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9. People ---- Tolstoy mostly for his novels War and Peace 13. The mileage of high ways ---- since 1977, while
and Anna Karenina, which ---- almost for one hundred the number of vehicles ---- by 60 per cent, thus
years. contributing to a rise in road accidents by 10 per cent.
A) read / have been inspiring A) did not change / had increased
B) have read / are inspiring B) had not changed / would have increased
C) read / were inspiring C) was not changing / had been increasing
D) have been reading / have inspired D) has not changed / has increased
E) were reading / had been inspiring E) will not change / is increasing

10. After the controversial election in an African
country, the new government ---- all the debts their 14. As people ---- books in some form for more than
predecessors ---- behind. thousands of years, it is not surprising that, in ancient
times, they ---- on clay tablets or other materials.
A) has paid / were leaving
B) paid / had left A) had been using / have written
C) had paid / will leave B) had used / will have written
D) was paying / have left C) were using / were writing
E) has been paying / are leaving D) have been using / have written
E) have used / wrote

11. The manager and the workers ---- the pros and the
cons of the issue again and again, but they ---- a 15. A new wave of Greek colonisation which ---- the
conclusion still. Hellenistic period ---- kingdoms and cities in many
parts of Asia earlier than other civilisations.
A) will scrutinise / are not reaching
A) characterised / had established
B) scrutinise / have not been reaching
B) is characterising / has established
C) scrutinised / had not reached
C) has characterised / had been
D) are scrutinising / do not reach
establishing
E) have scrutinised / have not reached
D) was characterising / was establishing
E) will characterise / has been establishing

12. Art critics ---- many articles about the Mona Lisa, 16. These days, it ---- more and more difficult to find
about how the artist ---- light and shadow to capture parking spaces in the cities where the population ----
the nuances of the enigmatic expression. rapidly in recent years.
A) were writing / had manipulated A) is going to get / increases
B) have been writing / would manipulate B) has been getting / will have increased
C) have written / manipulated C) gets / has increased
D) had written / will manipulate D) is getting / has been increasing
E) would have written / was manipulating E) will be getting / is increasing

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