30. No longer _______ in our office since it _______.
A. have typewriters been used / computerized
B. typewriters have been used / was computerized
C. have typewriters been used / was computerized
D. typewriters have been used / computerized
31. While there’s disagreement over its origins, the caste system _______ in a legal treatise called Manusmriti, dating from about 1,000 B.C.
A. had been formalized B. was formalized
C. has been formalized D. is formalized
32.The little girl started crying. She ____ her doll and no one was able to find it for her.
A. has lost B. had lost C. was losing D. was lost
33.The pilot project is believed _______ emissions, noise pollution and damage to road
surfaces.
A. to be reduced B. to reducing C. to reduce D. to have been reduced
34. The first movie – length cartoon ______________, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs;”set the standard for later full-length features such as “The Lion King” and “Pocahontas”.
A. that released ever B. which ever released C. ever released D. released whatever
35. Surely the virtual elimination in our society of most fatal diseases, rising life-expectancy and falling mortality ______ us up?
A. should be cheered B. should be cheering
C. should is cheering D. should have been cheered
36. Today more than twice as many tabloids _____ than the so-called “quality press” titles such as The Times or The Guardian.
A. have been sold B. are sold C. had been sold D. will be sold
37. It ________ that cyberspace institutions or online universities will replace traditional educational establishments.
A. anticipates B. has anticipated C. is anticipated D. will be anticipating
38. Virtual classrooms ______ towards promoting the acquisition of knowledge as a lifelong endeavour, which occurs through global collaboration.
A. will be geared B. will gear C. is geared D. gear
39. Such terrible acts of child abuse ________ thanks to the continuing protests of the online community.
A. were ignored B. won’t ignore C. were not ignored D. are ignored
40. I will never forget _______ to the Royal Garden Party, where superb cuisines were served amid luxurious surroundings.
A. inviting B. to invite C. to be invited D. being invited
41. His responsibilities ________ welcoming visiting dignitaries from foreign countries.
A. included B. were included C. will be including D. had been included 42. Though most fairy tales have happy endings, the stories usually deal with frightening situations - children ______ in the forest, terrifying giants, cruel stepmothers.
A. are abandoned B. abandoned C. will abandon D. had abandoned
43. __________ long thought to have no bones, small amounts of bone were recently found at the bases of the teeth in some species.
A. Although sharks were B. Despite sharks being
C. In spite of sharks are D. Nevertheless, sharks
45. Humans are pumping water out of the ground faster than it ________.
A. can’t be replenished B. can be replenished
C. can replenish D. can have been replenished
46. When archaeologists discovered the ruins of the Olympic Stadium, interest in the Games__________.
A. was renewed B. were renewed C. they were renewed D. renewed
47. Most people are unable to discern a difference between the usual city drinking water and the treated wastewater, although it is actually _______ for industrial purposes.
A. intending B. being intend C. have intended D. intended
48. Visitors must sign in and show identification before ________ into the building.
A. allowing B. being allowed C. having allowed D. to be allowed
49. The party _______ when she left.
A. had no sooner started B. had hardly been started
C. had hardly started D. had no sooner been started
50. It ______ that children are frequently better at recalling televised stories they have
watched compared to those they have simply heard.
A. has been noted B. been noted C. is noting D. notes