxon king, was he
7.	…………….. people could follow the speaker, since he spoke extremely
quickly.
a) A few	b) Little	c) Not a lot	d) Few
8.	Her doctor advised her …………………. to an outdoor job, as this would be much
better for her health.
a) that she changed	b) to change	c) changing	d) a change
9.	…………………. he had done nothing wrong, he was still very nervous about
opening the door to the police.
a) Despite that		b) In spite 	c) Even though	d) Seeing that
10.	………………… to what I just said, you wouldn't need to ask for further
instructions.
a) If you listened		b) Had you been listening	
c) If you have listened	d) Were you to listen
11.	a) There are still lots of works to be done.
	b) There is still much work to be made.
	c) There is still a great deal of work to be done.
	d) There are still many works that need doing.
 
12.	and 13. …………………… people in many parts of the world have learned to live
with the …………… of terrorism.
a)	In these years					a) threaten
b)	Since the last years				b) threat
c)	From some years					c) menace
d)	Over the past few years  				d) fright
14.	The gales that swept across the southern part of the country last night
caused widespread …………….
a) damage	b) ruins	c) damages	d) disasters
15.	There ……………….. that many workers were in fact willing to accept the
Company's revised pay offer.
a) are proofs	b) are proves	c) are evidences	d) is evidence
16.	You ………………….. the look she gave him when he began to tell everyone
about their personal problems.
a)	should see		b) ought to see	c) should have seen 	d) had to see
17.	Be careful with that antique chair. It …………………. to my
great-grandfather.
a) used to belong	b) was belonging	c) had been owned	d) was possessed
18.	Only by exporting more high quality goods …………………  recover from the
present crisis.
a) can the company hope to		b) the company will
c) the company can			d) will the company be able
19.	Unfortunately, unemployment is a fact of life that people in most of
Europe ……………………
a) have grown accustomed to facing.		b) are used to face.
c) have got used to face.			d) are getting used to this.
20. The Houses of Parliament were completed in 1857 and cost …………………… to
build.
a) three millions of pounds		b) three millions pounds	
c) three million pounds		d) ￡3.000.000 
3rd year questions
21. The BBC launched the world's first public television service in 1936,
although it had in fact ………………. sound broadcasting in 1922.
a) started to	b) begun	c) began	d) been starting
22.	The Prime Minister's ……………. now means that the Cabinet will be reduced
to sixteen members. 
a) remix	b) reorder	c) rearrangement	d) reshuffle 
23.	When our car ……………….., I always take it to our local garage.
a) needs servicing	b) has need of service		c) is in need of service	d)
needs to service 
24.	Immigration is an issue that ……………….. strong emotions in many people.
a) raises	b) rises		c) evokes	d) arises
25. Members of the local sub-aqua club came across a wreck that …………….. on
the seabed for at least 200 years.
a) laid		b) had lain	c) was lying	d) had lied
II /III YEAR GRAMMAR TEST  giugno  aa 2002-03, Tempo 30’ 
Cognome___________________________    Nome______________________
N.B. II year: 20questions /III: 25 questions
1.	Look at that car he’s bought. It ………… him a fortune.
a)	must cost	b) must have been costing	c) must have cost	d) can have cost
2.	I couldn’t …………… when I saw him fall flat on his face.
a)	help laughing	b) help to laugh	c) stop to laugh	d) stop laugh
3.	My car ………….. while I was abroad.
a)	was robbed	b) has been robbed	c) has been stolen	d) was stolen
4.	You’re not going to get anywhere ……………try harder.
a)	unless you don’t	b) unless you	c) unless you won’t	d) unless you will
5.	It was …………… film that I walked out after 20 minutes.
a)	so a dreadful	b) so dreadful	c) a such dreadful	d)such a dreadful
6.	When I looked at her just then she ……………. my sister.
a) reminded me	b) reminded me of	c) remembered me	d) recalled me
7.	It’s hot in here - ………….. the window?
a)	do I open	b) I open	c) open	d) shall I open
8.	a) I’m having redecorated the house next week.	b) I have redecorated the
house next week.
c) I’m having the house redecorated next week.	d) I have the house
redecorated next week.
9.	I tried to speak to him but he was in a meeting and his secretary ………..
a)	hasn’t let me in.	b) didn’t let me to enter.	c) hasn’t let me to enter.
d) wouldn’t let me in.
10.	If you ……….. so fast we wouldn’t have had that accident.
a) wouldn’t have driven	b) wouldn’t drive	c) wouldn’t have been driving d)
hadn’t been driving
11.	a) I don’t see him from 1998. b) I haven’t seen him from 1998.
c) I don’t see him since 1998.	d) I haven’t seen him since 1998.
12.	That house over there is the one ……………… in.
a)	I am used to live	b) I was used to live	c) I used to live	d)I use to
live 
13.	a) The United States aren’t the only country where the police are
armed.
b) The United States isn’t the only country where the police are armed.
c) The United States isn’t the only country where the police is armed. 
b)	The United States aren’t the only country where the police is armed. 
14.	……….. I don’t like him, I must admit he’s good at his job.
a)	Despite	b) In spite of 	c) However	d) Although
15.	……….. you be so kind as to give me some advice?
a)	May	b) Can	c) Would	d) Might
16.	…………. your inability to get to work on time?
a)	Which is the reason for
b)	What is the reason for
c)	Which is the reason of
d)	What is the reason of
17)  The plane began …. Heathrow Airport
a) its descent onto b)his descent onto	c)its descent on d)its descent into
18)  Their unremitting urge to waste the earth’s resources is .. …. threat
to world survival
a) the second greatest	b) the second most big	c) their great second  d) a
second greatest
19). …. Hereford black and the Cotswold cockerel, the Cumbrian goat is a
rare breed of farm animal
Really like the
Properly like the
How like 
Like the
20Married women are ..… married men to be depressed
a) just so likely as
b) quite as likely as
c) twice as likely as
d) two times more likely as
3rd year questions:
21) A famous trial lawyer once noted that jury members seldom convicted a
person they liked …. one they disliked
a) neither they acquitted	b) nor they acquitted	c) nor did they acquit	d)
and they acquitted 
22) Doctors …….that patients should try to reduce needless needless surgery
visits for colds have little actual idea of what to suggest. 	a) in
agreeing	b) agree	c) have agreed	d)are in agreement
23) The sulky, a horse-drawn carriage …. to have been invented in the early
nineteenth century by an English physician.	a)  it is believed	b) one
believes	c) is believed	d)we believe
24)  Conrad’s dark hero, Mr Kurz … to Africa to collect a rare species of
butterfly
a) did not mention to travel 	b) did not think to travel	c) did not travel	
d) has not travelling
25) Suburbs … an extraordinary variety of birds, insects, plants, and
animals since urban sprawl began.
a) harbour	b) have been harbouring	c) had harboured	d) are harbouring

 a) harbour	b) have been harbouring	c) had harboured	d) are harbouring
b
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 Forse c'è un errore nella domanda?
No, it's correct.
 
-- 
Mary

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Ist Test  : 19/25
2c/3a/4c/19b/24c/25b
2nd Test : 25/25 ! although :
17 maybe d ? All the answers sound odd to me (I'd say 'to') .
20 correct , but b also possible
22 probably a , but you're right , the question is scarcely English .
Mike

 22 probably a , but you're right , the question is scarcely English .
You're right, I didn't notice the second line of the question. It's
definitely weird. 
-- 
Mary

 but you're right , the question is scarcely English .
Would it sound slightly better with a pair of commas in it? :)
-- 
Enrico C
...still legal tender...

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Sorry , didn't see Mary's post - didn't update before posting . Hope you
tried again before reading mine !
Mike
 Addition : I left this in the outbox for 24 hours ! But I'll still send the 
apology , because Mary's idea of not giving the answers was much better !
Mike


 No .
Mike

 Usually not .
LOL :)
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 tried again before reading mine !
Yep! I did. Actually most of the correct answers I got wrong were my choice
in the first place, then a little devil whispered in my ear to gamble on
the wrong horse ^^
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 We usually use 'which' for descriptive adj. clauses , 'that' for definitive
I should have known that. :-/
"The book (that) I read last month was fun and funny, but I can't say the
same for the one I'm reading this month."
"This month's book, which everybody considers a masterpiece, actually is
the most boring novel I've ever read".
 
Right?
So, would these variants be definitely frown upon?
*"The book (which) I read last month was fun and funny, but I can't say the
same for the one I'm reading this month."
*"This month's book, that everybody considers a masterpiece, actually is
the most boring novel I've ever read".
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 No. Bad mistake here.
Ouch! I was in doubt between a and b, and now I can see b) is wrong... 
But, would "are used to facing" be also possible? 
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Scusa, potresti dirmi esattamente il link alla pagina che contiene il test?
Quali sono le risposte giuste? Grazie 

 Quali sono le risposte giuste? Grazie
You mean the official answers? They are not provided, sorry. 
But I think we can trust Mary and Mike, they are both native speakers! :)

 But I think we can trust Mary and Mike, they are both native speakers! :)
Che fortuna! Loro insegnano a noi l'inglese e noi gli insegniamo l'italiano 
^_^
Comunque, ho cercato tra i vari post, ma non riesco a vedere il messaggio 
dove hai scritto le tue risposte... 


Poi nei mex successivi ci sono le correzioni di Mike e Mary