1 He __________________ the situation was serious.

a. didnt thought
b. though
c. dont think
d. didnt think

2 Hes used ________________with that kind of situations.
a. to deal
b. to dealing
c. at dealing
d. for dealing
3 We _______________________the area for almost twenty-four hours now and we havent
found anyone yet.
a. scouted
b. have been scouting
c. have scouted
d. scout
4 The facility _____________ under reconstruction for several months now.
a. has had
b. have had
c. has been
d. have been
5 I picked up the phone as soon as _____________
a. it was ringing
b. it rang
c. it rings
d. its ringing
6 What do you ____________?
a. want
b. wanted
c. wanting
d. to want
7 The population of Houston was ravaged by yellow fever in 1839 ____________ in 1867.
a. it happened again
b. and again
c. was ravaged again
d. again once more
8 Did you ever imagine all this ____________ happen?
a. will
b. willing to
c. would
d. use to
9 Theres been a problem. The team ____________.
a. fail
b. fails
c. failed
d. failing
10 Centuries ago, these lands were ___________________ Indians.
a. inhabited for
b. inhabit by
c. inhabit by
d. inhabited by
11 Ironworking probably __________ to the rest of Africa via the Meroitic civilization.
a. spreads
b. spread
c. spreading
d. spreaded
12 The Freedom of Information Act, _________ by the U.S. Congress in 1966, gives U.S.
citizens the right of access to public records.
a. pass
b. passes
c. passing
d. passed
13 We journeyed to that country in order to settle the trade dispute that ________ that
peaceful country.
a. threaten
b. threatens
c. threatening
d. threatened

14 Justine Davenport has written several fiction books with intriguing female characters.
Among these are her novel In the Raw, which has been made into a movie, and The Final
Farewell, which is based on the experiences of a French woman living in London. In her next
novel, Davenport __________ the story of a female doctor who commits a horrible crime.
a. would be recounting
b. will be recounting
c. has been recounting
d. was recounting
15 Isabelle was only six years old when her father, an army major, was assigned to India.
He took the whole family to live in a military camp in New Delhi. Now in her 30s, Isabelle
says that she had an enjoyable childhood there, and __________ she remembers most was
going downtown to watch the sacred cows roam freely on the streets.
a. when
b. how
c. what
d. who

16 Puerto Galera is a beautiful beach resort community in Mindoro Island in the Philippines.
Local residents accept local and foreign tourists as stay-in guests. What makes the place
even more interesting are five inland hamlets with tree-lined routes with sweeping views of
the island's less aquatic side away from the __________ part of town.
a. as busy as
b. busier than
c. as busy
d. busiest

17 Researchers at Reginald University have analyzed the effect of diet on 100 people
suffering from chronic migraines. The study showed that those who consumed less than 35
grams of fat per day had fewer and less severe attacks. Based on this, some medical doctors
__________ their migraine-suffering patients to decrease their fat intake.
a. are now advised
b. now advising
c. are now advising
d. have now been advised