Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 36 to 54.
Question 36: ______ had the van turned the corner than the wheel came off.
Question 37: Schools require that every student ______ before September 1st.
Question 38: Only when you grow up ______ the truth.
Question 39: A woman needs to make an urgent call; she is asking the man for permission to use his phone. Choose the most suitable response to fill in the blank in the following exchange.
Woman: “Could I use your phone, please? I need to make an urgent call.”
Man: “ ____________________.”
Question 40: Two students, Bill and Bob, are talking about their teacher, Ms Young. Choose the most suitable response to fill in the blank in the following exchange.
Bill: “Ms Young always grades fairly.”
Bob: “_______________________ .”
Question 41: I don’t remember ______ of your decision to change our vocation plan. Nobody told me.
Question 42: This is ______ the most difficult job I’ve ever had to do.
Question 43: Despite its successful ______ reforms, this country is still a developing one.
Question 44: ______ Mr. Anderson or Ms Wiggins is going to teach our class today.
Question 45: These letters ______ at the moment. You can do the typing tomorrow.
Question 46: Many species of plants and animals are in______ of extinction.
Question 47: I can’t ______ this noise any longer. I’m going to write a letter of complaint to the local authority about this problem.
Question 48: He is a typical ______, always looking on the bright side of everything.
Question 49: Julie ______ herself in the accident if she had not been wearing her seat belt.
Question 50: The Wilsons have found it terribly hard to make __________ meet ever since they both lost their jobs.
Question 51: After having used the new technique, the factory produced ____ cars in 2014 as the year before.
Question 52: Hurry up, or they ______ serving meals by the time we get to the restaurant.
Question 53: Of all the factors affecting agricultural yields, weather is the one ______ the most.
Question 54: She has just bought ______.