Grammar Exercise 3

Advanced Level Grammar Exercise - MCQ Test 18
1. In 1994, seven countries signed an accord, agreeing 7. Since the equator is the closest place ------ earth to
to guidelines designed to minimize the ------ of the sun, the atmosphere ------ it absorbs the most
salmon farming on wild fish in the North Atlantic. solar energy.
A) relevance A) in / at
B) establishment B) of / through
C) impact C) with / across
D) perception D) at / over
E) improvement E) on / around
2. Had this 70 m.-long asteroid entered the Earth’s 8. Because the plateau was so far ------ sea level, when
atmosphere, it could have -------- a large city. we finally reached it, we had difficulty ------ breathing.
A) reconciled
B) inflated A) below / with
C) captured B) under / about
D) destroyed C) from / for
E) erupted D) above / in
E) over / at
3. India has dozens of half-completed water projects,
not to mention a ------, centuries-old infrastructure of 9. My parents are taking me to the theatre this evening
forgotten local water supply systems. to ------ my being ill when they had a party last week.
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A) perishable A) go down with

B) stable B) keep in touch with
C) vast C) make up for
D) predominant D) take no notice of
E) sensitive E) take part in
4. Researchers attending the World Water Forum in 10. It is important for people who lead an inactive life to
Kyoto last year argued that collecting and using ------ a sport like swimming or swimming.
water more ------- would lessen the need for more
dams. A) break down
B) take up
A) efficiently
C) call off
B) plentifully
D) put out
C) wastefully
E) make off
D) remarkably
11. Although it cannot be proven scientifically,
E) speedily
presumably, the expansion of the universe will ------
5. Apparently the drop in farm incomes had nothing to as it approaches a critical radius.
-------- the introduction of modern farming methods.
A) slow down
A) close down B) cool down
B) make out C) build up
C) sort out D) filter out
D) force out E) go off
E) do with
12. Schizophrenia, a behavioural ------, may well be
6. Most of our exposure to organic mercury ------- eating triggered by genetic predisposition, stress, drugs, or
oily fish such as tuna. infections.
A) plays up A) inclination
B) turns into B) disorder
C) comes from C) diagnosis
D) finds out D) inhibition
E) puts up with E) transplantation
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13. The phone call must have been about something 17. Whereas in 1975 only one in every ten new
urgent, considering how ------ the bewildered teacher enterprises ------ by a woman, in 1989 this figure ------
left after it. to one in three.
A) abruptly A) established / was increased

B) joyfully B) was established / had increased
C) exclusively C) was establishing / would increase
D) hesitantly D) had established / had been increased
E) reluctantly E) would establish / was increasing
14. The cut on your leg looks very nasty. I genuinely 18. Although the scientific community had hoped that
recommend that you get ------ medical attention. the field of transplantation ------, the shortage of
organ donors has curtailed research.
A) constant
B) relentless A) has progressed
C) immediate B) would progress
D) adjacent C) must have progressed
E) punctual D) is progressing
E) had progressed
15. Calculus, an elegant and economical symbolic
system, can ------ complex problems to simple terms. 19. ------ a small specimen of the embryonic fluid is
removed from a fetus, it will be possible to determine
A) reduce whether the baby will be born with the birth defects.
B) make
A) Unless
C) raise
B) Contrary to
D) aggravate
C) In pursuit of
E) alleviate
D) Irrespective of
16. I think Jack ---- moving to a quieter area when he ----
E) If
next summer.
20. Jane wasn’t actually feeling fit enough to work
A) has considered / will retire overtime; --------, she did it as she was in dire need of
money.
B) considered / will have retired
C) will be considering / retire A) therefore
D) is considering / retires B) besides
E) had considered / is retiring C) nonetheless
D) despite
E) on the other hand
Answer Key:
1: C 11: A
2: D 12: B
3: C 13: A
4: A 14: C
5: E 15: A
6: C 16: D
7: E 17: B
8: D 18: B
9: C 19: E
10: B 20: C

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A) perishable A) go down with

A) abruptly A) established / was increased

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