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MODAL VERBS - TEST (2)

9. Due to the strong marketing strategies of the companies, 13. The human traces on Göbeklitepe show that the hunter-
people have filled their houses with lots of useless tools gatherer human groups that lived 12,000 years ago ---- a
and devices that they ----. modest and simple life as there are detailed stonework
and rich content of motifs.
A) needn’t have bought
A) can’t have been leading
B) mustn’t buy
B) should have led
C) can’t have bought
C) must have been leading
D) didn’t need to buy
D) may have been leading
E) aren’t allowed to buy
E) needn’t have led

10. If we examine the causes of the French Revolution, we 14. I do not believe that science will manage to exceed the
see that the country’s rulers ---- attention to the people’s speed of light in the near future, ----?
problems for a long time.
A) will I
A) couldn’t have been paying
B) won’t it
B) needn’t have paid
C) will it
C) shouldn’t have been paying
D) don’t you
D) wouldn’t have paid
E) shall I
E) weren’t supposed to pay

11. While walking in the countryside, if you ---- a snake 15. Nobody can guarantee that egocentric navigation will
pretending to be dead, do not get close because this always be simpler and quicker than spatial navigation,
is a defensive behaviour that snakes display in case of which basically relies on the features of the landscape,
danger. ----?
A) dare to see A) can’t they
B) could have seen B) won’t it
C) are reluctant to see C) will it
D) happen to see D) can they
E) should be seeing E) can he

12. Hundreds of wild animals ---- their lives right now as the 16. Neither of the students was in the class when the teacher
necessary measures to prevent poaching have not been asked about them, ----?
fully taken so far.
A) did they
A) should be losing
B) were not they
B) must have lost
C) wasn’t they
C) may be losing
D) did not they
D) would have lost
E) were they
E) are supposed to lose

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