Finnegans Wake for several months, but I only a few chapters so far.
A) have read/am finishing B) read/finish
C) am reading/was finishing
D) have been reading/have finished E) read/finished
30. Even though he newspapers very often, he the evening news on television almost every day for the past ten years.
A) hasn't read/watched
B) doesn't read/has been watching C) wasn't reading/was watching D) didn't read/watched
E) isn't reading/watches
31. With the inflation level so high, most people a difficult time making ends meet these days, and even the rich about their financial status.
A) have/have worried B) have had/worried C) are having/are worrying D) had/were worrying E) were having/worry
32. Last weekend we a picnic on Büyükada. We enjoyed ourselves so much there that next weekend, we
there again.
A) had/are going B) were having/go C) had/go
D) have had/are going E) were having/have gone
33. While Brandon into the house late last night, his parents very soundly in bed.
A) sneaked/have been sleeping B) was sneaking/have slept C) sneaked/have slept D) has sneaked/slept
E) was sneaking/were sleeping
34. I this movie three or four times, but until now I the director's name.
A) have seen/didn't know B) saw/haven't known C) see/don't know D) have seen/don't know E) saw/didn't know
35. Few people the name Heinrich Schliemann today, but in his time he
worldwide fame for discovering the ruins of the ancient city of Troy.
A) were remembering/gained B) have remembered/was gaining C) remember/gained
D) remembered/gained E) remember/has gained
36. Steve in Istanbul since the year 2001, when he here from Hull, an industrial city in northeastern England.
A) has been living/was moving B) has lived/moved
C) is living/moved D) lived/was moving E) has lived/moves
37. The French poet Arthur Rimbaud to write poetry in his early teens and at the age of nineteen.
A) was beginning/stopped B) began/stopped
C) began/was stopping D) has begun/stops
E) was beginning/has stopped
38. Anne increasingly dissatisfied with her life, and I seriously believe that she to do something to change it.
A) has been growing/needed B) grew/has needed
C) is growing/needed D) has grown/has needed E) is growing/needs
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people of your age behaving like that.
A) are being/have seen B) were/am seeing C) have been/was seeing D) were being/have been seeing E) have been being/see
40. Modern advertising and fashion too often the ideal woman as extremely slim, but this image a dangerous contribution to the growing number of anorexic and bulimic girls in recent years.
A) present/made
B) presented/was making C) are presenting/is making D) present/has made E) have presented/makes
41. The first case of BSE, or "Mad Cow Disease", in Great Britain about twenty years ago, and since then several more outbreaks in many different countries.
A) occurred/were ensuing B) was occurring/ensued C) has occurred/are ensuing D) occurred/have ensued E) occurs/ensue
42. Just as the bus away from the curb, another passenger in through the still open door.
A) is pulling/has been leaping B) pulled/has leapt
C) was pulling/leapt D) pulls/was leaping E) has pulled/leaps
43. I for Mum outside the bank while she some money for the
shopping.
A) waited/withdrew
B) have waited/has withdrawn C) am waiting/withdrew D) was waiting/has withdrawn E) wait/has been withdrawing
44. You very ill. I don't think you after your health properly.
A) are looking/looked B) have looked/have looked C) looked/have been looking D) look/are looking
E) were looking/look
45. The 19th-century Victorian custom of wearing an extremely tight girdle in order to appear slimmer serious internal damage to thousands of women. Thankfully, that custom since then.
A) has been causing/disappears B) was causing/is disappearing C) has caused/was disappearing D) causes/disappeared
E) caused/has disappeared
46. It's been almost eight years since he the guitar in front of an audience, so it's quite normal that he .... nervous about his performance tomorrow.
A) has played/felt B) was playing/feels C) is playing/was feeling D) played/is feeling E) has played/has felt
47. The car in front of us very suddenly because an old woman
slowly across the road.
A) has stopped/walks B) stopped/was walking C) is stopping/has walked D) was stopping/was walking E) stopped/walked
48. We to visit my wife's parents next Saturday, and after that, we to a puppet play.
A) are planning/are going B) planned/went
C) were planning/are going D) plan/go
E) are planning/go
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49. For the past few days, I to decide whether or not to drop out of university, but I still what to do.
A) was trying/didn't know B) have tried/didn't know C) have been trying/don't know D) tried/haven't known
E) try/haven't known
50. A clumsy and flightless bird that at one time a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, the dodo extinct in 1681 as a result of excessive hunting by Portuguese sailors.
A) inhabits/is becoming
B) has been inhabiting/became C) has inhabited/becomes D) was inhabiting/has become E) inhabited/became
51. My sister in a small apartment at the moment, but she to find a house with a garden sometime soon.
A) is living/hopes B) lives/has hoped C) has lived/hoped D) lives/was hoping E) has been living/hoped 52. Although many people ...
international terrorism to be a recent phenomenon, in fact, it for nearly a thousand years.
A) believed/is existing B) are believing/exists C) believe/has existed D) have believed/is existing E) believed/was existing
53. In the 11th century, the Isma'ili Shi'ite Hasan-i Sabbah and his group of hashshashin the entire Middle East, and the modern English word
"assassin" from them.
A) terrorized/comes
B) were terrorizing/is coming C) have terrorized/comes D) terrorized/has been coming E) have terrorized/came
54. Ben and Claire to pay us a visit as soon as they in their new apartment.
A) promise/settled
B) have promised/have settled C) promised/are settling
D) have been promising/were settling E) were promising/settle
55. I Christmas thank-you cards all day long, and I only twenty out of sixty!
A) am writing/finished
B) have been writing/have finished C) was writing/was finishing D) wrote/am finishing E) have written/finish
56.1 about the arrangements already, so you to tell me about them, but thank you for telling me anyway.
A) knew/didn't need B) have known/don't need C) know/didn't need D) know/don't need E) have known/didn't need
57. Yesterday afternoon from three to five I a film on VCD, and my wife on the sofa.
A) watched/sleeps B) watch/is sleeping C) am watching/slept
D) was watching/was sleeping E) have watched/has slept
58. Because of the icy road, we very narrowly an accident as we
around the curve.
A) are avoiding/drive
B) were avoiding/have driven C) have avoided/drove
D) have been avoiding/are driving E) avoided/were driving
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