Advanced English Grammar Test – Multiple-choice Test 4

1.Some who have been made redundant make no effort to get employment in complete … to those who retrain.

2.The company decided not to imitate their competitors but … their structure after the latest trends in business.

3.No one is allowed to smoke inside the building but you are … to smoke outside.

4.She is … as a possible future minister.

5.They decided to … to his request for a loan.

6.The recently discovered bones are … to be those of the missing link.

7.The … over the rights and wrongs of this issue has been a never-ending discussion.

8.They are worried about the erosion of the cliff face, which is in … of falling into the sea.

9.It’s more … twice what I had to pay.

10.The protesters were … to go back to work.

11.This story is … on an incident that actually happened.

12.I’m afraid I shan’t be … to come on Friday.

13.You can easily tell that this document .. from the 15th century.

14.I’m sorry to tell you but she is … that this will be the result. She has no proof.

15.I … you for one of my colleagues, who looks exactly like you.

16.They’re bound to object because they’ve been … against the idea from the start.

17.That’s exactly the … as the first one.

18.The main quality of a candidate for this job is to have the … to get on with people.

19.They couldn’t hold their meeting in the open air … of the rain.

20.She’s very good at … with difficult clients.

21.We often hear that such information cannot be released into the public … in the interest of national security.

22.They run the risk of facing a … if they break the official secrets regulations.

23.When there is a … inquiry taking place, the rush to get more information is intense.

24.The more they try to conceal what is happening, the more it fuels … about what might be happening.

25.A journalist might get hold of sensitive information knowing that he will get … by government agencies if he dares reveal it.

26.They will … what can be disclosed in newspapers.

27.Once the disclosure is … it’s the job of the journalist to share the conclusion.

28.They can soon see through the … of a weak argument.

29.What is being written is likely to … a threat to national security.

30.You have turned this country into a … for troublemakers.