Choose the correct answers

13. _______a long and tense meeting did the committee members eventually sign the agreement. 

A. Rather than B. Unless C. As a result of D. Only after

14. Only when you become a parent _______what true responsibility is. 

A. you will understand B. will you understand C. you understand D. don’t you understand

15. _______had he finished his dinner when he realized he had forgotten his wallet. 

A. No sooner B. Not until C. No longer D. Scarcely

16. Only if you do what you tell others _______as they are told. 

A. they will not do B. they will do C. will they do D. won’t they

17. _______Mary and John bought the house than they signed a contract to have it refurnished. 

A. Hardly had B. No sooner had C. No longer has D. Not until had 

18. In no circumstances _______on campus. 

A. smoking should be allowed B. we should allow smoking

C. should smoking be allowed D. should allow smoking

19. Only by working hard _______your goal. 

A. you can achieve B. will help you achieve

C. can you achieve D. you will achieve

20 _______has John left without saying goodbye to everyone in the house. 

A. Never B. Only is C. Often D. Just

21. Only later _______how much damage had been caused. 

A. I realized B. I had realized C. did I realize D. I would realize

22. _______that we all went for a picnic. 

A. It was such a fine weather B. So fine the weather

C. Such a fine weather was it D. So fine was the weather

23. Only during the early twentieth century _______in the United States. 

A. alcohol was prohibited then B. that alcohol was prohibited

C. when alcohol was prohibited D. was alcohol prohibited

24. _______have playing cards been used for card games but also for fortune telling. 

A. Not as much B. Not only C. But also D. Never

25. Only when I _______my exams next month _______the book. 

A. have finished - I read B. will finish - I will read

C. finished - did I read D. have finished - will I read