VOCABULARY
In our efforts to save the environment, it is of paramount importance that we utilise alternative sources of energy to __________ electricity.
a. establish b. breed c. evolve d. generate
d. generate
At the press conference, the Minister clearly stated that medical research would ____ precedence over space projects.
a. make b. take c. give d. do
b. take
I ____ first prize but for my husband's support and encouragement.
a. would win b. wouldn't have won c. won't win d. hadn't won
b. wouldn't have won
If the robber's gun ______, the bank clerk would be dead right now.
a. has gone off b. was going off c. might go off d. had gone off
d. had gone off
Apart from being a very good actor, George Clooney is also a great film director. (ONLY)
Not _________ a very good actor, but he's a great film director, too.
Not only is George Clooney a very good actor, but he's a great film director, too.
I waited for the sales to get the shoes I liked at a bargain price but unfortunately they were ____.
a. sold off b. stocked up c. picked out d. sold out
d. sold out
_____ medical researchers make a groundbreaking discovery that has the potential to truly alter the course of events that follow.
a. At one time b. From time to time c. For the time being d. At this time
b. From time to time
I was walking down the street when I slipped on a banana skin and fell down. Never in my life _____ so embarrased!
a. I've felt b. I felt c. have I felt d. I would feel
c. have I felt
I really enjoyed our trip to Barcelona. If only we _____ to travel more often.
a. can afford b. would be able to afford c. could afford
d. afford
c. could afford
I want to read Tolstoy in his native tongue, but I can't speak Russian. (WISH)
I ________ Tolstoy in his native tongue.
I wish I could read Tolstoy in his native tongue.
The board of directors has the ____ hand in determining which department is up for a research grant.
a. first b. upper c. out of d. big
b. upper
That he was using unscrupulous research methods only came out because his assistant ___ on him to the press.
a. ratted b. hounded c. fished d. bugged
a. ratted
Had they not been wearing their seatbelts, they ____ in the car accident.
a. would have been killed b. wouldn't have been killed
c. might not have been killed d. might be killed
a. would have been killed
We always enjoy your company. _____ for dinner tonight!
a. Don't you come over b. Do come over c. Do you come over d. You come over
b. Do come over
I wish I had bought that lottery ticket yesterday. It won one million euros! (WOULD)
If I had bought that lottery ticket yesterday , ___________ one million euros!
If I had bought that lottery ticket yesterday , I would have won one million euros!
Given its highly adaptive nature, it is _____ impossible for us to predict what obstacles we will come up against in our search for a cure for cancer.
a. fully b. highly c. virtually d. greatly
c. virtually
_____ seem to be getting longer and longer, so long, in fact, that you often forget what it is you were watching before they came on.
a. Jingles b. Slogans c. Fliers d. Commercials
d. Commercials
It's such a shame that governments spend a large amount of money on buying weapons. I wish things ___ different.
a. be b. were c. would have been d. had been
b. were
My head is killing me. I wish I _____ late last night.
a. hadn't stayed up b. didn't stay up c. wouldn't stay up d. couldn't stay up
a. hadn't stayed up
Until we visited the town where the hurricane hit, we had never seen destruction so massive. (SUCH)
Never______________ until we visited the town where the hurricane hit.
The man ____ for our nuclear physics professor is an eminent scientist at the MIT research centre.
a. emulating b. duplicating c. substituting d. devising
c. substituting
The ultimate ____ of eco-cities should be zero-carbon emissions.
a. goal b. tendency c. force d. importance
a. goal
Not only ____ new rules, but they decided to fire any employee who wouldn't comply with them.
a. did the company impose b. would the company impose c. the company imposed d. imposed the company
a. did the company impose
Barely ____ after that workout yesterday. I'm aching all over!
a. can I move b. I might move c. will I move d. I'm moving
a. can I move
Jane lost weight only because she went on a strict diet. (GONE)
If Jane _____________ ___ she wouldn't have lost weight.
If Jane had not gone on a strict diet, she wouldn't have lost weight.