1with more effort what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. a) little b) less c) a little d) a few 2 it was a fairly young man. judging by his appearance, he in his twenties. a) must have been b) was to be c) was to have been d) had to be 3 russia's recent economic power in its key natural resources – oil and gas. a) has laid b) has been laid c) is lain d) has lain 4 i’m now so far behind the other students that i don’t know how i’m going a) to keep with them b) to follow them up c) to catch them d) to catch up with them 5 your time is limited, so don’t waste it someone else’s life. a) to live b) living c) by living d) having lived 6 in 1927, toribomextaxesspe of peru lines in the shapes of huge animals and geometric forms on the ground below. a) must have been very surprised to have seen b) must have not been surprised to see c) must have been very surprised to see d) must have been not surprised to see 7 the fire, he immediately phoned the fire brigade. a) on his seeing b) on seeing c) after seeing d) having seen 8 if the spy the message, he could have averted the crisis. a) were to intercept b) intercepted c) could intercept d) had intercepted 9 i feel sick. i wish i all those cakes! a) hadn’t eaten b) had eaten c) might have eaten d) couldn’t eat 10 scientists claim bees are likely sniffer-dogs trained to detect illegal drugs at airports. a) to have replaced b) to be replacing c) to replace d) to be replaced
2) a
3) a
4) a
5) c
6) c
7) d
8) b
9) a
10) c