Madonna said that she ___ 30 years in entertainment business thinking only of herself and wanting to be the best. a) has spent b) had spent c)has been spending c) has been spending 3.Frequent travelers with a biometric passport who had never stayed longer than allowed in the EU ___ to apply for registration as safe travelers. a) will allow b) will be allowed c)would allow d) would be allowed 4.No one seems ___ about the fate of the next generation of lawyers. a) worry b) to worry c)to be worrying d) to have warried 5.The debate over the character of the festival ___ for a long time. a) is going b) has been going b) was going d) had been going 6.In spite of fewer cars ___ on the reads congestion rose markedly between 2014 and 2015. a) are b) be c)being d) are being 7. Twenty-two cents ___ kilo is now the, market rate for unroasted coffee beans. a) the b) a c) - d) an 8. Once Freddie Mercury said that he was not marked to ___ music? He was married to love. a) the b) a c)an d) – 9. The advantage of girls’ voices is that they don’t break in___ way as boys’. a) same b) any c)the same d) similar 10. people take the view that law is a normative system. a) no b) any c)not any d) some 11. It was like any other hotel in some ways: a reception desk? A while piano and a restaurant. a) there was b) there were c) there is d) there are 12.People are winners nor losers. a) either b) neither c)both d) – 13. Traffic congestion in central London is___ bad as it was a decade ago. a) not as b) no as c) not so d) no 14.A woman says she endured a ‘living nightmare’ when her newborn boy was given to ___ woman in the hospital. a) other b) another c)the other d) different 15.Wales saw the biggest jump in the number of people declaring___ bankrupt in 2008. a) them b) their c) oneself d) themselves 16. Young people do not want to listen to their___ music even if it is quite listenable. a) parent b) parent’s c)parents’ d) parents 17. In many ways poverty is now so much worse___ its surrounding circumstances. a) for b) because c)thanks so d) to 18.The shock 12 per cent rise in the cost___ a typical shopping basket in the UK hurts everybody. a) of b) for c)on d) to 19. various political parties are never likely to agree on the details, it’s possible they might agree on an approach. a) in spite of b) contrary to c) besides d) although 20.The political situation in the UK is potentially serious than it was in the past. a) much b) much more c)more much d) more less 21. As the consumers get the greedy banks keep getting richer. a) more poor b) more poorer c)poorer d) the poorer 22.Who ___ you calling barbaric? a) is b) are c)do d) does 23. How many law lords to decide a case& a) it takes b) do it take c)takes d) does it take 24. Once upon a time ‘Britishness’ was something the British had and foreigners. a) didn’t b) hadn’t c)wasn’t d) haven’t 25. In 1986 the UK chose in human space missions. a) to participate not b) to not participate c)not to participate d) not participating 26. People in their 50s and 60s have more important things to do than worry about. a) be cool b) to be cool c) will be cool d) being cool 27. Audiences expect their idols young forever. a) remain b) to remain c)remaining d) will remain 28. Cindy Crawford a model, but not anymore. a) used to being b) used be c)used to be d) used being 29. For most of her life Janet Jackson as an actress, a singer and a younger sister of her famous brother. a) is famous b) is being drunk c)was famous d) had been famous 30. In India, wine now as never before. a) is drunk b) is being drunk c)has been drunk d) was drunk 31. Bournemouth beach___ best in Britain for water quality. a) has been voted b) had been voted c)voted d) was voted 32. Looking glamorous the actress spoke of her fears the photographers her home. a) follow b) approached c)would follow d) are following 33. This artist hadn’t been interested in the commercial art world until a gallery unexpectedly him. a) didn’t approach b) approached c)has approached d) hasn’t approached 34. As it many times in press, one of the main problems in the UK is the huge parasitic organism that the public sector has become. a) has been mentioned b) is mentioned c)had been mentioned d) was mentioned 35.Lord Fellowes told the High Court in London that he any pert in arranging the car crash that killed Diana and Doddy Fayed. a) could play b) couldn’t play c)could have played d) couldn’t have played 36. Asked if he in Paris that night? Lord Fellowes answered: ‘No’. a) has been b) was c) had been d) was going