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11. Picasso ---- traditional art methods with new ideas, 16. By the time the scientists ---- the experiment next
which leads to works that ---- modern artists today. week, they ---- it for two months.
A) had combined / inspired A) have completed / will have been conducting
B) combined / inspire B) will complete / have been conducting
C) has combined / are inspiring C) complete / will conduct
D) combines / will inspire D) completed / have conducted
E) was combining / had inspired E) are going to complete / will be conducting

12. The company’s marketing director ---- that worldwide 17. Some cities ---- innovative recycling programmes for
distribution of the product ---- around this time next quite some time, and their efforts ---- waste in landfills.
year.
A) had implemented / are reducing
A) has stated / will begin B) have implemented / had reduced
B) stated / is beginning C) will implement / reduced
C) states / was beginning D) have been implementing / have reduced
D) will state / began E) were implementing / will reduce
E) had stated / will be beginning

13. The American Revolutionary War ---- for over a year 18. When someone ---- an incorrect PIN number multiple
by the time the Declaration of Independence ---- law in times at an ATM, the machine ---- their account
1776. temporarily for security purposes.
A) was going on / had become A) has entered / locked
B) went on / was becoming B) will enter / has locked
C) has been going on / has become C) entered / had locked
D) had been going on / became D) enters / locks
E) is going on / will become E) had entered / will lock

14. The movie-going experience ---- higher levels ever 19. By the first half of the 19 century, Romanticism ----
th
since the movie industry ---- using digital technology. culture and art, and afterwards, this period ---- famous
A) reaches / starts works of literature, poetry, and art.
B) is reaching / will start A) had been dominating / generates
C) was reaching / had started B) had dominated / generated
D) reached / has started C) has dominated / was generating
E) has reached / started D) was dominating / has generated
E) dominated / had generated

15. Albert Einstein often ---- heated arguments with other 20. Although the exact origin of shadow puppets ---- to
scientists when he ---- his theory of relativity. be a mystery, historians think that they ---- more than
2,000 years to ancient China.
A) was having / had formulated
B) has had / formulated A) has continued / dated back
C) had / was formulating B) is continuing / have dated back
D) has / formulates C) continues / date back
E) had had / had been formulating D) will continue / had dated back
E) continued / will date back

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