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9. There is some belief that Einstein ---- a world icon 13. During the 19 and 20 centuries, there ---- a
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today if his theory of relativity ---- by scientists who resurgence of interest in Celtic music as scholars
measured the bending of starlight during a solar and musicians ---- to actively collect and preserve
eclipse in 1919. traditional melodies and songs from the Celtic
regions.
A) would not have been / has not been confirmed
A) had been / had begun
B) could not have been / was not confirmed
B) has been / have begun
C) might not be / had not been confirmed
C) was / began
D) will not be / is not confirmed
D) will be / are beginning
E) must not be / was not being confirmed
E) is / begin

10. Eventually, almost everyone will have a condition 14. In medieval Europe, socks ---- by skilled artisans
that makes regular exercise difficult, ---- it’s a simple using hand-knitting techniques, making them a
joint problem ---- a more serious physical disability. luxury item due to the considerable time and effort
---- for their production.
A) neither / nor
A) were being crafted / having been needed
B) if / or not
B) used to be crafted / needing
C) whatever / and
C) had been crafted / to need
D) whether / or
D) are crafted / to be needed
E) given that / rather than
E) were crafted / needed

11. Ellen Fitz, the first woman to design and manufacture 15. Many painters, including Leonardo da Vinci,
globes, ---- a globe mount that ---- the earth’s daily Michelangelo, and Raphael, ---- techniques such
rotation in connection to the path of the sun during as perspective, shading, and naturalism to make
the day and night and throughout the year. realistic and emotionally evocative paintings that
---- the humanistic ideals of the time during the
A) devised / could display Renaissance period.
B) had devised / might display A) used / would exemplify
C) was devising / had to display B) are using / might exemplify
D) used to devise / would display C) were using / had better exemplify
E) has been devising / can display D) had been using / can exemplify

E) had used / must have exemplified

12. Nouriel Roubini, a Turkish-born American economist 16. If Scandinavians ---- the long, dark winter nights,
and professor, ---- enormous vulnerabilities in the they ---- the unique cultural practices, traditions,
US banking system and ---- the coming crises three and lifestyles that the harsh winter conditions of the
years before the 2007–2008 subprime mortgage Nordic region have shaped.
crisis occurred.
A) did not have / should have missed
A) will recognise / predicts
B) have not had / could have missed
B) recognised / predicted
C) were not having / might miss
C) has recognised / has predicted
D) are not having / will miss
D) had recognised / has been predicting
E) had not had / would have missed
E) recognises / will predict

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