PASSIVES TEST 1 (25 QUESTIONS)

1.The town of Balboa is situated on the site of a swamp, which ---- with the rocks dug out while the Panama Canal ----.

A)   has been filled/was constructing
B)   has been filling/will be constructed
C)   was filling/had been constructed
D)   was filled/was being constructed
E)   will-be filled/has been constructing

2.The tea tree ---- only in Australia, but recently people around the world ---- the oil for many medicinal purposes.

A)   grows/have been using
B)   was grown/were using
C)   has been grown/use
D)   is growing/will have used
E)   grew/had been used

3.Tom Thumb, the famous dwarf of the 19th century, was born Charles Sherwood Stratton, but later he ---- by his stage name.

A)   knew
B)   will know
C)   has been known
D)   has known
E)   was known

4.Tom Thumb ---- parents of normal height, but he only ---- to a height of 3 feet 4 inches.

A)   has/had been grown
B)   had/grew
C)   is having/will be grown
D)   had had/will grow
E)   was having/has grown

5.After the workers ---- from their jobs at the factory, not many of them ----jobs quickly.

A)   were dismissed/had been found
B)   have been dismissed/were finding
C)   dismiss/are finding
D)   will have dismissed/can find
E)    had been dismissed/found

6.Residents who live near the nuclear power plant worry that their children ---- to radioactivity.

A)  expose
B)  exposed
C) will have exposed
D)  had exposed
E) are being exposed

7.Our manager usually comes to work dressed ---- a three piece pinstriped suit.

A)   with
B)   on
C)   in
D)   about
E)   for

8.The organisers claim that visitors ---- at the exhibits at the EXPO2000 exhibition in Hanover, Germany.

A)   will be amazed
B)   are going to amaze
C)   will have amazed
D)   have been amazing
E)   had amazed

9.When you ---- an advertisement, you ---- into account the type of people you want to be attracted to it.

A)   are being designed/must take
B)   designed/had better take
C)   are designing/have to take
D)   will design/have been taken
E)   had designed/will be taking

10.The National Lottery ---- twice a week in the UK: Wednesday and Saturday.

A)   is drawn
B)   is drawing
C)   was drawing
D)   draws
E)   has drawn

11.At the beginning of the 20th century, most solid waste ---- of by dumping it onto vacant land near where it ----.

A)   had disposed/has generated
B)   has been disposed/generates
C)   will have disposed/is generating
D)   disposed/has been generated
E)   was disposed/was generated

12.Unlike many top tennis tournaments, the matches at Wimbledon are played ---- grass courts.

A)   with
B)   about
C)   in
D)   on
E)   by

13.After I ---- ants in the kitchen, I ---- the crack in the wall with ant powder.

A)   had discovered/filled
B)   was discovered/was filled
C)   was discovering/should fill
D)   have discovered/was filling
E)   discover/have been filled

14.Many home appliances, like vacuum cleaners or microwave ovens, ---- for their labour-saving or time-saving capabilities, while others ---- for their convenience.

A)   have chosen/will purchase
B)   are chosen/are purchased
C)   will be chosen/purchase
D)   are choosing/have purchased
E)   choose/will be purchased

15.Airliners ---- parachutes because it is impractical to instruct passengers in their use in an emergency situation.

A)   aren't carried
B)   weren't carrying
C)   won't be carried
D)   don't carry
E)   hadn't carried

16.You ---- for the name of the caller before you transfer any calls.

A)  used to ask
B)  have asked
C)  may have asked
D)  should have asked
E)  must ask

17.It's surprising that of the few Viking helmets that ---- in excavations so far, none ---- horns.

A)   were found/may have
B)   were finding/had
C)   have been found/have
D)   had found/were having
E)   are found/are having

18.The enormously heavy bill which ---- the shoveler bird its name ---- for feeding on the surface of ponds and lakes.

A)   was given/had been adapting
B)   has been given/will be adapted
C)   was giving/has adapted
D)   gives/is adapted
E)   will give/had been adapted

19.Because air navigation is concerned with direction and distance, the plane must be equipped ---- devices for measuring these factors.

A)   about
B)   with
C)   by
D)   on
E)   from

20.Of the many methods that are available today, only GPRS navigation ---- for all-weather flying.

A)   has been using
B)   will have used
C)   can be used
D)   had been used
E)   could have used

21.According to the autopsy results, the victim was shot in the back ---- a semi automatic hand gun ---- a left-handed person.

A)   for/from
B)   from/with
C)   in/about
D)   with/by
E)   by/for

22.Although very often the autopsy ---- only with forensic, or legal, medicine in the determination of the cause or details of death from foul play, it ---- a number of other purposes as well.

A)   is associated/serves
B)   has been associated/is served
C)   associated/was serving
D)   was associated/has been served
E)    had associated/served

23.The community centre can be used ---- meetings of the club whenever needed.

A)   with
B)   about
C)   by
D)   from
E)   for

24.The manufacturer was ---- with excitement at receiving his first large order.

A)   influenced
B)   considered
C)   depressed
D)   filled
E)   covered

25.After his brother made his fortune on the stock market, Scott was convinced ---- the wisdom of investing his money in stocks and shares.

A)   with
B)   from
C)   for
D)   at
E)   of