At present I ______ on a new project.
A.have studied
B.study
C.was studying
D.am studying

Sylvia Earle, an underwater explorer (A) and marine biologist (B), who (C) was born in the US in 1935 (D).
A.who (C)
B.in 1935 (D).
C.marine biologist (B),
D.an underwater explorer (A)

The (A) first half of the game was pretty boring (B) because (C) the players didn’t take (D) enough effort.
A.The (A)
B.take (D)
C.because (C)
D.boring (B)

Thomas refused (A) to join (B) the school football team, this (C) wasn’t good news (D).
A.to join (B)
B.this (C)
C.refused (A)
D.good news (D).

Almost (A) doctors have had (B) some training (C) in psychology and (D) psychiatry.
A.Almost (A)
B.have had (B)
C.some training (C)
D.and (D)

Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning.Harry continued to smoke even though we had advised him to quit.
A.Despite being told not to smoke, Harry continued to do
B.Harry took our advice so he stopped smoking.
C.Harry did not quit smoking because of our advice
D.If we had advised Harry, he would have quit smoking.

I did not understand what the lecturer was saying because I had not read his book.
A.I found it very difficult to understand what the lecturer said in his book
B.
What the lecturer wrote and said was too difficult for me to understand.
C.
I would have understood what the lecturer was saying if I had read his book.
D.The lecturer's book which I had not read was difficult to understand.

Choose the correct option A, B, C or D to complete this passage
A.used
B.presented
C.served
D.offered

Even though it was raining heavily, the explorers decided to continue their journey.
A.The heavy rain could not prevent the explorers from continuing their journey.
B. If it had rained heavily, the explorers would not have continued their journey.
C.The explorers put off their journey due to the heavy rain.
D.

"You should have finished the report by now" John told his secretary.
A.John said that his secretary had not finished the report.
B.John reproached his secretary for not having finished the report.
C.John reminded his secretary of finishing the report on time.
D.John scolded his secretary for not having finished the report