PASSIVES TEST 4 (25 QUESTIONS)

1.Attendance at the press conference was limited ---- official journalists, which meant those accepted by the government.

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

2.The football team Wolverhampton Wanderers are known locally ---- the 'Wolves' and they have adopted a wolfs head ---- their emblem.

A)   for/on
B)   by/by
C)   from/with
D)   as/as
E)   with/to

3.George Best's brilliant football career ---- to an end because he ---- with the pressure of being famous.

A)    has brought/won't cope
B)   was brought/couldn't cope
C)   will have brought/wouldn't cope
D)   was bringing/needn't have coped
E)   will have been brought/doesn't cope

4.Starbucks Cafes ---- all over the world, but residents of Primrose Hill, London, successfully ---- the opening of one in their neighbourhood.

A)    should be found/are stopped
B)    can be found/stopped
C)   should be finding/will stop
D)   might find/are being stopped
E)    have found/had stopped

5.Natural light ---- the body's energy cycles, while spending too much time indoors ---- depression.

A)    is stimulating/can be causing
B)   was stimulated/could cause
C)   is stimulated/should be caused
D)   stimulates/can cause
E)   will be stimulated/might cause

6.During the World Cup, breakfast ---- in bars across the UK because most of the matches ---- place early in the morning by British time.

A)    is being served/had taken
B)    is served/are taken
C)   has served/are taking
D)   will serve/were taken
E)   was served/took

7.Peace negotiations r---- down in January and two hundred bombing raids ---- out since then.

A)    have broken/are being carried
B)    are breaking/used to be carried
C)   were broken/will be carried
D)   broke/have been carried
E)    break/will have carried

8.Because he ---- by the greed and corruption of politicians, he ---- to leave politics and devote his life to charity.

A)    revolts/has been decided
B)    has revolted/decides
C)   was revolted/decided
D)   is revolted/is decided
E)   had revolted/will decide

9.The documentary The Commanding Heights' ---- by BP, FedEx and Enron, and it ---- by Public Service Broadcasting soon.

A)   was sponsoring/will show
B)    is sponsored/has been shown
C)   was sponsored/will be shown
D)   will sponsor/is showing
E)   sponsored/had shown

10.Hansie Cronje, who ---- cricket for South Africa and who ---- in a bribery scandal, died in a plane crash at the age of 32.

A)   was playing/was involving
B)   could be played/involved
C)   could play/would have involved
D)   was played/had been involved
E)    used to play/was involved

11.In recent years, the need for the telegraph ---- by other means of telecommunications.

A)   will eliminate
B)   was eliminating
C)   will have been eliminated
D)   will be eliminating
E)   has been eliminated

12.Twenty-two million people have died of AIDS since the disease ---- first twenty years ago.

A)   was diagnosing
B)   would diagnose
C)   was diagnosed
D)   has been diagnosed
E)   is diagnosed

13.It ---- that 36 million people ---- with the disease.

A)    is estimated/are infected
B)   estimates/have been infected
C)   has been estimated/are infecting
D)   will estimate/infected
E)   estimated/were being infected

14.The Brazilian author Milton Hatoum's second novel ---- in the Amazonian port city of Manaus.

A)   is setting
B)   is set
C)   was setting
D)   sets
E)   has set

15.He ----- up for seven years for a crime that he ----- .

A)   was locking/wasn't committed
B)    locks/hasn't been committed
C)   will have been locked/doesn't commit
D)   will lock/isn't being committed
E)   was locked/didn't commit

16.The holiday resort ---- in France, but it is so close to the border that you ---- some resorts in Italy as well.

A)    locates/are visiting
B)   is being located/visit
C)   is located/can visit
D)   was located/must visit
E)   located/could have visited

17.This is the third time that the old lady opposite us ---- by his son this week, which may mean that her health ----.

A)   is being visited/deteriorates
B)   will be visiting/has deteriorated
C)   was visited/had deteriorated
D)   has been visited/is deteriorating
E)   will have visited/deteriorated

18.I'm sure you ---- with the show. After all, some of the best celebrities ---- in it.

A)   are delighted/are performed
B)   will have delighted/were performing
C)   will delight/are being performed
D)   were delighted/will be performed
E)   will be delighted/are performing

19.He accidentally set fire to the sofa, and unfortunately, his entire family ---- by the fire that ----.

A)   were killing/had followed
B)    killed/was followed
C)   are killed/has followed
D)   were killed/followed
E)    have been killed/is followed

20.I ---- Mr Green's office, but my call ---- by his assistant, who told me he had already left.

A)   was telephoned/had answered
B)   telephoned/was answered
C)   have been telephoning/answers
D)   am being telephoned/is answered
E)   will telephone/will be answered

 

21.Your school ---- on 3rd July and you ---- our report about three weeks later.

A)    is being inspected/will be received
B)    has been inspected/are receiving
C)   will be inspected/will receive
D)   will have inspected/are received
E)    is going to inspect/may receive

22.Our hopes of qualifying for the final ---- since we ---- Manchester United by two goals to one.

A)   have risen/beat
B)   will rise/were beaten
C)   are going to rise/are beaten
D)   rise/will have beaten
E)   rose/are going to beat

23.If the disease that ---- Asia and Africa at the moment ----, millions of children will be orphaned.

A)   is crippling/isn't controlled
B)   is crippled/isn't controlling
C)   was crippled/hasn't been controlled
D)   will cripple/doesn't control
E)   was crippling/isn't going to control

24.Three hundred and thirty-four viewers ---- about the incident in the TV series. It was one of the most shocking deaths which ---- ever on TV.

A)   are complaining/depicts
B)   complained/has been depicted
C)   will have complained/depicted
D)   will be complaining/is depicted
E)    had been complaining/will depict

25.The landlord ---- him that the house ---- by the end of the month.

A)   is informing/will have cleared
B)   is informed/should be cleared
C)   was informed/must have cleared
D)   has informed/should be clearing
E)   informed/must be cleared