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TENSES - TEST (4)

9. People ---- Tolstoy mostly for his novels War and Peace 13. The mileage of high ways ---- since 1977, while the
and Anna Karenina, which ---- almost for one hundred number of vehicles ---- by 60 per cent, thus contributing
years. 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 14. As people ---- books in some form for more than
new government ---- all the debts their predecessors ---- thousands of years, it is not surprising that, in ancient
behind. times, they ---- on clay tablets or other materials.
A) has paid / were leaving A) had been using / have written
B) paid / had left B) had used / will have written
C) had paid / will leave C) were using / were writing
D) was paying / have left D) have been using / have written
E) has been paying / are leaving E) have used / wrote

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

12. Art critics ---- many articles about the Mona Lisa, about 16. These days, it ---- more and more difficult to find parking
how the artist ---- light and shadow to capture the spaces in the cities where the population ---- rapidly in
nuances of the enigmatic expression. 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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