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nt 
appointing 
appoints 
17. Third Point believes that Yahoo shareholders and employees will be best served if the board 
.......... responsibility quickly for this latest debacle. 
accepting 
accepts 
accepted 
is accepting 
18. In an earlier communiqué, G8 leaders committed themselves to promoting growth alongside 
fiscal responsibility and affirmed that they wanted Greece ........... in the eurozone. 
stayed 
to stay 
stay 
staying 
19. If it falls below that figure, they argue, the country may find it more difficult ........ domestic 
demand, boost infrastructure investment and accelerate job creation. 
maintain 
maintaining 
to maintaining 
to maintain 
20. China has been trying to boost domestic demand in an attempt ......... the fall in global 
demand for its exports. 
to offset 
offset 
offsetting 
offsets 
21. The first quarter's growth figure ......... again next month. 
will be revised 
is revised 
will revise 
was revised 
22. Over the last year and a half, the economy ........ between quarters of growth and contraction. 
have fluctuated 
has fluctuated 
fluctuated 
fluctuates 
23. In the final three months of last year, the economy also ....... by 0.3%, meaning the UK is 
back 
in recession. 
shrinks 
has shrunk 
shrank 
shrink 
24. The Bank ........ £325bn into the UK economy through its QE programme to try to boost 
growth. 
is already pumped 
is already pumping 
have already pumped 
has already pumped 
25. Inflation ........ the interest rate we get on our savings and the rate we pay on our mortgages 
is influencing 
has influenced 
influences 
influence 
26. In recent weeks, there ......... growing calls across Europe for a greater focus on growth. 
have been 
has been 
is 
are 
27. It added online bookings ........ considerably in the past four weeks. 
have improved 
had improved 
has improved 
is improving 
28. The data ........ from the CPI and RPI rates in many ways by the government and businesses. 
has used 
are used 
use 
uses 
29. That's why inflation is a crucial factor in ........ the rates banks charge for mortgages and the 
rates they offer on savings accounts. 
determines 
determined 
determine 
determining 
30. Meanwhile a rise in the price of stamps is less likely ........ the overall index, as they have a 
weighting of 0.1%. 
affecting 
to affect 
affect 
affects 
31. She will face the task of ....... the travel firm, which last year issued three profit warnings. 
revive 
reviving 
to revive 
to reviving 
32. It also plans ....... 200 of its branches over the next two years. 
close 
closes 
to close 
closing 
33. Staff at 115 of the affected outlets are expected .......... their fate on Wednesday with the loss 
of 661 jobs. 
learn 
learning 
to learning 
to learn 
34. Thomas Cook has blamed the unrest in Egypt and Tunisia and floods in Thailand, all key 
holiday destinations for the company, for ........ sales. 
hit 
hits 
hitting 
to hit 
35. However, Thomas Cook was keen ......... that bookings for next summer are 8% up from a 
year ago. 
have lighlighted 
to highlight 
highlighting 
highlighted 
36. In addition to ........ rising online sales, Thomas Cook also reported record profits at its 
German and Scandinavian businesses. 
 seen 
sees 
see 
seeing 
37. Its bankers, including Barclays, HSBC, RBS and UniCredit, have agreed ......... a new £200m 
facility until 30 April 2013. 
to provide 
providing 
provide 
to providing 
38. The new deal replaces the £100m short-term credit agreement .......... on 21 October 2011. 
announce 
announcing 
announced 
to announce 
39. It has seen bookings ......... 20% in France and Belgium compared with last year. 
fell 
are falling 
to fall 
fall 
40. However, people who have only booked a flight with the company will not be covered by the 
Atol scheme and are advised suitable travel insurance. 
bought 
buying 
to buy 
buy 
41. Lucy has decided ......... on the enormous task of cooking every single recipe in her cookery 
books. 
take 
to take 
taking 
to taking 
42. Dickens was one of the first people .......... about poverty, drawing from his own experiences 
as a child. 
write 
written 
have written 
to write 
43. When I first began to learn French as a teenager, my teacher encouraged the class .......... as 
much of the language as we possibly could. 
absorb 
to absorb 
to be absorbed 
being absorbed 
44. The Four Hundred Blows is a partly autobiographical film all about an adolescent boy in 
Paris who .......... to be a bit of a trouble maker. 
thinks 
is thinking 
thought 
is thought 
45. The massacre has sparked outrage internationally, .......... in Syria’s neighbour Turkey. 
include 
included 
including 
to include 
46. The gruesome footage .......... from the town of Houla will generate fresh pressures on all 
these countries to rethink their caution. 
emerging 
to emerge 
emerged 
have emerged 
47. There is some hope that his club can continue .......... temporary escape. 
provide 
to provide 
provided 
to be provided 
48. A toastmaster in a tight red jacket tapped his mallet and invited us all .......... for the Loyal 
Toast. 
stand 
standing 
to stand 
to standing 
49. I had never risen for the Loyal Toast in my life - and I wasn’t about .......... then. 
start 
starting 
to start 
to starting 
50. While our society may pay lip service to equality of opportunity, our fundamental values 
remain those of .......... wealth and privilege. 
inherit 
inheriting 
inheritting 
inherited 
51. Spanish retail sales dived in April, showing the biggest fall since the figures started .......... in 
2003. 
to collect 
collecting 
to be collected 
to being collected 
52. The research is likely .......... attention because Bluefin tuna is an iconic species and a highly 
valuable fishery. 
to get 
to getting 
getting 
get 
53. If you don't take the initiative during the arrangement conference to let that family .......... 
what’s available, they don’t know. 
know 
knowing 
to know 
to knowing 
54. They .......... exactly what they want, but they want options and they want alternatives 
don't may know 
don't may to know 
may don't know 
may not know 
55. A rare pink diamond is expected .......... at least $8.000.000 when it goes under the hammer in 
Hong Kong. 
to fetch 
to fetching 
fetching 
fetch 
56. There will be those who would suggest the UK’s military power ........... carriers unnecessary. 
to make 
make 
making 
to making 
57. Peace talks between the two states are scheduled .......... on Tuesday. 
begin 
to begin 
to beginning 
to have begun 
58. It is always exciting to see new techniques .......... to increase our understanding of the 
evolution. 
develop 
to develop 
to be developed 
being developed 
59. This method appears .......... potential to detect very early changes of bone loss. 
have 
to have 
to having 
having 
60. They say patients should keep .......... the pills unless they are told by their doctor to stop. 
take 
taking 
to take 
to taking 
Choose the best answer choice to complete the following sentences. 
61. The potential for political .......... that would affect Americans was too great. 
unstable 
distabilize 
distabilized 
instability 
62. It is .......... that the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of 
normal economic health to the world. 
logic 
logical 
illogical 
logically 
63. Falling in love in India is not easy, but more couples are choosing to brave the .......... 
consequence 
consequences 
consequent 
consequently 
64. More than one million .......... packed the banks of London's River Thames to watch the 
Queen's Diamond Jubilee pageant 
spectate 
spectator 
spectators 
spectacular 
65. The global .......... crisis has seen a succession of major banks fail recently. 
finance 
finances 
financial 
financially 
66. Spain is trying to find more than 80 billion euros to ........... its banks’ capital buffers. 
strength 
strengthen 
strong 
stronger 
67. The market, which .......... focused on beauty conscious women, is now pitching to men too. 
initial 
initially 
initiate 
initiative 
68. A gaggle of helmeted soldiers and white-uniformed police leaned on their metal ........... as 
they guarded the gates. 
barricaded 
barricading 
barricade 
barricades 
69. I've worked in computing, and more .......... computer networking, nearly all my life. 
specify 
specific 
specifically 
specification 
70. His practical .......... of computing engines shed bright light on the feasibility of purposeful 
computing. 
realise 
realistic 
realising 
realisation 
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