B2 English Grammar Test – Multiple-choice Test 36

1.Money, nor beauty, nor wealth, … brought happiness to everybody.

2.Each learner of a foreign language … a good dictionary.

3.Uranus is an extremely cold planet, and … .

4.Many embarrassing situations occur ... a misunderstanding.

5.The salary of a bus driver is higher … .

6.They … at this school before they opened a private school.

7.A laptop is usually chosen because of its simplicity of operation … its capacity to store information.

8.I expect you to call me when it is necessary … an appointment.

9.She has got two sisters. Both of them … married.

10.The captain as well as the passengers … frightened.

11.Do you have any contingency plan to … back on if this one fails?

12.He can look back on his career with great … .

13.She couldn’t be present at the meeting as the date … with her holidays.

14.He had become … to human distress after years as a doctor.

15.After the meeting, the staff went back to their … offices.

16.Mike was unhappy … his childhood.

17.My washing machine has … .

18.Stopping racial … simply by legislation is impossible.

19.… every student passed the swimming test.

20.Given the present crisis, it … be best to wait before making further wage demands.

21.Steve was … to steal the camera when he saw it lying on the table.

22.Not only … visit Spain but they plan to stop off in Italy as well.

23.… I ask him for the money he owes me, Brian says he will bring it in a few days.

24.We must tell you about our … when we first arrived in Italy.

25.He was forced to get out of the city and had to … his family behind.

26.I managed to rescue a little boy from the burning house in the … of time.

27.The traffic was very … and I got home earlier.

28.She seems very quiet, but it would be a mistake to … her intelligence.

29.This is a nice coat and the colour … you!

30.She was furious after the argument and … out of the house.