Variant XV Grammar

Choose the right variant (a, b, c or d)

1. The conference had many papers … on major issues in the field.

a) focused c) having focused

b) to focus d) to be focused

2. … can we see such rapid progress as in computing.

a) Anywhere c) Everywhere

b) Somewhere d) Nowhere

3. Early in this program … was decided to incorporate some new techniques.

a) that c) it

b) there d) this

4. The papers exhibit … fruitful discussion than we could have expected.

a) fewer c) less

b) smaller d) minor

5. He doesn’t deny that other interpretations of the same data … .

a) has been made c) need to make

b) may be made d) must make

6. The demand is that all measurements … very accurately.

a) would make c) should make

b) be made d) be making

7. We didn’t know what they … next.

a) to do c) doing

b) was to do d) would do

8. The more languages you know, … you communicate.

a) the better c) the best

b) better d) more

9. The monograph is organized in three parts, … .

a) the data were presented in a separate series of tables

b) with the data presented in a separate series of tables

c) with the data presenting in a separate series of tables

d) presented the data in a separate series of tables

10. We are left with two options … from.

a) choosing c) to choose

b) choose d) be chosen

11. … this fact, one might adopt another approach.

a) To account for c) Being accounted for

b) Accounted for d) To be accounted for

12. Some of the articles are much shorter, … originally conference papers.

a) been c) are

b) were d) being

13. … at from this angle, the technique is a total failure.

a) To look at c) Looking at

b) Having looked at d) Looked

14. There is one much more specific point … which merits further investigation.

a) the present research raising c) raised the present research

b) the present research raises d) to raise the present research

15. A committee … for the purpose of coordinating research efforts.

a) is to be establishing c) will be establishing

b) has been established d) have to be established The monograph

16. The importance of this observation was … .

a) that it led to a number of explanations of seemingly unrelated phenomena

b) led to a number of explanations of seemingly unrelated phenomena

c) a number of explanations of seemingly unrelated phenomena it led to

d) that a number of explanations of seemingly unrelated phenomena

17. The book’s great merit is … .

a) that has made accessible a well-developed alternative theory

b) for having made accessible a well-developed alternative theory

c) to have made accessible a well-developed alternative theory

d) made accessible a well-developed alternative theory

18. …, we would have completed our work long ago.

a) Not taking so much time the checking up of the data

b) The checking up of the data not taking so much time

c) The checking up of the data having taken so much time

d) Had the checking up of the data not taken so much time

19. It is at this point … .

a) that the writings of Hoffman most evidently overlap with those of James

b) whether the writings of Hoffman most evidently overlap with those of James

c) the writings of Hoffman most evidently overlapping with those of James

d) the writings of Hoffman most evidently to overlap with those of James

20. The second suggestion was given preference due to … .

a) it to be based on more recent data

b) its being based on more recent data

c) being based on more recent data

d)) it was based on more recent data