Test 69

1. Banks lend money (make, do) profit. These days banks (lend) more money to encourage businesses to expand.

2.1 would advise you to arrive (at, in, into) the airport two hours before the flight (leave).

3. I'm afraid I (can, have to, may) inform you that your application for funding (turn down).

4. She has only just recovered from the operation and still (find) it difficult to move about.

5.1 promise I (do) everything I can to help you find (a, the, -) flat, although I suggest that you also advertise in the local newspaper.

6. Scientists (discover) that, all over the world, millions of frogs and toads died.

7. Timson (make) 13 films and I think her latest is (good). I'm sure it will win a prize.

8. Bill (represent) his country (on, at, for) many occasions, but (force) to retire after an injury.

9. Since Mr. Hassan (become) President, both taxes and unemployment (increase).

10. When I was young, I never (bother) too (much, many, far) abo'ut my appearance.

11. This novel (translate) from Spanish (in, on, into) Russian not long ago.

12. My brother has got a lot of stamps in his collection but I have (few, little, less) in (my, mine)-.

13.1 already (translate) the article when my boss (phone) me and asked if the translation was finished.

14. The accident looked (serious, seriously), but fortunately nobody (injure).

15. You (ought to, must, can) trust your daughter more. You (need not, should not, may not) treat her like a child.

16. (Must, may, can) I really do this translation today? - No, you (mustn't, needn't, may not). You (need, may-must) do it tomorrow if you like.

17. The boy (try) already to do it several times without any results. I think he may succeed only if he (show) how to do it.

18. In a week the government (announce) a new programme to help (a/an, the, —) unemployed.

19. Our library has received a lot of new books this week. By the end of next week they (register) and we (can, will be able to, must) borrow them for reading.

20. He never helps me. Perhaps he (help) me if I (ask) him about it but I never do it.

Test 70

1. I know she has sent us two letters this month, but we (receive) (neither, either, none) of them.

2.... you always (can, must, have to) pay (much, many, a lot of) when a policeman (stop) you?

3.1 was foolish (enough, yet, still) to go out for a walk (in, under, through) that heavy rain. But now let's wait here until it (stop).

4. By 1733 European settlers (occupy) 13 colonies aloug (a, the, -) Atlantic Coast of (a, the, -) North America.

5. Thomas Jefferson (draft) the Declaration of Independence, which (adopt) on July 4, 1776.

6. (-, the, a) reason why people went to Hollywood to make films was (a, -, the) sun. There (is, are, was) 350 days of sun every year.

7. As all the films (make) by sunlight at that time (the, a, -) West Coast was a much (good) place to work.

8. After seventy years they still (make) films in Hollywood and people watch them all over the world.

9. Liza Minnelli (spend) (many, more, most of, much) her childhood in Hollywood visiting her mother's or father's film set at the studios. -

10. The light was switched on (with, by, on) the car phone just now.

11. It is difficult for (the, a, -) disabled people to do some jobs, and employers (could, must, may) discriminate against them.

12. Recycled paper can (use) to make birthday cards and cereal boxes as well as hundreds of (other, others, the others) things.

13. We could start buying recycled products which help to conserve (the, a, -) natural resources.

14. (Although, however, as) it is a well-known fact that recycling (help) to preserve (a, the, —) environment, some people ignore it.

15. Animals which (keep) in zoos well (care) for and protected; on the other hand, they (force) to live in unnatural surroundings.

16. (A, the, —) people in the neighborhood (complain) due to the fact that the traffic in the area is terrible.

17. You (can, are to, should) make a note of your appointment in your diary in case you forget it.

18. Many young people decide to stay in (a, the, -) youth hostels when travelling because it is much (cheap) than staying in hotels.

19. Working out (for, at, on) charity (can, must, should) be extremely rewarding, yet not many people decide to volunteer.

20. I think he is rich. If he (be) a poor man, he (not, stay) at the Savoy when he is in London.