1. We have been told that under no circumstances _____ the telephone in the office for personal affairs.
A) may we use B) we may use
C) we could use D) did we use
2. Only under special circumstances _____ to take make-up tests.
A) are freshmen permitted B) permitted are freshmen
C) freshmen are permitted D) are permitted freshmen
3. _____ before we depart the day after tomorrow, we should have a wonderful dinner party.
A) Had they arrived B) Would they arrive
C) Were they arriving D) Were they to arrive
4. _____ right now, she would get there on Sunday.
A) Would she leave B) If she leaves
C) Were she to leave D) If she had left
5. The organization had broken no rules, but _____ had it acted responsibly.
6. _____ as it was at such a time, his work attracted much attention.
A) Being published B) Published
C) Publishing D) To be published
7. _____ for my illness I would have lent him a helping hand.
A) Not being B) Had it not been
C) Without being D) Not having been
8. I could not persuade him to accept it, _____ make him see the importance of it.
A) if only I could not B) no more than I could
C) or I could not D) nor could I
9. We don’t need air conditioning, _____.
A) nor can we afford it B) and nor we can afford it
C) neither can afford it D) and we can neither afford it
10. _____ for your laziness, you could have finished the assignment by now.
A) Had it not been B) It were not
C) Weren’t it D) Had not it been
11. ─You like singing and dancing.
A) So do I B) So I do C)I do so D) do I so
12. Her mother is a warm-hearted old lady. _____.
A) So my mother is B) So is my mother
C) Is my mother so D) my mother so is
13. The fairy story Snow White is very interesting. _____.
14. You didn’t go for an outing at the seashore. _____.
A) Neither do I B) Neither did I
C)I didn’t neither D) Did neither I
15. Marx was born in Germany, and German was his native
language. _____.
A) So it was with Engels B) So was Engels
C) So Engels was D) Was Engels so
16. —Look. There _____. —Oh, there _____.
A) comes the bus; comes it
B) the bus comes; it comes
C) comes the bus; it comes
D) the bus comes; comes it
17. Not until _____ sixteen _____ to school.
A) he was; did he go B) he was; he went
C) was he; he did go D) was he; went he
18. Not until the next morning _____.
A) did Mary come back B) Mary came back
C) came Mary back D) came back Mary
19. Hardly _____ when it began to rain.
A) had he got home B) he had got home
C) had got home he D) he home had got